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The Eyeopener’s John Scott wants to be RSUpresident. We should let you know ahead

he’s coming back on his worst behavior. P7

Volume 47 - Issue 15January 29, 2014

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Since 1967

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3Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 NEWS

Accused in ames, witness recalls

Farshad Badakhshan has pleaded not guilty to charges of rst-degree murder.

ILLUSTRATION COURTESY LUCY WEISSFL

A nightmare on Gould StreetThe Eyeopener speaks to city experts to get their take on the chipping paint on Rye’s walkway

By Jennifer Ferreira

Gould Street’s new paint job was damaged by the winter snowfall that blanketed the campus in DecemberPHOTO: FARNIA FEKRI

For Ryerson University students,he new school year began withne distinct change — a freshayer of yellow paint on Gouldtreet.Parts of both Gould and Vic-

oria streets were covered in aright yellow paint in what wasust phase one of larger project in-ended to give the campus a mucheeded makeover.Fast-forward almost ve

months, add a few coats of bluepaint and Ryerson is now theowner of a colourful street whosepaint has since chipped and faded,despite the $195,000 price tag.

Now, amidst apologies forrushed work, questions as to whowill fork over the repair costsand the possibility of a new painttreatment have arisen. A confusedstudent body has been left tomake sense of the situation as therest of the city watches.

Nevertheless, it’s clear the paintjob has got people like Ward 27

Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam talking.“I think the [school’s] admin-

istration is just as disappointedas I am,” Wong-Tam told the Eyeopener.

“I’d imagine they’re going tolook into it.”

But even with the poor result,Wong-Tam commended the uni-versity for its ambitious plans torevamp the school’s pedestrianspace.

“I’m condent Ryerson had theright strategic thinking,” Wong-Tam said, calling the idea “quite

extraordinary.”“I’m pleased to know that Ry-

erson will not dream small,” shesaid.

Others like Mark Van Elsberg,project manager for pedestrianprojects for the city of Toronto,also praised the university on itsefforts to add a more visual com-ponent to its urban campus.

“It’s really an amazing way to

transform people’s perceptionof a roadway,” Van Elsberg toldthe Eyeopener . “Ryerson is a realleader for showing innovation.”

The design, which included bluepathways shaped like rivers lead-ing to various buildings on cam-pus, acts as a tribute to TaddleCreek, a waterway that once trav-elled through the city long ago.

But Van Elsberg also acknowl-edged the difculty that oftencomes with working with paint.

“It’s hard to say where the ad-hesion issues stem from,” he saidabout the blue epoxy paint, whichis meant to prevent deteriorationand avoid dirt build-up. “While itcould be because the paint sticksbetter to older or newer asphalt,the rough weather Toronto’s beenhaving certainly hasn’t helped.”

Christopher De Sousa, Ryer-son’s director for the School ofUrban and Regional Planning,also agreed that painting a road is“not an easy thing to do,” but saidthat people need to focus more onthe positive aspects of the situa-tion rather than the negative ones.

“I thought [painting the roads]was a pretty good thing,” DeSousa said. “Finally people are

starting to know we’re marking aspace.”De Sousa said that this relates to

what he feels is a historical prob-lem Ryerson has faced for manyyears — a lack of distinction of theuniversity’s place in downtownToronto. He said that it needs toestablish itself as a place studentscan truly call home. This is some-thing that De Sousa believes is es-pecially important for those whocommute to the university.

“Urban schools have this chal-lenge — how do you make it acampus?”

Christopher Hume, the Toron-to Star’s urban affairs columnist,doesn’t think “street exercises”like painting the road are neces-sary.

ROAD continued on page 5

By Jake Scott andLaura Woodward

On the morning of July 2 2010,witness Jai Sarin said he watchedlleged murderer Farshad Bada-hshan walk down the hall of a

Huron Street house as its basementwas engulfed in ames. Sarin, wholong with Badakhshan was a resi-ent of 502 Huron St., explainedow he walked behind Badakh-han while attempting to extin-uish the ames along his back andhoulders with his hands.

“I can’t say what went throughmy mind, but my body moved to-ward him very quickly and I tried to

at out the ames with my hands,”arin testied in front of a superiorourt jury on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Badakhshan, 31, is accused of

murdering his then-girlfriend, Ca-ina Petrache, on July 2, 2010.Badakhshan allegedly stabbed the3-year-old in her torso beforee allegedly proceeded to slit herhroat and light her on re — whilelso igniting himself and the Annexesidence’s basement in the process.

Badakhshan has pleaded notuilty on the grounds that he is notriminally responsible by reason of

mental illness.According to Sarin’s testi-

mony, Badakhshan, referred to

as “Shawn,” was walking awayfrom Sarin and into the communalkitchen. Badakhshan then sat on akitchen chair as Sarin continued totry to put out the ames.

“The clothes were smoldering,”Sarin said. “They were difcult toput out because of the material.”

Sarin noted that Badakhshanwas silent when he sat down. Itwas then that Sarin noticed thebody on the oor.

“Carina was in the kitchen aswell,” Sarin said. “She was lyingon the oor on her side.”

Shortly after, Volodymyr Seliva-nov, another tenant of the HuronStreet house and witness in the on-going murder trial, walked into theroom.

“That was when [Selivanov] en-tered,” Sarin said. “I’ll never for-

get the look on his face. He wasstunned. His jaw dropped and thenfroze. That was when I tried tosnap him out of it. I said, ‘Get me[a] blanket and dial 911.’”

Selivanov testied in front of ajury on Jan. 27.

Prior to this incident, Sarin saidhe saw “subtle tension and powerdynamics” between the accusedand the victim.

“My judgment of that interac-tion was one of bullying,” he said.

Two other witnesses took the

stand on Tuesday — 46-year-oldNgawang Sangpo testied that hewitnessed Selivanov pull Petrachefrom the burning building afterbringing out his computer.

The other witness, Steve Masse,was questioned about his prior tes-timony.

“[Selivanov] went back into thehouse and dragged the girl out.He was literally dragging the girl,holding her two hands,” Sangposaid. “She was burned. She waswearing a bra and tight shorts. Theclothes were sticking to her esh. Irecognized her as a resident of therst oor.”

After leaving the burning build-ing, Sangpo said he walked aroundthe outside of the house to see ifthere were any other residents in-side.

“I saw the basement on re —re meaning something makingsmoke — and the basement win-dow was broken like someone hadhit it,” Sangpo said.

Sangpo said he saw a manthrough the kitchen window mo-ments later. He said the man madeno attempts to escape the ames oropen the window.

Sangpo was unable to identifythe man because his face was “tooblack, not like skin.”

Badakhshan suffered severeburns and has had skin-graftingoperations since the incident. He

now requires a wheelchair.The trial continues.

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“New rule to get through the mostdepressing winter in memory: do

whatever you want. Go to hot yogaas often as possible. Buy $50 worthof chocolate from Soma. Cook foodwith extra butter, eat food without

consequence. Buy expensive clothes.Leave work on time. Whatever gets

you through the most depressingwinter in memory.” These smart

words were posted by wise beyondher years, Canice Leung. This

winter does suck and we all needto acknowledge that and develop

coping skills that help ourselves andothers stay sane and happy. Let usall follow Canice’s advice, throwin a few cocktails and a pot luck

dinner party! Next week February(the ugly son of a bitch month) will

be here. Once February gets here thecount down begins. No matter whatWiarton Willie predicts (accordingto scientic studies the rodent hasdismal 37% accuracy), we will be

free and clear in 8 weeks. So startingnext week my Ryerson peeps we

are on our way out of this, horrible,horrible winter. And if The Ram inthe Rye’s patio is open on April 3rd,this Mug is buying! See you there.

imon Fraser University (SFU) has joined Ryerson University and the Bombay Stockxchange Institute in India to create an international incubator program for startups.

The agreement, signed last week, will allow for entrepreneurs at Ryerson and SFU toollaborate and expand their ideas for startups locally and globally. It was signed byFU President Andrew Petter and SFU vice-president of research Mario Pinto as partf their week-long trip to India. Read the full story online at www.theeyeopener.com

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5Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 NEWS

Rye’s bike-friend-

ly makeover

NewsBites

An assault occurred on campus Jan.2. involving a Ryerson student. At1:02 a.m. a student was stand-ng just outside the Sally Horsfall

Eaton Centre building when he orhe encountered the unknown as-ailant. After yelling at the student,he assailant proceeded to spit onars parked on Gerrard Street be-ore spitting on and punching thetudent. The suspect ed southown Jarvis Street upon spottingesponding security.

Assault nearSHE building

Victoria Lane, which runs throughRyerson’s campus between Yongend Gould streets, could be gettingbike-friendly makeover soon.The Victoria Lane design chal-

enge was launched by The Ameri-an Institute of Architecture Stu-ents Revitilization Group in

November. The group is encourag-ng all students to submit ideas fornew pedestrian space in the mid-le of campus. Of the eight designsubmitted thus far, most make usef the bike storage facilities in the

ane. Design voting is open untilFeb. 5. The lane is currently a load-ng path for building tenants.

ROAD continued from page 3Hume is critical of the river de-

ign, which he believes serves noseful purpose.“They should have used some

ind of physical mosaic or mate-ial that can be applied to the roadut then again, that costs a lot of

money,” he said.Hume added that Ryerson clos-

ng off Gould Street was a majorccomplishment that has aided inransforming the downtown loca-ion into a place that feels like aampus. He said this “shouldn’t beorgotten in this controversy.”

Ryerson president Sheldon Levyaid that the mismanagement of theaint came down to a lack of time.“We had the ambition to have it

ready] for the start of classes andwe didn’t do it — or the companywasn’t good enough or we didn’t

o enough of what you could callhe preparation work aspect,” Levyaid.

“We were being pushed by theime, [we hoped] that when thetudents arrived that the campusooked presentable and it really

was quite a mess so that was prob-

ably the biggest deciency.”Levy said that though the school

and paint company haven’t decid-ed on an updated paint treatment,they don’t want to get it wrong asecond time around.

“We don’t plan on spendingmoney for failed attempts,” Levysaid.

The new paint treatment is set tobegin in the spring.

Although the school “should’veconsidered all the consequences,”as well as the “potential of peel-ing,” De Sousa still thinks the ideaof painting campus streets was asuccessful one in terms of helpingassert Ryerson’s place in the city.

“I think nally Ryerson hasthis space marked out,” De Sousasaid. “Hopefully we’ll paint itagain.”

Other members of the school

community aren’t as optimistic.Second-year international eco-nomics and nance student, AnnaChung is upset that so muchmoney has been spent on thepaint job.

“They should’ve used the fundsfor something else,” Chung said.

“At this point, I don’t support re-painting [the road].”

Vice-president education forthe Ryerson Students’ Union,Roshelle Lawrence, agrees withChung, stating that the moneycould have been put towardsmore important things like in-creasing student space.

“It’s upsetting that we used somuch money,” Lawrence said.“It’s a project that wasn’t wellthought out.”

Lawrence is especially disap-pointed at how some of the mon-ey used to cover the costs cameout of tuition fees, something shesays the union has been ghtingto lower for years.

“A lot of people I see in differ-ent campuses, they think ‘what ajoke,’” Lawrence said. “It’s funnyand sad at the same time.”

Lawrence hopes a broader dis-cussion will take place to resolvethe issue.“It’s about the admin-istration understanding the realneeds of the university.”

For Lawrence, it comes downto one thing.

“It’s all about priorities.”

In an attempt to help students study, a new vending machine in Ryerson’s librarybuilding has been stocked with pens, notebooks, batteries, earbuds and USB keys.

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6 Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014NEWS

Rye set to specify, make funding multiplyNew program announced by Ontario government will change the way Ryerson receives funding

By Jackie McKay

tarting next fall, Ryerson willeed to specialize in a specicubject area or research intensityo access government funding ac-ording to a new differentiationolicy set to take place in thepring of 2014.

The plan will only distributeunding to schools who have spec-ed areas of interest, allocatingunding based on their strengths.

The reason for the change, out-ined in the differentiation policy,s to make sure there are no un-ecessary duplications of pro-rams or research.“I think that’s unfair,” said

Mariane Sarvari, a third-year artsnd contemporary studies stu-ent. “It has to be even for every-ne, or it’s unfair.”While some faculties may be

warded less funding due to thelan, others — such as thosehat Ryerson applies for a spe-ialty in — will recieve more.

“From a business student’s per-spective, I’ll need that money, butother programs that are as ben-ecial are getting the short end ofthe stick,” said Parth Lad, a sec-ond-year business student. “Forany program to work in this dayand age they need money.”

The policy will make more ofan attempt to allocate funds basedon student success and not justrst-year enrolment numbers.

This will benet Ryerson,which currently receives the sev-enth-highest amount of fundingbut gives out the third-highestnumber of bachelor’s degrees inOntario because of its outcome-based approach.

The outcome-based fundingmodel put forward by the HigherEducation Quality Council of On-tario and the province’s Ministryof Training, Colleges and Uni-versities is based on an Americanmodel that has seen success.

“Schools are more likely to takestudents by their merit, rather

than trying to get as many stu-dents as they possibly can,” saidSeth Holland, a fourth-year poli-tics student at Ryerson.

The model will see schools grantfunds based on variables such asgraduation rates, the number ofPhDs and bachelor’s degrees aschool awards.

The goal of the differentiationpolicy is to support student suc-cess by providing access to highquality education, as well as mak-ing Ontario more competitiveglobally, as stated in the policyframework.

“We must now focus on im-proving access and quality in On-tario’s post-secondary education

sector, while making our advanc-es nancially sustainable over thelong term,” ministry communica-tion branch spokesperson TanyaBlazina said in a statement to theEyeopener.

“They will aim to steer collegesand universities to their areas ofstrength.”

Information regarding studentsuccess will be collected throughsatisfaction surveys to be lled

out by students, along with dataabout co-op placement, to evalu-ate teaching and learning.

Ryerson president Sheldon Levysaid universities are in the processof outlining a “strategic mandateagreement” that will outline Ry-erson’s strengths, mission and vi-sion.

“We’re in a very strong positionto articulate that our mission,which is one that is of innovation

entrepreneurship being close tothe private sector, the public sec-tor and the careers of students re-gardless if they’re undergraduateor graduate students,” Levy said.

“[There is] every indication isthe government really likes whatRyerson is doing, so I think it’ll bea positive outcome.”

Board of Governors lock and loadBy Devin Jones

The search for Ryerson Univer-sity’s next president is ofciallyunder way.

The latest Ryerson Board ofGovernors meeting, which tookplace Monday night in JorgensonHall, announced the nal sevencandidates that will make up the13-member presidential searchcommittee.

The committee’s mandate willbe to nd the replacement forcurrent president Sheldon Levywhen he steps down from his po-sition in the spring of 2015.

“The [presidential] commit-tee will solicit input from the

community and stakeholdersthroughout the search process,”said Phyllis Yaffe, chair of thecommittee, on the Board of Gov-ernors’ website.

Senate selected their fourmembers in a Jan. 14 vote.

Other members include: Mo-hamed Lachemi, the provost andvice-president academic, facultymember Nancy Walton fromthe Daphne Cockwell School ofNursing, Usha George, dean forthe Faculty of Community Ser-vices and faculty member DavidCheckland from Ryerson’s de-partment of philosophy.

Yaffe will serve as chair of thecommittee with colleague JaniceFukakusa as v ice-chair.

The nal seven members of thepresidential committee include:

Creative programs such as radio and television arts, housed in the Rogers Communi-cation Centre, may see an increase in funding through new university funding model.

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Curtis Yim — Yim is a fourth-year marketingstudent. He is also president of Enactus Ryerson,a member of the Digital Media Zone SteeringCommittee and a Ryerson Fashion Zone advisor.He is the only student on the committee.

Darius Sookram — Sookram has a Ryersonbachelor of arts degree in politics, as well as amaster of arts degree in public policy and admin-istration. He is also co-president of the publicpolicy and administration alumni association.

Jack Cockwell — Cockwell was reappointedto the board in 2005 and was appointed vice-chair from 2006–2007. He has also chaired theBuilding Fundraising Committee for the G. Ray-mond Chang School of Continuing Education.

Michèle Maheux — Maheux is the executive

director and chief of operating ofcer for the To-ronto International Film Festival. She was namedas one of Women’s Executive Network Canada’sTop 100 Most Powerful Women last year.

Nadir Mohamed — Mohamed is the formerpresident and chief executive ofcer of RogersCommunications Inc. Mohamed is also on theboard of TD Bank Financial Group and a mem-ber of the World Presidents’ Organization.

Carrie-Ann Bissonnette — Bissonnette hasworked at Ryerson for 12 years and served as thespecial assistant in the ofce of the president. Sheis a member of the board of directors of the Ca-nadian Association of Business Incubation.

George Thomas Kapelos — Kapelos is an as-sociate professor of architectural science and hasbeen teaching since 2000. He was elected to theboard for a two-year term in 2012. He holds de-grees from Yale and Harvard universities.

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7Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 NEWS

Election season comes to campusDeni Verklan breaks down this year’s candidates to prep you for the big vote

President: The RSU president setsall major policies and goals for theacademic year. Their job involvesoverlooking all other executives,

operating larger projects and occu-pying the ofce closest to the door.

THE JOB

Rajean Hoilett: If elected, Rajean Hoilettwould repurpose student study space andintroduce a free lunch program. The freelunch program would include volunteersputting together meals and serving them

to the Ryerson student community for nocharge. The third-year social work student

is currently the RSU vice-president ofequity and has been involved in studentgroups throughout his years at Ryerson.

Roble Mohamed: Weekly or bi-weeklypress conferences between students and

the Ryerson Students’ Union is one of themajor initiatives RSU presidential candi-

date Roble Mohamed wants to implementif elected. Other initiatives include moretransparency in the student governmentand nding ways to voice where studenttuition fees are going. This is Mohamed’s

second time running in the election.

John Scott: If elected, Ryerson Students’Union presidential candidate John Scott

plans to separate Ryerson University fromCanada to become a sovereign nation. Thesecond-year journalism sudent said he plansto look into mining and drilling rights be-

neath the school, adopt a better apocalypticdefence strategy and use research funding forbionic arms and bionic legs. With these plansof “general debauchery,” Scott said that he

wants to “represent all the students [who] re-ally don’t give a shit about student elections.”

THE CANDIDATES

VP Education: The vice-presidentof education directly supervises

campaigns and events about educa-tion and tuition fees. Responsibili-

ties of the VP of education were cutwith the implementation of the VP

of equity.

THE JOB

THE CANDIDATE

Jesse Root: If elected, lobbying the federaland provincial governments for lowertuition fees would be a “priority” for Jesse

Root. “Tuition fees in Ontario are thehighest in the country,” said the immigra-tion and settlement studies MA student.

Root also said that student study space isof concern, especially in multidisciplinary

programs. He plans to prioritize studyspace for graduate students and repurpose

study space for all students if elected.

VP Equity: The vice-presidentof equity is directly in charge ofcampaigns that promote a more

inclusive campus. Their day-to-dayresponsibilities pertain to eliminat-ing racism, homophobia, sexism,transphobia and ableism on cam-pus. They also manage the equity

and sustainability committee.

THE JOB

THE CANDIDATE

Pascale Diverlus: Social Justice is aresponsibility that Pascale Diverlus, a

second-year journalism student, wouldlike to promote. If elected, Diverlus wouldlike to use her experiences from working

for the Centre for Women and TransPeople and as the director of events for

United Black Students Ryerson to extendequity initiatives on campus. Pascale is the

younger sister of former RSU presidentRodney Diverlus, who held the position of

vice-president of equity in 2012.

VP Operations: The vice-presidentof operations manages all RSU

services offered to students, such asthe Used Book Room and discount

TTC Metropasses. They also setall the budgets for the RSU and allother student groups on campus.

THE JOB

Dora Adobea: Dora Adobea wants to ndways to discount GTA transit costs and in-

troduce a peer-to-peer walk safe for studentsif elected. Although there is the option to

walk with Ryerson security as far as Yonge-Dundas Square, Adobea said the peer-to-peer

walk safe program would allow studentsto walk in pairs until they arrive at their

destination. Adobea is a fourth-year nancestudent and the director of nance for the

United Black Students Ryerson.THE CANDIDATE

VP Student Life and Events: Thevice-president of student life and

events handles all major events heldby the RSU and tries to get studentsinvolved on campus. Events includethe Culture Jam Showcase and pep

rallies at sporting events.

THE JOB

THE CANDIDATE

Saphi Subendran: Saphi Subendranwould like to build a stronger Ryerson

community through the creation of morestudent events while increasing resources

and support for student groups. Ifelected, the fth-year business technologymanagement student plans to have more

events with the students’ athletic counciland would like to bring interactive eventsseen at other campuses to Ryerson.

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March 28Bitcoin marketcap surpasses$1 billion US.

February 28After a long roadto recovery, BTCsurpasses the June8, 2011 high of

$31.91 US.

December 6The first time a Bitcoinexchange is licensed asa Payment Service Provider(like a bank without the

ability to issue debt).

June 8-12BTC peaks at avalue of $31.91 USbefore dropping to$10 in the largest

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ver $600 CDN by mid-month.The Bitcoin economy is inherently

rone to extreme dips and spikesike this and public interest canmpact the already-rocky trends.

Basically, if people see a surgen news about Bitcoins in media,hey might decide to make moves.

Bitcoins aren’t attached to anyountry’s economy though, andheir rate uctuates independently.

This renders their value unpredict-ble and subject to rapid changenrelated to global market trends.Kam Chari, an associate advi-

or at WSC Insurance Group inOakville, Ont., says that the risk

ehind digital currencies is the

ack of standardization.“When people invest money,hey want to know that it is sta-le and they can have some sortf protection if something doesn’t

work out,” Chari says. “But thisBitcoin is still new, and isn’t tiedto any central institution and its[value] is too volatile.”

Chari’s concerns are commonamongst economists and othersinvolved in nancial sectors. Sincethere is no middle-man (like a bankor government institution) this in-creases the risk for those who useBitcoins and mine for them.

Each transaction that takesplace is also irreversible, so oncea purchase has been made there isno going back. The websites thatcoordinate trade between Bitcoinusers have no responsibility to fa-cilitate refunds and there can be a

risk of getting scammed.“I think the bubble and manybubbles will burst,” Shaar says.“At some point you might be leftwith nothing.”

The bubble hasn’t burst yetthough. Those who got into thegame early and played it to theiradvantage have seen outrageousprots.

W hen Spencer was at-tending an Ontariouniversity for network

security, he started reading upabout Bitcoins on tech websitesfrom his dorm room and began topurchase them.

“I’d heard about them in 2009from a friend who said he wasmining, creating this currency,”Spencer says. “He said one day itwould be worth a lot of money.”

He didn’t have much cash to in-vest in them at the time, but he didwhat he could.

When he graduated and startedworking as a software engineer inToronto, he was able to put moremoney towards purchasing Bit-coins. Now Spencer has a group

of tech-savvy friends he followsthe market with and attends Bit-coin society meet-ups.

“When I was rst interested inBitcoins, the value was about $7CDN,” Spencer says. “In the lastyear I’ve turned about $1,500 into$30–40,000.”

Spencer’s annual prot is high-er than what someone workingfull time at a minimum-wage jobmakes per year and nearly the av-erage wage of working Canadians.Prots can be even higher — oneof Spencer’s investor friends hasmade $2 million CDN from play-ing the Bitcoin market.

Despite their value to investorslike Spencer, Bitcoins are plaguedby a reputation connecting themto the Internet’s black market.

Initially, the release of this cryp-tocurrency in 2009 enabled aseamless, anonymous method oftrafcking to develop online. In2013, the website Silk Road wasshut down by the FBI for provid-ing users with a way to purchaseillicit drugs — the only currencythe site accepted was Bitcoins.

Over the summer of 2013, Mar-cus*, a recent Ryerson graduate,was one of many customers who

used Silk Road to buy drugs us-ing Bitcoins. He rst invested inBitcoins by purchasing them froma Japanese website called MtGoxand later decided to use some to

buy narcotics. He made ve pur-chases in total which includedmarijuana, LSD and psychedelicmushrooms. He was able to do allof this with complete anonymity.

“[People who are] into Bitcoinsare either fascinated about gettingrich or getting drugs,” Marcus says.

In addition to the discreetnessthis system allows, it’s possible toconvert almost any currency intoBitcoins. The untraceable arrange-ment makes Bitcoins lucrative tocriminals looking for a way tolaunder cash, which has damagedthe currency’s reputation.

“International criminal estab-lishments are going to laundermoney [anyway],” Marcus says.“You can’t say it’s because of Bit-coins.”

This aspect appealed to Char-lie Shrem, the CEO of the majorBitcoin exchange site, BitInstant.Shrem was arrested on Jan. 27 in

New York City and is being chargedwith money laundering. He alleg-edly was involved in selling over$1 million USD worth of Bitcoinsto customers of the Silk Road andpurchasing drugs on the site as well.

Despite economic concerns andthe murky reputation surroundingBitcoins, both brick-and-mortarand online businesses across Can-ada are starting to accept Bitcoinsas currency. According to the Ca-nadian Bitcoin Business Directory,there are 169 merchants who ac-cept this cryptocurrency as a formof payment.

On Friday, Jan. 24, a cold,windy winter day onQueen Street West, Brown

meets with a man, about his age,to purchase an Application-specicIntegrated Circuit (ASIC). He’dmet the man on Kijiji and agreedto pay $70 for the circuit. He slipsthe USB into his pocket, ready toget back to mining, despite specula-tions on the future and viability ofBitcoins. “It’s already plugged intomy computer,” he says.

Brown understands the risks be-hind Bitcoins, but that’s preciselywhy he only mines minimally. “Itcan either work really well or re-

ally poorly. I just have my pinkytoe in to make sure I feel the heatbut don’t get burned.”

*names have been changed to protect anonymity.

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10 Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014SPORTS

Ryerson racers rev up their engine

Getting dizzy spinning at the MAC

My original expectation for a spinclass was that it’s just an easy classfor soccer moms to build up a lightsweat.

I’ve never been so wrong aboutanything in my life.

When I got home from the gym,I was physically, mentally andemotionally exhausted. The Spinand Sculpt class kicked my butt —in a good way.

“Spin and Sculpt” actuallyturned into spin and stretch be-cause the spinning part went lon-ger than expected, which wasslightly disappointing, but I keptspinning.

The class starts slow but upsthe intensity quickly — sitting and

By Erin Hesselink standing and leaning and swerving.It was crazy and tiring and ridicu-lously awesome.

The instructor would say“stand!” and we would start tostand but then she would say “sit!”— and we were barely standing.

By the time we got to thecooldown, it felt heavenly.

My eyes started shutting and Iwas almost asleep, but then I re-membered I was in a MattamyAthletic Centre (MAC) studio sur-rounded by sweaty women andone man.

The class costs $8 and happensevery Saturday morning, from

11:00–12:15 p.m. at the MAC. PHOTO: FARNIA FEKRI

Members of the Ryerson FormulaRacing (RFR) team gather around aartially built race car in the base-

ment of Kerr Hall as they install thengine.

It’s too early in development toknow all the details, but one things certain: it’s going to be fast. Thengine they’ve just installed is thatf a 2007 Yamaha R6 motorcycle,

By Charles Vanegas which has a top speed of 295 km/h.But as a safety precaution, they re-stricted the air intake — forcing theair entering the engine to t throughthe diameter of a dime to bringdown the revolutions per minutes(RPM) from 15,000 to about 9,000.

“Our cars aren’t designed to gothat fast, they would just disinte-grate,” said fourth-year mechani-cal engineering student Dan Savery,who desiged the air intake.

Although the car still needs a lot

of work, the RFR team has alreadyregistered it into the Formula SAEInternational Series in Brooklyn,Michigan. It’s a competition thatpits students from 120 universitiesworldwide against each other. Theevent, which will be held May 14 -17, tests teams on everything fromspeed and fuel consumption, to de-sign and marketing presentation.

“[F1 racing] is small in NorthAmerica — the big stuff is in Ger-many, Italy [and] England,” saidteam captain and fourth-year me-chanical engineering student GregLister.

Without major corporate back-ing, Ryerson’s team relies on theuniversity as well as a variety of

smaller sponsors for funding. RFRcurrently has 12 sponsors, but justthe registration fee for the FormulaSAE series costs $2,100 — and theteam still has to be able to afford tobuild the car.

This season, RFR has seen seri-ous commitment from members —some spending upwards of 15 hours

per day in the shop. Lister said thatthe only classes he attends are labs.

“I go to school for this team,”Lister said. “I know that [it] willget me a better job than my markswill.”

As captain of RFR this season, it’sLister’s job not only to work on oneof the 10 systems of the car, but toalso make sure he and the other sys-tem managers are communicatingand working together.

“If the chassis (framework) guydoesn’t communicate with the in-take guy and the suspension guy,then things won’t t,” Lister said.“Every little thing works together.”

The team spent the fall semesterdesigning their car and studying the

designs of last year’s Formula SAE’stop 10 cars in each individual cat-egory. They are now in the buildingand redesigning stage.

While RFR is run through the en-gineering department and consistspredominantly of engineering stu-dents, the team is open to all facul-ties.

In the dungeon of Kerr Hall, the Ryerson Formula Racing team engineers its own F1 race carBut for those hoping to work as

engineers post-graduation, there’sextra incentive. In addition to theindustry skills learned in the shop,involvement with the team countsas a year served by the ProfessionalEngineers of Ontario (PEO), whichrequires applicants to have fouryears of supervised engineering tobecome professional engineers.

“In engineering [classes], youdon’t learn the teamwork that youlearn here,” Savery said.

“This is a professional environ-ment. It really forces you to pull upyour socks and go above and be-yond the engineering program forthis race car team.”

Once the car is built, the team will

test it out during autocross eventshosted at the Powerade Centre inBrampton. One of the key tests willbe determining who will drive at theFormula SAE. Typically, the driveris a senior member who put consid-erable time into the team, but Listersaid it will come down to one factor.

“Fastest man drives — period.”

Ryerson’s Formula Racing team posing with this year’s car that they will race in the Formula SAE International series in May.PHOTO: CHARLES VANEGAS

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11Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 SPORTS

Nothin’ but net

With a swish from behind the Ot-awa Gee-Gees’ three-point line,ahmal Jones became the second-eading scorer in school history.

At the Rams’ Jan. 18 game,ourth-year point guard Jones tookhe title from Jan-Michael Nation,

who played from 1998–2002.“I never thought it would actu-

lly happen to me to be honest,”ones said.

He now trails Boris Bakovic, whos one of the most prolic scorersn Canadian Interuniversity SportCIS) history and scored 2,068oints in his four years at Ryersonor the top spot by 731 points as ofan. 29.

Even in high school, Jones wasonsidered a coveted recruit for

Ryerson. He was named a secondeam All-Ontario selection and the

most valuable player of the Peel

Region all-star game in the 2009–0 season.

By Michael Grace-Dacosta Since joining the Rams, Joneshas been named an Ontario Uni-versity Athletics (OUA) all-star ev-ery year. In 2011, he was selectedas Ryerson’s Male Athlete of theYear, won a silver medal at theSummer Universiade in Shenzhen,China and played for the Cana-dian men’s basketball team at thePan American Games.

“He’s the guy who’s had thebiggest impact on the program,”Rams head coach Roy Rana said.“He’s the heart and soul of theteam… we go where he takes us.”

In the 2010–11 season, Jonesled all CIS rookies (averaging 17.2points per game) and propelled theRams to their rst playoff victorysince 2003. The next season, Joneswas a key component to the Ramsmaking their rst CIS Final 8 ap-pearance since the 1998–99 season.He led the Rams to their rst-evernational championship win.

“Jones is honestly the fastestplayer I’ve ever seen,” said fth-

year point guard Yannick Walcott,who’s played with both Jones andBakovic.

But Jones’s time at Ryersonhasn’t always been on the upswing.Last season, Jones averaged careerlows in three-point percentage (26per cent) and in eld goal percent-age (38 per cent). The team lostthree of its last four regular-seasongames and was eliminated in theOUA quarter nals — just one yearremoved from making nationals.

This season Jones is averaging acareer-high 19 points per game —shooting 46 per cent as three point-ers and ranking tenth in the CIS.

“Shooting was a big thing for meto work on,” Jones said. “When

I rst came in I couldn’t shootthe ball… now I’m nally ndingrhythm.”

In addition to his improved play, Jones is making strides as a leader.

“Sometimes I’ll look over dur-ing practice or even in the changeroom and he’s talking to some ofthe rookies [about] things to workon and what he sees when he’splaying,” Walcott said.

The Rams rank fourth in the na-tion and have one of the best de-fences in the CIS — they’re thirdin opponents’ eld percentage,seventh in points allowed per gameand tenth in opponents’ three-pointpercentage.

“We’re just hoping [that] as weget healthy down the stretch we’llbegin to tighten up and really startto play defence the way we’re ca-pable [of],” Rana said.

Jones needs to average 17.5points per game — 1.5 less than hiscurrent average — for the remain-der of this season and into nextseason (his nal year at Ryerson)to become the Rams’ all-time lead-ing scorer.

“I never really thought about it.I guess I’ll think about it when I’mdone,” Jones said. “Right now I’m

just trying to enjoy [playing] andgive back to the young guys.”

PHOTO: CHARLES VANEGAS

Rye gure skaters strike silverBy Eman Ali

Ryerson’s gure skating teammade history by medaling forverall performance at the On-ario University Athletics (OUA)

Winter Invitational — earning4 points as a team and bringingome silver medals.“What was really nice was that

hey skated the way they did inractice and they were rewarded for,” head coach Lauren Wilson said.The invitational was hosted by

Western University on Jan. 22–23.Guelph University beat the Ramsby 25 points to win gold.

“Even though we made history,we need to stay focused,” skaterChristina Pulla said.

She said that winning silver over-all is not only a condence booster,but is motivation to work harder.

“We now have a target on ourbacks and we need to make surenot to lose it,” Alysha Gjos said.

When Gjos started on the teamfour years ago, it was so small thatthey couldn’t compete in many

team programs.“We only focused on our indi-

vidual events,” Gjos said. “Doingwell as a team wasn’t even on ourminds.”

But this year they won four goldmedals, two silvers and a bronze.

During Gjos’s solo program, hermusic skipped repeatedly. This af-fected her presentation and one ofher jumps, but she managed to n-ish her routine.

The Rams will host the OUAChampionships at the MattamyAthletic Centre on Feb. 13–14.

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12 Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014ARTS & LIFE

Photography’s new eraRyerson professor explores the transition from analog to digital

The collapse of the “Kodak mo-ment” and analog photography asa medium captured Robert Burley’sattention.

His ndings can now be seen inhis exhibition The Disappearanceof Darkness , currently on displayat the Ryerson Image Centre (RIC).

Burley, an associate professor atthe School of Image Arts, said hisshow is about “the digital turn”experienced by everyone on somelevel.

“Both the book and the exhibi-tion were outcomes of a six-yearproject documenting the demise oftraditional photography,” he said.

When Burley discovered that the

Condoms, candy and confettiSchool of Interior Design students impress at Toronto Design Week

A group of fourth-year interior de-ign students were featured at this

year’s Toronto Design Week withheir project Hanging Matters , a pi-

ñata-inspired installation lled withondoms, candy and confetti.

Evan Jerry, Ryla Jakelski and Jor-dan Evans installed their rst full-cale exhibit at the annual Come

Up to My Room event at the Glad-tone Hotel.

“A lot of our projects, if we’rebuilding anything, it’s always a

maller object or a model, never fullcale,” Jakelski said as she stoodwith Evans under their installationat the opening reception on Jan. 25.It’s given us a really good insightnto a different element of design.”

The scale of the project wasn’t theonly challenge, according to Evans.

“We were challenged from the

historical Kodak Canada complexwas going to shut down in 2005,his visualization of the project waspredominantly photographs fromneglected Kodak factories.

In 2007, his own personal his-tory with photography helped himexpand the scope of his project toinclude other related sites and com-panies.

Burley’s exhibit has now been im-mortalized in a book, rst publishedin 2012 as a joint venture betweenPrinceton University Publishing andthe RIC.

Burley has been working with theRIC on his exhibition since 2011and it made its rst appearance atthe National Gallery of Canada lastOctober.

“The RIC is a new museum thatis dedicated to the study, teaching,research and exhibition of photog-raphy and related media,” Burleysaid. “This was a natural venue forthe work.”

Student research assistants fromthe School of Image Arts also col-laborated with Burley throughoutthe development of his project.

“[They] have worked with me onall aspects of the book and exhibi-tion and assisted me in producingthe exhibition over a three-monthperiod,” Burley said.

Parker Kay, a third-year new

media student, was one of the stu-dents who helped put together theexhibit. Kay primarily focused onframing photographs and assistingwith some of the technical aspectsof video production.

“The exhibition was entirely Rob-ert’s vision,” said Kay. “I workedwith him to execute what he had inmind from the beginning.”

The RIC is one of several loca-tions the exhibition will be held. Itwill travel for the next two yearsbeginning this fall as it heads to theInternational Museum of Photogra-phy and Film in Rochester, NY.

“I felt it important to do this proj-ect not only to record a disappear-ing history, but also to mark a timewhen digital technologies irrevoca-bly changed photography forever,”said Burley.

beginning by only being able to usethe ceiling [in the hallway] so wewanted to do that in a really effec-tive way,” he said.

Evans said that brainstormingideas for the project and then build-ing it by hand took almost threemonths to complete. The resultinginstallation was both beautiful andinteractive enough to keep visitorsengaged.

Hundreds of two-part conicalpaper structures hung down from

the ceiling in the hallway, backlit bycoloured lights. At the end of eachcone hung a string with an attachedtag containing instructions to pull itat 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m. or 10 p.m. Eachcone was lled with condoms, can-dy and confetti to be released when

the string was pulled.“We found that piñatas were

something that could really connectwith anyone who comes to see it,”

Jakelski said. “We thought the ideaof 1,500 condoms falling from theceiling onto people was just reallyfunny.”

Lois Weinthal, chair of the Schoolof Interior Design and faculty advi-sor for Hanging Matters , said theteam went above and beyond withthe project.

“We started off by looking ateach of their portfolios and seeinghow they worked, how they lookedat things in the world and differentissues that have come up for them

in interior design,” she said. “A lotof it was about how light affects theway we look at interiors and mate-riality.”

Come Up to My Room was agreat opportunity for the team tonally see a full-scale project all theway through from conception to ex-hibition, Weinthal added.

Ryla Jakelski and Jordan Evans under their installation, created with Evan Jerry, atthe Jan. 25 opening reception. For the full photo gallery, visittheeyeopener.com.

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Ryerson prof Robert Burley poses in front of photos from his exhibition, The Disap-

pearance of Darkness, on display now until April 13 at the Ryerson Image Centre.

By Lara Onayak

The second oor of the hotel waspacked for the event’s opening re-ception. Several other installations

appeared alongside their project,but it was Hanging Matters thatseemed to be the crowd favourite.

As 9 p.m. approached, there wasa rush to get into the hallway to beable to pull one of the 9 p.m. strings.A New Years Eve-like atmospherecrept in as the entire crowd counteddown to the hour. A cheer went up

as the contents of the cones cas-caded down on the crowd, invokingnostalgia of simpler times of birth-

day parties and candy-lled papermaché structures.Overall, Jakelski and Evans say

the reactions and praise they’vebeen getting from people are over-whelming.

“Just to have people really happyin this space, that’s all we wanted,”Evans said.

We thought the idea of1,500 condoms fallingfrom the ceiling onto peo-ple was just really funny

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13Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 COMMUNITIES

Walking in a woven wonderlandRyerson students partake in a new form of grafti art by bringing yarn bombing to campus

ByNatalia

Balcerzak

A group of yarn bombers gatheron campus in the early hours ofhe morning. Armed with balls of

wool and knitting needles, theywork quickly to transform Ry-rson into a woven wonderland

before the rst wave of studentsmake their way to class.

The group identies themselvess Operation Merino (merino be-ng the Spanish word for woolrom a special sheep breed). Thesetudents are experimenting by in-roducing a new form of grafti

rt to campus.“We found people were general-y pretty interested, [but] we had aew funny looks as we were literal-y giving a tree a knitted sweater,”aid Melanie Hall, a fourth-yearheatre production student who is

one of the knitting artists.Yarn bombing is becoming a

popular way to personalize urbanettings. Although no one knowsxactly where it originated, peopleiving in cities across the globe

have started to take part in the fadby covering areas with “knitti.”

But knit-fanatics make it clear thatthey take no remorse in decorat-ing the streets with explosions offuzzy colour.

Operation Merino has made itsmark on campus. What startedas a school project last semesterhas continued to hold its charmthrough the winter months.

Hall was initially introduced toknitting by her grandmother. Herreacquired hobby turned out to bea valuable asset in her communi-

cations and new media class.Students were placed in groups

of eight and asked to think of anoticeable way to engage with thepeople around them. Yarn bomb-ing seemed like the ideal ploy.

Initiating the project within onlya week, they yarn bombed posts,staircases and many trees.

“It’s something that you walkpast several times a day, so wetried to make it relatively brightto capture your attention,” Hall

Students involved in Operation Merino have yarn bombed trees, posts and other objects around campus.PHOTO: NATALIA BALCERZAK

said. “You turn something ordi-nary into [something] beautiful.”

Using social media to promotethemselves, their class campaignturned into a success. Other stu-dents began posting photos onInstagram and talking about the

knits on Twitter and Facebook.Members who weren’t knitting

experts got to work on their ad-vertising skills. Kyrill Lazarov, athird-year business managementstudent with a passion for videog-raphy, led the promotional video.

“Our goal was to see how wecan communicate with others,”Lazarov said.

Although group members spentcountless hours knitting differ-ent pieces, not all of the creationshad the chance to be admired. Atree dressed up in red-and-whitestripes to resemble Where’s Wal- do? was one of Hall’s most time-consuming crafts. In less than halfa day, it disappeared. The group

also knitted moustaches and hungthem by the Ted Rogers School ofManagement, but soon after theywere put up, some went missing.

Despite the mysterious losses,Hall said she’s glad that yarnbombing is making people happyand hopes that the project inspiresothers to start knitting too.

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dropped tuition a single cent!So let’s take that money and do

something fantastic with it! I’mthinking daily puppy clinics andthen kitten clinics.

Oh, and research in bionics andcyborg technology. Can’t have afuture without robo-humans now,can we?

Next we need to secede fromCanada and become our own na-tion. Imagine if we beat Quebecto the punch! We can absorb Zan-zibar and Remingtons and turnthem into a classroom with pup-pies and strippers for everyone!

There’s other stuff I want todo, but it’s probably not that im-portant. I have a feeling that yousimply do not care about the innerworkings of democracy.

If you’re going to vote, vote forme. Or don’t vote for me if you

think student government is aload of crap. That’s cool too.Basically if you’re apathetic,

like puppies and cyborgs andwant to see how far this joke cango, vote for John Scott. Yes, thatis my legal name. It’s a long story.Anyhow, vote for me and be hap-py! Otherwise, piss off.

Sagittarius

Shot through the heart, and you’reto blame. Darling you give glovesa bad day (bad day).

Capricorn

And from on high ye shall see,a presidential candidate.Oh wait, that’s me!

Aquarius

Astonishment will ll your brainwhen you work out the intricatesubtleties of propaganda.

Pisces

But honestly, vote if you like. Itwon’t make much of a difference.

Your tuition will still go up.

Aries

Your heart will swell with happi-ness when you vote for the great-est candidate money can buy.

Taurus

All the people you’re attracted towill suddenly see your greatnessafter voting for John Scott.

Gemini

You will give people puppies andascend to supreme leader of abso-lutely nothing.

Cancer

You will undermine the democraticprocess at Ryerson by voting for a

ridiculous third-party candidate.

Leo

Your only escape from the monot-ony of terrible frosh week concertsis to vote J.S.

Virgo

Your life will have substantiallymore puppies and kittens if youmake a simple and easy decision.

Libra

A revolution will begin when youconvince everyone to vote in theupcoming RSU election.

Scorpio

Freedom isn’t free, it actually coststhe same as a bumper sticker. One

that says freedom isn’t free.

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