By Joe Friesen Plans for a referendum on athletics funding have been shelved and may not be revived in time to secure more money for the coming academic year. The proposed vote could have doubled the mandatory athletics fee and ensured the future of a number of varsity teams. As it stands, with no new […]

By Dalson Chen Ryerson’s student union publicly distanced itself from the views of controversial author Irshad Manji when she spoke on campus last Wednesday. Around 100 people turned out to hear the outspoken 35-year-old gay Muslim activist and television host deliver a lecture entitled “Defending Israel is Defending Diversity.” Controversy surrounds Manji for her criticism […]

By Suzanne Ma Members of the Ryerson Arab Students Association are outraged after student services asked the group to leave the Metro Credit Union Lounge because of a new policy banning speaker forums from the area. But the administration could not produce the policy or even prove that it exists. Angered by the attempts to […]

By Eyeopener Staff Ryerson campus, already on edge over the Middle East conflict, was hit with a controversial pro-Israel poster campaign last Thursday. Many of the posters spread around the lower floors of Jorgenson Hall depicted a Palestinian protestor clad in the checkered scarf associated with Palestinian solidarity and featured the caption “Do you want […]

By Jaclyn Mika The Liberal government has committed to a two-year tuition freeze, but the newly appointed minister of training, colleges and universities, Mary Anne Chambers, could not say what will happen after that. “I’d like to just stick to that commitment which will be for two years,” Chambers said. “That two-year freeze that we’ve […]

By Vanessa Farquharson Ryerson’s cafeterias are throwing away bags of leftover food each day while the homeless and less fortunate surrounding the campus go hungry. An employee from the Jorgenson Hall cafeteria, who asked not to be named for fear of losing his job, said he was shocked at how much food went to waste […]