Students push for Tory voice on campus
By Jonathan Colford Alex Lalka wants students to know about all the great things that the Mike Harris government has accomplished. Lalka is director-at-large of the Ontario Progressive Conservative...
View ArticleA different brand of student politician
By Shasha Nakhai Sitting in the Hub Cafeteria, Mario Pileggi is sporting jeans and a baseball cap that displays the Italian flag. Beneath the hat, his dark features and bright brown eyes are hard to...
View ArticlePOLITICIANS GONE WILD!
Robyn Doolittle Editor-in-Chief Stephen Harper’s pummelling the masses with money, MPPs are promptly returning calls from student journalists and Stéphane Dion is drinking green beer at the Ram in the...
View ArticleGRADUATES TUNE POLITICS OUT
By Nicole Crozier The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) Graduate Executive Committee is struggling to get the attention of the students that they represent. The graduate executive byelection is tomorrow...
View ArticlePolitics and commerce collide at debate
By Lauren Strapagiel Ask Canada’s major political parties to a debate, and there’s bound to be some verbal punches. “I sometimes wonder if we’re all living in the same country,” said Kevin Moore,...
View ArticleChange?
The heavenly scent of freshly baked waffles hangs in the air outside the Student Campus Centre. The quarry takes the bait. Students descend on the table out front like hungry flies, lining up on this...
View ArticleFarewell, Jack
By Rebecca Burton News Editor Before Jack Layton entered Toronto city politics, he spent nearly 10 years influencing and inspiring Ryerson students as a tenured professor in the politics department....
View ArticleNDP education announcement
Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath announced her parties education pledge at Ryerson Thursday, as the provincial election approaches.
View ArticleVIDEO: RSU Presidential Candidate debate
The three RSU presidential candidates discuss their platforms and answer submitted questions from the audience during the RSU election run-up debate.
View ArticleOlivia Chow visits Ryerson on election day
By Farnia Fekri Mayoral candidate Olivia Chow visited Ryerson’s campus on Monday in a last attempt to garner student votes. After a long and memorable race, Toronto residents will choose a new mayor on...
View ArticleA miracle on Gould Street
By Mohamed Omar Editor-In-Chief It’s Nov. 11, 2014. A handful of Eyeopener editors and myself are at Tecumseh Auditorium in the Student Campus Centre. That’s a real place, I promise. The Ryerson...
View ArticleDude bathrooms and the politics of pissing
By Jake Scott Two men walk into the washroom together. I follow behind. They know each other; there are back slaps and laughs. The three of us walk up to the urinals, which there are three of. One man...
View ArticleInterview with Unite Ryerson hacker
By Jake Scott Someone going by the name Copy That has claimed responsibility for hacking the website of Unite Ryerson, the Ryerson Students’ Union’s incumbent slate in the upcoming election. The person...
View ArticleRSU elections liveblog
Tonight is the climax of what has been a very lively Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) election. Both Transform RU and Unite Ryerson, the two slates running for RSU positions, will be at the Ram in the Rye...
View ArticleOlivia Chow appointed distinguished professor at Rye
By Jackie Hong Former Member of Parliament and mayoral candidate Olivia Chow has been appointed a distinguished visiting professor at Ryerson University’s Faculty of Arts. The Office of the Provost and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Olivia Chow speaks to The Eyeopener
On Feb. 23, 2015, Olivia Chow came to The Eyeopener office to speak to reporter Brennan Doherty about her recent announcement that she was joining Ryerson as a distinguished professor. Media editor...
View ArticleQ&A with new RCS president Kiran Singh
As of May 1, 2015, Kiran Singh will become the new President of Ryerson’s Commerce Society (RCS). Singh worked her way up from a committee member, to the current Executive Vice-President and now the...
View ArticleJohn Tory speaks at Ryerson on traffic technologies
By Laura Woodward Traffic congestion is on its way to be controlled, Toronto Mayor John Tory said at Ryerson’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) on Tuesday. Tory said that Toronto has fallen behind when...
View ArticleMohamed Fahmy: ‘If we believe in a free press … we need to defend it’
By Farnia Fekri Mohamed Fahmy, a former Al Jazeera journalist imprisoned in Egypt for almost two years until his pardon on Sept. 23, was at Ryerson on Tuesday in his first public appearance since his...
View ArticleRyerson profs sign open letter blasting the Conservative party
By Keith Capstick and Laura Woodward Three Ryerson professors signed an open letter regarding the Conservative party’s “unethical” campaign tactics. The letter “condemns” the party for “cynical...
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