The ‘Latin Flair’ at TMU

The ‘Latin Flair’ at TMU

New ‘Land Back’ course launches and memorial walk held on Truth and Reconciliation Day

New ‘Land Back’ course launches and memorial walk held on Truth and Reconciliation Day

Putting the ‘reading’ in your reading week horoscopes

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Rye profs brace for full effect of research funding cuts

By Scott Nowoselski After the federal government announced plans to cut research funding in their January budget, Ryerson chemistry professor Daniel Foucher worried that graduate students might get the wrong impression of scientific research in Canada and seek work outside the country. “To cut back on funding now when more students are going to be […]

Meatless in the metropolis

By Josh Bailie Let’s set the record straight: vegetarianism isn’t hard. Its supposed difficulty is what turns off potential suitors, and provides grounds for self-congratulations from my herbivore brethren. “I could never give meat up, it tastes too good,” is what I often hear from meat-eaters. Meanwhile, vegetarians never hesitate to tell you how they’ve […]

Business & Technology

Giving back to the grid

By Julianna Cummins News Editor It’s a glamorous affair for a Wednesday evening in February. The hardwood-floored Bulthaup Showroom on Toronto’s King Street East is dimly lit, the glass walls showing the rest of the world the event underway inside. Dr. Alan Fung, 44, a mechanical engineering professor at Ryerson University is dressed in formal […]

Welcome to the brotherhood

By Shannon Higgins Arts & Life Editor Takes Two Men to Make a Brother welcomes the audience to the show and into the brotherhood with five rowdy frat boys, a keg and the promise of an evening thick with experiential theatre. Out of almost 50 companies who applied to be a part of HATCH, a Harbourfront […]

Team stung by league change

By Hilary Hagerman Last year, the Ryerson Stingers were the only team at the university to win a championship. They were undefeated, hired world-renowned Stephanie White as their new head coach and moved up two tiers in the Golden Blades Women’s Hockey League because of their success. The probationary team is finishing their last year […]

Feds may dictate plans for Rye’s $35 million

By Joshua Dvorkin Ottawa may be planning to allocate the federal buget’s $2-billion infrastructure fund for post-secondary institutions to science and technology projects rather than leave spending to each school’s discretion. Dr. Paul Stenton, Vice Provost of Ryerson University Planning, feels that universities should be responsible for allotting finances as they see fit but it […]

Former CAW president new Rye visiting professor

By Tashika Gomes Buzz Hargrove, the former president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, will be joining the Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) as a visiting professor for at least a year. Hargrove will not be teaching a specific class, but will be giving lectures at both the undergraduate and graduate level in the […]

Part-timers feel they get fleeced

By Tyler Harper Part-time Ryerson students will get the financial shaft if fees increase to support the construction of a new athletics centre. That’s the main concern of Gail Alivio, president of the Continuing Education Students Assocation at Ryerson (CESAR). She says the upcoming referendum asking part-time students to pay for facilities they won’t use […]

Athletics keeps low “Yes” Profile

By Erin Valois Sports Editor Ivan Joseph wants you to vote in next week’s referendum. But Ryerson’s athletic director isn’t scrambling to get your vote. Walking around campus, it’s hard to tell that students are days away from a referendum to hike their tuition fees by $126. A few signs are scattered around buildings on […]

Waterloo Professor Boycotts Ryerson

By Joelle Tomlinson A University of Waterloo professor canceled a lecture at Ryerson because of the University’s involvement in Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Edward Vrscay, a math professor at the University of Waterloo, was scheduled to give a colloquium talk to Ryerson’s math department on March 19. He decided to opt out of the seminar […]

Renovation worries and woes

By Roman Khazin The renovations to the Image Arts Building might just be enough reason for Isa Benn to leave Ryerson. The first-year film student said she’s considering switching to Concordia University’s film program because of the construction. The Image Arts Building, already under repair, will be closed next year and the programs it houses […]

It’s not too late to join the cult

Carla Wintersgill Editor-in-Chief I just finished updating the excel spreadsheet that I use to keep track of all our volunteers and their amount of contributions. Normally, this isn’t a very exciting or noteworthy task. But tonight was different. Tonight, The Eyeopener hit the 150 mark. That’s 150 students who have volunteered their writing, photography and […]

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