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Students line barricades outside Tory convention

October 21, 1998

It didn’t near the numbers of the Million-Man March, but organizers hope their weekend protest in Ottawa got their message out to Mike Harris.

MP challenges Bankruptcy Act

October 14, 1998

Students worried about waiting 10 years to declare bankruptcy after graduation now have reason for hope.

Ontario’s fee deregulation called ‘test case’ for Canada

September 30, 1998

The Tory government’s deregulation of tuition fees is a “test case” for the rest of the country, said the Canadian Federation of Students lobby group.

A battle for student loyalty

September 23, 1998

Cola companies are knocking on the doors of universities across Canada with multi-million dollar deals in their pockets, and many cash-strapped schools are letting them in.

Piss off Maclean’s

We’ve got the real hot or not

Waiting for Millennium fund

By Kathryn Dunmore The federal government introduced its vaunted Millennium Scholarship fund last week in its budget. The fund wowed some but others were not impressed with the government’s attempt to placate students. Finance Minister Paul Martin announced on Feb. 24 the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation will be set up in 2000, giving $2.5 billion […]

The province is going to screw you

February 18, 1998

By Shaheen Ramputh The federal government may be scrapping Income Contingent Plans (ICRP) but the Ontario government is still committed to the idea. This means students with loans from both provincial and federal government programs may have to repay their Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) debts and Canada Student Loans (CSL) differently. Ontario’s Tories are […]

Mikey’s head up his ass

February 11, 1998

By Shane Dingman Party leaders at every level of government must go on “asshole training weekends” before making a media appearance. Listening to Ontario Premier Mike Harris last week, I wish I was crazy enough to believe there is an asshole gene that forces people to participate in corporatist political movements. You see, if I […]

Students won’t back down

February 4, 1998

By Graeme Smith For 20 hours last Wednesday and Thursday, the only place Jason Diceman could oee was in a heating vent behind potted plants. “I wanted to go home to sleep,” said Diceman, a first-year RTA student at Ryerson. “It was almost savage,” said Nick Osicka, a first-year philosophy student from Guelph. “At times […]

Days of Action ‘revolt’ tomorrow

January 27, 1998

By Irene Papakonstantinou If you get enjoyment out of paying more and more each year for tuition, take Wednesday off and catch up on the soaps. But if tuition increases have you teed off at Mike Harris, RyeSAC is asking you to revolt Wednesday at noon at the corner of Gould and Victoria Streets. “Students […]

Slave labour for interns

September 17, 1997

The good news is Ryerson students will soon be eligible to apply for a federal internship program. The bad news is the pay sucks.

Getting the word out

October 25, 1995

Rye student “doing RyeSAC’s job” making sure today’s Student Services vote is an informed one.

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