Backstreet break-ins March 5, 1997 Unexplained thefts have Neill-Wycik residents worried as security resurrects lock-up campaign
DeLuca Havana bad time with Cuba trips February 19, 1997 By Renata D’Aliesio RyeSAC VP administration Angelo DeLuca should have worried less about his tan and more about his reputation with travel companies. TJ Donnelly, director of student programs at Breakaway Tours, said he was expecting a higher turnout from Ryerson students for spring break trips this year. He was also expecting to be the […]
Pitman Hall the pits February 19, 1997 By Susan Fekecs In Pitman Hall there are scratches on desks, phone jacks that don’t work and broken refrigerator doors. Students living there want to know why. Karen Bahula, a first-year radio and television arts student and a resident in a suite at Pitman Hall, has chips in her wall, tables with coverings coming off, […]
Lights, camera, get me a sandwich February 19, 1997 By Diana Zlomislic If you’re hoping to make it big in the silver screen industry, you better be willing to start at the bottom. In three years at Sleeping Giant Productions, Andrew Brady’s salary doubled. He went from being a low-level production assistant to the production manager. Andrew, a business graduate from Dalhousie University, says […]
Student protests may lead to strike February 19, 1997 By Renata D’Aliesio York University’s plans for an Ontario-wide general student strike got put on hold Monday after all-day meetings tempered emotions and restored common sense. Ten Metro police and 15 York security officers woke the 22 students camped out in the president’s office Sunday around 8:15 a.m. A letter from administration threatened to charge […]
All dressed up, nowhere to go February 12, 1997 By Caroline Choi When achieving a degree is not enough, students opt got hands-on experience. For Ryerson fashion design students, it’s compulsory. They must finish a 600-hour work study program to graduate from their program. “As soon as they start their work study, they gain maturity,” said John Freeman, a Ryerson fashion professor. “They see […]
RyeSAC jailbird flies the coop February 12, 1997 By Bob Vrbanac A member of the RyeSAC Board of Directors returned to school Monday after spending the last three weeks jailed in the Mimico Correctional Centre. Rocco Piccininno, 21, a faculty of business representative on the Board of Directors, was sentenced to six months in jail on Jan. 27, 1997 after pleading guilty to […]
Winter Carnival makes cash February 12, 1997 By Jackie Burns Ryerson’s Winter Carnival made a profit this year for the first time, but many students still don’t know the event happened. Although Angelo DeLuca, RyeSAC’s VP administration, claimed the carnival was “a huge success,” it was hard to find evidence the annual event was in full-swing. Many students didn’t know events like […]
Nursing books spark controversy February 12, 1997 Students say texts promote racial stereotypes, no action from profs
Student voting a no-go February 12, 1997 By Jessica Cosentino You could lose your right to vote. Students who didn’t vote in the last municipal election, or have just moves to Metro Toronto, may not be eligible to vote in the Megacity referendum on March 3. In other words, anyone under 21 years of age or has moved to the city since […]
DeLuca really wins after ballot recount February 12, 1997 By Krista Lennox All that trouble for just one vote. The results of last week’s recount for RyeSAC’s presidential election are in and only one vote was miscounted on election night. Angelo DeLuca is still the winner. “It was a less than one per cent error,” said Lester Birch, RyeSAC’s chief returning officer. Birch said […]