By Alison Northcott RyeSAC’s comedy night ended in threats of violence and accusations of racism last week. Wade McElwain, a professional comedian hired by RyeSAC for the event, had his performance cut short when an angry audience member, who was mocked during the performance, jumped up on stage. He confronted McElwain, called him a “racist […]

By Matthew Kwong Turnitin.com, an electronic service used at Ryerson to combat academic dishonesty, could be challenged in court because of issues related to copyright ownership. At RyeSAC’s request, legal counsel Bill Reid reviewed the Web site, which keeps an electronic data bank of essays submitted by students across North America in order to deter […]

By Dalson Chen The generic faculty and course evaluation form that Ryerson students pencil-in every semester needs improvement, according to President Claude Lajeunesse. Lajeunesse said he wishes a joint faculty and administration committee would “improve the questionnaire to provide information that could be more useful.” He noted that an effort a few years ago to […]

By Jordan Press and Jen Gerson Vandalism, harassment and threatening phone calls are plaguing RyePRIDE and the group feels Ryerson isn’t taking the situation seriously. “Ryerson doesn’t feel homophobia is a huge issue on campus,” said RyePRIDE coordinator Matt Radford. “We have to present evidence of homophobia before they’ll do something.” The group called security […]

By Yohannes Edemariam Ryerson’s poor showing in this week’s Maclean’s university rakings could be misleading, according to some sceptics. Alex Usher, director of the Education Policy Institute in Toronto, says the main problem with the rankings is that they focus on inputs — such as how much money is spent on libraries or donated towards […]