Category: News

By Karolyn Coorsh Presidential candidate Dave MacLean faced heavy criticism at last week’s RyeSAC debate for supporting an anti-abortionist group’s right to exist. Rebbeca Rose, a volunteer at the Women’s Centre, asked MacLean why he had shown support for the Ryerson Choose Life Association, a group she described as promoting hatred against women. Faced with […]

By John J. Hanan Five female Ryerson students discovered the true meaning of the World Wide Web over the weekend. The women – two business and three ITM students – took a few titillating snapshots in what appears to be a classroom. The group uploaded the digital photos – which features the quintet in bikini […]

By Don McHoull Despite a firestorm of controversy, a campus anti-abortion group is pressing ahead with its plans to win official student group status. Representatives of the Ryerson University Choose Life Association, met yesterday with Crystal Adair, RyeSAC’s vice-president student life and affairs. “At this stage we are hoping for the best,” said group executive […]

By Joel Wass RyeSAC presidential candidate Dave MacLean has made a multi-million dollar mistake in his promise to increase student bursaries, says a Bay Street financial consultant. As part of his campaign, MacLean says he plans on creating an additional 400 student bursaries by deferring $2 million of the money RyeSAC currently keeps in multiple […]

By Ab. Velasco When the competition for the vice-president finance and services position sizzles, the two candidates will be asking voters to choose on how they like their chicken done: chow mein style or on a pita bun. As the son of renowned Chinese restaurant owner on the Indian archipelago of Goa, Ronney Young lived […]

By Don McHoull Unless a tide of opposition rises against him, Derek Isber will be RyeSAC’s next vice-president student life and issues. The third-year economics student, who is running unopposed, wants to keep a lot of things the same way, but also plans a few changes. “I think it’s really important to push corporate sponsorship,” […]

By Joe Friesen RyeSAC’s political establishment is being challenged by a pair of business students who want to disrupt the entrenched pattern of presidential elections. This year’s three-way race pits long-time RyeSAC executive member and current Vice-President Education Ken Marciniec against business students Vishal Darji and Dave MacLean. An experienced political, Marciniec’s manner is more […]

By Yohannes Edemariam Some students are concerned and angry that an anti-abortion group without official RyeSAC status distribute information at a campus event. A group calling themselves the Ryerson Choose Life Association set up a booth at Campus Caravan, a RyeSAC sponsored event held on Jan. 15, and distributed leaflets condemning abortion. Ken Marciniec, RyeSAC […]

By Amy Brown-Bowers A Ryerson student is suing Via Rail over an ordeal she said caused great stress and anxiety to her and her dog during a trip home to Montreal in early January. Maya Saibil said the company misrepresented itself on its Web site and also through a ticket agent who assured her that […]

By Joel Wass The head of Queen’s University’s push to get rid of tuition fee regulation may leave Ryerson in the dust, said the Ontario chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. Queen’s Principal William Leggett’s proposal that universities be allowed to set their own fees would leave poorer schools such as Ryerson unable to […]

By Sandie Benitah The Continuing Education Students’ Association of Ryerson is planning to ask its students if they are willing to find their own bursaries. In a school-wide referendum, CESAR will ask students to vote on paying an additional two dollars for each class they take. The money would then go towards funding bursaries for […]

By Karolyn Coorsh As construction continued around campus last week, the Finance Committee approved plan for a new continuing educational building. The new project calls for a new building that will incorporate the façade of O’Keefe House and will house CE administrative offices, instructors and the Continuing Education Students’ Association. “The building is a dream […]