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After 10 years of using Rmail,

Ryerson is nally taking steps to

switch to Gmail despite privacy

concerns.

Ryerson Computing and Com-

munications Services (CCS) and

their E-mail and Collaboration

Commiee have drafted a propos-

al for Ryerson to adopt the Google

Apps for Education online suite.

If the draft is approved by the

town hall, the nal proposal will

be brought to the executive.

When theres a nal recommen-

dation were going to look really

hard at it and make a decision,

said Julia Hanigsberg, vice presi-

dent administration and nance.

They are hoping to receive the

recommendation by the end of De-

cember and, if approved, students,

sta and faculty will have the op-

tion to use Google instead of the

current university-wide e-mail,

calendar and collaboration plat-

form.

On Nov. 14, the commiee held

its rst town hall session to allow

the community to respond to the

proposal.

The town halls are part of say-

ing here it is and allowing people

to comment and ask questions,

said Brian Lesser, director of CCS.

Im thrilled with the way the

team has gone about this, said

Hanigsberg of the considered feed-

back from

the entire

c o m m u -

nity.

T h e

next ses-

sion is

Nov. 25

at 9 a.m.

and, if the

response is still positive, the pro-

posal will move on to Hanigsberg

and the executive.

If they agree and everyones on

board well start negotiating with

Google, said Lesser.

He predicts that if everything

goes forward smoothly the new

system could be in place as early as

Fall 2012.

The platform is free for accredit-

ed post-secondary institutions and

allows them to retain their own

custom domains. Ryerson has con-

sidered switching for nearly two

years but the major concern up un-

til now

was a

d i s c r e -

tion in

p r i v a c y

on Amer-

i c a n

servers.

T h e

A m e r i -

can Patriot Act allows condential

information held in servers to be

available to the American govern-

ment at any time without notica-

tion.

BY MARIANA IONOVA

NEWS EDITOR

Ryerson University may have to

dish out up to half a million dol-

lars of its operating budget to sub-

sidize the cost of a new residence.

President Sheldon Levy said the

university has exhausted all other

options and has failed to nd a

way to provide low-cost, 8-month

student housing without supple-

menting its cost from the univer-

sitys $350 million budget.

Its an impossible set of con-

ditions, Levy said. Something

has to go. So either, they have to

be more expensive, on 12-month

leases, or the university has to take

money from its operating budget

to subsidize them. I think we just

simply have to accept that build-

ing residences is going to be a cost

on the operating budget. We just

have to get over that fact. Theres

no choice.

Levy said Ryerson has been try-

ing to nd an alternative so that

money is not taken out of the

classroom to subsidize residences

but there has been no progress be-

cause aordable housing near the

university is rare.

Youre in downtown Toronto

and its just too expensive to as-

sume you can do it in a neutral

cost or that you can do it without

hiing students heavy in the pock-

etbook, Levy said.

Currently, there are only 840

spots and there was a total of 1,485

applications to Pitman Hall, the

International Living and Learn-

ing Centre (ILLC) and OKeefe

House this year. Although there is

no geographic cut-o point, many

students dont get in because other

applicants live further, according

to student housing services man-

ager Chad Nuall.

The waitlist maximum is cur-

rently 424 and, when it lls up,

students are directed to o-cam-

pus residences like Campus Com-

mons, which is not directly ali-

ated with the university. But, even

with some o-campus options

available around the university,

space is still insucient for every-

one in need of housing.

The very recent argument that

is being made by the executives is

that we are missing out on some of

the best students because theyre

going elsewhere because we dont

have residence for them. So that

could be a compelling reason to

add spaces as well. Schools that

have a residence guarantee nd

it easier to recruit, said Nuall.

Whereas our message is very dif-

ferent. We say, well, you probably

wont get in depending on where

you live.

The university has been discuss-

ing a new residence for the past

ve years. When Levy announced

the Master Plan in 2006, he out-

lined the need for more housing

on or near campus as a priority for

the university. Two years later, the

Board of Governors approved the

plan and the university has been

unsuccessfully striving to expand

student housing since then.

Earlier this year, the university

put out a Request for a Proposal

(RPF) looking for a company to

build and operate a residence

space on 111 Gerrard St. or the

parking lot opposite of the George

Vari Engineering and Computing

Centre. Levy said this request, like

many before it, garnered no re-

sults.

My preference would be that

we build, operate and own the

building ourselves, Nuall said.

[With a third-party company]

we wouldnt be able to make all

the decisions that would need to

be made. So, we cant dictate their

fees, we cant say they should re-

invest in the building...If all the

residents at Pitman Hall decide

theyre going to party hard over at

Campus Common, then we have

no control over student behaviour

that goes on over there.

But an entirely university-

owned and operated residence is

not a viable option at this point

because Ryerson has already in-

curred a signicant amount of debt

through other projects like Maple

Leaf Gardens, the Image Arts ren-

ovation and the Student Learning

Centre.

Nuall also noted the university

is still paying mortgages on Pit-

man Hall and ILLC.

Levy said Ryerson is exploring

all its options, including subsidiz-

ing the building cost of a third-

party company and then retaining

control over the operations of the

residence.

But operations of another resi-

dence may be costly since the

current annual budget of housing

services is $6 million. Levy said a

wholly third-party owned and op-

erated residence would alleviate

nancial pressure and is not out of

the question.

If someone else said they want

to build another residence we

would say thank you very much,

we love you. I would say that

would be great, Levy said.

3November 16, 2011 The EyeopenerNEWS

Rye looking to switch over to GmailAter years o worrying about privacy issues associated with the American Patriot Act, Ryerson is fnally looking to make thebig switch to Google Apps or Education. Associate News Editor Carolyn Turgeon reports

PHOTO: LINDSAY BOECKL

Ryerson wins economically becausewe could not do [these things] withoutspending tens of millions in-house.

Brian Lesser,

director of CCS

New residence impossible without Rye subsidy

In contradiction, Canadas Free-

dom of Information and Protection

Privacy Act requires that universi-

ties secure student records, includ-

ing academic standing, grades

and contact information, and keep

them private.

I would stay with my Rmail,

because I dont feel comfortable

with my information being avail-

able to the U.S. government, said

Stephen Fenn, a rst-year social

work student.

The commiee worked with Ry-

ersons Privacy Coordinator and

consulted with sta from the Of-

ce of the Information and PrivacyCommissioner of Ontario to devel-

op a Privacy Impact Assessment.

Ryerson President Sheldon

Levy was condent in the minimal

amount of risk.

The privacy commissioner of

Ontario, who I have a huge amount

of condence in, has absolutely

convinced me that it is not an is-

sue, said Levy.

Canada has its own terrorism

laws that allow searches without

a warrant, similar to the American

Patriot Act. They also often share

information and searches with the

United States and ask for warrants

from each others country.

Theres a long history of lawful

access, said Lesser. The actual

risk of being in another jurisdiction

is not as great because theyve al-

ways had that ability.

In comparison to Rmail, which

can be accessed by the Canadian

government, Gmail is actually saf-

er, according to Lesser.

Google data centres are like

lile armed camps, he said.

Concerned students will be able

to opt out of the potential email

change.

For most people Gmail is ne

but for people who are concerned

well continue to operate Rmail,

said Lesser.

This means that the university

would not be able to fully shut

down the current system, and will

therefore still be paying for it, al-

though the use of Google applica-

tions will eliminate the need for

GroupWise, the current collabora-

tion system.

We will be able to provide, for

a similar cost, a much more ro-

bust set of tools, said Hanigsberg.

This project has never been about

cost savings.

Were not actually going to save

money of any signicance, saidLesser, adding that there may still

be costs for implementation.

The choice to pursue a Google

implementation came from a Re-

quest for Proposal (RFP) that con-

sidered accessibility, security, pri-

vacy, ownership of data, mail opt

out options, legal jurisdictions and

the Patriot Act.

Lesser said they were also

aware that some students already

forward their Rmail accounts to

Gmail accounts, allowing them to

view it all together and exposing

themselves to the Patriot Act.

[The forwarding] just tells you

something: that your e-mail system

sucks, said Lesser.

He makes it clear that the new

system will give students, sta and

faculty more than email. They will

also have use of Google Calendar

to book oce hours with profes-

sors. Student groups will be able

to use Google Documents to work

together and Google Plus will also

allow members to communicate

and video chat.

Thats where Ryerson wins eco-

nomically because we could not

do [these things] without spend-

ing tens of millions [of dollars] in-

house, said Lesser.


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4 November 16, 2011The Eyeopener EDITORIAL

LAURENSTRAPAGIELEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

This ones for the fellas

We all know gender inequity ex-

ists. We know that there are fewer

woman in politics or leading co-

porations. We know women make

less money. We know that women

are judged more on their looks than

their intellect.

We know all these things, yet

when women dare try to address

these issues in a serious way they

get called the usual names: fem-

inazi, bitch, dyke, man-hater, etc.

And unfortunately, the majority of

the individuals tossing out thoseterms are men.

Its as old and tired as gender in-

equality itself.

There seems to be a problem

seperating large sociological prob-

lems and personal responsibility.

When discussing feminism, some

of you men go on the defensive and

use those tired words, feeling like

youre being personally blamed for

all thats wrong in the world.

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Youre not.

Gender inequality is bigger than

you and bigger than the male popu-

lation as a whole. Its everyone and

its persistant in everything. Con-

sciously or not, we all contribute to

gender inequality in tiny ways that

add up to our current less-than-

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So guys, what Im saying is, its

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5November 16, 2011 The EyeopenerNEWS

TRSMvotes yesto career

centre

Just over a month after opening,

students still cant expect to at-

tend most classes in the Image Arts

building until January 2012.

Students will not be able to use

the classrooms until January be-

cause equipment, continually in

use by classes throughout the fall

semester, will need to be moved to

the new building, said Alex An-

derson, interim chair of the School

of Image Arts.

The rst classes in the renovated

IMA still not moved in

IMA delays cost extra $12 million in constructionREBECCA BURTON

NEWS EDITOR

A delay of more than a year isnt

just pushing back students move

into the Image Arts building but

has cost the university millions.

Documents acquired by the

Eyeopener revealed that the origi-

nal contract with PCL Construction

was set at a total price of $28,104,

500.

By Sept. 1, 2011, the total num-

ber of additions and deductions

Students voted yes inthe Nov. 7-10 Ted RogersSchool of Management ref-erendum to develop a busi-ness specic career centre.Of the 2,145 votes cast, atotal of 1,851 voted in fa-vour.

There arent enough re-sources for the business

management students likethere are in many of the topschools, said Ekjus Singh,a second-year businessstudent.

The rst $50 student feeswill be collected in Sep-tember 2012, according toMark Patterson, director forcareer development andemployment partnershipsfor TRSM. But they will belooking to ramp-up servic-es from now until then inhopes the new centre willbe fully functional by thisSeptember, he said.

In addition to a new ca-reer centre, the ancillaryfee will pay for more oppor-tunities within the school ofbusiness. Staff-to-studentratios will be lowered, mak-ing classes more manage-able with fewer studentsper professor. Plus it willcontribute to more job andinternship opportunities,on-campus networking, ca-reer preparation support,program-specic marketingand one-on-one career ad-vising.

Patterson said they aimto promote their programsto potential employers inthe business sector.

The centre, run and -nanced by students, willalso introduce new technol-ogy that will have the abilityto match jobs to the prolesand abilities of students.

Students can create on-line proles and portfoliosand will have access to anonline job aggregator, saidPatterson.

The fee will contribute$750,000 to fund the pro-gram with the remaining$250,000 coming from theschools budget.

According to Patterson,an additional seven coor-dinators will be hired, eachresponsible for specic ac-ademic programs.

There will also be a direc-tor, two managers, and anexecutive in residence whowill be Wayne McFarlane,the former head of HumanCapitol for Price Water-house Coopers (PWC).

reached $12,820,989, bringing

the total revised contract price to

$40,925,697.

This accounts for the majority

of the $70.95 million budget set for

the total project.

There are a bunch of dierent

pieces that contribute to the over-

all project cost, said Julia Hanigs-

berg, vice-president administra-

tion and nance.

The overall project cost goes

up over time, she said.

Hanigsberg aributed these

costs to delays with the project

from unforeseen problems. Prob-

lems included the heating and

cooling system failure in the old

building and the asbestos found

throughout the existing building.

There is not one particular

piece of the project making the

cost go up in price, she said.

Hanigsberg said there would be

no additional costs for the work

to be done in the coming months

yet was unable to give a total con-

struction budget as of November.

PCL construction will continue

to work on the project to nish the

gallery.

In addition they will be respon-

sible for any deciences found in

the coming months.

There is a long period after the

building looks completed where

the obligation of the builder re-

mains. It might not even be seen

in the rst six weeks. Even if its

not visible they still have a respon-

sibility, said President Sheldon

Levy.

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BY BETHANY VAN LINGEN

Construction continues inside the Image Arts building. PHOTO: CHELSEA POTTAGE

building were set to begin in Sep-

tember 2011. But unnished class-rooms meant that students had

to spend another semester in the

Victoria building and other spare

spaces around campus.

When we got back to school

this year, they threw us a pizza

party. They were trying to make

up for this, said Alison Greaves, a

fourth-year photography student.

Construction began in Greaves

rst year and she will only get the

chance to use the new building for

her nal semester.

As of now, the photo studios

are complete. There is wirelessaccess available throughout and

the sound stage for lm is set to

be completed this weekend, said

President Sheldon Levy.

Generally everyone is happy

about it, more students are using

the space, however it is still a work

in progress, he said.

The building was designed to

serve as inspiration for students,

said Anderson. Kailee Clayton, a

third-year lm student, doesnt

see this commitment to design on

the inside of the building. The tiles

on the third oor are old and the

rooms are laid out oddly, she said.

Michelle Nunes, a rst-year pho-

tography student, said the studio

space looks like a warehouse. Be-

sides one photography lab in the

IMA building, the rest of her classes

are located elsewhere on campus.

The transition between buildings

began on the Thanksgiving week-

end.

Vid Ingelevics, professor in the

undergraduate and graduate Im-

age Arts programs, is holding on to

both his oces as he slowly makes

the move from the Victoria build-

ing over to his new oce in the Im-

age Arts building.

Students are still required to trav-

el to the seventh and eighth oors

of the Victoria building to book and

return their equipment.

The photography cage has moved

student photography equipment tothe new building, but equipment

for sta and cameras and lenses for

students still remains in the oce.

The lm cage has not begun their

move yet and are still deciding

when to start.

Construction will continue into

the new year, with the addition of

the student gallery space that will

not be completed as planned until

next year, said Paul French, media

coordinator for Diamond & Schmi

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6 November 16, 2011The Eyeopener NEWS

Police looking for arson suspectToronto police are looking to nd the man responsible for a series of garbage res around Ryersonand a three-alarm re on George Street. Astoria Luzzi reports

Toronto police are looking for

a suspect in relation to a series of

garbage res around campus and

the Oct. 19 three-alarm re near

Dundas and Jarvis Streets.

The rst incident was on Oct.

15 at 11:40 p.m. when police were

called to 87 Gerrard St. East where

a garbage can had been set on re.

Over the course of the night, po-

lice were called to a total of three

garbage res on Gerrard Street.

There were three more incidents

over the next two days, including

dumpster and recycling res. All

incidents were discovered in the

late hours of the night or early

morning.

A news release from Toronto Po-

lice Services stated that nine more

arsons were commied in the Ger-

rard Street East and Church Street

areas between Oct. 19 and Nov. 1.

According to Tanya Fermin-Pop-

pleton, manager of security and

emergency services at Ryerson, the

garbage res were small enough to

be put out by a re extinguisher.

On Oct. 19, an abandoned brick

heritage home at 295 George St.

was the victim of a three-alarm

blaze that required 75 reghters

to respond. Investigators believe

the blaze is connected to the same

person responsible for the garbage

res.

Police obtained a description

of the suspected arsonist with the

help of footage from a security

camera near one of the garbage

res. The suspect is described as a

man aged between 45 and 50, ap-

proximately 6 feet tall, with a me-

dium build and a limp. The video

footage shows the man strolling

near a pile of black garbage bags

for about a minute and a half, then

bending down and seing it on

re.

Fermin said police are still look-

ing for the suspect and, so far, a

total of four res on campus have

been reported to police. The video

footage is on YouTube and police

are looking for tips that can help

lead them to the suspect.

PHOTO: TORONTO POLICE FOOTAGE

BY SEAN WETSELAAR

The Ryerson Students Union

(RSU) voted to campaign for more

multi-faith space on campus at

last weeks semi-Annual General

Meeting (AGM).

The RSU passed the motion al-

most unanimously on Wednesday,

after two years of discussions. The

current multi-faith room on the

third oor of the SCC was created10 years ago, after the Students

Union campaigned for a prayer

space.

It was a hard bale, said Rod-

ney Diverlus, vice-president of

equity. We saw the need for this

space and, unfortunately, the uni-

versity did not.

President Sheldon Levy said he

sees the SCC as the student area

that provides this space.

In the extent that they need

more club space we have indicated

that we are open to a discussion

on how to provide more student

space on campus, he said.When the SCC was built, an

area was set aside for faith-based

groups to pray, meditate, and en-

gage in other religious activities.

That space is no longer large

enough for the demands being put

on it, said Mitch Reiss, president of

Hillel , the Jewish Students Union.

Jewish students need to pray

three times a day and often they

need to put it o, Reiss said. But

if [the multi-faith space] was avail-

able, it would be done on campus.

Reiss added that Muslim stu-

dents need to pray ve times per

day, which is made even morechallenging by the frequent lack of

privacy in the busy prayer space.

Ten years later, our groups

have grown in size, Diverlus said.

Were seeing the demand for the

space outpace the amount of space

that we have.

Reiss said that, on top of ex-

panding the current space, the area

should be bookable and should

have several segments to account

for faiths where men and women

pray separately.

Reiss added the space should be

usable for religious learning and

other events.But thats not something that

can be done right now, Reiss

said. The space is inadequate for

prayer alone.

RSU votes to get more multi-faith space

A man entered a class-

room in the RogersCommunication Centre

around 8:45 p.m. on Nov.11 and began disruptingthe students. One studentasked the man to leave

but the trespasser gavehim a backhanded bitchslap instead. The student

followed the man out intothe hallway, where hewas pinned against the

wall, kicked and punched.

A student had to re-

ceive medical assistancewhen his nose beganheavily bleeding during

an exam. Unfortunately,the nosebleed stoppedand he still had to write

the exam.

In the latest trials of a

sports editor, Sean Tep-per got knocked to theground during an intra-

mural basketball gameMonday night. His kneeexperienced severe

swelling and he proceed-ed to spend the night onthe couch in the Eye of-

ce bitching like a baby.

Briefs &

Groaners

An abandoned heritage home on George Street was set ablaze on Oct. 19.

AGM Highlights

The RSU will launch a cam-

paign against gender-based vi-olence and, as part of the effort,

will establish a sexual assault

support line in January.

The union also created a com-mittee to improve student spacein the SCC, which includes RSUexecutive members and vestudents elected at the meeting.

The RSU also voted to provide

support for the potential Ryer-son Radio station, which wasrecently approved through astudent referendum.

Police video o a Nov. 2 garbage fre near Church Street.PHOTO: LINDSAY BOECKL

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7November 16, 2011 The EyeopenerGENDER

IFyou think gender is no longeran issue, that weve passedsome sort of inequality thresh-

old, think again. In spite of the strides

made by social movements, we all con-tinue to be treated differently becauseof what we do or dont have betweenour legs, and the way we choose to ex-press ourselves. And Im not just talk-ing about who has to pay on dates.

Women make up the majority of thestudent population at Ryerson, but arestill harassed and assaulted on campus.Men, who undeniably go through the

world with more privilege, are looked atwith suspicion and distrust when theytry to break into stereotypically femi-nine elds. Even our staff and faculty

arent exempt from the effects of in-equality, with women earning less thanmen as they move through the ranks.

Pretty depressing, huh?But in spite of these unsettling facts,

there are some on campus who aretrying to move things forward. JeffPerera, founder and co-chair ofRyersons White Ribbon Campaign isleading the ght against gender-based

violence and shattering stereotypes ofmasculinity in the process. A studentmother is trying to battle gender rigidi-ty from home by raising her son gender

non-specic, and our students union istaking steps to create a less oppressivespace for all.

If you look at how gender equalityhas transformed in the last 50 years,yes, things have gotten better. But justbecause weve come this far doesntmean we dont still have a ways to go.

Allyssia Alleyne, Arts & Life Editor

Not conforming toprescribed gender

norms for menand women. It isalso the idea that

people shouldavoid distinguishing

others by theirgender.

Gender identityand biological sexarent the same.A Transexual issomeone who

undergoes surgeryto match theirphysical body

with their genderidentity.

Someone whosebiological sexmatches their

gender identity.

Discrimination ordevaluation basedon a persons sex.

The differencein pay betweentwo groups withsimilar jobs and

experience.

PHOTOS: CHELSEA POTTAGE


8/16

8 The Eyeopener November 16, 2011GENDER

Atoms, particles, Einstein, wavelengths,

radiation theory.

In this physics class in the AMC the-

atre, there are about 80 students, and only

eight or nine are female. Welcome to engineer-ing a notoriously male-dominated area of

study at Ryerson.

Maria Gonzalez, 21, sits in the third row.

Shes petite, with loose brown curls, big brown

eyes and square-rimmed glasses. On her desk

tray theres a pad of lined paper and a black

steel waterbole.

Gonzalez commutes from Vaughan, and

even though she wakes up before the crack of

dawn to get to her 8 a.m. classes, shes aen-

tive. She looks at the professor as

he talks, looks at the screen as its

gradually lled with his scrib-

bles, and looks back down at her

notes, wrien neatly in blue ink.

Her brow furrows slightly as

she stares at the formulae on the

screen.

Its fun when you under-

stand whats going on, she says.

However, when hes writing

stu down, sometimes its like

Whats he talking about? She

laughs.

Gonzalez likes physics and

studied math at Ryerson before

transferring into industrial engi-

neering.

When I applied, I knew there

would be a lot of guys, she says.

It hasnt bothered her in the

slightest. You dont think of the

people in the class, just the classitself, she says.

According to Engineers Can-

ada, the number of women in

Ontario engineering programs

dropped down to 17 per cent

in 2009 from 21 per cent in 2001. And in the

professional world, the statistics havent im-

proved much. Only 10 per cent of licensed

engineers in Canada in 2009 were female, up

from 7 per cent in 2000.

I think its mostly the reputation that

doesnt aract females, says Gonzalez. Engi-

neering is stereotyped as a profession of man-

ual labour and hard hats, but thats not always

accurate.

Certain engineering branches are more

get-your-hands-dirty than others, she says.

Industrial engineers, for example, often work

in an oce seing and do systematic proce-

dures like supply chain analysis. They will

strategically plan, for instance, where a new

chain store should be built or work through

the step-by-step process of creating a product.

Its about how [a product] can help and aect

the human being. You develop procedures to

make it more eective, Gonzalez says.

Women in Engineering at Ryerson is trying

to correct the misconceptions. It hosts several

events for female students to gather, meet,

and network. Female engineers come to some

of these events to give the students an idea ofwhat its like to be a woman in the workplace.

Ryerson engineering professor Frankie

Stewart was the rst female mechanical en-

gineer hired at Ontario Hydro in the 1980s.

Thats just the way it was. Was it easier or

harder because of that? No, it was just your

job All of the men were great to work with.

Now, shes one of two female faculty members

in the mechanical engineering department.

Clearly, not much has changed. I do not

know why, I think its a fun discipline. Maybe

we dont do a great job of leing people know

all the things that we can do, Stewart says,

seeming to puzzle over it.

She says the programs at Ryerson are usu-

ally less than a quarter female, and many are

concentrated in chemical and biomedical en-

gineering.

We dont self-promote. I know PEO [Pro-

fessional Engineers Ontario] once referred to

it as the silent profession., she says.

Its not all about construction, and she says

perhaps students dont realize Ryerson oers

eight very diverse engineering programs.

Stewart displays Computer Engineer Barbie

like a trophy on her oce shelf. Barbie wears

thick pink glasses and sits at a computer. Ev-

ery year, online voters decide what the dolls

next occupation should be.

This just came out this year, she says, a

hint of pride in her voice.

BY RHIANNON RUSSELL

Its mostly the reputation that doesnt attract femalesEngineering is stereotyped as a profession of manual labour and

hard hats and thats not always accurate.

Admit it.

You laughed hysterically every time

Robert De Niro ridiculed Ben Stiller for be-

ing a male nurse in Meet the Parents. Hisdelivery and stone cold facial expression

made it hard to resist a chuckle.

Despite reinforcing the stigma of nursing

being a gender exclusive career, there is rea-

son why De Niros character and others feel

this way.

Historically, the term nurse has its roots

in the Latin noun nutrix, meaning nursing

mother. The term often referred to a wet

nurse (women who breast fed the babies of

other females). It wasnt until the 20th cen-

tury that the term nurse became inclusive to

males, despite the psyche surrounding the

profession still favouring women as born

nurses due to seeing females as having

natural maternal instinct.

Today, in spite of the plethora of sexy fe-

male nurse outts during Halloween, males

are breaking ground and entering the eld.

Third-year nursing student Ali Jaery says

the program makes him feel well rounded

and prepared for placement.

Even with contentment in pursuing a ca-

reer in nursing, Jaery has found himself

promoting social and gender norms within

the feild. I used to introduce myself as a

male nursing student. I realized by doing

that I was emphasizing it is a female domi-

nated practice. Now I just say I am a nurs-

ing student to try not to further the stereo-

type and stigma surrounding the eld.

According to Jaery, a portion of males

in the nursing program are immigrants and

are not familiar with the North American

stigma associated with nursing. They re-

ally just want to help people and know thatnursing is a great career choice.

Canadian numbers have remained stag-

nant over the years. In 2009 out of the to-

tal number of registered nurses (284,690),

which includes nurse practitioners, males

only represented 6.2 per cent (16,475). The

province of Quebec had the largest volume

of registered male nurses (38.7 per cent) with

Ontario following in second (27.6 per cent).

It also doesnt help that the media is guilty

of perpetuating miscon-

ceptions like male nurs-

es being passive, eemi-

nate or soft. It causes

many males to overlook

the career due to not t-

ting the mould. Despite

a strong recruitment for

male nurses in Canada,

the after-eects of the

previous generations

mentality of the eld is

still being perpetuated.

Jaery has been con-

gratulated by both his

peers and professors

for studying the eld. I

entered nursing because

there is a lot of room to

grow, say Jaery. I

feel the patient popula-

tion should reect the

care being oered inCanada.

Males currently prac-

ticing in the eld are

slowly noticing changes

in terms of patient re-

sponses to more males in nursing. I feel a

bit special, a lot of patients are sometimes

surprised, but they actually welcome me

usually without any hesitation, says Tegar

Roessaptono, a nurse at Sunnybrook Hospi-

tal.

Roessaptono, who graduated from the

University of Toronto with a degree in nurs-

ing in 2010, has been practicing in the eld

since February. Roessaptono feels nursing

is a career that is always evolving and con-

stantly keeps him on his toes. Nurses arent

only responsible for bathing and clothing

patients, they monitor the eects of medi-

cine, look at precautions for certain blood

types and are shifted into dierent situa-

tions, he says.

If you could shadow my work for one

day, you would see we [nurses] go way be-

yond the stereotypical view of what a nurse

really is.

I used to introduce myself as a male nursing studentBy doing that I was emphasizing it as a female dominated practice

Now I just say I am a nursing student.

BY IMRAN KHAN

Females in male-dominated programs,males in female-dominated programs.A look at what its like to be the theoutcast gender



9/16


Canada has one of the highest

gender income gaps out of 30 in-

dustrialzed countries belonging

to the Organisation for Economic

Co-operation and Development

(OECD). There was roughly a 20

per cent dierence in salaries in

2008. Much like any other business

or institution, Ryerson still tends to

pay its female professors less than

their male counterparts.

Speaking anecdotally to col-

leagues around the university,

there does appear to be a dierence

between male and female salaries,

says Anver Saloojee, president of

the Ryerson Faculty Association.

Saloojee could not provide specic

data, as employee salaries are con-

dential for those who make under

$100,000 a year. Still, on the 2010 list

of Ryerson sta making more than

$100,000, only

about one third

were women.We do see

gender anoma-

lies in salary but

most of those are

at point of hire,

says Saloojee. If

theres a prob-

lem, thats the point at which a criti-

cal challenge lies.

If two people enter the same po-

sition at the same time for dierent

salaries, the lesser-paid individual

will never be able to catch up as

long as the other employee con-

tinues to work the same job. The

individual faculty member in a par-

ticular department is oered a po-

sition and then negotiates a salary

with the dean of that department,

says Saloojee. If you and I have a

dierent salary at the beginning,

that carries forward all the way to

retirement.

Jean Golden, a professor of soci-

ology who has worked at Ryerson

for 40 years, says she was hired for

less than a male friend with the

same degree and same experience.

Back then it was clear the evaluation

was based on gender, she says. He

was always paid one level higher.

He retired about ve years ago, and

she says the dierence added up toabout $400,000 dollars over the 35

years they worked.

Sta at Ryerson can apply for

a salary anomaly adjustment,

where three members of the RFA

and three university representa-

tives examine a possible inequal-

ity and make a salary adjustment.

Golden has received adjustments

twice, both in recent years. The rst

bumped her base salary by $1,000,

the second by $500. Maybe Ill

make another $10,000, but it cer-

tainly wont oset the $400,000.

Jacquie Chic is a politics profes-

sor and vice president of campaigns

at CUPE local 3904, the union that

represents contract faculty and

teaching assistants at Ryerson. She

says that there is no gender wage

gap within contract employees, but

that women are far more likely to

be a part of this lower-paid group.

We dont have the same wages or

benets as tenured faculty.

Chic says part of the problem is

that once you start as a contract em-

ployee, it can be dicult to get out

of that trap. We make far less than

tenured faculty,

so the university

has an interest inoering someone

like me a contract,

rather than a more

lucrative posi-

tion.

Ryersons leave

policies dont di-

rectly cause an income gap for fac-

ulty, as up to 17 weeks of maternity

leave and up to 37 weeks of paren-

tal leave are covered (at 93 per cent

of regular pay) and salary increas-

es are still granted regardless of

time o, as long as it is paid leave.

However, women are still far more

likely to work part-time to take care

of children than men. According

to Statistics Canada in 2010, when

women were asked why they work

part-time, 19 per cent said to pro-

vide care for children or other fam-

ily responsibilities, compared with

two per cent of men.

James Brown, a philosophy pro-

fessor at the University of Toronto

who works with gender and equity

issues, said that the maer has been

with us for years. There are fairly

easy remedies he says like a com-

pensation fund for female faculty

up to the point where they meet

average male incomes and actively

urging those who make merit paydecisions to make sure they are not

disadvantaging females. Over-

coming all the biases at work in

ones evaluation of others is quite

dicult. They may honestly believe

they are being fair, but the numbers

tell a dierent story.

ILLUSTRATION: LINDSAY BOECKL

*Salary increases will be renegotiated every few years, but this hypothetical situation ofaccumulated earnings assumes a yearly increase of $1,000 and four per cent a simpliedbut similar system to Ryersons pay scale.

Its a locker-room norm that re-

mains unspoken: nding a female

coach for a male athletic team.

There are many female varsity

teams with male coaches, but the

opposite appears to be scarce. In the

Ontario University Athletics (OUA)

there is one female head coach of a

mens varsity team: Brenda Willis,

of Queens coaches the universitys

male volleyball team. Currently at

Ryerson, there are no female head

coaches for any of the mens varsity

teams.

I dont see gender as either a

positive or a negative, said Ivan

Joseph, Ryersons director of ath-

letics. Whether its for coaching or

playing.

When hiring a coach, Joseph

says he looks for a proven pedi-

gree of success, not for a particu-

lar gender. According to Joseph,

who has coached both male and

female sports teams, the issue isnt

so much about who coaches, but

rather with their players.

I prefer to coach women. With

men I have to always prove why

Im asking them to do something;

theres always a sense of doubt,

said Joseph. Most mens [soccer]

players are Mister Know-it-Alls. I

nd that the women Ive coached in

the past are more eagerly accepting

of feedback. Women are focused

and turned on right from the get-

go when its game day; it isnt the

same as the mens team.

Alice Lu coaches Ryersons fenc-

ing team. The teams roster boasts

both male and female athletes, and

Lu notices there are mental and

physical dierences between the

two sexes. These dierences force

her to coach the players dierently.

In fencing there is a foundation

of skills, but you treat them [males

and females] dierently by looking

at their physical force, says Lu.

Men are usually faster than wom-

en. Women are not as fast, but all

the skills are the same.

The players themselves can in-

timidate a coach preventing them

from instructing a particular team.

But part of the problem may be

nding a female coach who is will-

ing to coach a male team. Lisa Jor-

dan, the head coach of the womens

hockey team at Ryerson, is con-

dent in her ability. Joseph says her

no-nonsense approach would t

well.

I think I could adapt to coach-

ing males, but if I had the choice

Id stay with females, says Jordan.

But I think Id be able to hold my

own in a male environment.

Jordan, who has one of the best

winning records in Canadian wom-

ens hockey, says that the opportu-

nities for females to gain the experi-

ence needed to coach at the highest

level are dicult to come by.

Females coaching mens teams

are novelties to anyone outside the

team, she says. Youd hold the re-

spect of your players, but among

other peers and coaches there are

so many stereotypes about not be-

ing condent enough, said Jordan.

Personality ing the team maers

too. Females probably gel beer

with females and males gel beer

with males.

Aleksa Miladinovic, a second-

year chemistry student and mem-

ber of the Ryerson volleyball team,

disagrees with the stereotype.

Whoever [the coach] is, male

or female, if they have know-how

about the game and they can treat

the team very well, I dont think it

maers very much, he said.

Whether female coaches for male

teams are not predominant as a re-

sult of lacking opportunity or gen-

der biases, this absence appears to

be a common across the board in

the athletics world. It doesnt seem

like the trend is changing anytime

soon, said Jordan.

The man is now mak-

ing about $7,000 a year more

than the woman, for a total of

about $60,000 the cost of a

brand new BMW M3 coupe.

The man is earning about

$10,000 more per year. Hes

made about $150,000 more.

The man is making $16,000

more per year for the same job,

neing him a total of $280,000

more over the course of his

career, enough to buy himself a

new Lamborghini.

The woman

retires with a pension

of $159,000 per year,

meaning she contin-

ues to make $9,000

less than him every

year, all because he

negotiated for $5,000

more their rst year.

The man retires

with a pension of

$168,000 or 60 per

cent of his highest

year of earnings (30

years times two per

cent).

BY JESSICA MURRAY

We do see genderanomalies.

Anver Saloojee,RFA President

Kai Benson looks at the gender pay gap at Ryerson


10/16

10 November 16, 2011The Eyeopener GENDER

How one student took on thechallenge of gender-neutral

parenting.Gin Sexsmith reports

Its not uncommon for expecting parents to be asked

whether theyre having a baby boy or girl. As the due date

gets closer, friends and family are often eager to have blue

things ready for a boy, and pink for a girl.

But V.K., a third-year journalism student has rebelled against

these norms of parenting. She is raising her four-year-old son

Jamie without strict gender boundaries. She says this is part

of an aempt to combat the patriarchal society that we live in.

Jamie has never had an all blue wardrobe, nor has he been

bombarded with gender specic toys or TV shows.

V.K. lets her son express himself how he wants and makes

sure she steers clear of restrictive male specic language like

the word snowman.

Jamie has chosen to let his long brown hair hang freely and

wears whatever he wants even if others commonly mistake

him for a girl.

Its not what Im doing, its what Im not doing, she said.Im not imposing stereotypes, Im not telling him to be a cer-

tain way.

Instead, V.K. has let her son decide what he likes and how

to dene himself. Something she hopes will free him from the

struggles and pressures that our society expects from men.

We think of patriarchy aecting women, we dont always

think about how it aects our men. Men are also restricted in

their own ways they cant express any kind of femininity,

she said.

Although Jamie has heard some of the criticism his mother

has goen from strangers who approach her, he is condent

and calm about who he is.

Initially Jamie was enrolled in a conventional daycare, but

V.K. pulled him out after three months. She noticed that her

son was feeling isolated amongst the other children as well as

by the teachers.

He now goes to ALPHA Alternative School, Torontos oldest

alternative elementary school which prides itself on teaching

children cooperation, social responsibility and freedom of ex-

pression.

Rebecca Lock, a contract instructor for the department

of sociology said its all about gender norms and whether peo-

ple want to adhere to them.

Being raised gender neutral has to do with the values

conconcerning equality and giving children choices around

gender.

I think [it has to do with] the way people aach to gender, and

we live in a society where we are aached to the binaries, said Lock.

But not everyone is aached to the alignment, or maybe some peo-

ple would like to change [it].

Although children at Jamies new school sometimes mistake him

for a girl, V.K. said he is self-assured and the children do not tease

him.

Jamie told me: I dont care if they think Im a girl or a boy, or if

they call me a she, said V.K. But during the moments that he does

care hes condent enough to tell them no, Im a boy.

V.K. doesnt believe you can expect an average university student

to be accepting of blurred gender roles if they have been raised with-

in our societys strict binaries.

Times are changing, men are being allowed to express them-

selves as parents and individuals, but I dont think were quite thereyet. These changes start with how people are raised, she said. Its

got to start young.

Jamie hasnt asked too many questions about how he is being

raised, but V.K. said that she will be open with him once the inqui-

ries start owing.

The idea that hes questioning is good. It gives me a chance to tell

him that we live in a male dominated society despite the fact that

females are more than 50 per cent of the population, she said.

V.K. said she read up on dierent education models before she

ever decided to have a

child.

When she had Jamie

she already knew what

kind of education she

wanted to give him.

Her partner had no

doubts about raising

his son without distinct

gender roles.

She also tries to pro-

vide him a balance of

strong male and female protagonists in the books she reads to him

to teach him the concepts of equality.

V.K. said that being raised this way will benet him because she

believes hell be comfortable with who he is and not fear looking silly

if he wants to play or do a typically female activity.

But her parenting style is not as dramatic as Kathy Wierick and

David Stockers baby Storm who is being raised without being iden-

tied as either male or female.

Its quite an experiment, said V.K. I dont know what to make

of it, but I strongly believe that parenting styles are very individual

and that you really cant judge.

I dont care if they think Im agirl or a boy, or if they call mea she.

Jamie, V.K.s son

I strongly believe that par-enting styles are very indi-

vidual and that you reallycant judge.V.K.

V.K. is raising her son to express himself however he chooses. PHOTO: MOHAMMED OMAR


11/16


Rodney Diverlus is an equity

geek. If you come to his oce

to discuss, say, queer rights or

the marginalization of Aboriginal

peoples, he could go on for hours. I f

you want resources about womens

rights or racialized communities,

hell point you in the right direc-

tion.

As vice-president equity at the

Ryerson Students Union (RSU),

its his job to help create a campuswhere everyone operates under an

anti-oppression framework.

[Anti-oppression] essentially

means that youre thinking about

inequities. We acknowledge that

dierent students have dierent

needs and dierent barriers, he

explains. These inequities include

gender, sexuality, race and ability.

But while Ryerson may be lead-

ing the pack in some areas, its trail-

ing behind its neighbouring univer-

sities when it comes to promoting

anti-oppressive ideals.

Diverlus says the eq-

uity service groups

should be a stu-

dents rst resort

if they want tolearn about vari-

ous issues from

an anti-oppres-

sive framework,

but cisgendered men

(men whose biological

sex matches their gender identity)

who want to learn more about fem-

inism may be intimidated by a

sign outside of Ryersons

Womens Centre.

Among the pro-

choice and feminist

movement posters

is one leer-sized

piece of paper stating:

STOP To ALL Male

Allies. Men must knock

before entering because

their presence may make women

uncomfortable, and can be asked to

leave at any point.

Sabera Esufali, who has

been the coordinator at the

University of Torontos

Centre for Women andTrans People for the last

three years, thinks this

policy might send the

wrong message, even if it

is well-intentioned.

How do you police a space?

Esufali asks. How do you monitor

a space for gender when a lot of the

work that we do focuses on break-

ing gender norms?

At The Centre for Women and

Trans People, both cisgendered and

trans men are allowed to drop in at

their leisure, as well as volunteer or

participate in group activities. They

even have a male work-study stu-

dent.

If men feel like they want to be

in the space and work towards our

philosophies under our mandate,

then thats great.

Diverlus says the RSU has been

making an eort to educate every-

one who works with them so that

they have a comprehensive under-

standing of the inequities they are

trying to address.

Last summer they worked

with Ryersons Oce of

Discrimination and Ha-

rassment Prevention

Services and consult-

ed with other univer-

sities, including York

University and the

University of Toronto,

to create an anti-oppres-

sion training module for ori-

entation leaders and equity service

group coordinators. (Orientation

leaders can set the stage for what

we expect of ourselves, Diverlus

reasons.) This year about 500 peo-

ple participated. The training was

three hours long, but according toDiverlus, it just scratched the sur-

face of anti-oppressive principles.

I think Ryerson is geing into

a place where coming from

an anti-oppressive

framework is being

normalized, but

were denitely

not York, he

explains. They

have models

and modules

that are very ad-

mirable. Theyve

set the stage.

Siva Vimalachan-

dran, the vice-president

of equity for the York Fed-

eration of Students (YFS), doesnt

know if theyve necessarily set

the stage, but he can understand

where Diverlus is coming from.

Our membership at York is

very aware and very commied to

making sure our campus is a posi-

tive space, he says. The school is

known for its campaigns around

subjects like islamophobia, as well

as its high-prole speakers. When

political activist Angela Davis

spoke at the university in 2010, 600

people aended.

All of the speaker series are al-

ways packed, he says.

Like Ryerson, York oers anti-

oppression training for YFS sta

and orientation week leaders

(about 800 this year), but theyve

also provided training for security

personnel, student club executives,

YFS volunteers, people who work

in their student centre, and stu-

dents who are leaders in other av-

enues among others.

But even if they have dierentapproaches to promoting an anti-

oppression mind-set, Diverlus, Es-

ufali and Vimalachandran all agree

that they still have a lot more

to do before their work

becomes unneces-

sary. Esufali still

has students of

colour coming

to her with sto-

ries about how

a Eurocentric

curriculum is

negatively im-

pacting their edu-

cation. Vimalachan-

dran is still trying to

nd ways to get his message

across to Yorks approximately

50,000 students.

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TWEETSOF THE WEEK

Conflicted intern-allyInternships have become a necessary evil to getinto todays job market. But things can get legally

ugly when it comes to unpaid positions.Biz and Tech editor Sarah Del Giallo andJeff Lagerquist report

Internships can put some real

world experience on your resume

and even land you a job, but some

employers see an opportunity to get

work done cheap. With students

desperate to build their portfolios,

working for lile or no money can

seem like a viable option.

The problem arises from the fact

that the laws surrounding intern-

ships are vague and usually not

enforced. In the case of unpaid in-

ternships, many students end upworking in illegal environments

without realizing it.

Andrew Langille, a labour and

employment lawyer in Toronto,

says that internships have become a

major part of the job market transi-

tion that young people go through.

Unpaid internships are being

used as a proxy for entry-level po-

sitions and theyre allowing compa-

nies to not hire people, but to use a

revolving door of unpaid interns to

sustain the business and the opera-

tions, he said.

The Employment Standards Act

(ESA) has a six-point denition of a

legal unpaid internship. Within that

denition, it states that an unpaid

internship should be the equivilant

of a training program and should

wholly benet the intern.

Langille says that internships fall

under precarious employment.

Precarious employment is

where you dont have a lot of ties

to the employer; its generally on a

short term basis on a contract with

the employer. You may not get ben-

ets, he said. If youre making

coee, ling papers, photocopy-

ing, inpuing data and so on and

so forth, its probably not a trainingprogram, its probably illegal and it

probably violates the ESA.

Bruno Quarless* is a senior jour-

nalism student who had a summer

internship at a well-known Toronto

sports network.

Thats one of the reasons I

moved to Toronto, I wanted to

work for them, he said.

Then I found out it would be

unpaid, which was ok. Most are,

which sucks.

Quarless was working on search

engine optimization content for

the network two days per week.

During his shifts he would write

ve to six 500-word stories on ma-

jor sports while having to include

phrases for optimization.

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13November 16, 2011 The EyeopenerBIZ & TECH

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APPSOF THE WEEK

Rye grads make Call of Duty trailerBY GRACE BENAC

Several Ryerson graduates were

commissioned by Activision to

create a trailer for the hugely suc-

cessful Call of Duty (COD) Modern

Warfare 3. Activision is the franchise

owner and game publisher of COD.Modern Warfare 3, the latest re-

lease, broke multiple sales records

in the rst 24 hours after its launch

on Nov. 8, neing over $400 million

in the U.S. and U.K. alone.

Je Chan and William Chang,

along with several other Ryerson

graduates and fans of the game, de-

cided to create a trailer called Find

Makarov for the then-unreleased

MW3.

The made-for-fun trailer post-

ed to Chans YouTube account in

March ended up going viral. It at-

tracted 3.5 million views within

three days.

We were hoping it would be-

come successful, but we had no

idea it would turn out to become

what it was, said Chan.

Five hours after the video went

up, producer and Ryerson alumDavid Fradkin received a call from

Activisions lawyers, who were

suspicious that the team was look-

ing to make a prot o of the com-

panys copyrighted product.

Fradkin and the rest of the team,

who produced the lm largely out

of their own pockets, were able to

allay Activisions concerns.

Hours later, the team got a call

from Activisions vice president,

George Rose.

Rose congratulated the team

on their work and informed them

that Find Makarov was already

receiving rave reviews from many

video game programmers and pro-

ducers.

It was a prey intense time,

said Chang, a graduate of Ryer-

sons lm studies program.

The next time Activision called, itwas to commission another trailer.

Chan and his team, who were then

heading the now-defunct market-

ing agency We Can Pretend, eager-

ly jumped on board. The catch?

Activision wanted us to do an-

other trailer, due in eight weeks.

To give you an idea of the work it

takes to put a lm like that together,

Find Makarov took about eight

months to nish, said Chang.

When Je called me, I said yes,

initially. But when he told me the

due date, I said no. Its prey much

impossible.

Luckily for the team, Chang

came around. A second trailer for

MW3, called Operation Kingsh

was screened for a crowd of thou-

sands on Sept. 2 at the opening of

the Call of Duty XP convention in

Los Angeles.Although Chan, who graduated

from the RTA program in 2008, said

that Activision has been in touch,

he said his main focus is working

on several feature lm projects.

He admits that many of his

teams present eorts would not

have been possible without the

success of Finding Makarov and

Operation Kingsher.

Through [the trailers], weve set

up a bunch of projects. The success

of the trailers has basically dictated

the next few years of our lives.

Whatinternshipsare legal?

Quarless said he received very

lile feedback on his work in the

four months he was working for

the network. He didnt feel that he

gained any benet from his time

there.

Basically I spent two days a

week for four months cranking

out 2,000 to 2,500 words of use-

less bullshit that no one saw, with

no byline, no money, and not even

something that I would put in my

portfolio, he said.I worked at a place that I always

wanted to work at and hated it

and became completely disillu-

sioned.

Despite his negative experience,

Quarless can understand why com-

panies would take advantage of

free work from eager students.

It really does pay o for them.

Its just so hugely disappointing.

Although the laws are vague and

the risk of exploitation is always

a factor, internships can be an ex-

tremely eective means of gaining

real world experience before grad-

uation.

The thing thats so good about

intern programs is that it gives

people a relatively simple way to

nd out if they want to do this stu,

whether they enjoy it, and whether

they are good at it, said Roger Gil-

lespie, the man in charge of hiring

student interns for the Toronto Star,

which pays interns.

Gillespie explains that student

internships also serve as a way for

employers to see potential hires

in action before oering a job. He

makes it clear that interns should

not expect full-time jobs.

Dont rely on some notion that

you are going to get hired here, be-

cause thats a stupid thing to do,

said Gillespie.

Last year the Star hired 22 interns

for their three programs and none

were hired full-time. The interns

themselves often set the pace of

competition for scarce positions.

Almost no one gets into our pro-

gram who isnt prepared to give up

a chunk of their life, said Gillespie.

Outworking your peers isnt al-ways the challenge, especially if

youre a business student. Some-

times staying focused on monoto-

nous yet important tasks is the most

dicult part.

Fourth-year business technology

management student Paul Benton

interned with CIBC World Markets

for four months. After a rigorous

three-part interview process, he

found himself spending hours in

front of an Excel spreadsheet ling

reports for traders.

I would say we were being ex-

ploited, but we were paid quite

well. Twenty-two dollars per hour

is at the higher end of the scale,

said Benton.

As boring as it was, the experi-

ence paid o.

Geing a job is a lot easier if you

have an internship on your resume.

Its a big part of landing a position

after you nish school, he said.

Practical work experience is an

important part of a resume, but arts

industries are less likely to pay for

your time.

Louis Calabro is a manager of the

Genie and Gemini awards for the

Academy of Canadian Cinema and

Television (ACCT). The ACCT hires

unpaid interns for six-month in-

ternships. The workers are required

to come in for 12 hours per week.

Were a not-for-prot organiza-

tion so we dont have a lot of excess

cash oating around, said Cal-

abro. The internship is a way to

provide experience for somebody

whos maybe just coming out of

school or who may be in school at

the same time. Its not really meant

to be a situation where youre goingto be making tons of money.

The ACCT generally hires interns

from arts and science programs.

The interns responsibilities

range from labeling, ling, box-

ing things up to puing together

screener packages for nominating

commiee members and organiz-

ing information for the nominating

commiee.

We function like any produc-

tion company would on the oce

side of things. So I truly believe that

does provide a lot of experience,

he said.

Langille said, In the case of in-

ternships, whether youre going

to get the minimum wage is a big

question. A lot of the internships

arent paid.

While internships provide real

world experience before gradua-

tion, there are other ways to build a

resume and break into your chosen

profession.

There are other ways to gain

professional experience and I nd

that increasingly many students in

the journalism program are work-

ing at a professional level almost

from day one and keep on doing

so even if its as a freelancer, part-time, or contract, in their summers

or spare time, said Ivor Shapiro,

chair of Ryersons journalism pro-

gram.

Still, the job markets demand

for practical workplace experience

is a reality for most Ryerson stu-

dents.

This has a wider impact on so-

ciety because people are puing o

life milestones, such as geing mar-

ried, moving out of their parents

home, entering into relationships,

having kids, buying a house, saving

for retirement, said Langille.

This is a phenomenon that is

aecting [current] generations

and will aect the coming genera-

tions that are entering the labour

market.

Here is how OntariosMinistry of Labourdenes a legalunpaid internship

The training is similar to that

which is given in a vocationalschool.

The training is for the ben-et of the individual.

The person providing thetraining derives little, if any,benet from the activity of the

individual while he or she isbeing trained.

The individual does not dis-place employees of the per-son providing the training.

The individual is not ac-corded the right to become an

employee of the person pro-viding the training.

The individual is advisedthat he or she will receive noremuneration for the time that

he or she spends in training.

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This has a wider impacton society ... people areputting off life mile-stones...

Andrew Langille,labour lawyer

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TheScore

SPORTS

Fridays results

Womens Basketball:Laurier 63 @ Ryerson 56

Mens Basketball:

Laurier 85 @ Ryerson 65

Womens Hockey:

Ryerson 1 @ York 4

Mens Hockey:

Ottawa 2 @ Ryerson 3 (SO)

Saturdays results

Womens Basketball:Waterloo 72 @ Ryerson 65

Mens Basketball:Waterloo 96 @ Ryerson 91

Womens Hockey:Waterloo 3 @ Ryerson 0

Mens Hockey:UQTR 4 @ Ryerson 5 (SO)

Womens VolleyballWestern 3 @ Ryerson 1

Mens VolleyballWestern 3 @ Ryerson 0

Sundays results

Womens VolleyballWindsor 0 @ Ryerson 3

Mens VolleyballWindsor 3 @ Ryerson 0

OUA Womens Hockey

Team W L OTL

Laurier 9 0 1Guelph 9 2 1Queens 7 3 1Windsor 6 4 1Toronto 5 5 1Waterloo 5 6 1Brock 5 5 0Western 5 6 0York 5 6 0UOIT 4 8 0Ryerson 1 10 0

CIS East Standings- Mens Hockey

Team W L OTLMcGill 24 2 2UQTR 19 8 1Carleton 18 8 2Nipissing 17 8 3Queens 14 11 3Toronto 10 11 7Concordia 12 14 2Ottawa 11 14 3Ryerson 8 18 2RMC 5 22 1

Geing roughed up is a part of

the game, but for the rst time,

one of our chasers got taken to

the ground hard enough for the

refs to stop play. Glasses broken

and blood dripping down her face

from a ripped out eyebrow pierc-

ing, we nally came to a certain

realistation as she limped o of

the eld. We were playing a real

sport.

This past weekend, Over 2,000

broom-riding athletes descended

on New York City. Organized by

the International Quidditch As-

sociation (IQA), the fth annual

Quidditch World Cup took placein Manhaan and aracted just

under 100 teams from all over

North America and Europe. It was

my second time leading Ryersons

team against the IQAs best, and

while we may not have won, we

put up a good ght.

Real athletes ride broomsThis past weekend, Ryersons Quidditch team drove down to New York or the fth annualQuidditch World Cup. Ryersons team captain Suraj Singh flls you in on how the team did

Last year, we didnt put a single

quae through the hoops, geing

only 30 points in three matches

thanks to a snitch catch. We n-

ished second to last overall, top-

ping only an all-girls high school

team.

This year, the competition was

sti but we pushed back and re-

fused to be labelled as a walkover.

While we left without a win, the

improvement from last year was

huge. We managed to hold our

own against the team that nished

second overall in the division and

playing one of our most physi-

cal matches against a communityteam made of grown athletes, not

nerdy university students. Just

looking at the point dierential,

our team showed visible improve-

ment. Even in quidditch, theres a

big dierence between losing 180-

0 and losing 70-50. It might not

seem like much but lile victories

like this mean a lot to a growing

team. We learned a lot from each

game, discovering what worked

for us and playing to each oth-

ers strengths. The chemistry be-

tween the team was stronger than

its ever been. We were a team

this year, not just players wear-

ing the same home-made jersey.

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Aries

It seems that people

will do almost any-

thing for free alcohol, except for

coming to your party or spend-

ing any time with you.

Gemini

You will wake up

from a four year

blackout and realize youre only

a semester away from graduat-

ing with an arts degree.

Leo

People often say that

life is short, and in

your case, theyre correct!

Libra

Youll nd your ris-

ing stress levels from

school and work are immensely

relieved by meditation, time man-

agement skills and heroin.

Sagitarius

Youll be arrested in

what will forever be

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Incident.

Aquarius

Your nancial situa-

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you dont have a gag reex.

Taurus

In a moment of opti-

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you will start down a miserable

and fruitless acting career.

CancerEveryone told you

that you were only

destined to fail, but this week

youll show them that they ac-

tually gave you way too much

credit.

Virgo

A nancial windfall

will come your way

when a deposed Nigerian prince

contacts you with an exciting busi-

ness deal.

Scorpio

Youll be baed

when, despite all the

antioxidants youve consumed,you still get typhoid.

Capricorn

A new life will start

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inside you, and now youll be eat-

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worms work.

Picses

After drinking a bole

of whiskey and driv-

ing a school bus into an orphan-

age, youll be depressed to realize

you turned out just like your par-

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BY KAI BENSON

day before, and it just lashed out.

The basics of moustache care in-

clude conditioning, combing and

peing. However, like the people

they rest upon, moustaches have

a wide variety of personalities.

More often than not, men must

learn their moustaches likes and

dislikes the hard way. This can

end in scrapes, bruises and even

broken bones.

My boyfriends [moustache]pushed me down a ight of

stairs, Amy Williams, 19, says. I

ended up with a broken leg. The

bath hed run for it had been too

hot it was a stupid, stupid mistake

that we never made again.

Wolfgang Schneider, rst-place

winner in the 2011 World Beard

and Moustache Championships

for best natural moustache, says

that the key to taming the beast istraining it from the start.

A moustache can be extremely

dangerous, he explains. If you

dont begin disciplining it at birth,

things can get ugly.

Even with growing awareness

of the dangers of facial hair, mous-

tache-induced fatalities are on the

rise. In 2010, 1,496 Canadians died

at the strands of their moustaches,

up from 1,233 in 2009.The most important thing for

a new moustache-grower is to get

educated, Schneider says. A man

should never aempt a moustache

without being aware of the risks.

Earlier this month, thousands

of men worldwide made the deci-

sion to risk their lives to combat

prostate cancer. Their mission, if

they chose to accept it: to grow a

moustache.

For Movember, participants

are challenged to develop and

display a moustache to support

cancer research. Needless to say,

moustaches are commonly consid-

ered among the deadliest things

in the world to have on ones face.

Now, at the mid-month mark, the

prepubescent laughable whiskers

are maturing into fatal fuzz.

Ive woken up in the middle of

the night to my moustache tryingto suocate me, Eric Stamford,

28, says. The Ryerson students sit-

uation is only one of many report-

ed cases of homicidal facial hair.

Id forgot to condition it the

Moustaches a menaceBY HALEY ROSE

A moustache can be

extremely dangerous. Wolfgang Schneider

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