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PROF NAMED IN $2.7 MILLION SUIT

August 26, 2009

Child and youth care instructor is second charged in two-man fraud scheme

A NEWS YEAR IN REVIEW

Eyeopener Staff Powdered death threat(s) at Rye On Sept. 17, 2008, a threatening letter covered in pink powder was sent to a Ryerson administrator. The powder ended up being harmless, but the Hazardous Materials unit (Haz Mat) was called to decontaminate the area. Six weeks later, on Oct. 27, 2008, an envelope containing a death […]

RYERSON COOL ON SALARY FREEZE

By Vanessa Greco Top-earners at Ryerson might see their wages frozen in an attempt to cope with budget shortfalls. Ryerson’s operating budget is facing a total cut of about eight per cent to fi ve per cent this year, and three per cent the year after. Discussion is underway on a salary freeze that might […]

RSU AGM: CHAOS CONTINUED

By Julianna Cummins News Editor For the second time in less than a week, a meeting of the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) is marred in controversy. On April 2, the RSU held its annual general meeting (AGM), where all Ryerson students can vote on motions and bylaw amendments. The meeting started in room 115 of […]

CONTINUING EDUCATION BRINGS IN PROFITS FOR RYE

By Carys Mills With skyrocketing enrolment numbers, the Chang School proves that continuing education (CE) is where the money’s at. The Chang School of Continuing Education is the largest of its kind in Canada. Annually there are over 65,000 enrolments, compared to the 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students at Ryerson. “We all fantasize that we’re […]

TWENTY PER CENT OF GRADS STRUGGLE WITH LITERACY: STUDY

By Aleysha Haniff Associate News Editor It’s not that Kyle Friedman can’t read and write. The first-year new media student did a Hooked-on-Phonics-type program growing up. He had a tutor until he was in high school. But there’s no getting around the fact that Friedman’s literacy skills remain at what he dubs “below average” for […]

FUTURE UNCERTAIN FOR HEALTH AND DENTAL plan

By Aleysha Haniff Associate News Editor Student groups director Osman Hamid plans to encourage the Ryerson Students’ Union to accept Gallivan and Associates as the student union’s health and dental plan broker at the next executive meeting. The motion to sign on with Gallivan was passed at a contentious board of directors meeting on March […]

STUDENT LEFT SCREWED BY AWARD MIX-UP

By Vanessa Greco A student might not be able to graduate on time after a $1,350 award blunder at Ryerson’s financial assistance office. Chi Nguyen, a third-year journalism student who has volunteered for The Eyeopener in the past, was mistakenly awarded $1,350 in December 2007. After discovering the mix-up a month later, the school charged […]

COPYRITE SAFE LOOTED FOR $12K

By Amit Shilton News Editor Toronto police are investigating the theft of a safe holding between $8- 12,000 in cash that was stolen from the CopyRITE office at the end of March. The safe, which was said to have both a padlock and key, was completely lifted from the office sometime over the weekend of […]

CESAR STUDY SPACE CLEARED FOR COMPUTERS

By Agata Zieba A study space for continuing education students has been eliminated after renovations in the Continuing Education Students’ Association of Ryerson offices over the winter break. “Mostly full-time students were using them,” said Mohammad Ali Aumeer, CESAR’s VP programming and outreach. “Continuing education students weren’t making use of it.” The eliminated study space […]

ARE WE GROWING BEYOND OUR MEANS?

By Julianna Cummins News Editor While Ryerson may be getting a boost from the provincial budget, expanding the university and maintaining a high quality of education may not go hand-in-hand. Last Thursday’s budget will give Ontario universities $150 million of one-time money to help ease funding shortfalls that have led to hiring freezes and smaller […]

AUDIT OUTLINES STEPS TO END CIRCUS

By Shannon Higgins Arts & Life Editor If the Ryerson Students’ Union ever wants to clean up its act, they now have the blueprint to do it with. The Eyeopener obtained Deloitte’s RSU audit, which outlines the accounting firm’s recommendations. The audit, paid by the university for $85,000, focused on governance and election policy and […]

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