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New school revolutionaries

October 3, 2001

Every Tuesday night, in a small room in Jorgenson Hall, a group of around 20 students plot mini revolutions. Each member has different clothing and hairstyles, course selections and ideologies. They have different backgrounds and goals for the future. But they have at least one thing in common – a desire to affect change in […]

On the Ryerson message board

September 26, 2001

Members prefer pleasantries to porn. Seriously. By Siri Agrell In the midst of a city where talking to strangers on the subway or making eye contact on the street can brand you a social deviant, there is a disturbing polite new community emerging on the Web.

Love and life in the face of death

September 26, 2001

By Jennifer McGregor The six Ryerson students knew from the moment their plane landed in Jamaica that they would never again view the world in quite the same way. Scott Payette still winces when, months later and back home in Toronto, he revisits the destitution he saw there. “These people had nothing. They didn’t even […]

The March Goes On

September 19, 2001

By Katherine Tam Participants of the Take Back the Night rally promote thoughtfully protest against violence The banners were ready, the festivities had been planned for weeks, the stereo blasted “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves” by the Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin, and the marchers chanted “No More Patriarchy, No More War.”

Fantasy Island

September 12, 2001

By Ryan Silverman Among seasoned travellers, the Pink Palace Hotel on Corfu Island, Greece, is known as Club Med for backpackers. The sun is hot, the drinks are cheap and the party goes on forever.

Bob Jones students turn the other cheek

By Don McHoull A few minutes before 11 a.m. on a warm South Carolina Wednesday morning, thousands of students converge on on the Bob Jones University Founder’s Memorial Amphitorium for the daily chapel service. They travel neatly along the covered sidewalks, obeying signs that say, “Keep off the grass.” Adhering to the school’s strict dress […]

Young feminists ride the Third Wave

This fall, Statistics Canada reported full-time working women only make 72.5 cents for every dollar men earn and are still working in traditionally female dominated fields—health and social services, retail, education and food and beverage industries.

Latchkey kids grow up and get serious

February 28, 2001

Baby boomers’ offspring are well-educated, socially conscious and out to change the world.

Saint Valentine’s descent from religious martyr to corporate whore

February 14, 2001

The holiday of love has sold out.

Internet hook-ups are risky affairs

February 14, 2001

Be careful when downloading dates — jpegs and great spelling do not a good lover make.

Online lovers plug in and turn on

February 14, 2001

Man and machine in pursuit of the electronic orgasm. Jordan Heath-Rawlings explores the mechanics of cybersex.

A dash of romance

February 14, 2001

Oysters and chocolate, the foods that make Valentine’s Day sexy.

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