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Downtown protesters clash with cops

October 17, 2001

By Amy Bourne, Wojtek Dabrowski, Sutton Eaves and Johnathan Spicer Activists against provincial Tory policies crash at Ryerson; Premier announces resignation About 1,000 anti-poverty protesters and social activists clashed with police Tuesday, turning Toronto’s downtown financial district into a garbage-strewn maze of snarled traffic.

Former RyeSACer buries murdered father

October 17, 2001

By Allan Woods Bright morning light filtered through the orange, gold and rust-coloured stained glass windows of Saint Edith Stein Roman Catholic Church on to the face of Barbara Lozano, her four-year-old brother and mother.

RyeSAC ruins party for frats and sororities, group says

October 17, 2001

By Liza Mendonca The battle to have fraternities and sororities recognized at Ryerson is being relaunched Wednesday when a group of students appeal a decision that denies them official group status. RUFFAS (Ryerson Union for Fraternities and Sororities), a proposed coalition that represents six fraternities and sororities at Toronto universities, was rejected at a meeting […]

Mandela confirms historic Ryerson visit

October 17, 2001

By Natalie Alcoba A dark haired boy peers over the top of a podium at Ryerson University and flashes a toothy grin.

Bank grants a celebration of nations

October 17, 2001

By Sandie Benitah Ryerson’s international program struck gold last Wednesday after receiving a $700,000 endowment from Scotiabank.

Forum blasts lack of funding

October 17, 2001

By Noah Love Universities are becoming more like department stores and less like schools, said the vice president of George Brown college at a round table discussion on the state of post-secondary education.

Students forgo feast to protest attacks

October 10, 2001

By Kevin Ritchie A group of Ryerson students put their Thanksgiving festivities on the backburner Sunday to join local activists in protesting British and American bombing of Afghanistan in retaliation for last month’s terrorist strikes on New York and Washington.

Cash slash looms at Ryerson

October 10, 2001

By Wojtek Dabrowski Administrators looking at where the cuts will come down; unions fear workers will get the axe. The economic slump that’s ravaging the world’s economy is forcing Ryerson to focus “all of our energy” on cost-cutting to ensure the university’s prosperity, president Claude Lajeunesse said Tuesday.

Ticker dreams live on for biz group

October 10, 2001

By Elysse Zarek Time keeps on ticking for one of Ryerson’s newest clubs, though it has yet to realize one of its original goals.

Leader to push report wrap-up

October 10, 2001

By Allan Woods The student representative who compiled a scathing report of RyeSAC last year wants to make it an annual evaluation.

Ryerson students ready for T.O. revolt

October 10, 2001

By Kate Hermelin and Wotjek Dabrowski Protesters plot Bay Street havoc and prep for pepper spray; on-campus tactics to be peaceful. A slow, snaking march of hundreds of protesters will try to shut down the city’s financial district on Oct. 16 as the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty demonstrates against the provincial government’s policies.

Business student founders aspire to unite common groups

October 10, 2001

By Natalie Alcoba Business students are creating a new umbrella group in hopes of bringing cohesion to student representation in the growing faculty of business.

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