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What's Hot
Ernie and George: veteran hot-dog ven- dors on Gould Street each donate an entire day's revenue to fund student bursaries
New $11.75 discounts on monthly transit pass: still pricey at $87, but every little bit helps
Intramural sports: more than 2,400 students participate
Diversity of student body
Many professors are seasoned practitioners in their field
Living lab: Toronto provides real-life course-relevant experi- ence-from fashion to journalism
Oakham Cafe: qual- ity food available at student-friendly prices A Annual parade and picnic on the first Fri- day after Labour Day: live music, food, beer
Media programs: from image arts to radio and television arts, competition for spots is tough
www.ryerson.af3 electronic message boards: alumni and current students chat on-line, exchanging party plans, course info, class reunion dates and more
Campus development: $200 million being spent on construction, including the new Student Campus Centre, scheduled to open next year
What's Not
Carlton Cinemas: nine theatres doubling as lecture halls are cramped, poorly lit and have bad air circulation
Turnitin.conr. in some classes students must submit essays to this U.S.-based anti- plagiarism Web site where their assignments are checked against a database of papers; students resent having to prove their integrity
Poor attendance at Rams sporting events
Construction-on campus and on nearby streets: loud and annoying
Downtown traffic and limited parking spaces make driving to school a hassle
Insufficient resi- dence spaces: students must find expensive accommodation nearby or face long commutes
Commuter-school syndrome: after-class campus events difficult to organize, poorly attended
Class scheduling: some begin as early as 8 a.m.-especially painful to commuter students
Concerns about safety on campus and in nearby area
Engineering tuition: rose 12 per cent last year
Lineups for everything
Campus library holdings: not enough material to go around; many reference books out of date
$72 million in deferred maintenance means a worn-and- torn campus: broken escalators, broken tiles in bathrooms, frozen clocks and automatic doors that don't work
Course evaluations: the results are not pub- lished, and students have no idea whether their feedback is considered
Hot Hangouts
ON CAMPUS: the Ram in the Rye-a.k.a. the Pub, in Oakham House-on Tuesday nights for open-mike night, Thursday for pub night; the Quad inside Kerr Hall; "Lake Devo," the pond/skating rink on campus; Ryerson Athletic Centre; Tim Hortons in the Jorgen- son Hall cafeteria
OFF CAMPUS: Salad King, for inexpensive Thai food; the Wolf & Firkin, for drinks; Mick E. Fynn's; Hoops Sports Bar & Grill; the Imperial Pub Tavern; the Phoenix nightclub, for dancing; Reilly's pub, for live music; the Eaton Centre, for shopping or people- watching
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Popular Profs
Gene Alien (Journal- ism); Thomas Barcsay (History); Cyndy Baskin (Social Work); George Bielmeier (Social Work); Mark Bulgutch (Journalism); Mike Burke (Politics); Ben Carniol (Social Work);
Julia Chen (Fashion); John Cook (English); Linda Cooper (Nursing); Peter Duck (Fashion); Bruce Elder (Image Arts); Alex Ferworn (Computer Science); Don Gibb (Journalism); Mike Inglis (Business Management); Hugh Innis (Image Arts); Hersch Jacobs (Geogra- phy); Sandra Kalb (Business Manage- ment); Suanne Kelman (Journalism); Diane Kennedy (Electrical Engineering); Arne Kislenko (History); Cecilia Kong (Mid- wifery); Nina-Marie Lister (Urban and Regional Planning); Jacques Lorioz (Spanish and French); Anastase Mastoras (Computer Science); Tom McKaig (Business Manage- ment); John Morgan (History); Roy Morley (Retail Management); Joanne Naiman (Sociol- ogy); Nadia Potts (Dance); Judy Rebick (Politics); John Shields (Politics); Myer Siemi- atycki (Politics); Don Snyder (Image Arts); Ron Stagg (History); Neil Thomlinson (Politi- cal Science); Elizabeth Trott (Philosophy); Monique Tschofen (English); Eric Wright (Economics); Kenny Yum (Journalism); Baruch Zone (Architecture)
SOURCE:CURRENT STUDENTS
Famous Grads
Actor Eric McCormack (Will and Grace);Haida artist Bill Reid; broad- casters Valeric Pringle, Wendy Mesley, Alison Smith; filmmaker Bruce MacDonald; Isadore (Issy) Sharp, founder, chairman and CEO of Four Seasons Hotels Inc.; actress Sonja Smits; fashion designers Lida Baday and Brian Bailey; musicians Tyier Stewart (Barenaked Ladies) and Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies); interior de- signers Brian Gluck- stein, George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg
What's New
Bachelor of health administration: part- time degree program for students who already have a diploma or certificate in health information management
$70-million Centre for Computing and Engineering
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