By Don McHoull RyeSAC are baffled by presidential candidate Dave MacLean’s allegation that a mistake by one of their managers cost them $100,000. At last week’s RyeSAC debate, MacLean delivered the accusation in a surprise attack on rival presidential candidate Ken Marciniec. “In December the general manager hired by Ken missed a meeting and cost […]

By Eyeopener Staff Last week students spotted a man standing in front of a lab doorway in South Kerr Hall. Upon closer inspection, the students realized that the man was not conducting lab experiments of any sorts, but was in fact masturbating. After being caught red handed, the hardened criminal fled the scene. Campus security […]

By Karolyn Coorsh Ryerson’s computing and communications services are putting the finishing touches on an upgraded e-mail system, and beginning next year e-mail will be a required means of communication between Ryerson administration and students. The new policy will allow faculty, administration and student groups to set up various mailing lists – as long as […]

By Andrea Janus Get ready for more techno-wizards and cyber-specialists to be filling the halls of South Kerr. The school of Information Technology Management announced last week that three new streams will be available to students working towards a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in ITM. In addition to application development, and telecommunications and networking, student […]

By Andy Lloyd If students opposed to abortion can have a student group, students supporting the prochoice movement think they should too. Russell Evans, a fourth-year business student, and Jen Gerson, a first-year journalism student, are leading the effort to form a prochoice student group to be called RyeChoice. They’ve collected well over the 20 […]

By Stephen Huebl A proposal to change the appeals policy at Ryerson would create an unbearable workload sifting through student appeals, said the dean of Ryerson’s engineering program. The policy change, which has been in the wors for over a year, would introduce the number of appeal levels from three to two and completely alter […]

By Don McHoull Faced with criticism that his bonds-for-bursaries plan wouldn’t work, presidential candidate Dave MacLean ducked the issue at least Thursday’s debate. In place of what had been the main plunk of his campaign, a glum-faced MacLean offered up a new vision of making the school more fun. “The most important thing, I think, […]

By Melissa Godsoe A software donation nudged Ryerson’s school of retail management fundraising effort past its $10 million target to just over $11 million. The $5 million software donation from JDA Software Group Inc. was unveiled at an awards ceremony on Monday night. The software will be used to teach visual merchandising, product and demand […]

By Don McHoull Napping on a campus can be hazardous to your health, warns Ryerson security. In a notice circulated around campus this week, security warned students that sleeping at the university can leave them open to theft, assault or the risk of fire. “Students don’t realize that they’re putting themselves at risk by sleeping […]

By Fatima Najm Here are many reasons why the United States wants to attack Iraq, but self-defense isn’t one of them, according to Ryerson’s social justice chair. Judy Rebick spoke at a panel discussion about the looming war against Iraq held yesterday in Jorgenson Hall. The panel included Ryerson professor Mustafa Koc, who recently returned […]

By Joe Friesen Dave MacLean may launch a formal challenge to the RyeSAC electoral processes after learning that rival Ken Marciniec’s campaign team was given the use of three CKLN phone lines on the last night of the campaign. Marciniec and his supporters set up a phone bank, and ruled that Marciniec’s campaign expenses should […]