TMU medical school requirements spark controversy among student applicants

TMU medical school requirements spark controversy among student applicants

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Niche clubs offers TMU students specialized communities

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All signs point to victory

February 4, 2004

By Joel Wass A good sign of a great sign is simplicity, says a political campaign expert. “People only spend a split second looking at a sign” says Ronald Moran, a retired campaign manager and a long-time ward councillor in Markham, Ont. “Signs don’t educate people or convert them, all they do is establish name […]

Fashion statement: Stay out

February 4, 2004

By Matthew Kwong It’s not only fashionable to be a fashion student in the fashion lounge –it’s mandatory. “They probably don’t want vagrants getting in,” says Linda Lewis, chair of the School of Fashion, explaining why the fashion lounge is restricted to fashion students and faculty only. The majority of program lounges, including those for […]

Parking lots of annoyance

February 4, 2004

By Gina Puzzuoli It’s a story of pains, trains and automobiles. Cash-strapped students are surprised by the steep transportation and parking costs needed to attend school on a daily basis; especially since they already pay more than $5,000 in tuition fees. “As far as I’m concerned, parking is a perk for students. Those who can […]

Life issues group back

February 4, 2004

By Erin Rankin With their probation period over, the Life Issues Awareness group is posed to launch a lecture series on campus. According to campus groups administrator Leatrice Spevack, the end of LIA’s probationary period means the group is now under less scrutiny and is free to hold off-campus events. The RyeSAC board of directors […]

Rye targets minority Profs

February 4, 2004

By Katia Lifshiz Ryerson’s Board of Governors will start monitoring employment equity goals to ensure adequate hiring of minorities and women in response to the university’s low hiring targets. But some faculties feel there isn’t a problem. The board set employment targets that it will monitor over the next three years to hire more women, […]

Not much to debate

February 4, 2004

By Jen Gerson One wears a t-shirt, one wears a tie, but this year’s RyeSAC presidential candidates seem to be saying the same thing. Last year presidential candidate Dave MacLean ran on a slate ideologically opposed to current President Ken Marciniec, but this year both sides are focusing on Ryerson issues and fighting for the […]

Ballers get heartbroken

February 4, 2004

By Jason Primo The Ryerson men’s basketball team played hard last weekend but fell short in both of their games. On Friday, the Rams faced the third-place Royal Military College Paladins. In the first half the Rams were sizzling from the field, shooting 52 per cent. Even though the Paladins sunk only 41 per cent […]

Career ends for great one

February 4, 2004

By Jason Primo At 2:15 p.m. on Jan. 27, Ryerson’s basketball star Errol Fraser’s life changed forever. “David Lowe, our school physiotherapist, told me that my basketball career here at Ryerson was over,” said Fraser, the OUA’s second leading scorer this season. The heartbreaking news came four weeks after Fraser hyper-extended his right leg during […]

Cooking up a new challenge

February 4, 2004

By Marco Ursi Having just finished his undergraduate degree in literature at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, John Cook was ready for a little adventure. So he walked out the front door with only the clothes on his back, and $100 in his pocket. He told his mother he was hitchhiking to Toronto. But […]

Free beer found right here

February 4, 2004

By Katie Schneider You don’t have to go far for a little taste of Toronto history, complete with chocolate mae right before your eyes, and free beer samples fresh from the tanks. The Toronto Distillery Historic District, located on Mill Street, south of Front Street and east Parliament Street, is also an area for students […]

Ryerson student rocks

February 4, 2004

By Matthew Chung There was Mania inside B-Side last Thursday night. Local rockers Mania — featuring Ryerson journalism student Marco Ursi on drums — brought their excessive enthusiasm and ‘catch-a-riffic’ sound to the crowd at the Peter Street night club. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitar player Graeme Lang twisted, shook and stomped on the stage […]

The disappearing skyline

January 28, 2004

By John Qubti HONG KONG –Last Halloween I stood in line at Toronto’s Pearson airport, staring at an Asian boy wearing a bright red Pokémon outfit. We were waiting to board our flight to Hong Kong. I did a double take when my boarding pass said the flight was 22 hours from Toronto and only […]

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