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RSU AGM: CHAOS CONTINUED

By Julianna Cummins News Editor For the second time in less than a week, a meeting of the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) is marred in controversy. On April 2, the RSU held its annual general meeting (AGM), where all Ryerson students can vote on motions and bylaw amendments. The meeting started in room 115 of […]

ARE WE GROWING BEYOND OUR MEANS?

By Julianna Cummins News Editor While Ryerson may be getting a boost from the provincial budget, expanding the university and maintaining a high quality of education may not go hand-in-hand. Last Thursday’s budget will give Ontario universities $150 million of one-time money to help ease funding shortfalls that have led to hiring freezes and smaller […]

Business & Technology

Forget your five-finger discount

By Julianna Cummins Upcoming Ryerson grads may be stressing about finding a job in a crumbling economy, but students who have time left in post-secondary bliss can continue to take advantage of discounts and deals aimed at giving students a break. As a general rule of survival, businesses will always try to target a certain […]

Rose says no in athletic referendum

By Vanessa Greco According to some Ryerson Students’ Union members, Rebecca Rose may not be properly representing the RSU in the upcoming athletic referendum. Dana Houssein, RSU community services faculty director, alleges Rose is betraying her VP education role by supporting the referendum’s “No” vote. The board of directors voted to endorse the “Yes” side […]

Business & Technology

Giving back to the grid

By Julianna Cummins News Editor It’s a glamorous affair for a Wednesday evening in February. The hardwood-floored Bulthaup Showroom on Toronto’s King Street East is dimly lit, the glass walls showing the rest of the world the event underway inside. Dr. Alan Fung, 44, a mechanical engineering professor at Ryerson University is dressed in formal […]

SAVING THE RSU

February 25, 2009

The university-sponsored audit the RSU is currently undergoing is essentially the climax of the two-year deterioration of the organization.