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The time of traditional plywood scaffolding and sidewalk sheds is over as the new Urban Umbrella, unveiled at Ryerson University’s Stu-dent Learning Centre at Yonge and Gould streets, brings a new, elegant design element to construction sites in Toronto.

On Oct. 25, Urban Umbrella for-mally announced the university’s sidewalk sculpture as the first of its kind in Canada to replace what Ry-erson president Sheldon Levy called “ugly” wooden boards.

“I think [the Urban Umbrella] should be a minimal requirement [in Toronto]. I think that we can even do better,” said Levy. “If you go to Eu-ropean cities, you would never, ever

see what we put up. It would not be allowed.”

The new structure, which resem-bles an unfurling umbrella, is made of high-strength recycled steel and translucent plastic panels. Lit natu-rally during the day and by LEDs at night, the Urban Umbrella is de-signed to be a safe and unique alter-native to wooden scaffolding.

“What is seen on the streets hasn’t changed in 40 years. We now have a team that has thought about this through and through,” said Ward 27 councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam. She first saw of the design in an archi-tectural magazine and was eager to persuade developers to use it.

“[Wooden scaffolding] was put-ting pedestrians in harm’s way,” said Wong-Tam. “I’m surprised we haven’t done it sooner. It’s a step in

innovating as a city.”The Urban Umbrella design was

championed by Young-Hwan Choi, Andres Cortes and Sarrah Kahn from Agencie Group in New York. It garnered attention after winning an international design competition organized by the New York City De-partment of Buildings.

Agencie Group’s design was then used for several building projects in New York and embraced by New York City Mayor Michael Bloom-berg, who had been looking for a solution to the dark mazes latched to construction sites.

With more than 80 new construc-tion sites in the downtown area that use wooden shedding — and 137 open development applications in the works — Toronto has become a me-tropolis like New York City accord-

By Ramisha Farooq ing to Wong-Tam.Levy said that the addition of the

Urban Umbrella is another step in the undertaking of Ryerson’s Master Plan.

“Our master plan is all about de-sign excellence,” Levy said Thursday.

The blueprint for university ad-vancement, approved by Ryerson’s Board of Governors in 2008, out-lines the university’s need to add quality space for students along with academic and research facilities.

Upon the completion of Ryerson’s Student Learning Centre in 2014, the Urban Umbrella will be taken down.

But for now, it’s sparking big change in the city of Toronto: One Bloor condominiums is also adopt-ing the urban umbrella structure.

“This is the story about a city say-ing yes,” said Wong-Tam.

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Urban Umbrella comes to campus

Liberals take over the Gardens

The leadership race for the pro-vincial Liberals will culminate on Ryerson campus in January as the party leadership convention will be held at the Mattamy Athletic Cen-tre (MAC).

The decision, announced Sun-day, was reached by the Liberals after a request for proposals was is-sued on Oct. 22. Global Spectrum, the group in charge of facilities at the MAC filed their proposal on Oct. 24, based largely on a decision by the school that the event would bring much-needed media atten-tion to the MAC.

“We felt it was the kind of event [that] would benefit the venue,” said Keith Baulk, general manager of the MAC. “It brings [high] pro-file and national attention [to the MAC].”

Ryerson President, Sheldon Levy, noted that Maple Leaf Gardens has a long history of political conven-tions — including one which first elected former Premier Dalton Mc-Guinty, as well as events featuring Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Winston Churchill.

“In keeping with the spirit and the history of The Gardens, to have a major political convention there is quite appropriate,” Levy said. “On top of it having students who will be part of that process and the education that will come with it … will be very good.”

Though no concrete plans have been made for the convention, Levy said the event would likely occupy most of the building’s facilities.

Baulk said the MAC was a good fit, that had benefits to both par-ties, but that Global Spectrum was excited to have been awarded the event against stiff competition from venues across the province.

“We were thrilled,” Baulk said. “We think it’s one of those venues that … also brings confidence and, ultimately, other business.”

Levy added that the primary benefit of the event was publicity.

“Certainly, in all respects [it] will improve, I hope, the university’s reputation,” he said. “But it’s keep-ing with the history of the place too and I think that’s important.”

Despite Ryerson’s desire to host the event, Levy said the venue was not offered at a discount price.

Delegates from across the prov-ince are expected to attend, and the registration fee for those attending has been set to $499.

By SeanWetselaar

The Ryerson Free Press (RFP) will stop publishing for the foreseeable future after the abrupt departure of editor-in-chief Clare O’Connor, who is now entrenched in legal proceed-ings with the Continuing Education Students’ Union of Ryerson (CE-SAR), the paper’s publisher.

“Through a series of unfortunate events, it appears that our October issue is postponed indefinitely,” said James Burrows, the RFP’s news edi-tor, in documents obtained by The Eyeopener. “I unfortunately can’t [say] any more than that, as I don’t know any more, other than we no longer have an [editor-in-chief] and there appears to be no plans on the part of CESAR, our publisher, to hire one.”

One of Ryerson’s three campus newspapers, the RFP is an alterna-tive publication aimed at part-time and continuing education students. It is largely staffed by members of CESAR and publishes on a monthly basis.

O’Connor, who was in her first se-

mester as editor-in-chief of the RFP after taking the reins from long-time editor Nora Loreto, published the September issue of the paper before her departure. Under the RFP’s man-date, they are unable to publish both online and print articles without a sitting editor-in-chief.

The circumstances surrounding O’Connors departure and the status of her legal proceedings with CESAR remain murky.

“What little information I have been able to receive from [CESAR] has been slowly and painfully ex-tracted,” said Burrows in documents obtained by The Eyeopener. “With-out an editor-in-chief my mandate is zero to do anything. What is worse is that our publishers are not giving us any info about what is happen-ing and little guidance around what to tell our writers about the future … given my recent interaction with them, I doubt anything will fix this.”

Annie Hyder, CESAR’s director of membership and communications, would not comment on the specif-ics of O’Connor’s departure or the status of their legal proceedings but confirmed that “she is no longer with CESAR.”

“Unfortunately I can’t really talk about the editor-in-chief because we

are actually in a legal proceeding with [her],” said Hyder. “We are defi-nitely working on making sure that there will be a new editor-in-chief in place and have the paper available as soon as possible.”

While finding a new editor-in-chief is a top priority, according to Hyder, she admits that CESAR’s upcoming health and dental [referendum] re-mains at the top of their list.

“Right now we have health and dental referendum, which is really monumental because it’s something that we’ve never had so it’s a huge opportunity for us. It’s something we are focusing on in the immediate,” she said. “But once that is out of the way we are definitely focusing on [the RFP].”

O’Connor was unavailable for comment.

By SeanTepper

Ryerson Free Press halts publishing

Amidst the departure of their editor-in-chief and a consequent legal proceeding, the Ryerson Free Press has suspended publishing indefinitely

Courtesy of Ryerson University

Stands will remain empty until a new editor-in-chief is hired.

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PHOTO: MOHAMED OMARCorporate sponsorship is becoming prevalent in universities as a source of funding. The RCC is just one example of naming rights of buildings being sold to sponsors.

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It should be no surprise that Ryerson is a business, and not the intellect-soaked think tank that traditional-ists expect of universities. Education nowadays is about money. Expan-sions in academics and the physical campus means that the university both desires money and needs it.

The want for income explains why programs are being introduced that offer low job prospects, such as history. According to 2001 Sta-tistics Canada data, history degrees have especially low rates of return on investment. So why was the his-tory program introduced? The easy answer is money. New programs

means new students, which means new money.

Along with new programs are new corporate deals, resulting in brand names on campus — think Coca-Cola, Adidas, Mattamy and Rogers. Such corporate presence draws criticism from those roman-ticizing university as a place for freedom — a place free of markets which thereby gives time and space to build free thought.

It should come as no surprise that free thought is effectively dead on campus. But the market, and the presence of corporations, is surging. And that’s not a bad thing.

Firstly, it means that Ryerson has a source of funding aside from re-search or undergraduate students. Even though critics bash branded sponsorship, they should be happy

about it. Sponsorship helps to keep down fees that otherwise would have to be partially paid out of student’s pockets. If corporations stayed off campus, combined fees would be higher, so those same crit-ics have less to protest again with the way things currently stand.

Secondly, while many students enjoy complaining about the uni-versity, sponsorship means that the school you’re paying to attend actually has a reputable name for itself — a name apparently so well-received in public that corporations want to attach themselves to it.

Taking that into account I, for one, welcome the day students, garbed in gowns, can be handed their Rogers undergraduate degrees, brought to them in part by Ryerson university.

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The fight for copyright

Brian Cameron wants to make sure Ryerson’s professors get their re-search published in reputable jour-nals — without selling their souls in the process.

Cameron, a digital initiatives librar-ian at Ryerson, gave a lecture Friday for faculty members who have had or want to get their work published in academic journals. The presentation, titled Know Your Rights: Publishing and Academic Freedom in a Digital World, highlighted the consequences of publishing with big names like Elsevier and SAGE, which usually re-quire a transfer of copyright.

Cameron said researchers are lured into publishing with these companies because of their prestige, or “impact factor.”

“I find that in conversation with

faculty members, they often don’t un-derstand a copyright transfer agree-ment,” he said. “When it comes time to submit an article to a journal, most faculty members will sign the copy-right transfer agreement without hav-ing read it.”

He added that many faculty mem-bers think of copyright as merely “the right to copy,” but insisted there are “lots of rights” lost when a professor signs the dotted line. Elsevier’s copy-right agreement not only includes the right to distribute, republish, and translate a professor’s work, but also the right to use the work with differ-ent technologies and formats such as videos and presentations.

SAGE’s agreement is “a bit scar-ier,” Cameron said. They reserve all the rights that Elsevier includes, but can also sell part of a professor’s arti-cle — such as a diagram or table — to third parties without paying a single cent to the author.

“It essentially leaves you with nothing,” Cameron said.

Cameron’s alternative for pro-fessors is to publish in open access repositories such as Ryerson’s own Digital Commons.

Now in its fourth year, the Digital Commons is home to around 680 theses and over 1,200 documents, many of which are major research papers. The institutional repository allows professors to store, protect and distribute their work, without having to give up copyright. It also saves the library from the high prices of the publishers.

Vadim Geurkov, associate profes-sor in the electrical engineering de-partment, said that his work is safer with the Digital Commons.

“It’s very convenient that it’s here. If I have any ideas, I can actually put them in the repository and it be-comes copyrighted,” he said. “Now, I have rights.”

By Mohamed Omar

Aboriginal environments and cul-ture are making the jump to cyber-space thanks to Jason Edward Lewis and Skawenatti, two digital artists from Montreal. In this way, they at-tempt to bring history and culture to a modern medium, where it can be preserved and appreciated. They’ll be speaking on the subject of their joint effort at the Rogers Communications Centre, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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The forgotten voice Without student input, post-secondary reform has become an elitist debate

The state of university education has had a lot of play in the media lately. Experts across Canada — from columnists to professors — are weighing in on the fortes and fractures of Canadian universities.

On the other side of the spec-trum, the average student voice is largely muted — but there’s a lot to be frustrated about.

Margaret Wente of The Globe and Mail says better education means more “classroom time” for professors and students. But the problem isn’t the time spent in lec-tures and tutorials: it’s the student-content relationship. The issue is how students receive material — and it isn’t a blanket formula. Pro-fessors who speak a comfortable language of one-size-fits-all con-tent don’t assess individual student needs outside of entrepreneurial

hubs. But who can blame profes-sors alone?

Unless students can delve in-telligently and aggressively into the gaps between what they learn and how they learn, getting bet-ter quality content, presentation and interaction out of “classroom time” won’t happen. The pressure to challenge students in any field to engage in critical, creative thinking is as much the student’s job as it is the professor’s. The extra attention required would make education personal. The horror.

“Innovate or perish,” John Man-ley, a former Liberal deputy prime minister, said of the post-secondary predicament in a 2009 edition of Maclean’s magazine. He was right, but students aren’t just a source of capital. They have to be seen as more than just pawns in the uni-versity business model.

Three-year degrees and a tidal wave of online courses will pump out graduates like popcorn, but at the cost of diluted content and un-derstanding.

Editorial by DianaHall

The higher education experts spoke unto the student body, and said: “let them be educated.”

And the average student is si-lently eating it up.

What Canada’s universities need is a uniform assessment strategy, multi-platform exercises and con-versations. Pedagogy can improve immensely by making content more interactive and by sharing models with other universities (like resources used in massive open on-line course modules tweaked for in-class delivery, for instance.)

Students are the guinea pigs sit-ting at the desks. They’re the ones skipping class because the text-book says everything professors do. They use the clickers in class-rooms and take the online courses in the summer. How do we mea-sure whether students are getting a bang for their buck — or is it a whimper?

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From the Mattamy Athletic Centre to the new Sears Atrium to the on-going sponsorship agreement with Coca-Cola Canada, which includes exclusive beverage rights on campus, Ryerson has become a model of how corporate sponsorship has crept onto campuses of public universities in re-cent years. Partnerships with the pri-vate sector have enabled rapid expan-sion and improvements to campus, something Ryerson president Sheldon Levy said is key to the development of new facilities as well as to the reputa-tion of the university itself. But, Levy cautions that partnerships need to be approached prudently and cautiously, lest the agreements take a damaging turn to the university’s reputation.

“You have to have a name that en-hances your value, and you make a big mistake to get a name for $10 or 15 million dollars that detracts from

By IanVandaelle

Branding brings big bucks to RyersonA flurry of branding and sponsorship deals has inundated Ryerson with corporate logos, leaving many wondering: private or public?

your value,” he said “We’ve had the board reject applications for that rea-son.”

But even the partnerships that Levy has struck in his two terms as Ryer-son’s president has left Rodney Diver-lus, Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) president, nervous about the corpo-rate presence on campus.

Diverlus said the RSU, which has recently shunned corporate sponsor-ship, would prefer to see funding for university advancement coming from provincial coffers rather than corpo-rate ones.

“We are in the mindset that these institutions are public institutions,” he said. “Public institutions means

that our tax dollars go to them and as such, if we need more money, we need to go to the provincial govern-ment and demand more money.”

However, with rising costs of infra-structure and other educational costs, universities are grappling with the is-sue of how much sponsorship they let in, not whether they should be letting corporations through the door. That ship has long since sailed, according to David Soberman, the Canadian National Chair in Strategic Market-ing at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business.

“I think 50 years ago, people might think it’s an absolute travesty to have a classroom named after a corpora-tion but now that seems to be OK,” he said. “It has to do with what’s be-come culturally responsible and that seems to be a function of the way the world is going.”

But that shift to corporate-spon-sored buildings is not just being used to pump money into the university; it boosts Ryerson’s reputation among the public, according to Levy.

Levy used both Ryerson’s recent

I think 50 years ago, people might think it’s a travesty to have a classroom named after a corporation but now that seems to be OK

partnerships with Mattamy Custom Homes and the Weston family in re-gards to the rejuvenation of Maple Leaf Gardens as an example of the strength that can be derived from what the university administration sees as solid, brand-enhancing part-nerships. But Diverlus fears being beholden to the purse strings of large corporations will ultimately hurt the amount of control administration and taxpayers will have in regards to the direction of the university.

“Relying on an increase in corpo-rate funding actually further priva-tizes our education system,” he said. “It actually ... puts it in the control of corporations.”

Ryerson’s policy on sponsorship agreements explicitly forbids an ar-rangement that would see any loss of university autonomy, stating “Ryer-son University will not enter into any alliances or partnerships with any corporation or organization where the association with the prospective partner or acceptance of the sponsor-ship would jeopardize the financial, legal or moral integrity or adversely

impact upon the University’s standing and reputation in the community.”

So far, Ryerson’s sponsorship agreements have largely been related to buildings owned by the university, with the exception of the AMC, in which Ryerson is a part-time tenant. But Ryerson is entering uncharted territory, as their new residence will be privately owned, leaving Diverlus wondering what will happen if the re-lationship between Ryerson and MPI Group, the developer of the building, sours.

“I’m very curious to see how the operations of two residences [work]; one that’s owned by this external company, but run by Ryerson, that looks like Ryerson, the other that’s completely run by Ryerson staff, completely owned by Ryerson,” said Diverlus.

“I’m very interested to see five or 10 years down the line where that di-vision is going to happen. Although to us as students, it looks the same ... fundamentally we’re sleeping in two separate beds owned by two separate people that make the final decisions.”

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After a year on the backburner, IMPAKT is getting the ball rolling. PHOTO: DASHA ZOLOTA

SickKids, Ryerson share new research

A new partnership at Rye could save kids’ lives

A year after Ryerson University of-ficially launched a partnership with one of the world’s leading health-care institutions, the progam is now looking to involve previously unin-formed students in the project.

IMPAKT, also known as The On-tario Institute for Child and Youth Success, is a research-based partner-ship between the university’s Fac-ulty of Community Services (FCS), and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). The objective of the col-laboration is to share practices and research from both institutions in order to improve childrens’ health.

“Part of having a really good partnership is making sure that we have students on board within these projects,” said Donna Koller, Asso-ciate Professor at Ryerson’s School of Early Childhood Studies (ECS), and main Ryerson liaison for IM-PAKT.

“That also facilitates the mandate we have at Ryerson within the aca-demic plan, to continue to find ways to link students up with the research we’re doing.”

The difference, however, between this collaboration and the FCS’s two other external partnerships is an em-phasis on accessibility.

“Often research doesn’t get trans-lated into practice. The university has these great findings and the studies get published in journals, but it never actually reaches the people that can use it,” Koller said.

“When we look at marginalized families in the community, they of-ten don’t get what they need because the research is done at a different level than the practice itself.”

Koller explained that those who deal directly with less advantaged youth often don’t have such research on hand when it is needed.

The idea for IMPAKT came from Dr. Joanna Anneke Rummens, Health Systems Research Scientist at SickKids.

“We have to use what we know to inform what we do,” said Rum-mens. “The goal is to achieve up-take, so it’s not only what we know and how we share it, it’s how we

By Daksha Rangan ensure that information is absorbed and translated into policy or prac-tice.”

Rummens is a part of The Com-munity Health Systems Resource Group at SickKids, which is com-posed of internationally known pro-fessionals, based within the Learn-ing Institute.

Rummens’ team studies and ana-lyzes issues that affect children, such as bullying, early episode psychosis (identification of children with men-tal health issues early on, before it becomes incapacitating), eating dis-orders and obesity and various com-ponents of brain development.

IMPAKT’s focus on diverse popu-lations of children makes the part-nership with the FCS extremely ben-eficial.

“There is a direct link between what we’re doing and what SickKids does,” said Koller.

“The goal is to optimize and to support children and families in the best ways we can. And wheth-er you’re a social worker, whether you’re in Nursing, whether you’re in Early Childhood, it doesn’t mat-ter, you’re still going to hopefully have the same type of commitment. All of those parts together really can relate in some way to children and family.”

Usha George, the Dean of FCS, also mentioned the significance of both institutions in the partnership.

“SickKids brings community and cultural research to the table, in addition to medical findings,” said George. “They look at community and population health, poverty lev-els, so there is a holistic approach to the health of children and youth at this research unit.”

She also mentioned the impor-tance of collaborative research for the university and community at large.

“The more people that are in-volved, the richer is the research, applicability and uptake of the find-ings,” said George.

IMPAKT is currently in its first stages as an official partnership. Faculty members at Ryerson and staff at SickKids are working on a grant application to further research funding.

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Harmless fun or cultural appropriation?

You might want to think twice be-fore wearing that Pochahottie outfit or caking on that blackface.

The appropriateness of various chopstick-wielding, sombrero-don-ning and hijab-adorned personas worn by those who aren’t from the cultures they’re attempting to repre-sent is being discussed at Ryerson: Is it ever acceptable?

Last week, the Racialised Stu-dents’ Collective held “My Race Is Not A Costume,” an event aiming to inform students on why sometimes dressing up can be ethnically insen-sitive.

Many students at the event shared stories about instances when they were made uncomfortable by cos-tumes that crossed lines.

Third-year electrical engineering student David Seenath remembers going to a cowboys-and-indians themed Halloween party.

“You had cap guns and a rope … you had to capture the indians. I thought it was demeaning,” said Seenath.

Another student recounted Uni-versity of Toronto’s infamous Cool Runnings incident in 2009, where four white students donned black-face and one Trinidadian student caked on whiteface to look like the

1988 Winter Olympics Jamaican bobsled team and their coach at a Halloween pub night.

When a store near Yonge and Wellesley streets, Reflections Vin-tage and Antiques, placed a Native American headdress in their win-dow display, they intended to garner interest. Instead, they received an aggressive message on their voice-mail.

The owner of the shop, Karyn Troisi, called the police, but was told they were unable to act. The store decided to remove the headdress.

“It’s unfortunate,” said Troisi, “Halloween is not about mocking a culture, it’s about showing diversity and education.”

Ryerson vice-president equity, Marwa Hamad, doesn’t buy it.

“I don’t think Halloween is the time to be claiming you’re trying to educate,” said Hamad. “I think that’s a loophole to sell these outfits guilt-free.”

Hamad also finds painting one’s skin to look like another ethnicity

Where in America is Filipe?

offensive. “They’re just putting it on for a laugh. This person has the privilege of wiping it off his face and going on with his day.”

The conversation at the event be-came an all-encompassing discus-sion about issues attendees had with the eating food and wearing cloth-ing that represent other cultures.

Wearing Rastafarian colours when you don’t identify as a mem-ber of the religion, for example, is considered offensive by some.

It’s called cultural appropriation, and involves using the ideas from other cultures, not completely un-derstanding them, and not giving the culture credit.

While many had firm, “no ex-ception” approaches to dressing up as someone from another culture, Seenath thought differently. He grew up in the Caribbean, where he said everyone celebrates everything. “You had black and white people celebrating Muslim holidays. If a black person is wearing a sari, they may not know what it’s about, but they’re there to celebrate, to sup-port,” Seenath said.

Liberal leadership hopeful Alex Burton said no one should take a chance on offending someone. “We live in an amazing multicultural [so-ciety], we need to be more aware of different perspectives.”

Filipe Leite Masetti is travelling from Calgary to São Paulo, Brazil on horseback.

- Ryerson journalism grad Filipe Leite Masetti is in the process of riding his three horses from Cal-gary to his hometown of São Paulo, Brazil. The ride has been coined Journey America.

- He left last July from the Calgary Stampede, and has since travelled about 2,500 km.

-Right now, Filipe is in Cuba, New Mexico. That’s about one quarter of the way through his journey.

- He’s been producing short videos, updating viewers about where he is and the issues he’s expe-riencing. Many of his videos have been about the major drought in the mid-western United States.

Cultural costumes, such as gypsies, could be offensive.

By Alfea Donato

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i don’t think Halloween is a time to be claiming you’re trying to educate... i think it’s a loophole to sell these outfits guilt-free

Lots of Hockey!

Thursday, November 1st, 7:30PMMen’s Hockey vs. Laurier

Saturday, November 3rd, 2:00PMWWomen’s Hockey vs. York

Saturday, November 3rd. 7:00PMMen’s Hockey vs. Western

Sunday, November 4th, 2:00PMWomen’s Hockey vs. UOIT

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Following Ryerson’s payout policy, 3.5 per cent of invest-ment generated from this

year’s endowment fund will be used towards scholarships and bursaries, as opposed to 4.5 per cent from the year before. That means the student body won’t be receiving as much aid as it has in the past.

How well-endowed is Ryerson?A university is only as good as the money being put into it. Viviane Fairbank and Vjosa Isai help you answer the question:

“Due to the impact of the econ-omy on investment income gener-ated by Ryerson’s endowments for the 2012-13 awards cycle, the mon-etary value of some awards may be less than the amounts stated on web sites, application forms, etc,” says the message at the beginning of Ry-erson University’s Scholarships and

Bursaries webpage, to account for the fact that the revenue on Ryer-son’s endowment fund hasn’t been sufficient to fully accommodate 2012-2013 students.

Adam Kahan, Ryerson’s vice pres-ident of university advancement, says that the university’s Board of Governors decided to lower the pay-

out rate because of Canada’s latest recessions. All universities have re-duced their payout rate recently, he claims.

Despite this cutback, Ryerson’s endowment fund is an impressive one. Kahan told The Eyeopener in 2010 that Ryerson had the fastest growing endowment fund in Cana-

ILLUSTRATION: DASHA ZOLOTAThe largest portion of the endowment goes to business, followed by FCAD. The lowest two go to arts and continuing education.

Wednesday Oct. 31 2012 11FEATURES

da, increasing at a rate of 400 per cent. Today the account has a grand total of $99,600,000.

The endowment fund has been growing mainly due to new dona-tions as opposed to the investment itself. Kahan overlooks the Ryerson department that handles these dona-tions and the fundraising necessary to secure them.

“We are constantly approaching donors who are friendly to universi-ties … sometimes corporations and companies as well as individuals,” says Kahan.

Ryerson’s development team presents large scale donors with the opportunity to name facilities after themselves, to increase the incentive for people to extend their generosity to the university.

The difference between someone simply donating money to Ryerson and someone starting an endow-ment fund is simple: “When money goes into an endowment, it’s there forever,” says Kahan.

Whenever a donor gives Ryerson a gift of $25,000 or more, an en-dowment fund can be created. This means that the money will not be spent, but instead invested. Only a fraction of that fund’s investment will then be spent on different as-

pects of the school. This philanthropic opportunity is

appealing to those who would like their name to be kept in Ryerson his-tory. For example, Kahan says, a do-nor can start an endowment fund di-rected towards a scholarship, which he, his children, his grandchildren and his descendants onwards will be able to present to the university ev-ery year. They also receive an annual report detailing the value and use of their investment.

Funds can also be used to support a Chair position, facilities, infra-

Every year at Ryerson’s con-vocation ceremony, gradu-ates shift the tassels on their

caps after receiving their diploma as a symbolic gesture of moving for-ward. However, before they even get reach the stage exit, a shiny blue and gold alumni lapel pin is inserted into their graduation gown or sash by members of the Alumni Relations office. “We welcome you officially as part of our alumni family,” says the executive director, Tyler Forkes.

The Alumni Relations maintains strong relationships with alumni as they venture forth into their careers, while encouraging them to give back to the school that taught them. The office provides graduates with a variety of services, programs, and events designed to keep former stu-dents engaged in the Ryerson com-munity.

Services made available to alumni range from discounted group rates on insurance to free workshops that offer helpful tips about how to bet-ter career opportunities.

The popular series workshop, “Blackboard to Boardroom,” tack-les the challenge that alumni may face as they cross the threshold from student life into the “real world.”

Graduates can also take advan-

tage of unique opportunities to re-connect with former classmates and stay up-to-date on Ryerson happen-ings through events like the Alumni Weekend, which annually takes place in late September.

Forkes says that more than 1200 alumni and friends joined them this year on campus tours, information sessions, visits to the Ryerson Ar-chives and the Digital Media Zone (DMZ), a free barbecue lunch, a family skate at the Mattamy Athlet-ic Centre, and a reception for hon-

oured anniversary years.Class reunions, organized by a

volunteer alumnus, can also be pre-pared with help from Alumni Rela-tions. “They are great for network-ing,” says Mr. Forkes.

“And we also do alumni events right on site ... to connect people,” like the coffee break they sponsored at the CBC.

Alumni Expo is another event of-

fered by Alumni Relations, this time geared towards showing senior stu-dents the bonuses of being part of the alumni community at Ryerson.

Not only do alumni get access to free events, but graduates who have achieved outstanding success in their careers are rewarded by the university.

To reap the benefits of being a Ryerson alumnus or alumna, it is important for students to update their online files with information regarding their career, promotions, address, and other contact informa-tion.

“When people appreciate the dif-ference that the Ryerson experience makes in their life ... it just becomes a natural cycle. You are proud of where you went to school,” says Forkes.

Although the Alumni Relations department is not responsible for collecting donation cheques, the success of their operations impacts the development office. “We’re all about building relationships,” says Forkes.

“All that just naturally leads to giving back, whether that’s through advocacy, volunteerism, or philan-thropic support, and [supporting] their alma mater as they are able.”

$99,600,000

$3,000

Ryerson’s current endowment fund according to VP university advancement Adam Kahan

Amount of Ryerson endowment per full-time student in 2010

Information from Ryerson Performance Indicators Report (January 2012)

structure, bursaries and other op-tions at Ryerson.

Ryerson decides which faculties will benefit from the endowment fund. Twenty-two per cent of the endowment goes into the Ted Rog-ers School of Management (TRSM). The next greatest portion goes to the faculty of communication and design (FCAD) at 18 per cent. A list of different faculties and uni-versity-wide initiatives follow, with the faculties of arts and continuing education as the fund’s smallest ben-eficiaries.

Less than 5% of Ryerson Alumni donated to the university in 2010

More than 10%of Ryerson Alumni donated to the

university from 1998 - 2002

Just under 3,000 donations from non-alumni in 2010, less than 500 were corporations

$5,000,000was the approximate annual level of donation in

2010. Donations peaked in 2007 at $25,000,000.

$1,539,400,000 University of Toronto’s total endowment in 2011, colleges excluded, from their Financial Report

Adam Kahan, VP university advancement. FILE PHOTO

Alumni: continue to give us your money!

Endowment fund:

Beneficiaries:

An investment fund set up by a university, hospi-tal, church or nonprofit. Regular withdrawals are made for ongoing operations and they are funded by donations.

Anyone who benefits from something, in this case an investment like an endowment fund.

Payout: A percentage of corporate earnings paid as dividends (profit) to shareholders.

Scholarships: A grant or payment made to support a student’s

education, awarded on the basis of merit or achievement.

Bursaries: A type of scholarship that is awarded to a student to provide financial help.

Infrastructure: The framework or structure of an system or

institution, such as a university or college.

It just becomes a natural cycle. You are proud of where you went to school

Funding explained:

What would have been the third Clown on Gould show has been cancelled due to weather conditions sparked by Hurricane Sandy.

Clown on Gould had been sched-uled for Tuesday, Oct. 30. But as the date neared and the weather worsened, Peter Fleming, the theatre school’s production and operations manager, had to make a judgment call.

“This is for the safety of the stu-dents,” Fleming said.

The outdoor stage is supported only by sand bags, which might not hold and could be dangerous due to intense winds, he added.

Fleming said this was a major blow to the hard work of the show’s cast and crew.

“We’re all very disappointed, all the way down the food chain,” Flem-ing said. “But maybe next year.”

Clown is a comedy show in which third-year theatre students dress up as clowns and perform routines.

Designed by Leah Cherniak, the annual spectacle has been running for more than 10 years as part of a mandatory third-year acting class.

Three years ago, the show was tak-en outdoors. After choosing their fa-vourite acts from the two-and-a-half

hours long on-stage performance, students redid them on Gould Street.

This year the show sold out at Ry-erson’s Abrams Studio Theatre from Oct. 23-27.

Cherniak, who is also the class’ instructor, says Clown is supposed to guide each student to discover the type of theatre they are interested in.

Andrew Pimento, one of the stu-dents participating, said the actors in Clown have to dig within themselves to find out what is genuinely funny about them.

“The first time you put on the [clown] nose and stand in front of people [is the hardest part]. There is vulnerability in this, like being na-ked in front of someone for the first time,” said Pimento.

“There’s nothing that’s quite like laughter ... that brings people togeth-er the way that Clown has.”

As the 10-minute call is announced, the actors begin to rush, preparing to take their places on stage. The brightly lit dressing room is lined with mirrors, each one occupied by a cast member touching up their makeup, hair, or costume.

With the clock ticking, actors start working on getting into charac-ter. They each have a unique system.

Some are calmly doing yoga out-side of the dressing room while oth-

ers are singing at the top of their lungs or reading out loud from dic-tion books.

One actor sits in a chair, bopping around to the music blasting from his headphones. As he stares at his reflection in the mirror, he smokes a fake cigarette. He’s focused and ready to go on.

A production assistant makes the five-minute announcement. Flustered, somebody realizes that they’re wearing the wrong shoes.

After a few seconds of panic and some running around, the final call

is announced.“Places everyone.” “What, how did that even hap-

pen?” says one of the actors.It’s show time.Summerfolk opened at the Ryer-

son theatre on Friday, Oct. 26 and runs until Nov. 2.

Written by Maxim Gorky in 1904 and directed by Dean Gilmour, Sum-merfolk is this season’s main-stage production. The play follows the Russian middle-class society as they learn to adapt to the social change prior to the Russian revolution.

On the path to self-discovery, the relationships and emotions of the characters are tested through argu-ments, alcohol consumption, and doubt.

But there’s plenty of stress off-stage, as well.

“The pre-show is the hardest part,” says Jacqueline Prewer, the hair and makeup supervisor. “I need to make sure nothing’s flying away or coming undone.”

The show starts and the energy begins flowing through the theatre. Although it’s a play driven by drama, the occasional sound of laughter can be heard backstage.

The lights dim sooner than ex-pected, indicating that it’s time for intermission. Chatter takes over the quiet space and audience members filter out into the lobby, discussing their thoughts and predictions for the second half of the play.

Behind the scenes, the actors head to their dressing rooms to hydrate and take a brief break. Some return to their spots in front of the mirror to do some quick touch ups while oth-ers change costumes.

But, in some cases, actors have a limited amount of time to change.

Elysia White, who plays the fe-male lead, Varya, is required to do

a costume change in a minute and a half while the set is being prepared.

Actors practice these quick switch-es during rehearsal so that wardrobe malfunctions can be avoided at all costs during the show, especially if there are set switches.

It takes about 15 people to per-form a set change, which happens in less than a minute. The large props are put on air castors to make mov-ing them around easier.

“I had to figure out a way to de-sign a set that was functional in be-tween the acts,” said Tracy Lam, a fourth-year theatre production stu-dent and Summerfolk’s set designer.

“It took a large crew to move things in and out because the set pieces were very heavy.”

But the audience never notices any of this. Their eyes are fixed on the centre of the stage, and as the fi-nal scene draws to a close the actors begin to take their bows, claps and cheers fill the theatre.

The curtains close and the actors head back to the dressing rooms one last time. Costumes return to hang-ers, shoes to their correct spots, be-longings are gathered, and the once chaotic backstage becomes quiet again.

Until the next show.

12 Wednesday Oct. 31 2012ARTS & LIFE

Behind the curtains of Rye’s SummerfolkWe’ve all seen the spotlight on stage and the curtains open, but what goes on backstage during a play?

By Nicole Schmidt

Kate Macdonald makes sure her beard in Summerfolk PHOTO: NATALIA BALCERZAK

No clowns on GouldBy Alexia Kapralos

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Wednesday Oct. 31 2012 13ARTS & LIFE

Becoming the walking deadInstead of simply watching a movie, 360 Screenings give you the chance to become a character in one

Last week, I headed to a movie screening I knew nothing about, and only 24 hours beforehand, I received an email that told me to show up like this:

“Please dress for rain ... in order to ensure our longevity, please bring one article of canned food. You’ll be hungry where we’re going.”

I was going to a 360 Screening, where the movie is kept a secret un-til you arrive.

Founded by Ned Loach and Robert Gontier, a performance act-ing graduate from Ryerson, a 360 Screening provides attendees with an interactive movie experience. As participants meet characters and lis-ten to live-acted dialogue, they try to guess what the film being re-enacted is.

Last Wednesday was their first Halloween edition and their third event to date. The screening was held at Berkeley Church — a large

brick party venue protected by the Ontario Heritage Act. It’s a spooky place.

There was a large group of partic-ipants with me and the first person we met upon entering the church was a priest urging us to repent our sins and be salvaged.

We snuck past him, descended into the church’s basement, and ex-plored the various rooms. A man in an army uniform babbled inco-herently to himself in a makeshift prison. In the dining room, another soldier encouraged a travel-worn young woman to eat.

I still had no idea what movie this was.

Screams echoed from far off, and I followed the path out the door of the small church. Heading out of the house a snarling, growling man was tied up in between the clothing lines. Zombies were becoming more and more prominent.

I entered the building next to the church, it was packed with people. Canned food was collected as do-nations, right next to a full length mirror with a message on it in blood red: “Repent, the end is extremely

fucking nigh.”There was a heated debate going

on between someone in a lab coat and what looked like an activist over the rights of chimpanzees as ex-perimental subjects, and I was urged by the activist to sign her petition, which I did.

The room included more than just character action. There was a bar, food, and makeup artists helping ex-tras get zombified.

Next I moved up stairs where a character named Frank was asking people to travel with him. He intro-duced himself to guests, including myself. He asked us our names and where we came from.

Just as I started to wonder when our mingling would end, military men stormed the room and zombies banged at the windows. This was

the cue for the other actors to usher us out, without breaking character.

They were particularly persuasive with those of us lagging behind, saying we only had a few minutes to get out before we were infected. We ended up in the main portion of the church, which held a huge projec-tion screen, tons of chairs, and more zombies to make people scream.

The two founders came to the front when everyone was seated, thanked us and the sponsors, teased about their next show in February, which promises to be whimsical, and officially introduced our movie, 28 Days Later.

Though tickets start at $40 for what is essentially a screening, there is more to it than that. It’s a new way to watch, and it beats 3D by a long shot.

By Carolyn Turgeon

Attendees walk through the sets of the movie, mingling and interacting with the actors. PHOTO: MARISSA DEDERER

RTA’s lab for laughs

A new think-tank at Ryerson will fo-cus on ways in which comedy can be presented in the transmedia world.

Set to launch in January 2013, the program is a joint initiative among BiteTV, a digital TV channel, and the Radio and Television Arts (RTA) School of Media.

It will be funded by Bell New Me-dia and BiteTV.

The project, known as the School of Bite, is a “thinking lab” in which participants will be able to interact with creative comedy profession-als, according to Charles Falzon, the chair of RTA and co-director of School of Bite.

Though primarily aimed at Ry-erson students, it accepts anybody with good pitches and ideas on how to adapt comedy to different kinds of media to ultimately build a team of 10 members.

“[This] is another example of how Ryerson is at the frontline of innova-tion,” said Falzon. “Students will be able to come up with new and ex-citing ideas for content without the limitations of traditional industry.”

Applications are due by Nov. 16.

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14 Wednesday Oct. 31 2012SPORTS

On the heels of having hosted the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at the first annual Hoops Festival, Ryerson Athletics is looking to bring in an-other NCAA opponent for a similar event — this time to face off against the men’s hockey team.

The Rams, who since 2006 have headed south for a yearly weekend battle with an American counter-part, would be hosting an NCAA team for the first time since mov-ing to the Mattamy Athletic Centre (MAC).

The event will take place some-time next season, but many details — including the opponent — have yet to be determined.

“Imagine having the team that won the NCAA National Cham-pionship in hockey come and play us,” says Ivan Joseph, director of athletics. “[But] we would want them to come here [because] it’s al-ways about bringing fans into our building.”

Head coach Graham Wise says that while it’s still early in the sched-ule, in the New Year they’d start calling up teams to book an oppo-nent to play against.

“It’s something we think about all the time — how can we put together a quality schedule during league games that’s going to be exciting for our players to play in. [The plan] is in the works and we’ll move for-ward with it,” he says.

Earlier this season, the Rams lost a close game against the Lake Supe-rior State Lakers, before suffering an 8-2 drubbing at the hands of the 2011-12 NCAA finalists, the Ferris State Bulldogs.

Rams defenceman Brian Birkhoff says that while these sorts of road trips benefit in terms of team bond-ing, he’d be excited to play the role of host.

“It would be quite an experi-ence,” he says. “Every year we go down there and play a couple of games, and as much fun as that is, I think it would be as much fun or even more fun to have our fans be-hind us and just kind of show those NCAA teams how good our fans re-ally are.”

Men’s basketball coach Roy Rana says that hosting and playing high-level competition from the U.S. “can be nothing but positive” towards the recruitment of top athletes.

By Harlan Nemerofsky

“I tell everybody (recruits) that comes here that [the MAC is com-parable to] a solid mid-major facil-ity,” says Rana. “For someone that wants to get a special experience as an athlete, this is a great place.”

Joseph is also entertained by the

idea of Ryerson volleyball teams playing NCAA competition next year as well.

“Imagine if Friday night it was basketball… and Saturday we went there and played volleyball. I would love it.”

Ryerson looks to host NCAA opponent

Women’s volleyball off to hot start

The Ryerson women’s volleyball team (2-0) followed up its upset against the nationally ranked U of T Varsity Blues in the home opener with a de-cisive three-set win over the Waterloo Warriors last Friday. And the team be-lieves its strong start shouldn’t be seen as a fluke.

“We definitely expect to make [the] playoffs this year,” says second-year outside hitter Emily Nicholishen.

The women’s volleyball program has struggled in recent years, missing out on postseason play since 2006. Two seasons ago, they could barely field a team after being devastated by injuries and finished with only one win. And closing the season with four straight losses cost them a playoff spot last year, but the team did improve to six victories.

“Our hope for this year is to contin-ue the trend,” said head coach Dustin Reid.

An influx of talent is largely respon-sible for the program’s turnaround.

Last season the Rams were given a big boost with the additions of Nicho-lishen and middle blocker Chelsea Briscoe. Both were named to the OUA all-rookie team, and Briscoe was named the OUA rookie of the year.

“Because we were a young team, they were counted on to play big min-utes,” Reid says. “We are hoping for more of the same this year.”

Briscoe and Nicholishen spent last

summer training and playing with Team Ontario at the National Team Challenge Cup in Winnipeg, where they picked up silver medals.

“Playing on Team Ontario with Chelsea was definitely an amazing experience that helped us both grow as players,” says Nicholishen. “We had the opportunity to train with an elite coaching staff, as well as compete with some of the nation’s best.”

With 12 of 17 players in their first two years with the team, the Rams have their core for the future.

“[Having a young team] has gotten

us into the mindset that we are going to be playing together for the next two years,” says first-year outside hit-ter Veronica Livingston. “We are be-coming team-oriented and it’s good to start fresh.”

The Rams head to Kingston this weekend to take on the Queen’s Gaels and RMC Paladins.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better start to the season,” says Nich-olishen. “With a little bit of time, we’ll be able to set the bar for each other, which will help us become an elite team.”

By Josh Beneteau

The women’s volleyball team knocked off the Waterloo Warriors last Friday in straight sets. (26-24, 25-19, 25-13)

PHOTO: Salma HuSSein

Ryerson Defenceman Kent mcPherson battles for the puck with a member of the Fer-ris State university Bulldogs during the Rams’ u.S. roadtrip in early October.

PHOTO: BROCK COPuS // FeRRiS STaTe TORCH

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Deputy Chairperson Education i. works with the Vice President Education to lobby the university administration on academic issues;

ii. works with the Vice President Education and staff to develop internal and external political campaigns on issues that affect Ryerson graduate students;

iii. works with the Vice President Education to coordinate Ontario Graduate Caucus, National Graduate Caucus and Canadian Federation of Students campaigns at a local level;

iv. makes recommendations to the Graduate Executive Committee and Council about educational issues and policies;

v. attends meetings of the Educational Issues Committee; and,

vi. trains and advises the incoming Deputy Chairperson Education.

Graduate students will vote in person at the RSU Member Services Office in the Student Centre on Nov 12, 13 & 14.

Forms will be made available at the RSU Office, 3rd Floor of the Student Centre and must be returned by 5pm on Friday, November 2, 2012.

All graduate students at Ryerson are eligible to stand for election.

On November 12, 13 and 14, 2012 a by-election will be held for a vacant seat on the Graduate Executive Committee of the Ryerson Students’ Union Graduate Council.

NOMINATIONS OPENMONDAY, OCT 29

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Wednesday Oct. 31 2012 15SPORTS

Alex Braletic celebrates one of his two goals in last Sunday’s quarterfinal matchup against the Carleton Ravens. The Rams took a 3-2 lead with a goal by Milos Scepanovic in the 77th minute, but the Ravens got the equalizer off a rebounded penalty kick. The Rams went on to lose 6-3 in extra time. For more, check out theeyeopener.com

PHOTO: CAROl kAn

Ryerson baseball invites 17 players to winter workouts

After announcing its first-round round cuts, the Ryerson baseball team intends on moving forward in with its plans of being competitive in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) conference.

The coaching staff deliberated twice before picking a preliminary roster of nine student-athletes who were offered a conditional spot on the roster.

“These players cover all positions on the field and are very capable. Each of them would challenge for a starting position on most other OUA teams, and some of these individuals could start on top-tier teams,” said head coach Ben Rich.

The final roster will consist of 18 to 22 student athletes. Rich also in-vited an additional eight players to participate in indoor skills training, although they do not have a condi-tional spot on the roster. He says that these players showed a strong ability

at the tryout, and will benefit from more consistent coaching,

“I wasn’t really expecting anything because Ryerson’s not known for their baseball because we don’t have a [team],” said Brittany Chan, the only female player to try out. She was one of one of the additional eight invited to indoor skills training. “But I was surprised [because] we actually had some really decent ballplayers that came out.”

Luis Marquez was one of the se-lect nine to make the team. Marquez tried out for both pitcher and short-stop and said that while he was really thrilled to have made it, he wasn’t surprised.

“At try-outs the coaches said they liked my footwork and some stuff I was doing mechanic-wise so I thought I had a pretty good shot. And if I didn’t make it I knew Ryerson was going to have a pretty good team,” he said.

Stephanie White, Ryerson’s asso-ciate director of athletics, said that

while Ryerson baseball is headed in the right direction, there are still a lot of pieces that have to fall into place in order to have an OUA team.

“[The first step] is to have the right amount of people committed to playing, and [Ben’s] done pretty well there so far,” says White. “[But] I don’t even know if they’re going to be in the OUA next year. That’s still an open question.”

White said that she’d be open to an exhibition season to build a foun-dation for the team, referencing the women’s hockey team, who went through three years of probation be-fore making it to the OUA level of competition.

In order to find the money to self-finance a team, Rich is depending on his players. The core nine players will be required to participate in fundrais-ing activities, such as a Ryerson Base-ball pub night and the solicitation of donations.

Indoor skills training will begin this January.

By Harlan Nemerofsky

PHOTO: COuRTeSy Of Ben RiCHThe baseball team held its first tryouts on Oct. 20.

Braletic brilliant, but Rams eliminated

Last weekend, Ben Murphy com-peted at the OUA Rowing Cham-pionships in St. Catharines. Ex-treme weather made it difficult for Murphy, as he failed to qualify for the finals. The fourth-year ar-chitectural science student spoke to Photo Editor Marissa Dederer about life as Ryerson’s lone rower.

What’s the training like in rowing?The training is a lot of aerobic, as well as a bit of anaerobic (shorter and more sprint-like workouts) work — probably eight to 10 workouts a week.

Ben Murphy competed for the Rams in the OuA Championships on Oct. 27. PHOTO: MARiSSA DeDeReR

How much would you say you eat on a typical day?I eat just about as much as I can. But in terms of calories it’s prob-ably around 4,000, 5,000 or 6,000 calories. I need just a basic amount to maintain my daily function and then there’s also the workouts which take a lot of calories.

Rowing has the reputation of be-ing an upper-class sport. Is that fair?I can see how it can be displayed as an upper-class sport. It has to have the right conditions for a rowing program to succeed. There’s a lot

of capital that goes into it (pur-chasing boats and having facilities to maintain them), but [the sport] tries not to discriminate who goes into it. But it is still a very tradi-tional sport in the way that if your parents are rowers, [their] children are probably going to be rowers as well. It hasn’t expanded to outside of just the basic rowing community to where it can be seen on TV like the NHL, or football or basketball where anybody can play anywhere.

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Ever wanted to revisit the days when the Mattamy Athletic Cen-tre was called Maple Leaf Gardens or when the corner of Yonge and Gould Streets housed Sam The Re-cord Man instead of a seemingly permanent construction site?

There’s an app for that.Thanks to a new smartphone

app called Toronto in Time, the city’s history — and a bit of Ry-erson’s — is now available at your fingertips. Launched last week, the

free Apple iOS and Android app is a legacy project of Toronto’s War of 1812 bicentennial commemo-ration, and tells the city’s story through a collection of historical anecdotes, places and photos. Us-ers can navigate through the app’s 150 stories, organized by date, theme and neighbourhood, on an interactive map or by following themed trails.

“It gives people a better sense of Toronto’s heritage, what makes Toronto tick,” said Sandra Shaul,

Toronto’s archived past goes mobileA new app for smartphones offers a glimpse into Toronto’s past through pictures and stories, including areas around Ryerson

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project manager of the bicenten-nial commemoration. “It’s just a remarkable story.”

And, according to Shaul, there’s plenty of room for growth. While there are no formal plans to add any Ryerson-related stories, there is no shortage of history to explore at the school.

“There’s a lot of Ryerson’s cam-pus that no longer exists,” said Curtis Sassur, a Ryerson archivist. “I’d like to see the history of all the buildings that are gone now.”

The archway entrance to the RAC, for one, is what remains of the Toronto Normal School, On-tario’s first teacher training facility.

Despite the app’s appeal — a friendly interface and accessible content — Sassur raised concerns over the quality of its stories, pointing out that they all come from a single set of closed sources, without linking to all referenced resources.

“(The app) is a great resource,” Sassur added, “but it’s not a uni-

versity academic level resource.”He said, however, that he’s hop-

ing the app will draw more people into actual archives to conduct more in-depth research.

“Students love working with the actual source material,” he said. “In this age of a glut of digital stuff, it’s an interesting change of pace for students to actually work with book and paper items,” said Sassur.

“The romance of that is never going to go away.”

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Zombies, Run!This zombie apocalypse themed

fitness app will have you running for your life. This running game and au-dio adventure puts you in the shoes of a hero trying to survive. It uses audio to make it sound like zom-bies are chasing you. You can nerd out and get exercise while running for survival. Download it for $7.99 from the iTunes App store.

Find My iPhoneConstantly misplacing your

phone or losing it all together? This is the app for you. Add your Apple devices to the map so you can keep track of their whereabouts, set off an alarm to help you locate your phone or even remotely delete your personal info when all hope of find-ing it is gone. Free for download on the iTunes App store.

Point & Click DictionaryDoing a crossword, reading a

book or the newspaper and get stuck on a word because you aren’t sure of its meaning? This gadget allows you to simply scan a word and it’s definition shows up on the screen. The device also offers word pronun-ciations and translates into multiple languages. Buy it for $279.95 from Hammacher Schlemmer online.

Lumadot LED UmbrellaWith the aftermath of Hurricane

Sandy whirling and pouring on campus, this umbrella will hopefully keep your hair dry a little longer. The LEDs on the top and handle of the umbrella offer a solution to a possible power outage caused by the storm, guiding you home when the street lights fail. Get it for $29.99 on thinkgeek.com

Apps & Gadgets

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An archived photo of the Toronto Maple Leafs playing on the ice of the former Maple Leaf Gardens.

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Business owners who are looking to improve their energy efficiency by reducing costs in their day-to-day operations can receive a free assess-ment conducted by Ryerson engi-neering and environmental manage-ment students.

A newly launched program will give students training from En-bridge, Canada’s largest natural gas distribution company, along with the opportunity to teach businesses in Toronto how to save energy.

By scrutinizing utility bills and conducting on-site energy tests, those that take part will actively learn on-the-job experience in an environment similar to what they may be working in after graduation.

“Participating students have en-joyed putting their skills to use out-side of the classroom, knowing that they’re making recommendations that can not only save businesses money but also reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said Chris Meyer from Enbridge.

“We plan to reach out to a mini-mum of one business every month

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for the next year and conduct ex-tensive energy audits for each that identify opportunities to use energy more efficiently,” said Meyers. He also said that their experience shows that personalized attention can make a difference.

“The program is just getting un-der way,” said Meyer. “Last week we were at Sunrise Soya Foods in Etobicoke where the staff were keen to hear recommendations to reduce their energy use.”

The program allows students to put their energy efficiency research to the test. To ensure the highest

quality of work, Enbridge’s energy management experts in energy as-sessment procedures provide full training, with safety being para-mount. It is hoped that the proactive project will give a valuable insight into the energy saving industry and will bolster future research capabili-ties in the field.

This week 500px continues their streak of recognition by having its blog named as one of the 25 Best Blogs of 2012 by TIME magazine’s online Technologizer section.

The photo-sharing site from Ry-erson’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) has been nationally recognized on a list of top Canadian start-ups on TechVibes.com earlier this month.

The annual best blog list, which

pays tribute to the best in blogging, was compiled by Harry McCrack-en, the Editor at Large for TIME.

500px.com curates a community for hundreds of thousands of pro-fessional and amateur photogra-phers to share, discuss, buy and sell photos.

According to McCracken, “its blog features some of the best of the best [of the site’s photo cata-logue]… along with interviews with the creators, how-to advice and

Gus Cheung from Sunrise Soya Foods (third from left) takes part in an energy efficiency audit led by Ryerson student Raad Seraj (left) and Enbridge Gas Distribution’s Paul Morrison (second from left) in Toronto.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES / CHRIS YOUNG

Enbridge’s energy efficiency pro-grams saved 11.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions between 1995 and 2010, the equivalent of taking approximately 2.2 million cars off the road for a year.

More information about the pro-gram can be found on the Centre for Urban Energy’s website.

engineers team up with enbridgeA new program at Ryerson gets student engineers out of the classroom to teach GTA businesses how to be more energy efficient

other behind-the scenes tidbits.” These factors along with weekly photo competitions for members, has earned it the seventh place on TIME’s list.

Tech fans and frequenters of Twit-ter may also recognize McCracken’s name as one of the preeminent tweeters in the technology field — boasting over 50,000 followers.

McCracken points out that while faced with growing competition from social networks, blogging is still a thriving part of the internet’s culture, and is an art form that is continuing to evolve.

The best blog listing comes ahead of 500px’s annual Pixel Hack Off, a weekend-long designing and coding competition.

This annual event brings togeth-er coders and developers to create photography-related apps, using an open web, mobile, or desktop API, and compete for prizes in six differ-ent categories.

The event will be taking place onNov. 17 and 18 at the Extreme Startups headquarters at 639 Queen St. W.

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