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Biz building fix-up taking time

September 12, 2001

By Jennifer McGregor Yellow tape restricts part of the entrance of the business building on Victoria Street. Construction workers concentrate go about their work as hurried students try to navigate through an obstacle course of people and equipment.

Repeated fee blunders spark calls for change

September 12, 2001

By Stephen Petrick Another year of administrative errors with tuition statements has sparked calls for Ryerson to review how it registers students.

Retired prof pays for air rage flip-out

August 22, 2001

By Natalie Alcoba

School’s wallet thickens over the summer

August 22, 2001

By Jennifer McGregor

RyeSAC’s party planner knows how to groove

August 22, 2001

By Jennifer Kwan

Foreign students teach while they learn

In Botswana, Sekwaka and Segola’s work takes them to cities and villages to teach people essential things such as boiling water to kill bacteria, proper food hygiene and AIDS awareness.

Resignations spark fear

Last week, Ilonka Van Steenwyk resigned from the centre after her contract wasn’t renewed, bringing the number of people who have resigned to three since last August. The other two, Stacey Whyne Berman and Linda Lyns, said they left because of deteriorating leadership and services.

Students given blessing to protest in Quebec

About 25 Ryerson social work students will close their textbooks and face the tear gas after the program approved motion allowing its students to defer exams so they can protest at the Free Trade Area of the Americas conference in Quebec City later this month.

Janitors won’t take entire blame for dirty washrooms

Custodians say they have been getting flak for Ryerson’s dirty bathrooms ever since a group of students created a stir over the cleanliness of campus stalls.

Incomplete voters list skews election

An information technology management student who lost his bid for reelection to RyeSAC’s board of directors last week says sloppy work by election officials may have cost him a victory.

$2,500 Mass Exodus theatre fee put off for further consideration

By Eyeopener Staff After weeks of bickering and backpedalling, it looks like the month-long saga that was this year’s Mass Exodus fashion show is set to end with the university covering the rental cost of the Ryerson Theatre. Fashion chair Mary McCrae says Ryerson v.p. Academic Erroll Aspevig told her over the phone that this […]

Hard Rock jumps on Y&D bandwagon

As many as six Ryerson students working at the oldest Hard Rock Cafe in North America could lose their jobs when the restaurant chain undergoes a $5-million expansion as part of the Yonge and Dundas redevelopment.

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