Category: News

By Jordan Press The new year just started, but the reign of Ryerson President Claude Lajeunesse is soon coming to an end and rumours are circulating about who will take his job. While no applications have come in, there are three people rumoured as potential candidates interested in the job. Former vice president academic Dennis […]

By Sonia Nasmith Winter vacation is over and there has still been no concrete movement on finding a site for a new business building. But Ryerson President Claude Lajeunesse has suggested he may be open to reexamining a move into a local hockey shrine. Ryerson researched the possibility of purchasing Maple Leaf Gardens two years […]

By Joel Wass The president of Ryerson’s Commerce Society will become the new RyeSAC president in 2004, says a Toronto psychic. After seeing a list of potential president candidates, Grand Psychic Ron of Bell and Candle Psychic Boutique on Bloor Street West prophesized that last year’s RyeSAC presidential runner-up, Dave MacLean, will succeed this year […]

By Michelle Thompson Exhausted Ryerson students didn’t need to worry about falling asleep during their winter exams as several fire alarms served as adequate wake-up calls. Keith Alnwick, Ryerson’s registrar, forward a mass e-mail to Ryerson students last month to inform them of three false fire alarms pulled during last month’s examination period. No one […]

By Alison Northcott Students came to register and pay for classes this week, but were faced with a shortage of space to line up due to construction in Jorgenson Hall’s main lobby. A walled-in barricade now stands where the escalators used to be and has forced students to navigate narrow pathways in order to get […]

By Joe Friesen Plans for a referendum on athletics funding have been shelved and may not be revived in time to secure more money for the coming academic year. The proposed vote could have doubled the mandatory athletics fee and ensured the future of a number of varsity teams. As it stands, with no new […]

By Dalson Chen Ryerson’s student union publicly distanced itself from the views of controversial author Irshad Manji when she spoke on campus last Wednesday. Around 100 people turned out to hear the outspoken 35-year-old gay Muslim activist and television host deliver a lecture entitled “Defending Israel is Defending Diversity.” Controversy surrounds Manji for her criticism […]

By Suzanne Ma Members of the Ryerson Arab Students Association are outraged after student services asked the group to leave the Metro Credit Union Lounge because of a new policy banning speaker forums from the area. But the administration could not produce the policy or even prove that it exists. Angered by the attempts to […]

By Eyeopener Staff Ryerson campus, already on edge over the Middle East conflict, was hit with a controversial pro-Israel poster campaign last Thursday. Many of the posters spread around the lower floors of Jorgenson Hall depicted a Palestinian protestor clad in the checkered scarf associated with Palestinian solidarity and featured the caption “Do you want […]

By Jaclyn Mika The Liberal government has committed to a two-year tuition freeze, but the newly appointed minister of training, colleges and universities, Mary Anne Chambers, could not say what will happen after that. “I’d like to just stick to that commitment which will be for two years,” Chambers said. “That two-year freeze that we’ve […]

By Vanessa Farquharson Ryerson’s cafeterias are throwing away bags of leftover food each day while the homeless and less fortunate surrounding the campus go hungry. An employee from the Jorgenson Hall cafeteria, who asked not to be named for fear of losing his job, said he was shocked at how much food went to waste […]

By Jordan Press The scheduled 2005 opening date for a new business building may be in jeopardy following the collapse of the Bay Street plan. Adam Kahan, vice-president of university advancement, said it was tough to determine the new timeline for the building. The university is considering a number of areas. “Everything is back as […]