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volume 44 / issue 22Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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Is there a pro that has really made a
diference in your learning? Stimulated
your thinking? Captured your imagination?
Now’s the time or you to make a diference. Show
how much you appreciate a pro’s amazing talent
and inspiration by nominating him or her or a
Faculty Teaching Award.
Ryerson has tremendous pros. To give them the recognition they
deserve or their exceptional eforts, we need your help. Students
and aculty can nominate their choices in the ollowing categories:
• Deans’ Teaching Awards
• Provost’s Experiential Teaching Award, Interdisciplinary
Teaching Award, and Innovative Teaching Award
• President’s Award for Teaching Excellence
• Chancellor’s Award of Distinction
Sometimes, An Apple
Just Doesn’t Cut It.We’re inviting students, faculty and sta to join us in a celebration for the outstanding
recipients of the 2011 Faculty Teaching Awards.
There’s no time to waste.
Visit www.ryerson.ca/lt/awards
and get all the details.
Alan Shepard, Provost and Vice President Academic, invites you to a celebration of teaching excellence. Congratulate
some of Ryerson’s most dedicated, innovative and inspiring profs. Come and see why they’re a cut above.
March 24, 1 p.m., POD-250 (The Commons). Reception to follow.
This year’s recipients are:
Deans’ Teaching Awards:
FACULTY OF ARTS
Jenny Carson, History
Anne-Marie Lee-Loy, English
FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION & DESIGN
James Nadler, Radio and Television
FACULTY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES
Nadya Burton, Midwifery
Kiaras Gharabaghi, Child and Youth Care
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND SCIENCE
Alagan Anpalagan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Said Easa, Civil Engineering
Kaamran Raahemifar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
THE G. RAYMOND CHANG SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
John Edward Stowe, Arts
TED ROGERS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Roy Morley, Marketing
President’s Award for Teaching Excellence
Alan Sears, Sociology
Faculty of Arts
Provost’s Experiential Teaching Award
Elaine Frankel, Early Childhood Education
Faculty of Community Services
Provost’s Interdisciplinary Teaching Award
John Caruana, Philosophy
Faculty of Arts
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Turnitin Canada servers have been down since March 10. PHOTO: MARTA IWANEK
Canadian Turnitin servers down Plagiarism detection program many Ryerson professors depend on stops working during thebusiest time in the semester for assignment deadlines
BY SARAH DEL GIALLO
NEWS EDITOR
The program many Ryerson pros
use to avoid plagiarism and maintain
academic integrity in assignments
was knocked ofine since March 10.
An update was posted to Black-
board accounts on March 14 stating,
“There continues to be problems or
some students and sta attempting
to use Turnitin.com, due to a problem
with their Canadian servers. All Cana-
dian Universities are aected. Turnitinbelieves the problem should be xed
early this week.”
Turnitin is a digital code that
screens a student’s submitted work
and relays any inormation that may
have come rom another source to
the proessor. This way, the proessor
can check i sources were cited prop-
erly and that the inormation has not
been plagiarized.
Donna Bell, Ryerson’s academic in-
tegrity ocer, said the university was
notied o the server issue around
noon on March 10 and posted an an-
nouncement on Blackboard immedi-
ately aterwards. They were told the
servers would be working by 9 p.m.
that night. Turnitin is now saying the
issue will be xed by early this week-
end.
Bell said the university’s responsi-bility is to update the aculty regularly
because the servers are Canada wide,
thereore the issue isn’t Ryerson’s.
“As long as we communicated, we
eel like we’ve done what we could,”
she said.
Kaitlyn Arcuri, a second-year child
and youth care student, had to sub-
mit an assignment via Turnitin while
the servers were down. Her proessor
posted a thread on the class discus-
sion board.
“My impression was that he just
chose to ignore it and let us sort it out
on our own,” she said. “He acknowl-
edged that it wasn’t working but told
us to keep trying to submit it until we
got through.”
He had students email assignments
to him directly so he’d know which
were on time. But he asked studentsto continue trying Turnitin, hoping
the program, which has worked spo-
radically, might process the assign-
ment.
Students can opt out o using Tur-
nitin i the service is mentioned in the
course outline and they speak with
their proessor in the rst two weeks
o the course.
The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU)
has been trying to advertise that right.
RSU president Toby Whiteld said,
“There are concerns that once you
submit the d ocuments to Turnitin, it’s
no longer your property as a student.”
Their campaign outlines that when
you submit your work, it becomes the
property o iParadigms, the U.S. com-
pany that owns and operates Turnitin.
Four American students led a law-
suit and lost to iParadigms in March2008 claiming the service violated
copyright.
Whiteld said budget cuts orce
universities to use these systems be-
cause aculty isn’t paid enough or the
workload required to check work.
“It’s a machine. It’s not a proes-
sor,” he said. “Whether the servers are
working or not, it’s still a broken sys-
tem as ar as we’re concerned.”
BY REBECCA BURTON
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Rye seeksfrms tohandle up to
$2.5 millionin projects
Ryerson is seeking an engineering
and architectural consulting rms
that can handle uture projects o up
to $2.5 million.
University administration would
not reveal what projects the compa-
nies are needed or but conrmed
they will only be using these r ms or
uture projects.
The requests or qualications are
posted on MERX, the approved elec-
tronic site or posting potential busi-
ness listings.
Requests or qualications are used
by the university to nd an individual
qualied to complete the requested
work.
This is based on actors such as
reerences and history o work in the
eld, says Aris Medeiros, purchasing
agent.The university must nd an indi-
vidual who has at least the minimum
number o qualications beore di-
recting any uture bids to them.
“Once responded to and ound to
meet requirements, any uture bids
will be directed to them,” says O’Brien.
This is unlike the universities re-
quest or proposals that asks individu-
als to demonstrate how they will get
the work done.
Ryerson currently has postings or
an engineering and architectural con-
sulting services that have the lowest
billing o $50, 000 but indicates that it
will range as high as $2.5 million.
According to the director o pur-
chasing, Mary-Anne O’Brien, the rea-
son or the high cost o $2.5 millionis to make sure the rm qualies to
handle such a costly project.
The listing was rst posted on Feb.
15 and indicates a closing date o
March 15.
The same website also hosts Ry-
erson’s requests or proposals. These
include a request or a new cae to be
built in the Image Arts building which
would cater to students.
Six per cent turnout at voting polls
Any future bids will bedirected to them.
Mary-Anne O’Brien
Directory of Purchasing
Only six per cent o students par-
ticipated in the combined online Sen-ate and Board o Governors elections
this year despite voting extended one
day due to missing students on the
voters’ list.
“The turnout was a little better
than last year,” said Erin McGinn, in-
terim secretary o the Board o Gov-
ernors. Only our per cent o students
weighed in on the outgoing adminis-
tration.
This year, the Senate and Board o
Governors elections were held at the
same time in an eort to streamline
the process or busy student voters.
“We didn’t want a long drawn out
election period,” said McGinn.
The attempt at simplicity almost
backred, ater Ryerson discovered
158 students were missing rom theSenate voter list.
“A Board o Governors by-law re-
quires a list o eligible student voters
30 days in advance o an election. The
Senate does not have this 30-day re-
striction.
“The day beore the election ended
we became aware that there were 158
students on the Senate voter list that
were not on the Board list.”The excluded students were indi-
vidually contacted, and voting was
extended or an extra day.
Newly elected senator and third-
year urban and regional planning
student Steven Ryan Bentley is ea-
ger to make a dierence on campus.
He hopes to improve ood quality in
residence and expand the options
students have or minors and liberal
arts credits.
“Oering a multidisciplinary ap-
proach to education is something I
strongly advocate,” said Be ntley.
The newly elected Senate and
Board o Governors will begin their
one-year terms on Sept. 1, 2011.
ELECTION WINNERS:
Senate
At-Large Student Senators
Steven Ryan Bently
Community ServicesKemoo El Sayed, Engineering
Architecture and Science
Andrew McAllister
Communication & Design
Liana Salvador
Community Services, Nursing
Rebecca Zanussi,
Communication & Design
Faculty of ArtsHerberth Canas
Faculty of Communication
& Design
Kelan Brown
Faculty of Community Services
Neda Hamzavi
Faculty of Engineering,
Architecture and Science
Sheri El-Tawil,
Ted Rogers School of ManagementViktoria Ovoian
Yeates School of Graduate Studies
Waqas Manzoor, Golam Morshed,
G. Raymond Chang School of
Continuing Education (Acclaimed)Ugochukwu E. Asagwara Serena
Gasparitsch
Student members of the Board of
Governors
Tracy Leparulo , Osman Hamid,
Liana Salvador
BY JEFF LAQUERQUIST
The turnout was better
than last year.
Erin McGinn, Interim
BOG Secretary
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Ward 27 councillor revealsplans for Yonge Street
REBECCA BURTONASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Revitalization plans of Dundas to Gerrard strip include potential newsubway entrance and pedestrian only streets
Ward 27 councillor Kristyn Wong-
Tam revealed a plan to revitalize the
Yonge Street strip between Dundas
and Gerrard on Friday, March 11.
The meeting brought together city
councillors, community members and
Ryerson aculty and sta to discuss
the uture o Yonge Street.
The area is under talks to open as
a pedestrian laneway. Similar to the
closure o Gould Street this year, there
was overwhelming support in avouro pedestranizing this strip on Yonge.
This closure would be the second
time Yonge Street has been closed
down as it had been a pedestrian only
street in the 1970s.
This move would be introduced as
a pilot project in the summer months,said Wong-Tam.
I the pilot project doesn’t go
through, Yonge Street instead might
see larger sidewalks and bike lanes.
Wong-Tam also said the mixture
o heavy commercialization at the
Yonge-Dundas end into the smaller
storeronts urther up the street
doesn’t allow the area to create a eel
o unity within the community.
Additional retail will be introduced
as Ryerson unveils the Student Lie
Centre, to be located at the north cor-
ner o Yonge and Gould streets next
month.
Ryerson VP Administration and Fi-
nance Julia Hanigsberg said Sheldon
Levy is pushing to bring in an Applestore into the base o the building.
The now vacant space rom the
Yonge and Gould fre, would be an
ideal spot or a new Dundas subway
entrance that could ease congestion.
This was recommended not only by
Wong-Tam but by Ryerson adminstra-
tion including Hanigsberg.
The plan is nothing new to R yerson
as it was unveiled in Sheldon Levy’s
master plan back in 2006, and origi-
nally slated or the North side o the
Yonge and Gould corner.
With the now vacant lot the idea is
much more easible.
“I the city was in better fnancial
standing, we’d be in construction
now” said Wong-Tam.
Hangisberg said the university has
no immediate plans to build on the
Yonge and Gould Street fre area, but
is interested in working with whoever
is planning there.
I the area does become a subway
entrance, Wong-Tam said the plan will
not just be any old subway entrance,
but will encourage an architecturally
sound building.
“Yonge Street is not as attractive as
it could be,” said Wong Tam.
The Yonge Street revitalization is
headed by two architects, Marianne
McKenna and Ken Greenberg, the
same team behind Ryerson’s master
plan.
A change in retailers will clean up
the strip, introducing what Hanigs-
berg called ‘destination’ retail, An idea
they believe would draw people to
the area and provide the community
with a better mix o retail.
Developers will be challenged be-
cause this particular strip o Yonge
houses many o the remaining histori-
cal buildings.
The retail will aim to include stores
that are conducive to student’s needs.
“No one will be wondering where
Ryerson is anymore,” said Hanigsberg.
I the city was in better
fnancial standing, we’d be
in construction now. Kristyn Wong-Tam,
Ward 27 councillor
No one will be wondering
where Ryerson is anymore.
Julia Hanigsberg,VP Admin and Finance
Ishmael Khaldi and Michael Coren visitRyerson for student group event
Israel’s frst Bedouin diplomat Ishmael Khaldi and B ritish-Canadian TV show host and journalist M ichael Coren
spoke at Ryerson on Thursday, March 10 at a Campus Conservatives and Hillel event in Kerr Hall West. Israeli
apartheid, anti-Semitism, Zionism, and equality in Israel were discussed.PHOTO: MARTA IWANEK
Briefs and Groaners
Ryerson has issued a RequestFor Proposal (RFP) or our windturbines or an electrical en-gineering research project onMarch 11, 2011. No word oncost, but the purchasing ofcesays these turbines are or aarm north o Guelph. Pity, wewere hoping to turn one into animpromptu Ferris wheel atopKerr Hall. This RFP closes onMarch 22, 2011.
Rye high has also issued anRequest or Qualifcation (RFQ)or Architectural ConsultingServices on Feb. 28, 2011. Whilethe details are spotty and don’tname any particular projects,they do speciy a project valuerange o $50,000 up to $1 mil-lion. Whether this means moreresidence space, program ex-pansion space or a long-hopedor carnival in the quad, we’re alla utter here at the ofce. TheRFP will close on Feb. 3, 2012.
Going hand in had with thecall or new projects is an RFQthat sounds sweet to our ears: acall or Demolition and Environ-mental Contractors on Feb. 28,2011.
Rye is looking or olks toroot out our old asbestos walls,contaminated soil and perhapseven blow some shit up. The
RFP closes on Jan. 18, 2012.In order to combat the stu-
dent housing crunch, Ryersonhas also issued an Request orInormation or a frm willing todesign, build, fnance and op-erate student housing on non-Ryerson land.
It was issued on June 28, 2010and ater that massive Pitmanbender, who does Ryerson think will want to house students andeat the costs o the damage?The RFP closes on June 6, 2011.
So, Ryerson’s Ofce o Uni-versity Advancement producesa magazine or “alumni andriends” twice a year, boastingthe achievements o currentstars and notable graduates.
The university is seeking anoutft to distribute the glossy.Good news: Ryerson will re-imburse the mailing costs orpostage and even provides theenvelopes.
The selected company justneeds to get each edition o the magazine (Spring 2010 andWinter 2011) to 95,000 destina-tions. O course, you can be en-vironmentally-riendly and readthe Winter 2011 edition onlineon the Ryerson website. TheRFP closed on March 15.
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IS RYERSON PREPARED FOR AN EARTHQUAKE?Buildings on Ryerson’s
campus are diverse both
structurally and age-wise, and
would face different issues if
an earthquake were to strike
the city.
While Toronto is a Zone 1,
the lowest earthquake risk-
level, it was upgraded from
Zone 0 after an earthquake in
California last year.
Reza Kianoush, a civil engi-
neering professor who special-
izes in concrete buildings, said
that the seismic aspect isn’t a
primary concern with campus
buildings, because the risk of
collapse or damage is so low.
“Even with last year’s [5.0
magnitude earthquake], the
buildings didn’t get a lot of
cracking and collapse,” said
Kianoush.
Simon De Vincenzo, project
architect at Campus Plan-
ning and Facilities, said the
university has to ensure
every structure on campus
meets Ontario Building Code
standards before receiving a
building permit.
“We have to have docu-
ments stamped saying these
are structurally sound build-
ings,” he said.
According to Julia Hanigs-
berg, vice-president adminis-
tration and nance, the newerbuildings on campus, like the
George Vari Engineering and
Computing Centre, the Ted
Rogers School of Management
and Eric Palin Hall have all
been either built to the latestbuilding code standards or
have been renovated to meet
them.
The building code was
last updated in 2006, and Di
Vincenzo said revisions are
upcoming in the next few
months.
“If it’s a historical building, it
should be ‘beefed [up]’ for seis-
mic response,” said Hesham
Marzouk, chair of Ryerson’s
civil engineering department
and a structural engineer.
He said old buildings have
to be upgraded every time
the building code changes,
which is generally every ve to
10 years.It is unknown whether the
older buildings on campus
have been updated to the lat-
est standards, which Hanigs-
berg said deal more with
seismic stability. Marzouk said
while the civil engineering
department would like to do
‘seismic evaluations’ of campus
buildings, they have to talk to
the consultants the university
has contracted out to manage
each building.
According to Hanigsberg,
the majority of buildings on
campus have emergency
generators to ensure that
emergency systems (emergen-cy lighting, smoke and heat
detectors, etc.) keep working if
main power shuts down.
How prepared would you feelif an earthquake hit Ryerson’s campus?
We don’t even do re drills, why would we do an earthquake drill?
Stephanie Ruggieri, second-year food and nutrition
If there’s a fault line, we don’t necessarily need a plan, but youshould know what to do.
Lesia Polischuk, second-year food and nutrition
If it did hit, I think we could handle it. It’s tsunamis that terrify
me, and I don’t foresee a tsunami any time soon. We should be
focussing efforts on helping victims in Japan.Matthew Haddad, second-year arts and contemporary studies
The building opened in 2005 and while the four-storey
structure isn’t at high risk for earthquake damage, it was built
with several seismic reinforcements. Hesham Marzouk, who
worked on plans for the building, said the oor is equipped
with reinforced beams that are connected throughout , and the
building is tted with plastic hinges that can absorb the energy.
George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre Rogers Communications Centre
The journalism, new media, and radio and television arts
building was opened in 1992 and is only three storeys, which is
low in comparison to a high-rise. It also has a curved shape, and
framed by a taller, rectangular frame, as opposed to a tall, thin
building like Jorgensen Hall. It’s unknown whether the RCC has
been updated to latest building code standards.
The historic structure was built in 1848 and is one of Toronto’s
oldest buildings, in addition to being the oldest building on
campus. It’s unknown whether the building has been renovated
to meet the newest building code, which was updated 150 yearsafter its construction. But it is attached to the Student Campus
Centre, which was completed in 2005 and would help absorb
some of the energy if an earthquake were to hit.
Oakham HouseJorgensen Hall
BY EMMA PRESTWICH
NEWS EDITOR
The university’s main administrative building was built in
1971 and is the tallest structure on campus at 14 storeys. The
Eyeopener was unable to reach the consultants responsible
for this building, so it’s unknown whether it has been built tothe latest building code. But Kianoush said while last summer’s
quake didn’t have any structural effect on buildings, a stronger
one might cause some damage, but no collapse.
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WHAT TO DO IN THE CASE OF AN EARTHQUAKE ON CAMPUS
The CM fault line runs through the centre of downtown Toronto. ILLUSTRATION: LEE RICHARDSON
The likelihood of an earthquake in Toronto is low, and it’s
even less likely that there would be substantial damage to
campus buildings.
But just in case, Ryerson has a set of emergency procedures in
place. According to vice-president administration and nance
Julia Hanigsberg, any natural disaster has the potential to
impact the structural integrity of buildings, or to break gasmains, live electrical wires and cause re.
Ryerson has developed evacuation plans for every building.
There are specic procedures for evacuating people out of
the Early Learning Centre, which is the campus daycare, and
how to assist community members with disabilities.
The 840 students in residence would be re-located to interim
housing, according to administration.
The centre for Environmental Health, Safety and Security
Management (CEHSM) website advises students, faculty and
staff to follow these procedures:
• Stay indoors, if already there. Emergency evacuations will
be made when it is safe to do so.
• Sit under sturdy furniture or against central inside walls.• Stay away from glass windows and doors.
• Do not use elevators.
• Avoid using the telephone, unless you are in a life or death
situation.
• If you are outside, stay away from buildings, bridges, and
utility wires.
• Avoid running through or near buildings where there is
danger of falling debris.
• Buildings will be evacuated after the earthquake, after-
shocks, and tremors have stopped. Do not re-enter any
building unless you receive permission from Security and
Emergency Services. News Editor Emma Prestwich
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AppetizerSpinach & Artichoke Dip
The Ram in the Rye
DinnerBuffalo Caesar Wrap
Ram in the Rye
AlcoholMolson Canadian
Ram in the Rye
TOTAL: $36.10
Cold DrinkCoke (591 mL)
Vending machine (The POD)
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Too cool for a packed lunch? A dud in the kitchen? You may think lling up on campus is
a suitable alternative, but Community Editor Allyssia Alleyne shows how the convenientalternative can hit you where it hurts
$180.50 per fve-day school week
$722 per month
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Kathy’s Corner Forget Swiss Chalet. If you feel likefresh rotisserie chicken, this the perfect spot to
visit for comfort food. With simple hole-in-the-walldecor and fast, friendly service, Kathy’s Corner is a must-visit for chicken-loving Rye students. 139 Dundas St. E.
Recommendation: Denitely Kathy’s classic Freshrotisserie chicken, Greek salad, rice and potatoes. Thismeal is about $6 and often enough to feed two people.
2SUSHI QUEEN Arguably the best Japanese restau-rant in downtown Toronto, Sushi Queen needsto be visited at least once. Though it’s a dine-in
restaurant, this affordable establishment can be visitedfor a quick lunch since the service is fast. 204 Queen St. W.
Recommendation: Dynamite Roll/Maki. A six-piecearrangement of tempura shrimp, mayo, cucumberand avocado, with the stickiest rice in town. Splurgefor the dynamite hand-roll, if you’re extra hungry.
Eatingout
By Sonia Straface
As you sit in a packed lecture hall, your stomachlets out a loud growl. A bagel won’t cut it anymore.You need real food and you need it now. If you’re
one of the tummy grumblers at Ryerson, here arethe ve best off-campus places to grab someaffordable grub as you dash between classes
3CALIFORNIA THAI Conveniently located in the AMC food court, CaliforniaThai is a top-notch fast food joint. Spins on classic dishes like mangotao chicken keep the restaurant exciting and fresh. Some combo options
will let you sample a variety of different dishes, so this a great experiment.10 Dundas St. W., third foor
Recommendation: Medley 1 (includes one rice or noodle, one meat and one
vegetable). Try it with Thai vegetable noodles, general tao chicken and their greenbeans. Instant bliss.
4THE FAT OLIVE A nice place to satisfy that Mediterranean craving. Smalland cozy, this place is great for bagels, sandwiches or pitas. As its namesuggests, it has a Greek air, and yet is surprisingly affordable. This place
also serves a hearty breakfast, with eggs, toast, sausage and bacon daily.86 Dundas St. E.
Recommendation: Grilled chicken pita. Try it with lettuce, tomato and their veryown tzatziki sauce.
5SMOKES POUTINERIE Smokes Poutinerie delivers the classic Quebec dish
with a twist, mixing the traditional cheese curds, gravy and fries with chick-en, beef and pork. It’s like nothing you’ve tried before. 203 Dundas St. E.
Recommendation: Nacho Grande Poutine, which comes served with chili, salsa,sour cream and guacamole.
Free food for all?
Every two weeks Ryerson’s Community Food Room receives a bounty of fresh fruits and
vegetables, and an assortment of other perishable and non-perishable goods from the Daily
Bread Food Bank. Though it’s meant to be distributed to students free of charge, few of them
are taking advantage of the service.
Johana Grande, one of the food room coordinators and a third-year nursing student, thinks
this is because the stigma attached to accepting food for free.
“People in the Ryerson community think you have to be a specic type of person to use it,”
said Grande. According to Grande, most students think this type of person is unemployed,
homeless or from a low-income background.
But the food room is open to all students, regardless of their age, program or nancial situa-
tion.
“There is no specic group that we cater to,” she said.
Along with free essential items like milk and eggs, the Room also distributes nutritionalinformation and Good Food Boxes. The boxes are lled with local fruits and vegetables
provided by Food Share Toronto, a non-prot that aims to make healthy food more accessible,
and cost between $13 and $1820 to 30 per cent less than the average supermarket. Grande
said they can last as long as two weeks.
The Food Room also gives out free copies of “Cooking on a Student Budget”, the cookbook
that they developed in fall 2010. The book is packed full of fast, easy, affordable recipes, and has
plenty of vegetarian and vegan options.
They also organize Food Security Weekwhich started Monday and will continue until the
end of the week, to teach students about the issues involving food and who has access to it.
Grande hopes that these efforts will raise awareness about their services and encourage
those who have been hesitant about visiting the room to nally do so.
“I don’t think this should be a last resort.”
Free food for all?
The Community Food Room provides free food to help students keepfed and healthy without breaking the bank. So why aren’t studentsusing it? Allyssia Alleyne reports
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The Eyeopener10 Wednesday, March 16, 2011SPORTS
Running from one side of the squash court to the
other, Shannon Cosgrove chases the soccer ball as her
teammates play keep away. Gasping for breath she
strides forward with her left knee outstretched and
manages to swiftly steal the ball from her teammate.
“[Practicing in the squash courts] really teaches
us how to defend and makes our touches better,”said Cosgrove, who is a rst-year midelder for the
women’s soccer team.
“It works on out-thinking your defender.”
Cosgrove works on speed, passing and defend-
ing skills twice a week at the Recreation and Athletic
Centre (RAC). Soccer is just one of Ryerson’s many
Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) teams that look
to boost their strength and conditioning in the off-
season.
In her next drill, Cosgrove has to foot handle the
ball around a cone as another teammate does t he
same on the opposite side. The goal is to try and fake
out the cone, which represents an opposing player,
with a powerful sidestep.
“Basically, what we’re doing is working a fu nda-
mental skill set ... in position-specic drills,” said Kevin
Souter, the assistant coach of the men’s soccer team
who is currently training with the women’s soccer
team.“The goal is to provide a strong foundation for the
upcoming season.”
The players on the women’s soccer team train any-
where between one and three hours a week.
“During the summer, [the] majority of them are
playing with their own team like the Markham soccer
club,” said Ramin Mohammadi, the interim head coach
of the women’s soccer team.
“If not, then we try to book a eld and try to play
against other clubs with players who are available.”
Those who are not playing for an outside club team
schedule training sessions that focus more on agility,
speed, and strength, as well as body movements.
“It doesn’t really matter where they do it as long as
they can compete come Aug. 15,” said Mohammadi.
“They need to keep up with the tness program if they want to stay in the program.”
Stephanie White, head coach of the women’s
hockey team, said proper off-season training is a vital
component to a successful team.
“The off-season is the time for the biggest gains in
your conditioning and overall tness,” White said.
“During the season you don’t really have the oppor-
tunity [to train]. It’s really important that they keep the
task at hand and it’s only going to improve their game
throughout the season.”
This year marks the rst ti me the women’s hockey
team will take part in a serious off-season training
program, as they have achieved ofcial OUA status for
the upcoming season.
But unlike most off-season training programs that
have athletes training between two and four times a
week, White’s program will have her players practi cing
up to six times a week.
“You do tness testing to see where they are at theend of the season. And then when they come back at
the end of the season that’s where you’re going to see
the gains,” she said.
“If there are no improvements it could be condi-
tions for the athlete not to make the team.”
While not as intense as White’s program, Mirek
Porosa, head coach of the men’s volleyball team, has a
very structured program.
Starting in March, each player practices three times
a week for an hour-and-a-half. This time is spent focus-
ing on upper body and lower core exercises as well as
endurance.
Porosa said 80 per cent of his team usually comes
back in better shape than they were in last year.
“When they’re coming back they should jump
higher like four or six inches and they should be fasterand stronger,” said Porosa.
“They are charging batteries for the next season.
Some of them go to school [in the summer] so they
have a smaller load for the next s chool year.”
While coaches like Porosa have their players abide
by a very structured training program, the same can-
not be said about their eating habits as there is not a
strict nutritional program for them to follow.
“They have basic information which they get during
the season, which is based on some knowledge and
common sense. But it’s hard to monitor their eating
habits during the off-season because they are in a dif-
ferent environment,” said Porosa.
“They are going back home and working and doing
what other people do at this young age.”
Jenny Young, a second-year defenseman and cap-
tain of the women’s hockey team, said although there
has not been a set nutrition program, she has met
with a nutritionist this year.“We’ve had meetings with a nutritionist and she’s
given us information based on what we weigh and
how we should be eating well,” she said.
“I’m denitely going to try and eat well along with a
solid weight routine.
Cosgrove is also looking forward to the summer
months of hard training.
“We have our priorities set and we j ust want to work
hard to become champions next year.”
Ryerson athlete: a full-time jobWhile most Ryerson sports teams are nished competing, many are preparing for nextseason by training on a full-time basis. Harlan Nemers reports
Train like an athleteStep 1: Get the right apparel
Before you can start training like an athlete you
are going to need to dress like one. While you
can’t wear the same blue Adidas apparel that our
beloved Ryerson athletes work out in, there are
plenty of other alternatives.
Proper footwear is essential. Any sweats will
work, but I would recommend that you invest in
Under Armour. While a bit more expensive than its
competitors, Under Armour’s light and durable ma-
terial is worth the extra few bucks.
Step 2: Cardio, Cardio, Cardio
While you may want to go straight to the weight
room to work on your gun show, do yourself a
favour and start with some cardio. You can pump
all the iron in the world, but you won’t see any
results unless you get your heart rate up. If your
not a fan of the treadmill, stationary bike and/or
elliptical machine, go to the gymnasiums and play
a few pickup games of basketball, soccer or what-
ever sport the other gym rats are playing.
Step 3: Pre-game
Before you even think about lifting a weight,
stretch. Not only does it lower the chances of you
pulling a muscle and hurting yourself, but it will
also serve as a quick break.
Step 4: Hit the weight room
Once you’ve broken a sweat and have your heart
rate up, you can nally hit the weights. Before
you start lifting, decide what part of your body
you would like to work out. DO NOT sporadically
change between your arms, legs, back and chest.
The more detailed and specic your plan is, the
more effective your workout will be. During your
workout, remember to give yourself enough time to
rest between sets and make sure to stay hydrated.
A common myth about lifting is that you should lift
as much weight as you can, but doing more repeti-
tions with less weights is more effective.
Step 5: Cool Down
So you’re done your workout, you are all tired
and sweaty and all you want to do is sit on your
couch and chug a bottle of Gatorade. Well don’t.
Resist the urge to stop and jog on the treadmill
for a few more minutes. Follow that up with a few
quick stretches and you can hit the showers know-
ing that you won’t feel nearly as sore as you would
have otherwise.
Step 6: Drink chocolate milk
It rebuilds muscle and tastes great. ‘Nuff said
Sean Tepper, sports editor
RAM’S VOLLEYBALLPLAYER ROBBY EARLTRAINS IN THE RAC.
PHOTOS: STEVE GOETZ
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See something strange oncampus? Administration got
you down? If you’re on Twitter,
use the #eyeforatweet hashtag
to share your frustration, or just
make us laugh. If we like what we
see, we may just print it! And be
sure to follow @theeyeopener
for all your Ryerson news.
@chromologicughhh. i only have one liberal
course left :( fucking Ryerson
changed the curriculum on
us third years AGAIN.
@miss_mariss
#ryerson #ramssfail of epicproportions. Who runs this
crap? Students? o_O
@navpersaudRyerson security making
their rounds. Hello boys =)
@rcrealTo the kid doing parkour
along the rocks at ryerson on
victoria street - nice moves.
Watch out for the tree next
time/sorry for laughing
@mtbucketsDear Ryerson, Oering only
four Upper Liberal Englishesis not an acceptable amount.
Sincerely, Michael.
@tranosaurus_rexOnly at #Ryerson would a
prof get his midterm stolen
from his mailbox
Tis’ the season (for taxes)
PHOTO: CHELSEA POTTAGE
Tax season is upon us, but that doesn’t mean you have to suffer through a mountain of paperwork.Biz & Tech editor Ian Vandaelle reports
Tax season oten leaves
people with sweaty palms and
sleepless nights as they pon-
der deductions, dependants
and debt.
For many students, this year
will mark the frst time they’ve
fled a tax return themselves.
But have no ear! Though the
April 30 deadline is ast ap-
proaching, there are plenty o
resources at your fngertips or
making it through tax season
scot-ree.The essentials
For any tax return, students
will need a ew important
documents: a T4 slip, which is
proo o employment income,
a T2202A slip or proo o tu-
ition ees and your social in-
surance number.
The T2202A can be ob-
tained through RAMSS, while
your T4 should be obtained
rom your employers.
Where to go with it
There are a number o
prime resources both within
and around Ryerson to get
your taxes done quickly and
easily.
The Ryerson Students’
Union oers a number o ree
tax clinics later this monthwhere Canadian Revenue
Agency (CRA) trained volun-
teers will do your taxes.
The clinics run rom Mon-
day, March 21 to Friday, March
25 rom 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
RSU main ofce on the third
oor o the SCC. I you miss
making those dates, the clin-
ics continue in the TRSM the
ollowing week, rom Mon-
day, March 28 to Wednesday,
March 30, during varying
hours.
These clinics are by appoint-
ment only and can be sched-
uled on the RSU’s website.
But i your schedule doesn’t
work with these dates, what
can you do? Why, go to a tax
services institution! Whilethere are a number o such
services around campus, none
are better known than H&R
Block. While less appealing
(and more expensive) than
the RSU clinic, H&R Block does
oer student rates or tax re-
turns and can accommodate
a busier schedule. The at rate
or students is $29.95.
The DIY method
There’s always the do-it-
yoursel method or go-get-
ters. While paper applications
are available rom the post o-
fce, the quick and easy way is
through digital submission.
A number o digital tax pro-
grams oer ree or very cheap
sotware to students and low-
income taxpayers. UFile oersa ree online tax program or
students, allowing you to ob-
tain peace o mind knowing
that your taxes are fled and
you know exactly what went
into the required felds. Other
options include AceTax, which
oers an $8 online program, or
TurboTax, a $17 option.
These online tax returns can
be printed and mailed to the
Canada Revenue Agency, or
can be fled completely digi-
tally through NETFILE, Canada
Revenue Agency’s online por-
tal.
I this is your chosen option,
be sure to check NETFILE’s on-
line list o approved programs,
or you may be let redoing
your taxes in an approved pro-gram.
Taxes driving you crazy?
Let me know at business@
theeyeopener.com. For more
information, visit the Canada
Revenue Agency website at
cra.gc.ca.
IAN VANDAELLEBIZ & TECH EDITOR
It seems like these past two weeks
have been awash with talk o new
smartphone applications and the
people who design and build them.
Right on the heels o the DMZ Win-
dows Phone 7 appathon came a much
bigger event: the Great Canadian Ap-
pathon.
This event pitted teams rom across
the nation against each other in ven-
ues spanning the country. For 48
hours, the teams coded, drank Red
Bull and socialized.
Every team was determining what
the consumer has already and what
they don’t even realize they need yet.
But with over 350,000 apps or the
iPhone and a growing number or the
Windows Phone 7, Android platorms
and Blackberries, when do we simply
say that enough is enough?
Now, I’m not talking about the par-
ticularly revolutionary apps, nor the
particularly useul ones.
I’m not hating on map apps, in-
tuitive game apps or even social net-
working apps. What I’m hating on are
the useless, rivolous apps, and worse
yet, the dreaded duplicate apps.
There is no need or hundreds o
dierent apps to access Twitter, Face-
book or any other social media site.
They all interace with the same web-
site, they all have relatively similar ap-
pearances and unction in basically the
same way.
In the same vein, there are innumer-
able apps that serve no clear purpose
but to eat up your download cap and
conuse you or a ew seconds beore
you blissully send them to the greatapp store in the sky with a ew simple
clicks.
Apps like the 99 cent Fingerprint
Protection, which pretends that your
phone is capable o fngerprint recog-
nition security, simply to “Blow away
your riends and amily with how cool
the iPhone or iPod touch is”.
Or perhaps the Fart Machine Ex-
treme, an app that gives you access to
eight individual art apps all or the low
price o 99 cents.
It’s a chance to play the same hilari-
ous hijinks as your six-year-old cousin,
but with a $400 phone.
The entire purpose o these apps is
to act like a juvenile tool around your
riends and amily and waste 99 cents
to boot.My point would be that there are
many app developers who have good,
original ideas that they execute into
useul apps that serve a purpose in
making our lives easier.
Their goal is to design, to innovate
and yes, maybe to make a ew bucks.
But each and every app that serves
no purpose, that exist only to aunt
your technology, cheapens the hard
work o legitimate developers.
The men and women who work
hard to provide interesting and use-
ul apps or the world o smartphones
must bemoan the existence o these
cheap acsimiles.
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The Eyeopener12 Wednesday, March 16, 2011ARTS & LIFE
Under your eet
When you step into a room,
what are you stepping on?
Be wary o carpet. It’s tough
to clean, easy to stain and
can hide rotting foorboards.Aim or tile in the kitchen and
bathroom and hardwood (or a
decent derivative) in the bed-
rooms or living areas. I t’s easy
to clean and looks the best.
Before you signLeases are up and residence move-out day looms in your future. Think you’ve foundyour dream place? Arts and Life editor Gianluca Inglesi offers tips to keep in mind
before you put your name on the dotted line
What you’re paying or
Not everyone will be
lucky enough to snag an
all-inclusive deal. Be sure to
ask the landlord what tenants
should pay or bills. I you areonly responsible or utilities
or hydro, check how the place
is heated/cooled. That will
largely determine the size o
your bill.
Enough space
Whether you’re shacking up
with ve pals or living solo,
it’s important to have enough
space. Shared living spaces are
important or entertaining
no one wants their bedroom to
double as a party room. Be sure
you have a big closet and won’t
be climbing over urniture toget to bed.
The air you breathe
In Toronto’s mosaic o living
spaces (basements, attics), win-
dows and ventilation are both
concerns. Natural light and
resh air shouldn’t be taken
or granted. I you don’t have
many windows or vents and
you’re behind on cleaning, your
apartment will develop a staleand unwelcoming odour.
Hot and cold
Try testing the hot and cold
water and check the size o the
water heater. To put it simply,
the more people meant to
live in the apartment, the big-
ger the heater should be. You
don’t want to race out o bed
to claim that limited amount
o hot water in the middle o
January.
Plug it in
Check which appliances come
with the place and make sure
they work. Count how many
outlets are in each room. Hav-
ing to split an outlet between
various electronics will get an-
noying. And power bars may
not be the answer, since some
old houses aren’t prepared or
the extra electrical demand.
Growths and pests
Look or mould and listen or
pests. Check online or bed
bug warnings at that address.
You don’t want to move into an
unsanitar y environment. Keep
an eye out or water damage
on the ceilings and in bath-
rooms and make sure sealants
have been applied to cracks
and crevices.
Saety frst
Look or updated re and car-
bon monoxide detectors, as
well as re extinguishers and
an emergency exit. Also ask
when big hardware like ur-
naces, water heaters, or air con-
ditioners were last inspected.
You don’t want to be living in
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When our Editor-in-Chie called me
into her ofce to discuss our pick or
Ryersonian o the Year, I wasn’t sure
how to react. This was partly because
I’d never heard o the award beore,
but mostly because I had no idea how
we were going to decide on our of-
cial nominee.
Here’s a bit o a history lesson to
help you understand our conundrum.
Every year since 1975, the Ryerson
Faculty Association bestows upon
someone the title o Ryersonian o
the Year.Winners are individuals who have
worked to better Ryerson or their
community over the past year, be it
through volunteer work or their paid
post.
Those selected are typically pros
and other university big wigs, but
they don’t have to be. A kindly per-
sonnel worker won in 1976 because
everyone ound her to be very sweet
and helpul.
The lucky winner doesn’t win any
cash or get a golden statuette to put
on their mantel, but there is a cer-
tifcate or plaque involved, as well as
the pleasure that comes rom having
one’s hard work acknowledged.
In short, Ryersonian o the Year is
the kind o thing that looks good on
a resumé. But how do we choose who
to recognize when there are many
people doing good things but only
one prize to be won?
Is the person spearheading an
important student campaign more
important than the proessor that
continues to educate and enchant her
students week ater week?
Is the person who brings the most
athletic accolades to Ryerson more
important than the most cheerul and
benevolent student on campus? It’s
hard to decide.So this year we’ve decided to let
you decide. Here’s your chance to
shine a light on the person who has
made a dierence in your lie here at
Ryerson
It doesn’t have to be someone with
a loty title or a lot o power. Heck,
they don’t even need to go here. (It’s
true. Look it up.)
And yes, you can nominate your-
sel. All you need to do is write us an
email ([email protected]) or
send us a video explaining why your
pick should win by March 24. We’ll
then profle the top three candidates
in the paper on March 30, and choose
the best candidate as our Eyeopener
nominee. Easy, right?
Good luck, and happy nominating!
Are you Ryersonian of the Year?
BY ALLYSSIA ALLEYNECOMMUNITY EDITOR
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Send us yournominations!
Do you knowsomeone in the
Ryerson Communitywho deserves
recognition for his orher hard work?
Send a paragraph toeditor@
theeyeopener.com explaining why yournominee should be
Ryersonian of theYear by March 24. You
could even send usa video nomination.We’ll prole the top
three candidateson March 30 andofcially nominate
the best. Go toeyeopener.com/
eyeblog for more details.
Course
Intention March 14thto March 27th
Count Yourself In!
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The Eyeopener14 Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Buying contraband cigarettes costs more than you think. It fuels other criminal activities, such as the traffi cking of drugs andguns. Individuals caught in possession of contraband cigarettes face serious consequences ranging from a fi ne to jail time.
contrabandconsequences.gc.ca
L’achat de cigarettes de contrebande coûte plus cher qu’on le pense : il alimente d’autres activités criminelles commele trafi c d’armes et de drogues. Les individus pris en possession de cigarettes de contrebande s’exposent à de gravesconséquences, allant de l’amende jusqu’à l’emprisonnement.
consequencesdelacontrebande.gc.ca
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The EyeopenerWednesday, March 16, 2011 GOOD OL’ FUN 15
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Simon was sitting in the security bit
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Very different to the main shiny bit
Outside the ‘Staff only’ doors.
The two men in dark blue shirts
Still didn’t seem to be believing him
But he genuinely had no idea that
You can’t watch porn on a plane.
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The Eyeopener16 Wednesday, March 16, 2011
25 EATERIES + 15 GREAT SHOPS
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6 levels of fun, food & flicks!Adidas • AMC Theatres • Aura Model Shop • Bagel Stop • Baskin Robbins
Bell World • Bubble Tease • California Thai • Caribbean Queen • Chipotle
Extreme Fitness • Future Shop • Gadget City • Harvey’s • Hat World
Jack Astor’s • Johnny Rockets • Jugo Juice • Juice Rush • Kitchen Food Fair
Koryo Korean BBQ • Made in Japan • Milestones • Milo’s Pita • Mrs. Field’s • Opa!
Souvlaki • Petals & Twigs • Pumpernickel • Rogers Plus • Sauté Rose • Shoppers
Drug Mart • Starbucks • Subway • Tim Hortons • Timothy’s • Woo’s Restaurant
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