Category: News

By Sheri Shefa The international fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi made its Ryerson affiliate an official chapter this week despite Ryerson’s disapproval of any fraternities on campus. When Jack Gryn created a new chapter of AEPi at Ryerson in 2000, Marion Creery, director of student services, said that in Ryerson’s history, fraternities had never been recognized […]

By Erin Rankin A University of Toronto cash grab nearly jeopardized Ryerson’s Metropass deal with the TTC. U of T’s student council was violating the agreement that allows it, Ryerson and York University to sell discounted passes because the council was adding a $1 service charge to the $87 pass. The surcharge was meant to […]

By Matt Kwong Funding discussions between RyeSAC and Ryerson’s Formula SAE team are back on track. After a brief pit stop, Derek Isber, vice president of student life and events, said the racing team will be on the agenda at this week’s meeting with the board of directors. “I’ve always been a supporter of the […]

By Jordan Press Students taking GO Transit could be hit with a fare increase starting this summer, unless Queen’s Park decides otherwise. All but one member of GO’s board of directors voted to increase fares on student tickets by about 5 per cent at a board meeting last Friday. While general fares are going up […]

By Jordan Heath-Rawlings When Kevin Smith walked into Roy Thompson Hall at 7:30 p.m. Friday night, just 30 minutes before he was supposed to walk onstage, all of RyeSAC let out a deep breath. “Jeff [Zoeller, RyeSAC events coordinator] got on the walkie talkie and said ‘Kevin Smith is in the building,’” recalled Pauline Spencer, […]

By Jen Gerson March may be the last month that Ryerson smokers can linger with their butts at the entrances to campus buildings. Smoking in front of the doors of all Ryerson buildings will likely be acknowledged as a health and safety hazard by the Joint Health and Safety Committee at their meeting Wednesday night. […]

By Chris Richardson When a group of third-year nursing students contacted the TTC to make the stairs at Dundas Station safer for the public, the mass-transit system did them one better — they said they’d demolish them. The stairs leading to the station at the northeast corner of Yonge and Dundas streets, where a number […]

By Elisabeth Johns Residents at O’Keefe House are protesting the departure of a staff member who some students say is being targeted because he spoke up about the building’s poor maintenance. “I feel that Kevin is being penalized for speaking out [and] being honest,” said Marcie Clowry, a first-year resident, regarding the housing department decision […]

By Sheri Shefa Ryerson has bid on a site for a new business building, a university source said. With the university’s self-imposed deadline of opening a new business building by September 2005, time is running out to find a home for the almost 6,000 business students at Ryerson. Adam Kahan, vice president of university advancement, […]

By Rafael Brusilow Ryerson’s oldest residence has walls and ceilings that could collapse at any minute and is a health hazard to the students who call it home, a Toornto contractor said. After assessing O’Keefe House, general contractor John Worton said the deep cracks crawling across the residence’s walls are a telltale sign that structural […]

By Matt Kwong Fighting between architecture faculty members is so bad that it’s affecting academic performance, students in the program claim. “[The arguing] does get in the way of learning,” said Jeff Sarko, a third-year architecture student. Another student — one of many who felt the fighting was a problem, but was afraid to provide […]

By Andrea Jezovit and Matthew Chung Making it in the world of professional wrestling is tough, even if you’re battling it out for a business internship instead of a championship belt. It’s no Royal Rumble, but the World Wrestling Entertainment internship selection process is grueling. “We have more interns than we know what to do […]