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Toby Whitfield: three jobs, one VP

By Carys Mills Toby Whitfield already had a full-time job when he took on the responsibilities of two more. Whitfield is VP finance and services of the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU), but with the RSU lacking one full-time executive and a staff member, he has been left to pick up the slack. Muhammad Ali Jabbar, […]

Campus groups want more from RSU board

By Julianna Cummins News Editor Community service groups are left feeling frustrated after a motion to investigate claims of the unfair treatment of part-time employees was not passed. On March 10 the community service groups (CSGs) gave a presentation at a Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) board of directors meeting, citing concerns about overlooked seniority wage […]

Ryerson engineering short on software

By Shirley Lin One of Ryerson’s civil engineering classes is in short supply of a computer software program, leaving some of its students feeling frustrated. The third-year course, Computer Aided Structural Analysis, has about 70 students registered and uses the program SAP2000 for the majority of assignments. But the winter-term course has only 20 software […]

Coming to a phone near you

By Agata Zieba Ryerson students will be able to access their RAMSS accounts on the go using their smartphones by next September. “Mobile is a very exciting space right now,” said Brian Lesser of Ryerson’s Computing and Communications Services (CCS). Lesser said top priority is student safety and security. The cost should be minimal, since […]

Welcome to the neighbourhood

By Laura Blenkinsop Features Editor It’s Sheldon Levy’s utopia. Yonge Street from the Student Learning Centre to Gerrard Street is buzzing. Students lounge in cafes, drinking lattes between classes or shop for the latest gadgets in the series of high tech stores lining both sides of the street. Three stories above, graduate students work with […]

Hate crimes spike at Rye

By Amit Shilton News Editor A series of hate-crime vandalism sprung up on the Ryerson campus over the past two weeks. Four instances of hate-related graffiti were found by Ryerson security across the school. Two of the instances were anti-Semitic while the third was labelled as anti-Iranian. Another was termed homophobic. Last Monday, security found […]

Rose says no in athletic referendum

By Vanessa Greco According to some Ryerson Students’ Union members, Rebecca Rose may not be properly representing the RSU in the upcoming athletic referendum. Dana Houssein, RSU community services faculty director, alleges Rose is betraying her VP education role by supporting the referendum’s “No” vote. The board of directors voted to endorse the “Yes” side […]

Ryerson student finds tuition in her Tim’s cup

By Aleysha Haniff Associate News Editor At best, Khalin Elliott was hoping for a free snack when she rolled up the rim last Wednesday. “I started rolling it up and I see ‘win’ and the first thing that pops in my head is ‘Oh sweet, I’ve won a muffin or a coffee. I can get […]

Feds may dictate plans for Rye’s $35 million

By Joshua Dvorkin Ottawa may be planning to allocate the federal buget’s $2-billion infrastructure fund for post-secondary institutions to science and technology projects rather than leave spending to each school’s discretion. Dr. Paul Stenton, Vice Provost of Ryerson University Planning, feels that universities should be responsible for allotting finances as they see fit but it […]

Former CAW president new Rye visiting professor

By Tashika Gomes Buzz Hargrove, the former president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, will be joining the Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) as a visiting professor for at least a year. Hargrove will not be teaching a specific class, but will be giving lectures at both the undergraduate and graduate level in the […]

Part-timers feel they get fleeced

By Tyler Harper Part-time Ryerson students will get the financial shaft if fees increase to support the construction of a new athletics centre. That’s the main concern of Gail Alivio, president of the Continuing Education Students Assocation at Ryerson (CESAR). She says the upcoming referendum asking part-time students to pay for facilities they won’t use […]

Athletics keeps low “Yes” Profile

By Erin Valois Sports Editor Ivan Joseph wants you to vote in next week’s referendum. But Ryerson’s athletic director isn’t scrambling to get your vote. Walking around campus, it’s hard to tell that students are days away from a referendum to hike their tuition fees by $126. A few signs are scattered around buildings on […]

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