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The height of fashion

By Renata D’Aliesio Ryerson’s catwalks are not for small women. “Females over the Height of 5’7” ONLY! All others will be denied an Audition!!!” reads a sign posted by first-year fashion students. The poster advertised auditions which took place over two weeks ago at Ryerson for the Women’s Wear Fashion Show. While stating height requirements […]

Smokers find refuge at Rye

By Sean Fitz-Gerald The Cavern may benefit from Toronto’s new anti-smoking legislation, as nicotine addicts search for safe places to light up. “I do come here often, and I will come here more often now, because I can smoke,” said geography student Glenn Coulter from behind a heavy cloud of smoke at the campus pub. […]

High schoolers give RPU the cold shoulder

By Shane Dingman Ryerson is the only Metro university to have a decrease in applications from Ontario high school kids, but no one’s losing any sleep over the decrease. Ryerson had 393 fewer Ontario high schoolers apply for first-year undergraduate positions. Only 74 applicants had Ryerson as a first choice and 77 listed Ryerson as […]

Students plea: “No more tuition hikes”

By Renata D’Aliesio “No more tuition hikes” was the plea of Ryerson students to Ryerson President Claude Lajeunesse at Monday and Tuesday’s townhall meetings. “I don’t have that much more to give,” said Peggy Ferguson, a continuing education student. “My budget can’t support the cuts made to the university, but the government can. Why are […]

Dial “F” for fuck-up

By Renata D’Aliesio A printing mistake by RyeSAC has a University of Toronto student’s phone ringing off the hook. For the past five years Paul Barker’s telephone number has appeared under Travel Cuts in RyeSAC’s student handbook. “It’s been a bloody inconvenience,” says Barker. “It is especially annoying when I am trying to write a […]

Caring for kids

By Tina Glendadakis With education and childcare programs in Ontario being hit with cutbacks, early childhood education (ECE) at Ryerson is learning to live in the new Ontario. June Pollard, director of the ECE school, says students are being trained in different fields so they have more job-hunting options when they leave school. “One of […]

Backstreet break-ins

Unexplained thefts have Neill-Wycik residents worried as security resurrects lock-up campaign

DeLuca Havana bad time with Cuba trips

February 19, 1997

By Renata D’Aliesio RyeSAC VP administration Angelo DeLuca should have worried less about his tan and more about his reputation with travel companies. TJ Donnelly, director of student programs at Breakaway Tours, said he was expecting a higher turnout from Ryerson students for spring break trips this year. He was also expecting to be the […]

Campus caters to eating disorders

February 19, 1997

But low turnout may jeopardize new support group

Pitman Hall the pits

February 19, 1997

By Susan Fekecs In Pitman Hall there are scratches on desks, phone jacks that don’t work and broken refrigerator doors. Students living there want to know why. Karen Bahula, a first-year radio and television arts student and a resident in a suite at Pitman Hall, has chips in her wall, tables with coverings coming off, […]

Lights, camera, get me a sandwich

February 19, 1997

By Diana Zlomislic If you’re hoping to make it big in the silver screen industry, you better be willing to start at the bottom. In three years at Sleeping Giant Productions, Andrew Brady’s salary doubled. He went from being a low-level production assistant to the production manager. Andrew, a business graduate from Dalhousie University, says […]

Student protests may lead to strike

February 19, 1997

By Renata D’Aliesio York University’s plans for an Ontario-wide general student strike got put on hold Monday after all-day meetings tempered emotions and restored common sense. Ten Metro police and 15 York security officers woke the 22 students camped out in the president’s office Sunday around 8:15 a.m. A letter from administration threatened to charge […]

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