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FASHION MAKES SEXUAL STATEMENT

By Jennifer Fong Students participating in Mass Exodus this year have something to say about sexuality. A new gay line is attracting a lot of attention — but other designs feature everything from lingerie to fantasy.

THE THIN LINE OF TOLERANCE

Conflict and strife have run rampant at York University as pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian groups clash on campus and in the student government. But Ryerson’s campus has remained quiet. Erin Rankin investigates why things are quieter at Yonge and Dundas than they are at Steeles and Keele.

HATE CRIME HITS CAMPUS

By Jordan Press A rash of anti-Semitic hate crimes hit Toronto last week, and Ryerson wasn’t immune.

RYERSON CHEAPENS NAME

By Matt Kwong Ryerson cuts the cost of buying naming rights for new engineering building as funding falls short of goal.

Soccer teams doing their homework in the off-season

By Matthew Chung If there’s anything positive the Rams’ women’s soccer team can take out of a winless regular season, it’s that they can’t do any worse. Head coach Jon Sanderson is looking to bring in new players next season to help his team get some wins. Sanderson says better goalkeeping is a priority for […]

Small guy gets big laughs

By Matthew Tulloch At Yuk Yuk’s, a hush falls on the audience the moment Andre Arruda clambers on the stage but the comedian immediately turns the awkward silence into giggles. He grimaces and sighs, fusses with his microphone and takes several long swigs from his bottle of Evian. Then the jokes begin. When his time […]

Brains over beauty

By Alison Northcott It was an evening of Shameless promotion. At the El Mocambo last Thursday, Nicole Cohen and Melinda Mattos hosted Springtime Fresh, an all ages fundraiser for their soon-to-be-launched magazine, Shameless. Shameless is an alternative magazine for teenage girls. It aims to defy the stereotypes put forth by many mainstream teen magazines. “One […]

Students run RIOT

By André Voshart It’s Friday at midnight and the cast of RIOT 2004 is alert enough to run through the whole show one more time. They are gassed up on gummy bears and stale muffins. One of them juggles a pink vibrating dildo before going through a skit title “Gyno Pussy.” “Nothing is off limits […]

Building in a gap year

By Miranda Beninger In less than two months, I’m dropping my school books, grabbing a backpack, and flying across the world to the UK. Some people look at me in disbelief but the reality is this pick-up-and-go mentality is growing among Canadian students. Natalie Baines, manager at the Gerrard Street Travel Cuts location, says she […]

Communities Features

Kung Fu Royal-ty

By Matt Kwong FedEx carriers working at Boston’s Logan International Airport in 1996 may have handled an oversized cardboard box and wondered, perhaps out of shippers’ tedium, what was inside. Upon sliding into the cargo compartment, the double-walled box rattled like any other load, but its contents were tucked away safely in Styrofoam peanuts. […]

Board hopefuls sure not boring

By Larissa Liepins The most powerful positions at Ryerson are now up for grabs – and already the race has nearly killed one campaign. Days before the vote for Ryerson’s next Board of Governors, Glen Kerr, a part-time marketing student, announced his resignation. Kerr was running on one issue: A scheme to burrow a tunnel […]

Liberals boost student loans

By Jordan Press Prime Minister Paul Martin’s first budget was revealed yesterday and post-secondary education was high on the spending list, but student groups are saying money won’t solve any problems. Yesterday’s budget increased limits on student loans, from $165 to $210 a week, to let more applicants get the full allotment provided through the […]

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