Tag: Joe Friesen

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FEUD ENDS: PROFS PAY NEARS PAR

October 8, 2003

By Joe Friesen An epoch of bitter resentment for overworked and underpaid Ryerson faculty may finally be at an end. The arbitrator’s decision, handed down this summer, provides faculty with the basis for a collective agreement, something they haven’t had in almost three years. Although the new deal has yet to be signed, issues of […]

RED TIDE HITS, RYE IS HOPEFUL CLAM

October 8, 2003

By Joe Friesen The Liberal tide which swept Ontario last week brought a lukewarm wave of hope to the Ryerson campus. University administrators, faculty leaders and student politicians were cautiously optimistic that the new government would deliver on its promises for post-secondary education. But Dalton McGuinty’s pledge to create 50,000 new spaces at Ontario universities […]

Secret vote OK’s life group

October 1, 2003

By Joe Friesen The Life Issues Awareness group was approved on a secret ballot by the RyeSAC board of directors last night. After a lengthy debate, 12 board members voted in favour of the group’s application. Eight were opposed. Group president Erin Hunking, who is also a board member, abstained from the vote. ” We […]

SPEAKER: ISRAEL SHOULD NOT EXIST

October 1, 2003

By Aileen McConville and Joe Friesen A speaker at Ryerson’s annual activist assembly sparked a controversy by suggesting the state of Israel has no right to exist. Hanadi Loubani, who represents the Women for Palestine organization, launched the attack during a question and answer session following her address last week. “The right of the state […]

Tamils vote Martin for Liberal Leadership

September 24, 2003

Jeevan Rajaratnam sat patiently beside the polling booth. His list was gradually filling with check marks and as he greeted approaching voters he was pleased that Ryerson's Tamil community had turned out in such force to elect Canada's next prime minister.

Claude on Money, Politics

September 24, 2003

Ryerson President Claude Lajeunesse refuses to make a public foray into the provincial election campaign but he hopes his backroom lobbying will bear financial fruit once a new government is elected.

Forgotten Dress Code Revealed

September 10, 2003

Ryerson once claimed to be the best dressed campus in Canada. Joe Friesen strips the issue here

Ancient escalators busted

Ryerson students were coping with the Jorgenson jostle again this week and campus administrators were dodging questions as broken escalators continued to frustrate everyone in the university’s building.

Athletics to swimmers: Go jump in a lake

Ryerson’s swim team could be left high and dry if a proposed re-organization of inter-university sport is adopted by the school’s athletic department.

Has Ryerson killed its radio stars?

Is CKLN living up to its obligation as Ryerson’s campus radio station?

RFA Showdown

November 20, 2002

On December 11, the Ryerson Faculty Association will choose a new leader. Joe Friesen looks at the two candidates and what they bring to the table.

Hart attacks the ring

November 20, 2002

Stephanie Hart is bringing her skills from the hardwood to the hard knocks of the women’s boxing world.