Setting a standard: NBA players hit TMU court at BGR8 pro runs

Setting a standard: NBA players hit TMU court at BGR8 pro runs

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TMU welcomes the Duolingo owl to languages faculty

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Ryerson athlete sports Gaelic pride

January 15, 2003

By Joel Wass Volleyball has its share of hitting and bumping, but it is far from the roughest sport in Erin Gallagher’s life. “Gaelic football gets pretty physical,” says Gallagher, the left side hitter on Ryerson’s women’s volleyball team and a mid-fielder on Canada’s national women’s Gaelic football team “I’ve seen one girl roll her […]

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My great-grandfather, the prime minister

January 15, 2003

By Kathy Tam Some people have grandparents who read books to them before bedtime. Others have grandparents whom they write books about. Margaret MacMillan, chair of Ryerson’s history department from 1987-1992, was at first reluctant to tell people that the book she had written featured her great-grandfather in a starring role. But word slipped out […]

Queens anything but a drag

January 15, 2003

By Amy Brown-Bowers Ginger’s rounded bottom bulged like a Victorian bustle from the bottom of his corset. His hair fell below his navel in rusty waves. I complimented him on his curls as he swooshed by. “It’s so fucking tired here” he says. “There are no fags to hold the roof up.” He walks back […]

Electric Circus: Back that ass up

January 15, 2003

By Jessica Whitby I am a pretty horrible dancer, so when my editor asked me to try out for Much Music’s Electric Circus, I was nervous. Yet, when I arrived for my audition I soon found out that not being able to dance was not as important as having the right look. A friend, who […]

Fashion Express to the Orient

January 15, 2003

By Fatima Najm Kimono-style shirts are cropping up on campus courtesy of Canadian retailers Le Chateau and Dynamite. Halter crops, fashioned from Chinese embroidered fabric, are not an unusual sight on the club circuit. Toronto-based clothing company Yellow Fellow has taken the familiar yellow smiley face and given it an Asian spin by adding slanted […]

Students dash for little cash

January 15, 2003

By Wendy Glauser Applications for RyeSAC bursaries last semester doubled to about 700, while the number of $500 awards available remained at 15. Dave MacLean, who sits on RyeSAC’s Board of Directors, said RyeSAC would be able to give out at least double the number of bursaries if they weren’t “spending so much time protesting […]

Activist wave hits Ryerson

January 15, 2003

By Claudia De Simone Jorgenson Hall was the scene for the city’s first Toronto Social Forum on Saturday, as activists poured onto campus to discuss the grassroots political issues. The event was organized by Judy Rebick, Ryerson’s chair of social justice and democracy, and a committee. Speakers included controversial anti-poverty activist John Clarke, who is […]

Rye grad says: Click here for beer

January 15, 2003

By Caroline Pelletier It’s 9 p.m. and the keg has already run dry. You want some more beer because you’re not drunk enough. Yet you’re too drunk to walk the six blocks to the Beer Store. Chad Lavallee, founder of Web-based beer delivery service called thebeerguy.ca, has the answer, as he was once a thirsty […]

Wasti takes backseat role

January 15, 2003

By Melissa Godsoe After a bitter battle last summer, one of RyeSAC’s most controversial former executives is taking to the trenches and has signed on as a campaign manager in the upcoming election. Former vice-president finance and services Sajjad Wasti will be heading up Dave MacLean’s campaign for presidency. MacLean, a business faculty representative, declared […]

From a playboy to a politician

January 15, 2003

By Joe Friesen Nursing students Bernadette Bujnowski and Areta Rusyn were surprised last week when an enthusiastic politician — more than a month before election day — interrupted their conversation to ask how RyeSAC could better serve their needs. “I’m going to win this election,” he said. “How can I help you guys?” Ronney Young, […]

We had a gay ol’ time

January 15, 2003

By Michael Traikos As Editor-In-Chief of a student newspaper, I continually find myself tracing the career paths of those before me in an attempt to convince myself that I made the right career move when I accepted the position. Everyone does it. It doesn’t matter whether you’re taking film at Ryerson or working at an […]

Double dose of Darren?

January 15, 2003

By Don McHoull Faced with a lack of left-wing candidates for the RyeSAC presidency, current President Darren Cooney says he is considering running for an unprecedented second term in office. “I honestly want what’s best for RyeSAC, and an overly conservative candidate wouldn’t be what’s best for RyeSAC or Ryerson students,” said Cooney. Cooney says […]

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