the eyeopener - september 16, 2009
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Volume 43, Issue 2 • The Eyeopener — Ryerson’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1967 • Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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The Eyeopener• 3 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 NEWS
Before contracting H1N1, Meagan Blodgett hadn’t ever had the fl u before. PHOTO: MATTHEW LLEWELLYN
Former Pitman resident arrested for prowling
BY CARYS MILLS
A Ryerson student was arrested on
Sept. 8 and charged in a prowler investi-
gation, according to Toronto Police.
Jordan Porciello, 20, has been charged
with 12 counts of prowl by night, 13
counts of voyeurism, three counts of
indecent acts and attempt to break and
enter with intent.
It is alleged that the second year
graphics communications management
student committed “indecent acts”
while watching women late at night.
Toronto Police believe he began
prowling downtown Toronto in June
2008.
He allegedly prowled the area bor-
dered by College Street to the north,
Dundas Street West to the south, Spa-
dina Avenue to the west and McCaul
Street to the east.
On Sept. 6, Porciello was allegedly on
Henry Street, near Dundas Street West
and Beverley Street, peering through
windows, “sometimes using ladders
or neighbouring roofs to peer into the
upper fl oor of homes,” reported the
National Post. This is the last known
incident.
Porciello lived in Pitman Hall resi-
dence during his fi rst year at Ryerson.
His former RA, who asked for their
name to be withheld, said Porciello was
well liked on his fl oor last year.
“He didn’t seem like that kind of guy,”
said the RA, adding that his behaviour
seemed normal. “Everyone seemed to
like him.”
According to the RA, Porciello was
only disciplined in residence for minor
offenses, such as having open alcohol
and noise complaints.
Porciello had not responded to an e-
mail request for an interview at press
time.
H1N1 spreads to Ryerson
BY SHIRLEY LIN
The chills, coughs, aches and fatigue:
it’s an experience that’s familiar for most
people except Meagan Blodgett – until
now.
The 21-year-old, who has never even
had the fl u before, got her fi rst taste of it
with H1N1 last month.
“For me, it was a shock,” said Blodgett.
“This is the fi rst time I’ve ever gone
through anything like this.”
Blodgett lost her voice on Aug. 14
– the fi rst in a series of symptoms. The
next day, it all hit at once – extreme fa-
tigue, headache, chills, loss of appetite,
muscle aches, pressure behind her eyes
and chest and then fever.
“I had the worst headache; it was
worse than migraines,” Blodgett said. “I
was sweating really bad but still freez-
ing. I’d be drenched 15 minutes later
from taking a nap.”
By then she knew it was more that
just a cold. A trip to Ryerson’s medical
centre confi rmed her suspicion – it was
H1N1.
Blodgett said that bloodwork was not
done because it would simply confi rm
H1N1. She was given no treatments, but
advised to stay home for at least a week,
get plenty of rest, fl uids and to eat.
Su-Ting Teo, director of student
health and wellness, says that although
H1N1 cannot be confi rmed by symp-
toms alone, the medical centre treats it
just like the regular fl u.
BY VANESSA GRECO
Ryerson has fi nally secured its door-
step on Yonge Street but not everyone in
the area is laying out the welcome mat.
In late July, Ryerson paid $2.45 mil-
lion for World of Posters, a shop on
Yonge Street whose former neighbours,
Future Shop and Sam the Record Man,
were nabbed by the university over a
year ago.
Within the year, the poster-store and
former Future Shop will be demolished
to make room for the Student Learning
Centre (SLC), a multi-purpose building
intended for the corner of Yonge and
Gould Streets to include retail and study
space. Ryerson’s library will also be ex-
panded.
“We had to secure World of Posters
as one last step in that,” said president
Sheldon Levy, adding that the structure
is leaning on the hollowed out Future
Shop.
“The university either had to shore
the building up or buy it,” he said.
Now Ryerson executives have turned
their attention towards fi nding an ar-
chitect for the SLC. Their decision will
be announced in October, around the
same time World of Posters is expected
to move into their new location at 664
Queen St. W.
“The new location won’t be as busy.
I guess as a staff member, not being on
Yonge Street will be easier for me,” said
Keenan Tamblyn, a sales associate at
World of Posters.
“But we aren’t exactly happy we have
to move,” he adds. “It’s kind of like we’re
being kicked out.”
Tamblyn may not be far from the
truth. Earlier this summer, an expropria-
tion notice for World of Posters released
by Ryerson appeared in the Globe and
Mail and Toronto Star. Expropriation
involves seizing private property with
government intervention.
According to Linda Grayson, vice-
president administration and fi nance,
it never came to that and Ryerson paid
fair market value for the property.
“There was no bargaining,” she said.
“I mean, everyone asks for more money
when you’re selling something, but it’s
hard to argue that we should pay more
money when you consider square foot-
age.”
Back at World of Posters, Don Ajith
stands behind the same counter he’s
stood at for more than a decade, show-
ing a customer a catalogue of posters.
Ajith has spoken out against Ryerson’s
presence on Yonge Street before, but to-
day he declines to speak with the media,
only saying that the store’s lease is up on
Jan. 6, 2010 — three months later than
Ryerson would like them to move out.
>> Eye on development Gould St. According to president Sheldon Levy, Ryerson will have to hold off on its dream of a pedestrian-friendly Gould St. until the new Image Arts Building is completed in Sept. 2010.
Image Arts BuildingWhile Image Arts students are scattered across campus, construction crews continue to work on their eventual home.
“We’re right on schedule,” said Linda Grayson, vice-president administration and fi nance.
Student Jordan Porciello faces a variety of charges. PHOTO: FACEBOOK
“The recommendation is to not test
at this time as most of the fl us are as-
sumed to be H1N1 and it is not being
treated any differently from a regular
fl u if the symptoms are mild,” Teo said
in an e-mail.
According to Toronto Public Health,
symptoms can include fever, chills,
cough, sore throat, headache, muscle
aches, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and di-
A displaced World
We aren’t exactly happy we have to move. It’s kind of like we’re being kicked out.
–Keenan Tamblyn, World of Posters, sales associate
I was sweating really bad but still freezing. I’d be drenched 15 minutes later from taking a nap.
–Meagan Blodgett, describing her H1N1 experience
arrhea – similar to the fl u.
Julia Lewis, director for the Centre
for Environmental Health, Safety and
Security, said that as of now, the univer-
sity cannot keep track of the number of
cases at Ryerson.
It’s up to individuals who are sick with
fl u to let the administration know. Ryer-
son is not obligated to inform its com-
munity of the number of H1N1 cases,
but Lewis said she presumes there are
many individuals who have had or cur-
rently have H1N1.
“I can tell you within our population
there will be many cases of H1N1. We
are no different than the population of
the city,” said Lewis.
Teo said that Ryerson will be keeping
an eye on the virus.
“There will be protocols in place to
do so soon by tracking the number of
patients with symptoms and referral to
hospitals to allow follow-up and see if
there are signifi cant increases.”
For this fl u season, Teo said the cen-
tre will have the fl u shot and two H1N1
vaccinations that will be available in
November.
RU ready for more signs?Because they’re coming. Those glowing blue and yellow “RU” signs on buildings across Ryerson’s campus will soon increase by eight.
Adam Kahan, VP student advancement, said the goal is to “try and create an entrance way” to Ryerson. The new signs will fi nd homes on bridges and gateposts as well as in Toronto Life Square.
Athletics CentreCheck out pages 11 to 14. You won’t be disappointed. Just trust us on this one.
4• The Eyeopener Wednesday, September 16, 2009EDITORIAL
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edItOR-IN-ChIeFAmit “VINDICATED” Shilton
NeWsVanessa “PYJAMAS” Greco
Carys “KETCHUP IN THE EYE” Mills
assOCIate NeWsShirley “STEALTH” Lin
FeatUResRodney “SAUNA” Barnes
BIZ & teChLauren “NONE” Strapagiel
aRts & LIFeAleysha “COCAINE” Haniff
Amanda “BIG STEP” Cupido
sPORtsAnthony “TONY” Lopopolo
PhOtOAndrew “TESTS” WilliamsonMatt “GIVE IT BACK” Llewellyn
assOCIate PhOtOChris “I DON’T KNOW HER NAME” Dale
FUNLeif “OVERTIME” Parker
ONLINe GURUKerry “WEB MEETING!” Wall
GeNeRaL MaNaGeRLiane “MEDIEVAL” McLarty
adVeRtIsING MaNaGeRChris “THE BAR IS WAITING” Roberts
desIGN dIReCtORRyan “GRILLED CHEESE” Price
VOLUNteeRsKyra “WATER POWERED” Power
Hilary “HAH” HagermanHarbi “GO-GETTER” Natt
Arti “RUN AROUND TOWN” PatelJelena “GRANNY SMITH” Djurkic
Alexandra “GALA” Macaulay Abdelwahab
Nick “JONAGOLD” LypaczewskiDominique “MCINTOSH” Lamberton
Cory “EMPIRE” WrightSara “FUJI” Vossoughi
Avary “HONEYCRISP” LovellTravis “MY MAINE MAN” Dandro
Alex “WHO DAT?” CoolSamara “OLIVIA” ParkerB.S. “F#CK COLOUR” Price
Byeka “BOB” Byeka
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The Eyeopener• 5 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 NEWS
The Alsop cometh
World-renowned architect Will Alsop
might be stepping foot on campus as
early as this semester to give Ryerson’s
architecture program a leg up.
In 2000, Alsop won the Stirling Prize
for the Pekham Library in London.
He’s also known locally for his work on
OCAD’s tabletop building. Right now
he’s working on two subway extensions.
Mohamed Lachemi, interim dean
of architecture, is looking forward to
exposing his masters architecture stu-
dents to someone with international
experience.
“He has a very unique sign in terms of
architecture,” said Lachemi.
Lachemi said they are still in nego-
tiations with Alsop, but he is hoping to
have the architect give a public lecture
later this semester and work on masters’
theses part-time as well.
Some may have expected Alsop to
sign on with the University of Toron-
to’s architecture department, but the
‘starchitect’ is known for cheering on
the underdog.
“I like the graduate department at
Ryerson because it’s fairly young,” said
Alsop in an August Toronto Star article.
If negotiations work out, Daniel Be-
asse, a second-year masters architec-
ture student, could benefit from Alsop’s
input on his thesis next semester.
Alsop would be “looking at it from a
different perspective,” said Beasse.
However, Beasse doesn’t expect to
benefit immediately from the glow of
Alsop’s reputation. He thinks that would
take time to develop. “I think it will be
interesting,” he said.
BY RODNEY BARNES
Ryerson’s hoping to get Alsop in January. PHOTO: AlSOP ARcHiTEcTS
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6• The Eyeopener Wednesday, September 16, 2009NEWS
No jobs leave students scrambling Hailey Easton is frustrated.
The fourth-year child and youth care student
spent the entire summer looking for a job in her
fi eld. After sending out 20 resumes, only two po-
tential employers called her back.
Two interviews later, Easton was still jobless.
“They said it was because of a lack of experi-
ence. How are students supposed to get into the
fi eld out of school when they don’t have the same
experience as someone in it?”
Eventually, Easton began applying for jobs out-
side her fi eld.
“I branched off looking for basically anything I
could get,” she said.
This summer, students across the country found
themselves with similar summer job woes.
According to Statistics Canada, the student un-
employment rate rose to 20.9 per cent in July, the
second highest level since 1977 — a seven per cent
jump from last year. The average hours worked by
students was at a record low, at only 23.4 hours a
week.
Ishnoor Baidwan, a second-year business man-
agement student, sent out 15 job applications at
the beginning of summer. Like Easton, he received
only two responses.
Baidwan eventually found a position at a ware-
house. It paid $11 per hour but lasted only one
week. With a tuition bill over $4,500, his summer
job hardly helped with his educational expenses.
After a summer of plummeting job prospects,
Ryerson has seen a 10 per cent increase in fi nan-
cial aid applications this year.
The dwindling summer job market was “likely a
contributing factor,” said Carole Scrase, manager
of student fi nancial assistance.
Cash-crunched students can look to Ryerson
for help. According to Scrase, the $15.5 million in
fi nancial assistance doled out this year will allow
Ryerson hire more students and assure student
bursaries, awards and scholarships from endowed
funds.
With the new school year underway, Easton
found work as a sales associate at Aerie, a lingerie
store. On top of that, she’s taken on another job as
a bartender/usher at the Harbourfront Centre — a
position she found through friends.
“That helped,” said Easton. “It’s not in my fi eld
and I think someone in the industry would have
been more qualifi ed.”
Philip Lim, director of the career development
and employment centre said, “Networking is key.
When young people think of jobs, they think of the
Internet. It only has an effectiveness rate of seven
per cent.”
He also recommends using Ryerson’s work
study program to fi nd jobs on campus. Out of 800
positions offered this year, 580 are still available,
said Lim.
Meanwhile, Easton has an interview coming up
Jelena Djurkic explores how cash-crunched students are coping with empty pockets
for a residential treatment program, a job related
to her fi eld. She’s unsure of whether she’ll be able
to drop one of her existing jobs.
“It’s really tough, it puts me in a really hard posi-
tion where I have to put that many more hours in,”
said Easton.
Despite the discouraging summer job hunt, she
remains optimistic .
“Hopefully after this interview, things will
change.”
Hailey Easton handed out 20 resumes this summer. PHOTO:CHRIS DALE
Still hunting for a job?Check out page 17 for creative tips on how to land a half-decent gig.
Admin charges up at RyeBY SARA VOSSOUGHI
Not only are students paying more for tuition,
some administrative charges are up by as much as
33 per cent.
The charge increases proposed by the registrar’s
offi ce were approved by the Board of Governors
this spring and took effect this fall. The fees for ap-
plying to Ryerson, fee receipts and special letters
increased, some jumping by as much $15.
“We’re trying to balance a variety of service ob-
jectives,” said registrar, Keith Alnwick.
“We’re seeing a dramatic increase in demand for
this kind of service,” he said of Ryerson’s increased
applications.
He pointed out that Ryerson received over
68,000 applicants for undergraduate spots at Ry-
erson this fall, second in Ontario only to the Uni-
versity of Toronto.
While Liana Salvador, vice president education
of the Ryerson Students’ Union was unaware of the
fee increases, she’s not surprised.
“We know that government under funding is a
serious problem, especially in Ontario,” she said.
Amongst the rising fees, Alnwick has one piece
of good news.
“We have not changed the transcript fee in quite
some time... and we’re not going to,” he said.
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20
The percentage increase for fee statement receipts and special letters.
The number of dollars the evaluation/application fee has increased by,
The number of dollars you can expect to pay for a fee statement receipt or special letter.
Follow the money
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The Eyeopener• 7 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 NEWS
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2009
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For more information call 416-585-4585
Proceeds to Victoria University Library. Activists protest the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to screen a series of movies about Tel Aviv outside the Rogers Communication Centre (RCC). photo: andrew williamson
CSG slams RSU for funding cuts Briefs & GroanersMurderer sentenced to life
In July, Arssei Hindessa was sentenced to life
in prison for the May 2006 murder of Ryerson
student, Natalie Novak. Hindessa, now 33, was
found guilty of second-degree murder. He will
be eligible for parole in 18 years for stabbing 20-
year-old Novak.
Globe and Mail journalist comes to Ryerson
Jan Wong, famed for her Globe column Lunch
with Jan Wong, taught her first class at Ryerson
on Sept. 15. She’s known for smuggling knives
into airports and pissing off celebs — all in the
name of journalism.
Scholarship of shame renamed
After its namesake was sentenced to seven
years in prison for fraud, the award formerly
known as the Garth H. Drabinsky scholarship
has changed to the Cineplex Odeon award. The
company requested the name change.
...or you could play name that provost
Alan Shepard, provost and vice president ac-
ademic, announced organizational changes to
the provost’s office on Sept. 14. The office cre-
ated the position of vice provost academic, to
be filled by Mehmet Zeytinoglu. Others changes
include Diane Schulman, secretary of senate,
who will add director of academic initiatives to
her job description.
Ping pong...pow
On Sept. 8 at 11:10 p.m. security responded to
a dispute over a stolen ping pong paddle in Pit-
man Hall. The dispute was eventually resolved
but the paddle was unable to be recovered. Ap-
parently it was an intense game.
Too hawt to handle
During orientation week students could earn
spirit points by drinking a bottle of hot sauce.
One student ended up vomiting the hot sauce.
We figure it was a painful exit route, but we hate
to imagine the burn that would accompany the
other way out.
Former members of the community service
groups (CSG) are rallying against the Ryerson Stu-
dents’ Union (RSU) in a campaign to restore their
funding, fearing that some budget cuts will hurt
them in delivering services to students.
“Our main goal is to restore adequate funding to
the service groups so that services can be decent
for the students,” said Jesse Trautmann, who start-
ed the campaign early September. The Drop-Fees,
Not CSGs campaign also wants the assistant posi-
tions to be reverted back to coordinators so they
have more to do campaigns and events.
The budget’s biggest change regarding CSG
was cuts to their wages ranging up to 50 per cent,
with RyePride being cut by about 67 per cent. The
Working Students’ Centre (WSC) was hit the hard-
est with cuts of more than 75 per cent, although
staff was reduced to one part-time employee from
three last year.
“Last year we felt that we were underfunded,
but now they’re just cutting even more,” says Kar-
en Warren, who was with the Women’s Centre last
year and joined the campaign. The duo says that
the RSU has the money, yet is cutting it’s total bud-
get by 36 per cent.
Toby Whitfield, VP finance and services, said
that salaries were cut back because the RSU didn’t
receive funding from the government for work-
study this summer. As a result, no summer staff
were hired this year to ensure that spending was in
line. Only the Community Food Room was opened
for the summer and a six-week RyePride position
was hired for the Pride Parade events.
Ashley Mathew, who worked at the Women’s
Centre, said that the $10 wage work-study job
wasn’t enough for the hours of work she put in.
This year, RSU work-study positions are at $10.75.
“Students aren’t going to notice a difference this
year, the services are still there,” said Whitfield.
“Their funding is where it needs to be. They’ll still
get funding for events, promotions, operations
and resources.”
Compared to last year’s budget, the funding for
them remained relatively the same, except for Ry-
ePride that saw about $3,000 less, whereas Wom-
en’s Centre had $650 less. But RyeAccess had $400
more to in their budget.
At times the RSU has received funding from Hu-
man Resources Development Canada. Typically
they apply for about six or eight, but Whitfield says
this year the RSU only got funding for one and a
half positions. Normally, the RSU budgets around
$5,000 to $6,000 for summer wages.
“So we’ve basically reduced staff all across, but
we are still able to keep services open in the sum-
mer and keep things running,” Whitfield said.
By shirley lin
CSG members want more funding support from RSU. photo: andrew williamson
inspection threatens to pull CKln off the air
After a year mired in controversy, CKLN 88.1 FM
is at risk of losing their broadcasting license.
On Sept. 15, an inspector from the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Com-
missions (CRTC) flew in from Ottawa to assess the
station that violated their license agreement by
broadcasting dead air for several weeks.
Right now, CKLN is airing pre-recorded pro-
gramming while its brand new board of directors
— elected on July 24 — prepares to relaunch the
station, notorious for a long history of infighting
between management and board members.
Ron Nelson, interim chair of the newly appoint-
ed CKLN board of directors, thinks the CRTC in-
spection will be a catalyst for change.
“It’s a disciplinary measure that we needed,” he
said, adding that he’s confident CKLN will hang
onto its license and be back on the airwaves be-
tween Oct. 1 and 15.
In the meantime, all listeners can do is wait. The
CRTC will make their decision within two weeks,
said Peter Toh, treasurer of CKLN’s new board.
“Our license renewal comes up in 2014,” said
Toh. “But like a driver’s license, it can be pulled at
any time.”
By Vanessa GreCo
8• The Eyeopener Wednesday, September 16, 2009NEWS
Students noticed something a bit different when
logging onto RAMSS last week.
Rather than being directed to their RAMSS ac-
count, students were asked an enrollment ques-
tion that had to be answered before proceeding.
They were asked whether they planned to attend
their enrolled classes or whether they would take
appropriate steps to drop the classes.
Keith Alnwick, Ryerson’s registrar, said it’s to
provide the university with more information
about students enrolled in fall studies.
Nora Farrell, Ryerson’s ombudsperson, said
students may be unaware that by not attending
enrolled classes, it can result in a failure for non-
attendance and huge bills.
Last year’s Ombudperson’s Report recommend-
ed that additional efforts be made to alert students
at the point of registration of the importance of
cancelling their registration.
Farrell said she wants students to avoid a “se-
mester full of FNA’s (Failure Non-Attendance) on
their academic record and a substantial debt.”
Alnwick said a huge number of students have al-
ready responded and the university will be follow-
ing up with those students who do not respond.
“I was a little caught off guard because I was just
expecting to sign on to RAMSS as usual, but I an-
swered the question assuming it was probably just
an administrative thing,” said Engelina Schmitz, a
third-year interior design student.
Alnwick said that students have always been
academically and financially responsible for their
courses they’re enrolled in and this questionnaire
doesn’t change that.
RAMSS survey to curb flunk-outsBy doMinique lAMBeRton
No funding available for special needs mentoring groupBy AvARy lovell
Kateryna Aksenchuk chose to attend Ryerson
three years ago because the university had a Best
Buddies chapter. But after school started, she real-
ized it wasn’t a recognized campus group.
The five-year-old chapter pairs students and
individuals with intellectual disabilities based on
similar interests. But it doesn’t have club status be-
cause it’s not recognized by the Ryerson Students’
Union (RSU). Aksenchuk, co-campus co-ordinator
of the group, said it has 20 members but it’s dif-
ficult to recruit and function as a group without
RSU support.
“We have no funding, can’t book a room, can’t
put up a poster, all because we don’t have club
status,” she said.
Once paired, buddies talk once a week and
meet at least twice a month to do anything from
coffee to going for a run. There are four group
events a year that require meeting space.
“You’ve got to understand, Ryerson students
are involved. I don’t understand why York, U of
T, McMaster all have this program [acknowl-
edged]… so why shouldn’t we have that status?”
said co-campus coordinator, Samiksha Singh.
Best Buddies is not an academically-based
group and doesn’t fit the requirements in this
category, said Lise de Montbrun, RSU VP student
life and events, which is why it can’t get funding.
Affiliate groups include chapters of external or-
ganizations and are usually academically ori-
space through RSU.
Aksenchuk felt if other chapters, such as En-
gineers Without Borders, are included then so
should hers.
“I talked to anyone I could. I talked to the presi-
dent (of RSU). I was told it would be brought up in
meetings and I thought I could go to bed at least
knowing that was happening. But nothing was
done.”
De Montbrun said there have been a handful of
groups seeking status, such as Meal Exchange and
Free the Children.
A draft policy will be discussed at the next RSU
board meeting on Oct. 13. De Montbrun said if the
motion gets passed, groups eligible for the new
category will be contacted to re-apply for status.
Working Students’ Centre to be revamped
The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) is silencing
the Working Students’ Centre (WSC) by shutting it
down, leaving the group without its own office this
fall, say former members.
“It’s not okay to cut the Working Students’ Cen-
tre,” said Robert Heydari, who was coordinator
two years ago. “If there’s a problem, they should be
fixing that.”
Instead, it will be occupied by the new Students
Against Racism group, created last January. How-
ever the WSC, a community service group that
promotes student labour rights, will still be oper-
ating through the RSU office staffed by a part-time
and full-time worker.
Heydari said that there’s a conflict of interest
By ShiRley lin in their work advocating for workers’ rights and
having the RSU as boss. He added that the stu-
dents who sought advice from the centre were of-
ten those who had RSU work-study jobs and the
centre wanted to plan a campaign about it.
“WSC had identified a program that the RSU
was exploiting…so they needed to neuter us,”
said Heydari.
“The Working Students’ Centre is not being
taken over,” said Liana Salvador, VP education.
“We’re shifting the work to our office which is
where we operate a number of our other servic-
es.”
Former colleagues Karen Warren and Jessica
Ponting say that removing the WSC from the list
of service groups from the student handbook
and lack of advertising space in it, along with los-
ing an independent working space, is a sign that
they’re being shut down.
“We found that it was very underutilized,” said
Toby Whitfield, VP finance and services. “Not many
students were actually visiting the centre...there-
fore this year, we decided to convert that space
into the new Students Against Racism office. There
won’t be a physical office, but if students want in-
formation, we’ll make it available in the second
floor lounge.”
The former members also said the RSU has ig-
nored their issues which were brought up at last
year’s board meeting. Ex-members felt their cam-
paigns were unrelated to their work.
Salvador agrees there were WSC-related cam-
paign issues. “Not enough campaigns were done
last year, so we need to do more work,” she said.
The Eyeopener• 9 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 NEWS
Spending the night with RyeSERTReporter Alexandra Macaulay Abdelwahab spends a night on call with Rye’s student emergency team.
It’s 11 p.m. on a Saturday. As most Pitman Hall
residents head out for the night, two members of
the Ryerson Student Emergency Response Team
(RyeSERT) discover a student lying on her dorm
room floor.
She’s just fallen off a table and is complaining
of a sore back. Fearing the worst, RyeSERT springs
into action, strapping her to a spine board and
putting her on a stretcher.
Fortunately, it was a demonstration and not a
real emergency. But now that RyeSERT, a first-aid
team run by student volunteers, is dispatched by
Ryerson security, this is exactly what they could
run into on the job.
No calls came in while The Eyeopener shad-
owed RyeSERT but two emergency calls came in
early on Sunday morning.
As of move-in day, RyeSERT has provided 24-
hour coverage in all residences and the Ram in the
Rye. When security receives a medical emergency
call in these areas, they dispatch RyeSERT mem-
bers to assist with the call.
“It’s important that students are responding,”
said Gabriel Lazdins, RyeSERT’s director.
“A student is not going to confide in a security
guard about drug or alcohol abuse because they’ll
be afraid of getting in trouble, when they should
be worried about getting the medical help they
need.”
Caitlin Lusk, a first-year film student who lives
in Pitman Hall agrees.
“We’ll trust them more because they don’t carry
a badge and can’t reprimand us,” she said.
Many students have already approached RyeS-
ERT members with their medical conditions which
are now kept on a list in their office, said Lazdins.
RyeSERT had been trying to reach an agreement
with the university to provide coverage across
RyeSERT volunteers demonstrate their emergency response techniques. PHOTOS: CHRIS DALE
campus for the last five years. The university was
reluctant to sign because they were afraid of prob-
lems with liability, according to Lazdins.
RyeSERT is not allowed to administer drugs on
campus although the organization is recognized
by Toronto EMS and certified to administer 11 dif-
ferent drugs including injectable Gravol, Epineph-
rine and Ventolin for asthma attacks.
“It’s unfortunate because if someone is suffering
from an allergic reaction, diabetic coma or heart
attack, we can’t treat it,” said Lazdins.
Despite problems in the past, there have not
been any conflicts between RyeSERT and security
this year.
“So far it’s been really great. Most of the RyeSERT
people have a high level of training, comparable to
ours. It basically just means we have an extra set
of hands” said Imre Juurlink, supervisor of security
and emergency services.
The team has taken up office on the second floor
of Pitman Hall and have a stretcher, spine board
and two medical kits at the ready at all times. Two
RyeSERT members sleep over every night so the
office also has a bunk bed.
“Whenever there are students in the building,
we’re here,” said Lazdins.
“Residence is pretty nutty on the weekends and
a lot of students are probably getting hurt or get-
ting alcohol poisoning,” said Lee Jones, a first-year
graphic communications management student.
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Ryerson in the palm of your hand
by lauren strapagiel
Find your class on a map, call your professor,
book a study room and check what’s happening
on campus for the day – all with only a few taps or
clicks on your phone.
The future is here Ryerson, and it’s available in
two colour schemes.
Ryerson Mobile launched Monday, Sept. 14,
offering students smartphone-friendly access to
campus news, maps, computer availability, the li-
brary catalogue and more. It can be accessed from
mobile browsers at http://m.ryerson.ca.
“It’s a mobile portal to your whole campus ex-
perience,” said Graham McCarthy, 26. McCarthy
science graduate, and Ryan Kent and Adam Car-
lucci, both fourth year new media students. They
spent the summer creating Ryerson Mobile as a
work-study program.
With so many smartphones on the market, the
team decided to make Ryerson mobile web-based
rather than developing applications for the iPhone
or BlackBerry. Now virtually any mobile device can
access Ryerson Mobile.
The mobile site looks sleekest on Android
phones and iPhones, with the information website,
http://www.ryerson.ca/rmobile, having a familiar
Apple feel. The site is also optimized for Black-
berry with a list view. Most regular cell phones can
access Ryerson Mobile from their browsers and
should get a text-based version.
The seeds of Ryerson Mobile were planted back
in November 2008 when the library ran an un-
dergraduate survey. They found that 76 per cent
of students had cell phones and 21 per cent had
smartphones. Thirty-nine per cent said their next
phone would be a smartphone.
“As a student it excites me knowing that I’m
helping other students,” said David Sistilli, Direc-
tor of Digital Media Projects for Ryerson’s branch
of Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE).
Focus groups ran last June by SIFE Ryerson
showed that students were looking for more than
just library services, they wanted a portal to their
total Ryerson life. This brought the project to Brian
Lesser, assistant director of Ryerson Computing
and Communications Services (CCS).
CCS provided access to RAMSS and software on
campus computers that allows Ryerson Mobile to
show users which ones are available for use. CCS
was also responsible for providing the security
that Ryerson mobile would need if it was going to
be accessing student’s accounts.
Everyone involved with developing Ryerson
Mobile wants it known that this is only the begin-
ning.
“The kind of neat thing is we’re not sure what
will come out of this,” said Lesser.
In the future Ryerson Mobile could include lo-
cation-based functionality, athletics information
and finances. Some things are already in devel-
opment, some are still ideas, but expansion is in-
evitable. Tools are being created that would allow
even students without programming knowledge to
add their own functions.
Adam Carlucci, Ryan Kent and Ayu Er (left to right) from the Ryerson Mobile development team. photo: andrew williamson
Profile: Change what appears in your news feed as well as the co-lour scheme.
Directory: Look up someone and click on their extension or e-mail to connect.
Schedule: The room number opens the map app or click your prof for their contact.
Library: Search the catalogue, reserve books and even see what floor they’re on.
Find a computer: See where to find avail-able computers and laptops.
Book a room: Reserve your own space or search for where oth-ers booked space.
News: Find out the happenings on cam-pus plus research and library news.
Map: Never be lost again. Use the menu to find particular buildings.
About: Info on each of the apps and an e-mail for technical problems and to give feedback for future updates.
your new mobile best friends
is a library system analyst at Ryerson and part of
the development team that designed and pro-
grammed Ryerson Mobile.
Also on the team are Ayu Er, a recent computer
The kind of neat thing is we’re not sure what will come out of this.
–Brian Lesser, assistant director of CCS
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The Eyeopener• 1 1 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 MAPLE LEAF GARDENS
The worst kept secret on campusamit shilton
ediTor-in-chief
Talking to Ryerson administration
about Maple Leaf Gardens is like talking
to a teenage girl about a secret crush.
Just drop the name of the historic are-
na and they squirm anxiously in their
seats, knowing smiles growing across
their faces.
The biggest grin came from Ryerson’s
biggest cat, Sheldon Levy. Standing with
him in his office one night after a board
meeting, Levy was playing his own ver-
sion of SimCity. Looking out the picture
window of his office in the sky, he raised
his arm and point to different points in
the city. Levy said construction on the
Sears parking lot was starting to look
less likely after talks about the site be-
gan to stall. Maybe we’ll put our new
athletics centre on the site of a Toronto
Community Housing building, maybe
at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Hearing the historic arena was back
on the discussion table — after talks
were thought to be dead — sent us on
a chase.
Ian Hamilton, director of campus
planning and facilities, grinned know-
ingly when pressed about the Gardens.
When asked about the prospect of
partnering with Toronto Community
Housing, Hamilton said he didn’t know
a thing. If the man in charge of campus
planning doesn’t know anything, it’s not
happening.
If Ryerson does go ahead with the
Toronto Community Housing project,
athletic director Ivan Joseph said there
wouldn’t be room for a new arena. With-
out a rink closer to campus, he warned
the school might cut the hockey pro-
gram.
Ryerson hockey coach Graham Wise
is the top paid coach in athletics. Steph-
anie White, our women’s hockey coach,
brings with her national credibility. Levy,
who is able to recite the entire roster of
the 1967 Maple Leafs, is a huge hockey
fan. Under Levy’s watch, hockey should
be safe from extinction.
Talk of the university owning the for-
mer Maple Leafs home was nothing new
to the city’s politicians either. Toronto
Centre MP Bob Rae said it would be
a match made in heaven. George
Smitherman, the riding’s MPP and
strongly rumoured mayoral candidate,
told us how he’d love to take his kids
skating on the rink. His staff even sent
us his picture posing in front of the Gar-
dens.
When we got a hold of Loblaw, the
current owners of Maple Leaf Gardens,
the supermarket giant told us they still
plan on putting a store in the building.
That doesn’t mean Ryerson is out of
luck. Levy has a history of partnering
with the private sector (see: our business
building) and there’s plenty of room for
both a supermarket and athletics cen-
tre. Plus, the school would need to form
some kind of partnership if it were to
have a chance at affording the cost.
On a walk around the arena, we ran
into a worker who was laying a fresh
sheet of ice. The ice was for the CBC’s
new show Battle of the Blades, which
will be filmed inside the Gardens.
Leaving Levy’s office that night, I re-
minded him what a dream it would be
to watch the Rams light up the Gardens
one more time. He shone that familiar
smile one more time and chuckled.
“It’s never impossible,” he said.
photo: kevin frayer / the canadian press
Wednesday, September 16, 200912• The Eyeopener MAPLE LEAF GARDENS The Eyeopener• 1 3 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 MAPLE LEAF GARDENS
Why an athletics centre won’t be built anywhere else1) Toronto Community Housing The city is planning to redevelop the area to include parks, and Levy said the school is trying to see if they can fit into those plans. But Jo-seph says the location would be big enough for only a few soccer fields. Any plans for an athletic centre will need to have a rink.
2) Sears parking lot The footprint of the parking lot is massive and allows Ryerson to build from scratch. But Levy says the school’s talks with the provincial gov-ernment, who now own the building, have stalled in recent months. He also says he’s planning on making an announcement about the centre by the end of the month. Buying a massive plot of land won’t happen overnight or by the beginning of October, when an announce-ment is expected.
3) Moss Park ArenaRyerson could partner with the city to build a new community centre, but Levy isn’t here to share. Splitting time with an already busy com-munity rink won’t solve the problem of lack of ice time for Ryerson’s hockey and figure skating teams.
Bringing the banner back homeby anthony lopopolo
It’s where Ali fought Chuvalo, where Canada
beat the USSR and where the Toronto Maple Leafs
celebrated 11 Stanley Cup victories. Now it can be
host to the first ever Ryerson championship.
Maple Leaf Gardens holds prestige, history and
iconic status. But the vaunted arena is also a few
minutes away from campus and that may be the
most alluring aspect for Ryerson athletes eager to
I’ve told my guys we can’t continue to have hockey without a rink.
– Ivan Joseph, Athletic Director
finally enjoy a true home game.
Playing out of George Bell arena – a good 40
minute commute from campus – the men’s hock-
ey team, for one, haven’t been able to strive. The
commute to the arena not only makes it difficult
for fans to fill the empty bleachers, it’s also tough
for the team to practice effectively.
Despite bringing in notable hockey coach Gra-
ham Wise, the team has had a tough time luring
The pursuit of Carlton’s cathedral
by rodney barnes
Ryerson has had its eye on owning
Maple Leaf Gardens ever since the Leafs
moved out in 1999. But the Gardens
has proved to be a costly cougar to
court, leaving it derelict for the past de-
cade.
The history of Ryerson’s relationship
with Maple Leaf Gardens is the story
of a young suitor courting a fickle, and
very pricey, older woman. The Gardens
have gone up for sale time and again,
and each time Ryerson has hesitated to
make the move.
The first opportunity came in fall
1999, when developers approached
then-Ryerson president Claude Lajeu-
nesse with plans to rent out space with-
in the Gardens to the university. Lajeu-
nesse had been looking a long time to
establish a new business building, and
the upper portion of the Gardens would
have been large enough to house the
business school as well as student resi-
dences. Below them the arena would
have been used for the hockey and bas-
ketball teams.
An architect’s study completed a year
later determined the move to be too
expensive. As part of its heritage status
the roof and exterior walls of the Gar-
dens must remain intact, but this also
includes the bleachers holding up those
walls from the inside. According to the
review, on-campus development would
have been cheaper than renovating the
Gardens.
Loblaw, one of the few bidders for
the property, purchased the Gardens
in 2003 and planned to install a Super-
store. Only three months later, Loblaw
put the Gardens back on the market
after considering the property too
expensive to renovate. Ryerson moved
in for the purchase, but backed away
from negotiations. The elusive lady re-
mained just out of Ryerson’s financial
grasp.
But it did not leave its mind. When
a comeback for the Gardens, a win for the communityby amanda cupido
The Golden Griddle across the street from
Maple Leaf Gardens used to have a dinner rush
and a line-up out the door.
“It was crazy when the Gardens was open,” said
Jasmine Dick, assistant manager. “It’s so sad seeing
it shut down like this.”
Business isn’t great at Golden Griddle these
days, but if the Gardens were to reopen it might go
back to the way it used to be. “It would mean more
hours and better tips,” said Dick. “And it would
give lots of people jobs.”
With the chance of Maple Leaf Gardens reopen-
ing as an arena, it would not only give the busi-
nesses around it a boost, but it would allow for a
part of Toronto’s history to come back to life.
“Maple Leaf Gardens is an icon in the city,”
said Bob Rae, MP for Toronto Centre. “It has been
empty for a number of years now. An athletics
facility would be a great use for it.”
George Smitherman, Deputy Premier, agrees it
would be an “enormous boost” for the city to have
it open again.
“As a potential father-to-be, it’d also be great to
take my kids ice-skating there,” he said.
Other kids within the city would benefit as well.
Paul Lewicki, historian and ice co-ordinator for the
Toronto Marlboros hockey club, said that Toronto
has limited ice space in the downtown core.
“We are dying for more ice,” he said. “And when
you put the history into it, it would be a treat.”
Lewicki said that the Marlboros started prac-
tising at the Gardens since the day it opened and
remembers his teams getting off the ice as the
Toronto Maple Leafs got on. “It used to be quite
a home for us,” said Lewicki. “We don’t have that
advantage anymore.”
While working in the Golden Griddle, Dick sees
people taking pictures in front of the Gardens all
the time. “We get tourists coming in and asking us
what it used to be and what it’s being turned into,”
said Dick. “We have no answers but it would be
nice to have answers.”
These answers may be coming sooner than she
thinks.
—With files from Carys Mills
and Vanessa Greco
Toronto Centre MPP George Smitherman poses in front of Maple Leaf Gardens photo courtesy GeorGe smitherman
photo: Joshua freedman
photo: andreW Williamson
Sheldon Levy took over the helm in 2005,
he made his intentions towards the heri-
tage site very clear.
“I would love to buy Maple Leaf Gar-
dens,” he said in an interview. “I know it’s
been sold, but if we had a chance to get
it back for varsity and intramural hockey,
community skating, and maybe a chance
to combine it with something like student
housing I would leap at that opportuni-
ty.”
He met with Loblaw to talk about these
possibilities but the company rebuffed
him; they were determined to go ahead
with their plans of a Superstore. Mayor
David Miller also liked Loblaw’s propos-
als, and going against him would have
made future development for Ryerson
more difficult.
Even if the arena were open to host
the Ram’s hockey games, a price tag
of $4-5,000 per game would be too
much for the athletics department.
Were Ryerson to own the Gardens, how-
ever, we might all wish for the same
magic that brought repeated victory to
the men’s hockey team back in 1968, a
time when championships were plenty
and their home turf was shared with the
Maple Leafs.
But Graham Wise, head coach of the men’s hock-
ey team, also sees this as the next surge of a peaked
interest in athletics at Ryerson. Wise believes the
passing of April’s athletic referendum ushered in
that kind of response.
“Not only would Maple Leaf Gardens help var-
sity athletes, but also the student body,” he said.
The arena could also save the future of hockey
and soccer at Ryerson. Athletic Director Ivan Jo-
seph said hockey costs the school about $250,000
every year. If money continues to be pumped into
those programs without a venue for home games,
he has a hard time foreseeing their survival.
“To me, I have two things that are major issues
for me: a hockey team and a soccer team. Without
either of those, we’ve got an issue,” he said. “I’ve
told my guys we can’t continue to have hockey
without a rink. We can’t continue to have soccer
without a field.”
And the Gardens, with the option of adding
multiple floors, happens to have a large enough
area to embrace that burden.
“We’re always talking ice. We’re always talking
indoor field turf because I would like to have, of
course, all of those things. In my perfect world, I’d
like to have it all in one spot.”
top athletes. Last year, they won only five times
and had the second-worst record in the country.
“It’s an incredible facility and the fact that it’s
a two-minute walk from campus will generate
more fans. Ryerson has been a commuter school
for so long,” said Kevin Krasnowski, a fifth-year
centre. “We as a hockey team are always stuck
with commuting two hours for practice, so elimi-
nating that would make it easier on everybody.”
The change of scenery will also be a big boost
to Ryerson’s emerging women’s hockey team and
figure skating program. The figure skaters, who
battle for ice time at Moss Park, are often forced
to wake up before sunrise to practice.
The building’s history and significance in the
hockey world isn’t lost on Krasnowski. There is
little doubt that approaching potential recruits
with the opportunity to play at Maple Leaf Gar-
dens could draw more than a few elite players.
“Everyone knows about the history of the
Gardens,” he said. “Not only would it make the
school more appealing to high school graduates,
but to (OHL) players who would want to play
here. To play in it, in the heart of the city, having
that arena would allow us to see a fresh flock of
athletes every year.”
14• The Eyeopener Wednesday, September 16, 2009MAPLE LEAF GARDENS
BY VANESSA GRECO
AND CARYS MILLS
It sounds like an unlikely pair.
A man who has built his career on
working towards the future, courting a
building admired for its rich historical
roots. But it’s possible.
From his offi ce at the top of Jorgen-
son Hall, Sheldon Levy can see Maple
Leaf Gardens waiting on the corner of
Church and Carlton Streets, unused for
years now. As Ryerson winds into month
six in its search for a new athletic facil-
ity, Levy admits the abandoned building
is a serious option.
On paper, many locations could sat-
isfy Levy’s criteria for Ryerson’s new
athletic facility. No stranger to real es-
tate, Levy could easily sign off on any
available building and demolish as
necessary. But only Maple Leaf Gardens
gives him the chance to do more than
just build. It allows Levy to give Ryerson
the style and charisma it so desperately
lacks. And it couldn’t hurt his reputation
either.
The notoriety that would follow
the purchase of Maple Leaf Gardens
would cement Levy’s legacy. However,
his admitted disinterest in having the
new building named after him should
already be enough to extinguish any
doubts about his intentions.
When he arrived in 2005, Levy found
his niche in expanding Ryerson’s cam-
pus. Creating a 20-year strategic vision
for the university, Levy quickly took to
work, announcing his plans to purchase
Sam the Record Man and establish Ry-
erson’s doorstep on Yonge Street.
“What he’s really done is brought
Ryerson into being a city builder,” said
Mitchell Kosny, Ryerson’s interim direc-
tor of urban and regional planning. “He
While scoring the historic Gardens
would give Ryerson the notoriety it
needs to compete with its more presti-
gious counterparts like the University of
Toronto, the purchase will undoubtedly
secure Levy’s already sterling reputation
as a leader.
“The more exciting the venue, the
more of a testament to his leadership,”
said Bob Rae, MP Toronto Centre and
former premier, referring to Levy and
the Gardens as a match made in heaven.
And rightfully so.
During a recent interview with Levy
regarding his interest in Maple Leaf
Gardens, the president cocked his eye-
brow playfully and offered to list off ev-
ery single player on the Toronto Maple
Leafs 1967 roster.
Without hesitation he begins to list
them all from memory — in order of
their jersey numbers no less.
Although Levy seems to have a knack
for naming his own personal heros, he
admits that when his term as president
is up in 2015, he doesn’t care whether
Ryerson remembers his own legacy,
whatever that may be.
“What would mean most to me is if in
15 years from now I’m walking around
seeing students of that generation being
proud of their university and thinking I
contributed to that,” said Levy. “If it were
Maple Leaf Gardens that did that… I’d
get a kick out of that.”
Leaving his legacyWhy Maple Leaf Gardens will mark Sheldon Levy’s time at Ryerson
The more exciting the venue, the more of a testament to his leadership.
– Bob Rae, MP Toronto Centre
uses that phrase everywhere, but he re-
ally walks the walk.”
Years before Levy began drawing at-
tention to Ryerson, Maple Leaf Gardens
drew crowds of wide-eyed hockey fans
who’d line up around the building in an-
ticipation for a game. The arena hosted
11 Stanley Cups and some of the most
legendary musical talent of its time. Its
walls are practically steeped in history
— one thing that Ryerson could use a
lot more of.
“Ryerson owning Maple Leaf Gar-
dens would be an enormous boost for
the community,” said George Smither-
man, MPP Toronto Centre and deputy
premier.
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Megan Fox signed autographs and generally looked too good to be real outside the Ryerson Theatre on Sept. 11. She was in town for her movie Jennifer’s Body, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival that night. TIFF runs until Sept. 19. Photo: JoRdAn RobeRts
School “won’t stop” her Ryerson student and pop singer prepares for her first album
by AmAndA cuPido
Lauren Christoff was driving when
she first heard her song “Won’t Stop” on
the radio. She nearly drove off the road.
“It was so surreal when it happened,”
said Christoff, a second-year arts and
contemporary studies student. “I’m still
digesting it all.”
The 20-year-old released her first
single, in summer 2008 and made the
Canadian Top 40 by August of that year.
More recently, on Sept. 2, she per-
formed the national anthem at Ryerson’s
orientation basketball game. Now, she’s
preparing to release her first album. The
release date is set for this fall.
“I still don’t know an exact date be-
cause school is starting,” said Christ-
off, who is currently enrolled in five
courses and records in her spare time.
Sometimes she finds herself in the stu-
dio until 3 a.m. so it can work with her
schedule.
“It’s tough,” said Christoff. “But be-
cause I want it so bad, it doesn’t bother
me.”
She needs to record two more songs
before her album, Revealed, will hit
stores.
She was signed to the indie label
Northern Heights Records after being
approached in her hometown of Ux-
bridge, Ont. She had just performed as
Carmen in the musical Fame. “I didn’t
expect anything from it,” said Christoff.
Before she knew it, she was in the
studio recording a demo. “It all went so
smoothly and so quickly,” said Christoff.
“I didn’t have time to react.”
Christoff wanted to be a singer for as
long as she can remember. “As soon as
I started talking, I started singing,” she
said. “Karaoke was my life.”
But even with all the experience, she
still gets a bit shaky before singing in
front of an audience. “I get nervous ev-
ery time,” she said.
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16• The Eyeopener Wednesday, September 16, 2009arTS & lifE
Want action? Better luck next yearby hilary hagerman
Hey froshies, think you’re going to break in your mattress this year? If you’re
planning on getting any, a new study may disappoint you.
In his book Sex and Youth, Robert Altemeyer, a retired University of Manito-
ba psychology professor who surveyed his first-year students for over 20 years,
found that first-years aren’t as oversexed as you might think.
Altemeyer found that one quarter of the women and nearly half of the men
surveyed said they were still virgins. It also revealed that many aren’t jumping
into one-night stands — 23 per cent of guys and 49 per cent of girls waited until
they were in serious relationships.
Michael Allen, a former RA and Floor President at the ILLC, isn’t surprised.
Although some students suffer from “freedom overload” during frosh week, most
calm down soon after. “During frosh week, some students take the chance to test
their limits when it comes to everything, including sex, but once school starts
they get into their homework or start to get a little homesick,” he said.
“It’s kind of a general opinion that first-years in rez are having sex, and I think
there is a pressure to do it,” added Vassil Sabeb, 20, a first-year sociology student.
“But really, a lot of people already have boyfriends or girlfriends, and it’s definitely
not as crazy as some people make it out to be.”
But if the study has you worried you’ll be left unsatisfied, Dr. Doreen Fumia, a
Ryerson sociology prof who teaches Sexuality, Identity and Society, says that the
results can’t be taken too seriously. “There are just as many studies that report
the exact opposite,” she said. “From what I’ve seen, the study is done in a limited
area, with mostly heterosexual relationships and there are nearly twice as many
females as males. That cuts a whole slice out of the data.” Try being in a serious relationship, dude. Photo: chris dale
the lure of the silver foxby harbi natt
Whether it’s George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr. or Pierce Bros-nan, there’s something about those older men that girls just seem to love. Is it their success, sexual experience, or receding hair lines that draw girls in?
For the past five months, Kate Paddison, a second-year arts and contemporary studies student, has dated a Ryerson graduate who is 10 years older than her.
Do you think the age gap between you and your boyfriend affects your relationship at all?No, I don’t think it affects it at all. But maybe that’s because I’m just that mature. We get along and have fun, I don’t really think about the fact that he’s older.
What attracted you to him?I’m not really sure. He just makes me laugh and we like the same music and stuff. I think that’s be-cause he’s an old guy and I’m an old lady at heart. By that, I mean that I like older music and mov-ies, so we have that in common.
How did your friends react to the relationship?To be honest, the age difference didn’t matter to them because many of them have dated older guys as well. It was never an is-sue. He has no problem spend-ing time with my friends, and that goes both ways.
Why do you think girls are attract-ed to older guys in general?I think it’s because guys their own age aren’t mature enough. Girls always want to settle down and be in long term, committed relationships, and guys in uni-versity and college don’t seem to want that at all.
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Sociology professor Camille Her-nandez-Ramdwar said that from a sociological point of view, it’d be more common for younger women to fall for older men.
“The research has shown that women are attracted to a high income provider,” said Her-nandez-Ramdwar. And society seems to give these couples the green light too.
In general, women engage in hy-pergamy, explained Hernandez-Ramdwar. In simple terms, they “marry up” by choosing mates who are prosperous and good providers.
Men, on the other hand, are usu-ally discouraged from pursu-ing older. Instead, they typically “marry down,” she said.
Hernandez-Ramdwar said find-ing common interests depends on the couple — regardless of any age gap.
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BY ARTI PATEL
Judy Ngo applied for 11 part-time jobs
this summer but is still unemployed.
“As a student I don’t have much ex-
perience. So when I check back on jobs
they are usually gone,” said Ngo, a third-
year food and nutrition student at Ryer-
son.
Ngo was only granted one interiew.
According to Statistics Canada, July
2009 held the highest student unem-
ployment rate in its history at 20.9 per
cent.
Colin Fallowfield, sales manager at
Watch It on Yonge St., said students
should try to focus on being polite and
well-groomed when dropping off re-
sumes.
“Be polite without being fake,” he
said.
Fallowfield suggested tweaking your
resume to focus on related work expe-
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jobs on your resume that were not kept
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Fallowfield also stressed the impor-
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approximately five days after dropping
off a resume.
“It’s just long enough that you’re not
being annoying, and short enough for
them to still remember you,” he said.
Becky Robinson, an employment
support counsellor at Ryerson’s Career
Centre, recommends going beyond
the cover letter and resume by creating
posters, flyers, postcards or even a mag-
azine cover design to set yourself apart
from your competitors.
“This is your general information put
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But for part-time hopefuls, Robinson
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your research, employers will also no-
tice. She suggests following your own
interests when looking for a job and re-
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of the stress-free environment and she
advised him to seek out an employee.
“If you see someone doing a job that
you think you can apply your skills, ask
that person how they got it,” Robinson
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1 8 • The Eyeopener Wednesday, September 16, 2009SPORTS
Rookie rower rides wave to championshipTwo years ago, Matt Buie had never set foot in
a rowboat.
The then-third-year architecture student de-
cided to give rowing a try when the captain of the
rowing team – a friend from residence – asked him
he if wanted to try something new.
Buie started training in the fall and raced for the
first time in May. Now, he’s a national champion.
Buie, 22, reigned superior at the 127th Royal Ca-
nadian Henley Regatta in the U-23 men’s singles
division. In the week-long event, which ran from
Aug. 2 to Aug. 9, he placed second in his heat, first
in the semi-final, and was victorious in the finals
on Aug. 7.
“Winning the Henley was absolutely amazing,”
said Buie, who not only won, but also defeated his
summer long rival, David Wakulich, who came in
second.
The two had been racing against each other all
summer, and Wakulich had even placed first in the
heat where Buie came second.
“I had been chasing him down since the start of
the summer, and this time I wasn’t going to let him
beat me,” said Buie.
“I pulled away right from the start, and soon I
was a boat length ahead of him. I just wasn’t going
to give it up this time.”
However, Buie’s success hasn’t been so easily
handed to him.
“The sport is a real competition to see who can
pursue the longest and push the hardest,” said
Buie. “When you’re in a single race, it’s a complete
mental game where you’re saying, ‘I’m not going to
let that guy catch me, and I’m going to beat him.’”
Rowing at the varsity level is time-consuming
and a strenuous training schedule must be kept.
Rowers usually train six or seven days per week,
with sessions beginning as early as 6 a.m.
“If you want, you can take a day off, but for most
of us – especially when it gets close to race time
– we just want to do seven days at a time.”
It’s that work ethic and dedication that helped
make Buie become such a great rower, said Ryer-
son rowing coach Dominic Kahn.
“Matt loves rowing and he knows what he has
to do to win,” said Kahn. “He shows up every day,
does his workouts and puts excellent effort into
them. He gets something out of it every day, and
every day he gets a little better. ”
Buie, who’s back for a fifth year at Ryerson, says
rowing also stimulated his approach to academ-
ics.
“When I started rowing, I thought it was going
to be extremely tough to pull off both [rowing and
school], but actually my grades went up,” he said.
“Since you have your mind on rowing and then
your mind on school, when you actually do your
school work you’re really into it and focused.”
Kahn believes Buie has become a beacon for the
rest of the team.
“When they see him win, they see how his dedi-
cation pays off. Everyone on the team is talented,
but not everyone is as workman about it as Matt,”
he said.
Taking into account where he came from and
how he developed, though, Buie is still grounded
by modesty.
“I wouldn’t say I’m an inspiration,” said Buie . “I
don’t go out to set an example. I just want to show
people that you don’t have to be a superstar.”
by hilary hagerman
rams hand reins to local coachby anthony lopopolo
Roy Rana decided he’s finished with
leading a perennial winner to the top of
the high school circuit.
Yet he hopes to feel the same way
once he’s done his duty as head coach of
Ryerson’s men’s basketball team.
“He has a proven record of success,
and there’s a general community buzz
about him being picked,” said Ivan Jo-
seph, Ryerson’s director of athletics.
Recognized for his nine-year stint
with Eastern Commerce Collegiate In-
stitute in which he captured five OFSAA
championships, Rana is not one to set-
tle for mediocrity.
He’s forged a close relationship with
Canada’s national team and was recent-
ly instrumental in leading the Cadet
Men’s National team to qualification in
the 2010 U-17 world championship.
But for Joseph, it’s Rana’s connection
to the community that made him the
most appealing candidate.
“I heard from the Toronto District
School Board, ‘The town is so excited
Ryerson finally did this. They didn’t
bring in an outside guy; they brought
in one of their own.’ To me, that’s im-
portant,” Joseph said. “We’re the city’s
university.”
He also mentioned that Rana has the
background and credibility to entice
players across Canada and salvage the
team’s perception of being a one-man
show.
“People wouldn’t come to Ryerson
basketball. Why? We had a reputation
of being a joke. We had a reputation of
not practicing four days a week. So now,
Roy comes in and says, ‘We’re changing
that.’”
And Rana has latched on to that sen-
timent, saying that he’s ready to launch
this program to the height of top teams
in the OUA.
“The first step is to try to improve
and develop a culture of winning here,”
said Rana. “Many of those expectations
will be based on the approach that we
take not only on the court, but off the
court.”
“I think all of that is in the details,
and as long as we have a very commit-
ted group of guys who are willing to in-
crease the level of effort in all aspects of
the program, we’re going to be success-
ful.”
While he’s mindful that no major en-
hancements can be realized within the
first year of his tenure, Rana is steadfast
in his ambition to compete on a year-to-
year basis.
Despite the Rams’ 71-69 playoff loss
to York last season, he noticed the mak-
ings of that change in mentality.
“I think a two-point deficit in a loss is
not a devastating loss because it implies
you’re better than that,” said Rana.
“For a team that hadn’t been to the
playoffs in many, many years, I think we
have to appreciate the fact that they did
something special getting to a playoff
game.”
Boris Bakovic, the Rams all-star for-
ward, is also beginning to warm up to
his new coach.
“He’s very clear with his communica-
tion, was well-received by the guys. And
he’s our coach now, so we’re beginning
to feel each other out,” he said.
Rana is filling the coaching void left
by Glenn Taylor, who was fired last sea-
son under undisclosed terms.
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The Eyeopener• 1 9 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 SPORTS
The beautiful game hurts
Diving towards a hard shot destined to break
the goal line in an early tryout, I didn’t think I had
a chance at making the save.
Blindly, as if my instincts took over, the ball
made contact with the joint of my elbow.
Pressure released like a valve. Although the pain
I’d come to feel merely a second later, following
the pop of a firecracker in my upper arm, would
be my undoing.
But that’s the price I was willing to pay to estab-
lish myself not as some embedded reporter get-
ting the scoop at the men’s soccer tryout at Cherry
Beach, but as a potential goalkeeper.
Having played the high school circuit, I’m no
schlep to the game. I’m no provincial athlete, ei-
ther. I already knew that 2006 OUA all-star goalie
and veteran Anthony Volpe was better than me.
In fact, as each player stated which clubs they
played for before the tryout, I only said Richmond
Hill, my native town. I didn’t boast any track re-
cord. I wasn’t bound by rep status. I first taught
myself to play in my basement back when I was 8
and am proud of it.
Still observing Volpe, who was performing leaps
I couldn’t attempt off a diving board, I reevaluated
my competition. Shit.
But I opted to trek on, suddenly realizing the
sweltering heat that began to mount on top of my
pulsating arm. The field-side trainer said I sus-
tained no significant injury. Even until now, I beg
to differ.
Shaken by the knock – and whether I would ag-
gravate it beyond overnight repair – I heaved a sigh
of relief as shots whisked around my posts.
The coaches seemed satisfied. It was especially
gratifying to see that Ivan Joseph, the newly ap-
pointed coach of men’s soccer, was giving me
some time on his radar.
In the back of my head, I knew it was Joseph
who compelled me to showcase whatever talent I
had. He didn’t treat me like the sports editor of the
Eyeopener. Through grit, I really wanted to lay it all
out there. He gave me a willing chance.
Well, my wish was granted in the shootout. At
this point, I didn’t think my arm could take any
more punishment.
There I was, having balls tossed every which
way toward goal, saving some while submitting to
others. To my excitement, I got a nod of approval
from Volpe.
And then it was over. Actually, it felt like the
mercy rule kicked in, but the task was complete.
All but one player knew about my being an under-
cover reporter, so I looked like any other hopeful
on the pitch. I left my say.
Damaged and bruised like a mishandled parcel,
however, I had resigned from further tryouts. I had
my pride.
Later, at the beginning of the season, I’d see
the coach in his office. “How’s the arm?” he ques-
tioned. As I told him I fully recovered, he dropped
a line that made me think. “We could really use a
third goalie, you know.”
Hm. Now understanding what it takes to be a
keeper on an OUA side – and my own limitations
as one – it was kind of him to say third.
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