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news Th eyopr•3wdday, Octobr 7, 2009

Mpl L G pj $60M

The transormation o Maple Lea Gardens into

Ryerson’s new athletic centre will cost $60 million

i approved, the Eyeopener has learned.

Ryerson President Sheldon Levy announced at

a Senate meeting on Oct. 6 that the Weston am-

ily and Loblaws are pledging $20 million to build

the acility. That matches the amount the school

committed ater a student reerendum passed last

year.

“We still don’t know the answer to the third leg

o the story,” Levy said.

Ryerson is still waiting to hear how much mon-

ey they can score rom the ederal government.

“We’re not really negotiati ng. It’s like we’re prod-

ding,” Levy said. “We’re sitting on the edge.”

Under the current renovation plans, the school would take residence in the top two levels o the

three-storey building. A Loblaw supermarket will

take up the entire main oor o the Gardens.

Ryerson’s hockey team will play their games on

the building’s third oor under the historic raters.

The rink will be accompanied by championship-

sized volleyball and basketball courts.

The Gardens’ second oor will house student

acilities like a women’s only gym, high peror-

mance centre and studios.

Former Toronto mayor and Maple Lea Gardens

advocate John Sewell doesn’t think the building

will lose its integrity i the ice isn’t at its original

level.

“I think the rink would be put right under the

dome where it’s traditionally been. The act that

it’s up a oor or two, I don’t think it matters at all,”

he said.

by amit shilton

editor-in-chief

Maple Leaf Gardens, Ryerson’s coveted athletic centre site, will cost the school $60 million if purchased.

by shirley lin

associate news editor

Ryerson’s eastern boundaries seemed orgotten

until last month. At the southeast corner o Ger-

rard and Mutual streets, near a notorious ast ood

restaurant and an aging private residence, are o-

fces belonging to Ryerson. Some o the space, in-

cluding the Gerrard Copy Centre, is closed down

this year.

On Sept. 21 an international design competition

began, asking students to design a housing acility

or that site, which would be built in partnership

between the university and a private developer.

The REZ Ryerson University Student Housing

Competition says the buildings could hypotheti-

cally be demolished to make way or redevelop-

ment.

“They will be taking the ideas as a springboard,”

said Katie Weber, director o youth programs at

the Design Exchange, one o the partners in the

contest.

Weber said there are already registrants rom

the local community, Poland and Kenya.

Designs are due at the end o December and an

exhibition will be held later in the winter. The frst

place prize is $5,000.

The buildings currently at the site don’t ollow

the university’s Master Plan, which strategizes de-

velopment. The plan calls or a vertical campus

to maximize space, but the current buildings all

short.

Ryerson’s president, Sheldon Levy, described

the buildings as “run-down.”

“That’s a redevelopment site, we’d eventually

knock it down,” he said.

The Master Plan also calls or increased hous-

ing; something the university is unable to do by

itsel.

According to Levy, Ryerson needs to look to the

private sector to develop housing space.

Horizon Legacy developed Campus Common,

a private residence near Ryerson, and contributed

fnancially to be part o the competition. Contest

details outline that Campus Common will have

the frst opportunity to work with the creator on

their design.

“We’ve broken new ground,” said Horizon Leg-

acy president Tony Zwig about Campus Common.

“We’ve learned a lot over the last ew years about

residence development.”

According to Zwig, Horizon Legacy is interest-

ed in building more residences near Ryerson and

partnering with the university in the uture.

Contest designs must include spaces or under-

graduate, graduate, post-graduate and married

students as well as or aculty, sta and visiting

scholars. The building would house 560 in total.

Ryerson launched a similar competition in 2007

calling or designs or the closure o Gould Street.

by carys mills

news editor

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Ryerson students could see the Sears parking

lot converted into space or health science pro-

grams at Ryerson.

A building could be constructed at the empty lot on 222 Jarvis St., said Maurice Yeates, dean o

the graduate school o studies.

Ryerson listed the building as a priority when

the Ontario government asked universities to list

their inrastructure development priorities last

year, said Yeates.

It’s part o the university’s fve-year plan to

create new aculties and modiy existing ones.

The Provost’s Academic Structures Commission

(PASC) was ormed earlier this year to deal with

this, holding public town hall meetings through-

out the year.

“We have had inormal discussions with Ryer-

son,” said Julia Sakas, a representative o the site’s

current owners, the Ontario Realty Corporation.

Darrick Heyd, department chair o chemistry

and biology, said the commission has been a long-

time coming.

“The eeling among science departments is that

we should be growing and expanding. And that’s

going to require a new building,” he said.

At the meeting on Oct. 2, aculty also said Ryer-

son’s curriculum is too structured and restrictive.

It doesn’t allow students exibility in transerring

credits when switching programs. The lack o va-

riety in elective classes was also mentioned.

“Say you’re in [a program] and you decide this

isn’t or me, where do you take your credits? Do

you just walk away rom that degree and start

over?” said Colin Mooers, graduate director o

communication and culture.

The last town hall will be in December. A fnal

report will be sent to the provost next January.

Ryerson’s southeast property at Gerrard and Mutual Streets is the hypothetical site for a housing design contest. Photo: chris daLe

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edItOR-IN-ChIeF

Amit “150 CC” Shilton

NeWs

Vanessa “DINNER” GrecoCarys “DATES” Mills

assOCIate NeWs

Shirley “SMASH” Lin

FeatURes

Rodney “BAD WEEK” Barnes

BIZ & teCh

Lauren “LABELLED” Strapagiel

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Aleysha “RUBY RED” Hani Amanda “BOTTLED” Cupido

sPORts

Anthony “0-2” Lopopolo

PhOtO

Andrew “HIPSTA” WilliamsonMatt “OBSESSED” Llewellyn

assOCIate PhOtO

Chris “EARLY BIRD” Dale

FUN

Lei “MORALS” Parker

ONLINe GURUs

Kerry “BEST” WallJohn “FRIEND” Shmuel

GeNeRaL MaNaGeR

Liane “DUBYA” McLarty

adVeRtIsING MaNaGeR

Chris “TEMPTED” Roberts

desIGN dIReCtOR

Ryan “IRAQ” Price

INteRN aRMY

Michael “MEENY” StucklessRyan “MINY” HansonBrian “MOE” Capitao

VOLUNteeRs

Chris “THE WALKER” BattagliaMichael “MONEY SERIOUS” Duncan

Daniela “FASHION” GyslerCory “BORAX”Wright

Adrian “RETRO” Cheung Anastasia “HIPSTER 1” Lesage

Will “HIPSTER 2” SloanEmerald “HIPSTER 3” LacailleJasmin “HIPSTER 4” Bender

Josh “HIPSTER 5” MacDonaldRema “OH MY” Gouyez

Jordan “SET UP” RobertsEvan Wynn “-ER” Kosiner

Vincent “VINY RIDGE” McDermottHilary “MOLESKINNAY” Hagerman

Ross “HOOK IT UP” ArbourTanya “GUITAR HERO” Bahnesli

Agata “HERITAGE” Zieba Alexandra “UPDATES” Yeboah Alexandra “TXT” MacAulay

AbdelwahabMichael “SHARE BEAR” Wrinkler

Travis “HUNGRY?” Dandro Andrew “3 BEER” Chilton

Playing the role of the Annoying Talking Coffee Mug this week... Hipsters. Enough said.

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OOPS...In last week’s issue weproved the old joke that journalists can’t do math wasindeed true. In the page 3story ‘Academic misconductcharges skyrocket’, there was a 40 per cent increase incharges, not 70 as appearedin the newspaper. We regretthe error.

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Nursing studentsstripped of access

by Tanya bahnEsLi

When it’s time to study, most stu-

dents can crack open their books, ip

up their laptops and get cozy in the li-

brary. First-year nursing students have

to unbutton their shirts, whip out their

stethoscopes and practise their exami-

nation skills.

But nursing students get kicked out

when they practise in the library.

Discussions a ew years ago lead to

a policy banning the practical study-

ing rom the library. Since the depart-

ment’s cramped lounge leaves students

with a lack o options, nursing studentskeep trying the library.

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Next week, construction will begin on Ryerson’s new digital media centre, an innovative project space to be runentirely by students.

By Nov. 20 the leased space in the ormer Toronto LieSquare will be an open-concept workspace or student en-trepreneurs. Ryerson has scouted interior design studentsto create the digital media centre.

Melanie Liaw will be designing the 6,400 square eet spacealongside interior design graduate Andrea Pierre.

Liaw said they wanted the project to have a more playuldesign like the ofces o Google or Facebook.

The space will include a carpeted “chill area” flled withgrey beanbag chairs, 72 workstations with white moveabledesks and orange, red and blue moveable chairs, monitors,LCD screens and a whiteboard that runs along one entire wall.

According to Monica Polo, interior design program coor-dinator, urnishing the space cost just under $50,000. Mosto the urniture was reurbished rom corporations that haddownsized.

A team o students rom Students in Free Expression(SIFE) have also been helping with the development o thespace and will be managing the centre once it’s opened.They are in charge o things like marketing, accounting and

getting sponsorship or the space.

Security sees our studying asinappropriate behaviour- Kateryna Aksenchuk, presidentof the Nursing Course Union

Gould Street smokin’On Oct. 4 steam beganpouring out a grate dueto a pipeline leak drip-ping onto an under-ground boiler.

Theatre school woes

The school needs to bemoved or renovated. A renovation could meana temporary move to theparking lot.

Library fee saga

A $200 U of T libraryfee for Ryerson studentshas led to the universi-ties to discuss a deal forRyerson students.

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“The labs are limited, the lounge

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president o the Nursing Course Union

Students have access to an o-campus

lab, but there are only 11 in-patient ar-

eas and students must sign up 48 hours

beore they want to study.

“I really eel or those nursing stu-

dents because I know that nursing

space is at a premium,” says Madeline

Leebvre, chie librarian.

Extensive examinations are manda-

tory or frst-year nursing students at

Ryerson. In order to practise or the

fnal exam, the nursing students need

to dress like real patients, which means

removing clothes.

“Security sees our studying as in-

appropriate behaviour, because the

emale students are required to wear

bikini tops and short shorts,” said Ak-

senchuk.Ryerson is concerned with students

covering library study room windows

or their privacy because it compromis-

es their saety, said security supervisor

Imre Juurlink.

“I was checking blood pressure, and

we just got kicked out. We didn’t even

get a chance to explain what we were

doing,” said David Villar, a second-year

nursing student.

While Meaghen Glover, third-year

nursing student understands their

practising might look odd, she wishes

Ryerson was more understanding.

“We have to study,” she said. “We

have to do this somewhere.”

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Wednesday, Octobe 7, 2009 The Eyeoene • 7SpOrTS

Perfection shines 50 years later

As a back as 50 yeas ago, the rye-

son men’s hockey team has been oced

to ventue o camus to lay.

Today, that act is cited as a cold de-

teent to success. But in one victoi-

ous season om 1958-59, ate tieless

commutes to Scaboough o actice

and games, it seved meely as an ob-

stacle hudled and conqueed.

“We used to thow ou equiment

and ouselves in the back o a tuck

and they would dive us back ate the

games,” said Byan Webbe, assistant

catain and most valuable laye in ‘59.

“That was dieent, I’ll tell you that.”

Webbe ecounts this with the est o

the ‘59 rams as they eunited o thei

induction into ryeson’s Sots and

receation Hall o Fame last Fiday.

Not only did that histoic team win

thei fst Ontaio Inteunivesity Ath-

letic Association (OIAA) chamionshi

o the school, but they did it all without

losing a single game, caing o with a

6-3 chamionshi win ove the Guelh

Univesity Aggies.

“The team laid the conestone o

what we’e tying to build at ryeson,”

said athletic diecto Ivan Joseh.

“They ae the tadition, they ae the

stoytelles and they ae the mantle

weaes. So I think it’s a geat thing o

them to be honoued tonight.”

Being on a successul team o any

caacity equies comlete commit-

ment and unity among the layes and

the coaching sta. Being on a eect

one equies something that’s not quite

quantifable.

Led by coach Nom McClelland,

though, the layes didn’t ecall acing

any essue as they boe though thei

undeeated season.

“Coach told us what the lines wee

at the beginning and we just went out

thee and layed. We ween’t thinking

o going undeeated because we wee

just having un,” said Gay Benedet, a

ome ight winge. “We just clicked

out thee on the ice.”

In between catching u on each oth-

e’s lives in the time they’ve been aat,

wam handshakes and heaty laughs

summoned old locke oom jokes and

tales o gloious goals.

But some stoies went untold, with

nevous laughte mounting, heads

wagging in timidity and othes halting

at the embaassing.

“That stu is unintable!” said

Benedet.

And Webbe, who was inducted into

the Hall o Fame as an individual in

2005, said this induction was that much

sweete.

“It’s always bette to go [into the Hall

o Fame] as a whole team. Each laye

had thei oles but you need eveybody

else thee to lay at thei best,” he said.

ryeson has atneed with a local DJ

to lay live music at rams home games

in Ke Hall.

DJ Maken has been commissioned

by the school to sin tacks at basket-

ball and volleyball games stating Oct.

24 at the men’s basketball home oene

against Westen.

Chis Nadavallil, events coodinato

at ryeson, says that the goal o bing-

ing in a DJ is to sice u athletics and

ewad the ans who attend egulaly.

“This is a sevice we ovide o the

eole who come,” said Nadavallil, “not

to bing in too many [outside] eole.”

Athletic diecto Ivan Joseh, howev-

e, believes this could boost attendancenumbes.

“Having moe ans gives the team

moe enegy,” said Joseh. “You always

look at it as home feld should be the

advantage.

“We’e tying to sustain the kind o

enegy om last yea’s [men’s layo]

basketball g ame.”

But Joseh doesn’t see the hiing as a

long-tem solution to the school’s oo

cowd numbes.

“The ultimate solution is to ceate

a bette oduct, o bing in moe stu-

dent housing. A moe taditional cam-

us would hel,” he said.

The use o DJs is not commonlace

at the college and univesity level, said

Nadavallil, although jockeys do lay

duing oessional soting events

such as ratos games.

“No one is eally doing it in Ontaio

o Canada. It’s etty cutting edge and

unique,” said Nadavallil.

It’s that kind o siit that Joseh

hoes the school’s athletics will ta into,as vasity teams ae always cometing

against the vast amount o nightlie in

Toonto.

Maken has ageed to take equests

om ans duing games. Funds o the

oject haven’t been disclosed.

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In the Drake Hotel an indie band

sings about the day their trash gets

taken out. A tall blonde man in the

crowd bawls out in a drunken slur, “A

HIPSTER IS SOMEONE WHO HAS NO

SEX. NO SEX AT AAAALLL.” Two girls

cling to him, their eyes darting around

the room. They’re looking to see i any-

one’s noticed them yet without making

eye contact.

The Drake’s “Elvis Mondays” are ap-

parently a hotspot or hipsters, though

even a crowd o them wouldn’t ever ad-

mit to being one. Once used to describe

the youth ignored by soci-

ety and in turn wielding irony in smirking revenge

— taking the styles o ash-

ions past, or instance, and

calling them ‘vintage’ — the label has

recently come under re, the derision

o any sel-respecting trendster.

The hipsters are dead, i you believe

the headlines, and are taking western

civilization down with them. The critics

say the irony driving the subculture or

so long has nally devoured itsel.

But all this points to is another round

in the cruel cycle o discrimination

that has ollowed the youth subculture

since its inception. Theirs is a history o

extreme prejudice rarely seen in other

groups today, a discrimination o ap-

pearance that intensies the eects o

alienation and cripples our ability to

orm our own identity. They are a tes-

tament to the consequences o when

our judgement o others goes too ar,

o when we orget our similarities and

ocus purely on the sel.

The hipster scene exploded in the

early 2000s with the intent to

avoid the mainstream. Deriving

rom the youth that rebelled against the

politics and media o the time, the cul-

ture was an extension o the idea o the

‘individual’ developed by their parents,

many o whom came rom the hippies

o the 60s and 70s and who were now

living middle-class, afuent lives. This

sense o individuality was uelled by the

cynicism they put orward in response

to being ignored.

“No matter how many protests, pro-

test songs, demonstrations and docu-

mentaries, youth opinion no longer

mattered,” wrote Joshua Erret in his

piece about the end o the hipster in

NOW magazine. This alienation served

only to urther corrupt an already de-

structive habit o putting the sel beore

all else.

But it also helped unite what would

have otherwise been a generation o

misguided and ignored youth under a

common mentality. Suddenly they were

a group o youngsters who were ar too

cool to give a shit. They no longer cared

about tting in — in act, they went

as ar as they could to stand out. They

donned the shroud o irony, that leering

shield. And the only price they paid was

complete separation. In the end, they

got what they wanted.

The almost pitch-black Wrongbar

reverberates with slowly shit-

ing eet, the bodies above them

clothed in skinny pants, plaid shirts,

hoodies and thick-rimmed glasses. The

main act is two hours late to the stage

and in their place is a band who look

as though it’s the rst time they’ve ever

handled instruments. Maybe it’s all a

big experiment. The drummer’s appar-

ently never had any ormal training—he

just eels it.

Eyes assess the crowd without ever

meeting one another. Two girls with

pixie-cut blonde hair stare at another

girl across the room. They’ve spotted

her as the outcast. Their eyes pick her

apart, trying to gure out what some-

one in heeled ankle boots, jeans and a

pastel pink top is doing in this bar.

Around them are conversations

about the latest political scandal in

Europe, another about an upcom-

ing photography show. They all have

this tortured artist theme in common.

There’s no enthusiasm; it is all noncha-

lance. None o them would admit to be-

ing too involved with something. That

would be giving up some part o their

autonomy, corroding the individuality

they work so hard to maintain.

Striving to look individual works

only in small numbers. With

the rise o American Apparel

commodiying the hipster style and

making it accessible to the masses,

hipsters went mainstream; they were

sold out. The group, who were used to

living on the ringe, ound themselves

joined by the rest o their generation.

And because their identity rested on

their outcast status, they did what any

other group would do to remain exclu-

sive: they moved on. It was no longer

cool to be a hipster. The real hipsters,

though they looked and acted no dier-

ently than beore, denied the label and

looked down upon it.

This is perhaps the ultimate irony. At

rst it seems like they missed the joke:

ringe culture birthed and centred on

the edge goes mainstream. Their men-

tality, so rooted in alienation, was in

danger o being void at the accepting

hands o millions — yet they went with

it. By taking oense at the label they

were trying to once again marginalize

their group. They continued hanging

onto the edge, albeit by the tips o theirbitten ngernails.

A group o boys are staying in or a

night o sexy actresses in horror

movies — a somewhat rare oc-

currence, as they usually like going out

to socialize at the bars around town.

Art posters showing the work o

Munch and Dali cover the walls o their

unit. Skateboards clutter the hallways.

Speakers and various instruments litter

the living room. In a wardrobe is a col-

lection o plaid shirts o every possible

colour and pattern — a collection the

owner is proud o.

Others would call them hipsters.

They would see their Macbooks and

music libraries listing names o ob-

scure artists and they would think these

boys are the same as everyone else who

wears tight jeans and over-sized bean-

ies. They would say they are arrogant

without caring to wonder i they are

anything more than the stereotype be-

ing applied to them.

Look At This Fucking Hipster, a blog

at www.lath.com, displays photos o

hipsters with snarky captions beneath

them. “Look at this ucking love con-

nection,” sneers the cutline below twophotos o hipsters eating peanut butter

out o the jar. No act, however inno-

cent, escapes judgement. Playing their

nal trump card, hipsters have turned

the callous eye o prejudice upon them-

selves.

W hat they didn’t count on in

their ironic bent were the

psychological repercus-

sions. Extreme individuality came at

the cost o their eeling o belonging,

an important aspect

o having healthy re-

lationships with those

around us. It makes

us more accepting o

others, and in keep-

ing them in sight we

develop an ability to

empathize, to eel

compassion.

But there were

other eects. When

individuality became

a style the hipsters

lost a deeper sense o

who they were. The

act o separating our-

selves rom others

is the act o putting

up walls. These walls

became what dened

them: seeing only the supercial in

others meant they were shaped not

rom within, but rom external orces.

And since they were so disconnected

to those external orces, who they are

remains broken, and in pieces. They’ve

orgotten the proundity o our experi-

ence as human beings; they no longer

assume the depth within themselves.

There is an older crowd at the

Drake tonight. They aren’t shy,

like many o the younger hip-

sters. They seem comortable, and in

act this is the reason why it’s hard to

call them anything at all. Erret says that

the hipster subculture is transorming

itsel into something new. Maybe they are maturing, growing out o their inse-

curities. Maybe they are growing up.

By RoDney BaRnes

When individuality became a style the hipsters lost a deeper sense ofwho they were.

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Wednedy, Octobe 7, 200910•The Eyeopene arTs & lifE

And they said thesex talk was hardby daniela gysler

Sending the kids o to university

sends parents scrambling to prepare

their little ones or lie outside the nest.

The list is simple enough to remem-

ber: don’t do drugs, don’t drink too

much, don’t skip class, and don’t have

sex...er...be sae.

But according to a recent article in

the Globe and Mail, one crucial topic

gets missed entirely because parents

fnd the fnancial talk more uncomort-

able than that talk about the birds and

the bees.

It’s not that parents don’t want to

have the fnancial talk, said Elaine Se-

queira o the Royal Bank o Canada.“I think it’s just because parents don’t

know how to have the talk.”

A specialist in private banking and

wealth management, Sequeira has

tricks that will not only teach you f-

nances, but keep your wallet at.

According to Sequeira, students

should know about:

Budgeting basics: write down in-

come sources and expenses. I there is a

surplus then there are savings.

The spend-save-share concept:

when you receive money, put about

10 per cent in your savings account

ASAP. Put a similar amount aside or a

charitable donations and the rest o the

money is let to spend.

Online budgeting: Sequeira recom-

mends online budgeting to help you

record all your expenses and income.

While RBC does have resources on their

site, you can also try the government o

Canada Canlearn calculator at:

http://tinyurl.com/yb9w5mw

Deceptive credit card companies:

They usually oer deals and give stu-dents easy access to credit cards. Easy

access to a card does not translate to

money in your pocket.

“The key to managing credit is to

keep it simple,” Sequeira said.

“Spend only what you can aord to

repay and make all o your payments

on time.”

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My mom was pretty comort-able with the sex talk, butwhen I started talking to herabout my RRSP contributionI think I reaked her out. Shewas proud, yeah, but reakedout.

–— Stephanie Maris, frst-year journalism

I’m fnancially independentrom my amily, and have beenor fve years. However, I doget the random lecture aterbuying a $200 pair o shoes.

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The Eyeopener•11Wednesday, October 7, 2009 ARTS & LIFE

Rye theatre is rolling in some Serious Money

The cast of Serious Money take a moment together at their rehearsal Oct. 2. The show is due to hit Theatre Passe Muraille as part of the 4x4 Festival. PHOTO: CHRIS DALE

BY MICHAEL DUNCAN

James Macdonald, ourth-year the-

atre student, paces back and orth,

spouting a everish monologue through

the eyes o his character Zac Zacker-

man. As one o the main characters in

Ryerson’s newest production, Macdon-

ald’s acting skills adds intensity to the

play, Serious Money.

The show is strikingly relevant in the

midst o a global economic recession.

The script by Caryl Churchill comes to

lie with Ryerson’s theatre school and

runs rom Oct. 15 to Nov. 7 at Ryerson’s

Abrams Studio Theatre.

The play will also make a rst in Ry-

erson Theatre School history as it moves

to Theatre Passe Muraille, as a part o

Nightwood Theatre’s 4x4 Festival rom

Nov. 20-22.

Serious Money got o the ground be-

ore most students were even thinking

about the end o summer.

“We had auditions beore school

started and got our lines the rst day o

school and have been rehearsing since

then,” said Macdonald.

The cast is made up o students in the

nal year o Ryerson’s theatre program.

Serious Money is inspired by the de-

regulation o the British nancial es-

tablishment in 1986, known as the “Big

Bang,” which opened British markets to

the world.

The poignant satire delves into a

world o international nance, laying

bare the human need or excess with

humorous results.

“I would hope the audience can

laugh at the satire and be disgusted at

the truth,” said Macdonald.

Characters fy on and o stage living

out their lives’ dramatic highs and lows

as the plot ollows two main stories.

Not just a political satire, Serious

Money also involves murder mystery

as the high-stakes o big money and lie

in the upper class lead the characters to

extremes that reveal ugly truths in hu-

man allibility.

“In terms o major obstacles in the

play’s process, the main thing has been

getting the lines right,” said Macdon-

ald.

Serious Money’s language style ea-

tures rhyming couplets and obscene

humor designed to emulate the chaos

o stock market trading foors.

“The way the show is done is pretty

chaotic, it’s like a roller coaster,” said

Macdonald.

Macdonald’s character possesses a

revelatory perspective and his brilliant

monologue in the play includes the in-

dicative line, “money buys reedom.”

“My character acts as almost a narra-

tor but not telling the story in order as

he weaves in his own moral structure,”

said Macdonald.

Based on their rehearsals, Serious

Money is both spot on with its critical

eye and hilarious with its take on the

nancial world.

Tickets are on sale now at the Ryerson

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You spin me right around baby, right aroundBy Chris Battaglia

I haven’t owned a bike in years. I’ve

always preerred walking to biking — I

don’t have to keep an eye out or Mi-

chael Bryant when I’m walking and I

can arrive at destinations without the

sweat.

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internal combustion.”

Spinning is essentially a stationary

group bike ride through an imaginary

countryside, set to ambient pop music.

Leading us on this antasy was Cher-

ilee Garoano, who was quite under-

standing o the act that this wasn’t ex-

actly my thing.

The class elt like a tight-knit com-

munity o supportive people, the type

you want beside you while you ride

over pretend hills and race to the pre-

tend nish.

But the workout is ar rom pretend.

I was worn out by the end o the warm-

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utes. And to top it o, I had buckets o

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class, but that’s not to say I kept up with

everyone. Good thing the bikes were

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noticed what hurt the most was not

my legs but the severe wedgie caused

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Ryerson team to rep Canada in Hong Kong

There is still debate over how bad

the recession currently is, but a recent

survey ound students are still worried

about the economy.

Taken by PricewaterhouseCoopers

LLP, the survey ound that 56 per cent

o Canadian students said they were

only slightly worried about the reces-

sion, while 33 per cent said they were

very concerned.

“I am worried about the recession

now and later,” said Basia Piekarski, a

third-year psychology student. “I work

part-time in retail and I see tons o peo-

ple handing in resumes all the time and

not getting an interview.”

Piekarski is also worried that theeconomy will aect her chances at get-

ting a job ater graduation, something

42 per cent o students also said in the

survey. “There are a lot o people who

graduate with a BA in psychology every

year,” she said. “Unless you are able to

get your masters, it’s very hard to com-

pete.”

The survey also ound that 41 per

cent o students were spending less

money and saving more. Students who

said they had no extra money to save

came in at 26 per cent.

Although the survey indicates con-

cern among students, many o those

surveyed are still optimistic. Accord-

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economy will improve in the next nine

to 12 months and another 28 per cent

eel that a rebound will happen in the

next six to nine months.

Students who did not believe the

economy would inuence their pros-

pects or jobs related to their major

were at 48 per cent. Michelle Craig, a

third-year nursing student, pointed out

that the province is in desperate need o

nurses.

“I’m not as concerned as other stu-

dents might be,” she said. “It’s Septem-

ber and I still have two years let. Hope-

ully the economy will be doing better

at graduation.”

For the Ryerson Global Management Group

(RGMG), a last minute change is a good thing.

The group was putting the fnal touches on a

competition project late the night beore it was

due when they decided to make a big change to

the structure. They scrambled to reassemble, and

fnished at 4 a.m. – two hours beore the deadline.

Now, they’re on their way to Hong Kong.

RGMG, made up o ourth-year business man-

agement students Parham Rashidi, Perry Kekropi-

dis, Tyson Herwynen and Aysha Ahmad, competed

against over 40 other schools in a case competition

based on corporate social responsibility. In May,

they received a case on a Taiwanese company,

which they completed in nine days. In November,

they’ll head to Hong Kong to compete against our

other fnalists rom around the world.

The group was set up last year by Carlyle Farrell,

chair o the global management program.“What we’re looking to do is make RGMG an as-

sociation slash society that students rom the Ted

Rogers school come to in order to get inormed in

terms o what’s happening in multinational cor-

porations and international aairs worldwide,”

said Kekropidis, vice president strategic manage-

ment.

On Nov. 13, they’ll compete as the only Cana-

dian fnalist in the Hong Kong case competition.

They’ll be given a case in the morning, and then

have six hours to analyze and prepare. They will

then give a 20-minute presentation to a panel o

fve judges, and then have a question and answer

period.

I victorious, they’ll come out with up to HK

$15,000 and a trophy.

“This isn’t only an accomplishment or us as a

group, but or Ryerson,” Kekropidis said. “With

Ryerson being somewhat o a newcomer to the

university scene, especially the business program,

us beating out schools like York and Simon Fra-

ser, who actually placed second last year, I think

speaks or itsel. We’re hoping to raise Ryerson to

an international standard and make it a house-

hold name.”

And ater only one year, they’re excited about

the accomplishment. “This was our the frst case

competition we did – ever,” said Herwynen, direc-tor o operations.

“I don’t think any o us thought we would make

it this ar, or I don’t think we thought that we would

actually get chosen out o all the schools,” said Ah-

mad, vice president operations.

“We’re all pretty proud o each other,” Kekropi-

dis said.

by hilary hagerman

Herwynen, Rashidi, Ahmad and Kekropidis of the RGMG. photo: andrew williamson

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