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BIZ STUDENTS PUT $40 FEE HIKE TO VOTE

February 4, 2009

By Marlee Kostiner Note: A different story was accidentally published online under this headline. This is the correct version. Ryerson’s full-time business students will vote on a $40 fee increase to the Ryerson Commerce Society (RCS) in early March. The referendum, which was passed by the school’s Board of Governors on Jan. 23, will be […]

CKLN SUES SCHOOL, RSU FOR $550K

February 4, 2009

By Julianna Cummins News Editor Campus radio station CKLN is suing the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) and Ryerson University for over $500,000 in damages for withholding the station’s membership fees for the past two years. The statement of claim, served to the RSU less than two weeks ago, is asking the union and the university […]

RSU SIGNS ON WITH DELOITTE

February 4, 2009

Eyeopener Staff Deloitte and Touche LLP will be conducting a two-year audit of the RSU’s election procedures and the health and dental plan. The motion passed by the board of directors called for a 20-year audit of election procedures, the health and dental plan and overall functioning — to be completed by Feb. 5. The […]

SECURITY ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTS HANDYMAN

February 4, 2009

By Shirley Lin The superintendent of an apartment building near the International Living Learning Centre (ILLC) is out of commission after sustaining injuries from a scuffle with Ryerson security last October. Victor French, the superintendent of 250 Jarvis St., was in the ILLC’s garage one late afternoon, running a test on the generator that is […]

RYERSON FLIRTS WITH PROF BUYOUTS

January 28, 2009

By Amit Shilton News Editor Ryerson President Sheldon Levy is considering faculty buyouts as the school plans to cut its 2009-10 operating budget by three to five per cent. Levy said he wants to keep the layoffs to a minimum, but acknowledges that some will be inevitable. “Our objective is to minimize it,” Levy said. […]

ROGERS SCHOOL WEATHERS STORM

January 28, 2009

By Terrilyn Kunopaski Despite a decline in applications to Ontario business schools, the Ted Roger’s School of Management is far from suffering. Over nine per cent fewer students in the province are applying to study business. But according to James Norrie, associate dean of the TRSM, over seven per cent more high school students selected […]

‘NURSES EAT THEIR YOUNG’

January 28, 2009

Ryerson nursing students lead university in academic complaints.

AUDIT SETS DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

January 28, 2009

By Liane McLarty General Manager The audit motion that was passed at the Ryerson Students’ Union meeting last week appears at first to be more childish pushy-pushy in the sandbox on the third floor of the SCC. Yet, after having read the actual motion, there is some bad news: the CFS lackeys are right. I […]

CONDITIONAL PASS SLAPPED ON CAMPUS PUB

January 28, 2009

By Vanessa Greco Misplaced oil drums and beer spilling onto stored ice-cubes are among six reasons Ryerson’s pub and café failed to meet health and safety standards in a recent inspection. Last December, the Ram in the Rye and the Oakham House café received a conditional pass from a Toronto Public Health assessment. The Ram […]

RSU AUDIT: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

January 28, 2009

Massive review deemed impossible by auditor.

POSSIBLE $35M FROM FEDS

January 28, 2009

By Carys Mills Ryerson will get at least $35 million for repairs and construction if the most recent federal budget proposal is approved. And if the province comes through on its announcement to match that sum, Ryerson could snag up to $70 million to put towards sprucing up the campus. Canadian universities will be cashing […]

A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS (AND WISHES)

January 21, 2009

By Lauren Miele A penny is pretty useless. It costs more to produce than it’s worth. But Carly Benkendorf is challenging that notion with inCENTive — her fourth-year thesis project that pairs wishes to loose change. “The point of my project is to add value to the penny and to make people think differently about […]

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