Category: News

By Patrick Evans This year Maclean’s again placed Ryerson among the best universities at producing the leaders of tomorrow. Confirming this appointment, the Toronto Argonauts have hired a Ryerson graduate to be their leader of today. Radio and television arts grad Keith Pelley was named president and CEO of the Argos on Nov. 5, the […]

By Dominique Blain Ryerson students struggling with their essays can now rely on better-educated University of Toronto students for help. The extended hours of the library’s Ask a Librarian LIVE online service are being manned by three U of T graduate students. Ask a Librarian LIVE is a chatroom that allows students to chat with […]

By Jordan Press Ryerson may have to make some tough cuts in next year’s budget, and faculty salaries are part of the problem, says university Persident Claude Lajeunesse. Lajeunesse said the university will have to look for areas to cut spending if the provincial government doesn’t compensate the school for any revenue losses a tuition […]

By Suzanne Ma Ryerson’s Formula SAE racing team may not get its car out of the garage if it doesn’t meet with RyeSAC — again. Team member and aerospace engineering student Robert Szybalski said he submitted three funding proposals to RyeSAC Vice president of Student Life and Events Derek Isber this school year, but has […]

By Astrid Poei A nutrition student says her rights were trampled on after she was forced to work with animal products in one of her classroom experiments or fail her assignment, despite her personal beliefs. Tanya Kowalenko, a second-year student and a vegan, said she was ordered to attend a biochemistry lab on Feb. 20 […]

By Joel Wass The soon-to-be ex-publisher of the Toronto Star was approached about two or more soon-to-be vacant positions at Ryerson, said a source close to the newspaper executive. The source would not confirm which positions John Honderich was approached about. However, it is apparent that some people at the university think Honderich would be […]

By Amy Brown-Bowers Female engineering students are getting a new mentoring program this semester, but there will be no such concessions for males in female dominated programs in the near future. The new Women in Engineering program matches up senior female engineering students with first and second-year students. “[Female engineers] might be only one of […]

By Sarah Cannavan Ryerson students cruising the halls for a reading week vacation deal will notice that posters advertising getaways have a new name on them. RyeSAC banned Breakaway Tours from advertising reading week trips on campus, ending a long relationship with the travel company. Instead, RyeSAC decided to go with Temple and Temple Tours. […]

By Erin Rankin Poor academic performance is emptying residences, according to Ryerson’s housing manager. “If you want to compare to last year, it’s not normal,” said Philip Lim, referring to the amount of vacant rooms in residence. Currently, Pitman Hall has 12 rooms for rent, while the ILLC has four spots open to anyone who […]

By Jen Gerson Democracy is about making choices. RyeSAC president-elect Dave MacLean has made some hard ones. In his last year of high school, his father fell off a ladder at work, was taken to the hospital and put on life support. MacLean and his three siblings decided to pull the plug and end his […]

By Jordan Press Dave MacLean didn’t even see the numbers on the board. Huddled with his three running mates, MacLean buried his head until the roar of the crowd forced him to look up and see that Ryerson had voted him the next RyeSAC president. MacLean narrowly defeated current RyeSAC Vice President Education Carlos Flores […]

By Eyeopener Staff Losing presidential candidate Carlos Flores is investigating whether RyeSAC president-elect Dave MacLean should have been disqualified from the election. “I’m seeing whether [MacLean] should have gone all the way to the vote or whether he should have been disqualified,” said Flores. Flores alleged someone at a Ryerson volleyball game two weeks ago […]