By Deborah Gardner RyeSAC VP education candidates Owen Ferguson and Erin George are both campaigning for tuition freezes, but can’t agree on how to go about it. Ferguson, a first-year journalism student, wants to start a tuition strike if fees go up again. “I think the only way to get administration to listen to us […]

By Deborah Gardner Jason Power, president of the Business Student’s Association, is setting his sight on RyeSAC’s executive. The fourth-year marketing student is one of two people running for the position of VP administration. Vladimir Spivak, in third-year industrial engineering, is also running. Both candidates are campaigning for a student centre. Power said the student […]

By Suleman Din Freezing university tuition is possible, opposition leader Dalton McGuinty said last weekend. “It can be done, but it involves making some choices about where money should be spent,” Ontario Liberal leader McGuinty said Saturday. McGuinty was among provincial Liberals visiting a Pakistani function at the Royal York Hotel. Health critic Gerrard Kennedy […]

By Steven D’Souza The Toronto Board of Trade took its turn playing government Monday. The board, representing 10,000 business members, released a report outlining 11 proposals for overhauling Ontario’s postsecondary education system. Establishing private universities, allowing market forces to determine tuition fees and making students repay loans through income-contingent schemes are three of the proposals […]

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By Hamida Ghafour Starting next year, students can learn the ins and outs of the retail industry at Ryerson. A retail management program will begin next September. “It’s a one-of-a-kind program,” said Dennis Mock, Ryerson’s VP academic. “We see this as trying to meet the needs of our country.” The four-year undergraduate program is a […]