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Student protests may lead to strike

February 19, 1997

By Renata D’Aliesio York University’s plans for an Ontario-wide general student strike got put on hold Monday after all-day meetings tempered emotions and restored common sense. Ten Metro police and 15 York security officers woke the 22 students camped out in the president’s office Sunday around 8:15 a.m. A letter from administration threatened to charge […]

This year’s Rhubarb! patch

February 12, 1997

Festival of short plays spotlights Canadian talent

All dressed up, nowhere to go

February 12, 1997

By Caroline Choi When achieving a degree is not enough, students opt got hands-on experience. For Ryerson fashion design students, it’s compulsory. They must finish a 600-hour work study program to graduate from their program. “As soon as they start their work study, they gain maturity,” said John Freeman, a Ryerson fashion professor. “They see […]

Canadian culture – out of print

February 12, 1997

By Douglas Cudmore Even for a country that complains about it’s loss of culture as much as Canada, the last two weeks have been a particularly rich time of bellyaching. Our leaders have themselves worked up because our nation could be losing its magazine industry. According to a recent ruling by the World Trade Organization […]

RyeSAC jailbird flies the coop

February 12, 1997

By Bob Vrbanac A member of the RyeSAC Board of Directors returned to school Monday after spending the last three weeks jailed in the Mimico Correctional Centre. Rocco Piccininno, 21, a faculty of business representative on the Board of Directors, was sentenced to six months in jail on Jan. 27, 1997 after pleading guilty to […]

Winter Carnival makes cash

February 12, 1997

By Jackie Burns Ryerson’s Winter Carnival made a profit this year for the first time, but many students still don’t know the event happened. Although Angelo DeLuca, RyeSAC’s VP administration, claimed the carnival was “a huge success,” it was hard to find evidence the annual event was in full-swing. Many students didn’t know events like […]

Nursing books spark controversy

February 12, 1997

Students say texts promote racial stereotypes, no action from profs

Student voting a no-go

February 12, 1997

By Jessica Cosentino You could lose your right to vote. Students who didn’t vote in the last municipal election, or have just moves to Metro Toronto, may not be eligible to vote in the Megacity referendum on March 3. In other words, anyone under 21 years of age or has moved to the city since […]

Tales of love and lust

February 12, 1997

By Patricia Grysiewicz A three-foot-long phallus, flashing lights and a stage full of actors who strip down to their underwear make Aristophanes’ Lysistrata hard to forget. Ryerson’s acting grads and director John Van Burek present Lysistrata and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet this week in repertory. Two plays with similar themes, but obvious differences. In Lysistrata, […]

Women’s volleyball team already recruiting for next year

February 12, 1997

By Anthony Agostino There is always next year. The Rams women’s volleyball team knows that better than anyone else. With the regular season drawing to an end, this year’s playoffs are ever further away than next year’s. The winless Rams are working on regrouping and recruiting with only two games remaining this season. Rams coach […]

Freaky films

February 12, 1997

By David Redford Students tired of mindless trash coming out of Hollywood, have no fear, there is an alternative. A group of Ryerson media arts students, tired of what’s playing in mainstream theatres are taking money out of their own pockets to put on experimental films every Friday. “There aren’t a lot of venues for […]

DeLuca really wins after ballot recount

February 12, 1997

By Krista Lennox All that trouble for just one vote. The results of last week’s recount for RyeSAC’s presidential election are in and only one vote was miscounted on election night. Angelo DeLuca is still the winner. “It was a less than one per cent error,” said Lester Birch, RyeSAC’s chief returning officer. Birch said […]

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