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By Cherion Drakes Studying while working part time made Ryerson professor Peter Pille lose a lot of sleep, but it was worth it. “I guess [I] was like some of our students,” said Pille. “I understand their frustrations.” Pille, a professor in the School of Business Management, completed his PhD in Industrial Engineering at the […]

By Caroline Alphonso Students will spared from crushing tuition hikes if the Ontario NDP is elected, vows the party’s leader. “We believe in a post-secondary education that does not mortgage out students,” said Howard Hampton, while distributing copies of the first in a series of Dialogue for Change discussion papers last Thursday. Speaking over the […]

By Lucy Nersesian Cleaning up the Yonge and Dundas area as part of the city’s redevelopment plan means sweeping away the area’s homeless. While that’s good news for the city, businesses and residents, the remaining question is what happens to the homeless. Ryerson students tackled this question in a forum this weekend analyzing how the […]

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By Vanessa Thomas Ryerson students will have to force their parents to pay for their education before becoming eligible for OSAP. Dave Johnson, education and training minister, has announced plans forcing parents to contribute to their child’s post secondary education beginning in September. A family of four with a total income of $40,000 is expected […]

By Shaheen Ramputh The federal government may be scrapping Income Contingent Plans (ICRP) but the Ontario government is still committed to the idea. This means students with loans from both provincial and federal government programs may have to repay their Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) debts and Canada Student Loans (CSL) differently. Ontario’s Tories are […]

By Lucy Nersesian A U of T task force’s recommendation that students be told the total cost for their four years of tuition before they start school is a good idea, but not feasible, according to some at Ryerson. “This kind of statement is an apple-pie statement,” says Marion Creery, director of student affairs at […]

By Julie Williamson Angry Pitman Hall students were hauled out of their beds twice last Thursday night when a fire alarm was pulled around 2 a.m. and a heat sensor device was broken barely an hour later. Housing manager Brian Muscat said the initial alarm had been pulled but was unsure about the second occurence. […]

By Rosemarie Ruccella The School of Business Management is aiming to improve its prestige by renaming itself. The Business Student Association (BSA) is asking students if they want to change their degree’s name from a Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) to Bachelor of Commerce (B. Comm.).. The name question was raised when the School of […]