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STUDENTS TAKE TO STREETS IN SUPPORT OF TAMILS

February 4, 2009

The last time third-year information technology management student Kemaa Rajah spoke to her relatives in Sri Lanka she could hear screaming in the background.

‘THE BUMPS ALONG THE WAY ARE WORTH IT’

February 4, 2009

By Jelena Djurkic Chris Wright remembers the day he realized he was gay. It was Grade 6. He had heard the word “gay” tossed around and it hit him: it was a label he identified with. That was the day he officially came out to himself. But it wasn’t until he was 17 that he […]

Rye program heads look to trim the fat

February 4, 2009

Ryerson's programs will face an eight per cent budget cut over the next two years.

RSU FUNDED ARTWORK YET TO SEE LIGHT OF DAY

February 4, 2009

By Alexandra Macaulay Abdelwahab A graffiti art piece commissioned by the Ryerson Students’ Union for about $4,000 has been collecting dust for over four months. The RSU funded British artist Aerosol Arabic to come from London, England to paint the piece. They helped pay for his plane ticket, accomodations and artwork. Aerosol Arabic came to […]

BIZ STUDENTS PUT $40 FEE HIKE TO VOTE

February 4, 2009

By Marlee Kostiner Note: A different story was accidentally published online under this headline. This is the correct version. Ryerson’s full-time business students will vote on a $40 fee increase to the Ryerson Commerce Society (RCS) in early March. The referendum, which was passed by the school’s Board of Governors on Jan. 23, will be […]

CKLN SUES SCHOOL, RSU FOR $550K

February 4, 2009

By Julianna Cummins News Editor Campus radio station CKLN is suing the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) and Ryerson University for over $500,000 in damages for withholding the station’s membership fees for the past two years. The statement of claim, served to the RSU less than two weeks ago, is asking the union and the university […]

RSU SIGNS ON WITH DELOITTE

February 4, 2009

Eyeopener Staff Deloitte and Touche LLP will be conducting a two-year audit of the RSU’s election procedures and the health and dental plan. The motion passed by the board of directors called for a 20-year audit of election procedures, the health and dental plan and overall functioning — to be completed by Feb. 5. The […]

SECURITY ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTS HANDYMAN

February 4, 2009

By Shirley Lin The superintendent of an apartment building near the International Living Learning Centre (ILLC) is out of commission after sustaining injuries from a scuffle with Ryerson security last October. Victor French, the superintendent of 250 Jarvis St., was in the ILLC’s garage one late afternoon, running a test on the generator that is […]

RYERSON FLIRTS WITH PROF BUYOUTS

January 28, 2009

By Amit Shilton News Editor Ryerson President Sheldon Levy is considering faculty buyouts as the school plans to cut its 2009-10 operating budget by three to five per cent. Levy said he wants to keep the layoffs to a minimum, but acknowledges that some will be inevitable. “Our objective is to minimize it,” Levy said. […]

ROGERS SCHOOL WEATHERS STORM

January 28, 2009

By Terrilyn Kunopaski Despite a decline in applications to Ontario business schools, the Ted Roger’s School of Management is far from suffering. Over nine per cent fewer students in the province are applying to study business. But according to James Norrie, associate dean of the TRSM, over seven per cent more high school students selected […]

‘NURSES EAT THEIR YOUNG’

January 28, 2009

Ryerson nursing students lead university in academic complaints.

NOT YOUR TYPICAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

January 28, 2009

By Aleysha Haniff Associate News Editor Mark Single knows he won’t find many allies at Ryerson. If elected as Ryerson Students’ Union president on Feb. 11, Single would hold a referendum that could scrap mandatory membership to the students’ union. In fact, he admits that he doesn’t even like unions. “I’m running for president to […]

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