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The Eyeopener 3Wednesday, September 29, 2010 NEWS

BY BRAD WHITEHOUSE

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

When the fire alarm blared in Khad-

ija Boulaftali’s apartment, the Ryerson

student thought it was just a drill. She

didn’t hear sirens or any sounds of emer-

gency. Fire alarms went off for tests all the

time in the building. But when she looked

out her balcony, she saw flames leaping

from the twenty-fourth floor. This alarm

was very real.

“When I looked up, then I saw the

fire. It was a huge fire coming from the

balcony.”

The midwifery student rushed outside

to see what was going on. But when she

stepped out of the Toronto Community

Housing building, there was no going

back. And there’s no telling when she,

and the 1,700 other residents, will be

allowed inside to collect their belongings.

“What I was wearing — that’s all that

I have,” she said. “You need your IDs,

you need money, you need a change

of clothes. No, they don’t let anyone go

back up.”

She only has one set of clothes, which

she washes every day.

The fire broke out around 5 p.m. at 200

Wellesley St. E., near Sherbourne Street.

Firefighters battled the blaze until about

3 a.m. Saturday morning, said David Sheen,

Toronto Fires Services division Chief.

Sheen said firefighters who have been

working for forty years described the fire

as one of the hottest they’d ever experi-

enced. Up to 150 firefighters were on the

scene at the height of the fire, he said.

As many as 10 had to be treated for heat

exhaustion from the six-alarm blaze.

Fourteen people were hospitalized

Friday, including two children and a one-

month-old baby.

Other tenants were sheltered at the

Wellesley Community Centre across the

street, where Canadian Red Cross handed

out blankets and food.

Boulaftali slept there Friday night while

she awaited the fate of her cat, Iza. Ani-

mal services carried her cat down from the

building the next day.

She’s now staying at a friend’s house for

a couple of days, but doesn’t know where

she’ll go after that. She doesn’t have

apartment insurance and officials said it’s

too early to tell when tenants will be able

to move back in.

“They told us at the beginning it’s

going to be about ten hours to get back,

but they start talking about 48 hours and

now there are some who are saying three

weeks,” Boulaftali said. “To be homeless,

that’s the hardest part.”

Boulaftali, who moved to Toronto in

November 2008, has no family in Canada.

The 35-year-old was a certified midwife in

Morocco and practiced there for 10 years.

But when she came to Ontario, her de-

grees weren’t accepted and she had to be

re-certified. She enrolled in the Interna-

tional Midwifery Pre-registration Program

(IMPP) at the Chang School so she can start

working again.

“You have to go back to zero, so I’m

trying just to follow the flow.”

Boulaftali was able to convince fire-

fighters to bring down some of her text-

books, but these are the only belongings

she has.

“I want my laptop. I want my bag,” she

said.

Allison Gaul, program administrator for

IMPP said that she met with Boulaftali and

provided her with text books. She said

she’ll help the student out any way that

she can.

“It’s a difficult situation for immigrants

in general, but to have something like this

Student homeless after Wellesley blazeOfficials say it’s too early to tell when midwifery student and 1,700 others can return home and collect their belongings

Khadija Boulaftali points to her apartment on the seventeenth floor (left). This temporary form (right), is the only piece of identification Boulaftali has. PHOTO: MARTA IWANEK

BY EMMA PRESTWICH

For most students, access to online uni-

versity resources is as easy as logging onto

their my.ryerson account. But George

Brown College students in the collabora-

tive early childhood education (ECE) pro-

gram don’t have that luxury. They’re not

given a Ryerson online identity.

These students do have wireless access

in the Sally Horsfall Eaton centre, but only

if they stay on the sixth floor or in the

study area on the fifth floor.

“There’s too much technicality,” said

Emiline Evangelista, a first-year student in

the ECE diploma program.

George Brown students taking the

early childhood education diploma pro-

gram at Ryerson are given a joint Ryer-

son/George Brown OneCard, which gives

them access to Ryerson services like book-

borrowing and printing in the Academic

Resource Centre.

But they can’t access online databases

or the wireless network.

Brian Lesser, acting director of Cam-

pus Computer Services (CCS), said he has

never received a formal request from

Ryerson to grant wireless access to George

Brown students.

“I don’t think it would be terribly dif-

ficult for us to provide access [for them],”

he said.

“It would just take us a little time — a

month or two — to set it up. There would

also be an incremental bandwidth cost to

us in increased web traffic.”

He said George Brown students don’t

have an online identity because they

don’t use any information technology ser-

vices, but if the two institutions made an

agreement, CCS would set up wireless.

“It’s not like moving a big mountain or

anything,” said Lesser.

For Lisa Veber, a first-year ECE student,

the lack of online accessibility posed

even greater problems. Veber was told

to go through Ryerson instead of George

Brown to fill out her OSAP contract. But

when she went to set up an appointment,

she was asked for a my.ryerson login. She

found the whole process confusing, and

wasn’t able to get any help, she said.

Even something as simple as borrow-

ing a book can be complicated for George

Brown students. First-year ECE student

Meghan Rose, said when she went to the

library, the representative was confused

by her Ryerson/George Brown student

card and had to create a special file for

her.

“They don’t understand that we exist,”

said Rose.

Other George Brown students say

they’re not given enough information on

how to use the Ryerson resources avail-

able to them.

Currently, the only study space for

George Brown students on campus is the

Academic Resource Centre on the sixth

floor of the Sally Horsfall Eaton building.

But the space consists of only one room

with 27 computers accessible to those

with a George Brown ID and six comput-

ers reserved for those with a my.ryerson

account.

Even this limited space isn’t entirely

theirs though, according to first-year stu-

dent Elizabeth, who declined to give her

last name. She said that, during busy pe-

riods, Ryerson students come in and use

the centre because their login gives them

access to the George Brown computers.

“They’re George Brown students who

pay their tuition to George Brown and

that’s their home site,” said Linda Cooper,

Interim Associate Director Collaborative

Degree Program.

“When they are third and fourth-year

students they pay tuition to Ryerson and

are registered Ryerson students. Then

they have access to all the facilities.”

George Brown-Ryerson students left out of university services

They don’t understand that we exist.

— Meghan Rose, first-year ECE student

happen is pretty tough.”

Boulaftali was concerned about how

she would continue her studies, but said

faculty have been supportive. IMPP faculty

emailed Boulaftali to offer her money and

help to find housing. Gaul told her not to

worry about her studies for the moment,

and that she would email Boulaftali’s pro-

fessors to explain her emergency situation.

Gaul directed Boulaftali to CESAR (Con-

tinuing Education Students’ Association Ry-

erson) for help, but she was too exhausted

to wait in the long line up outside.

Boulaftali has been going to the

community centre everyday for updates on

the situation.

Police said there may be water damage

and damage to the building’s electrical

system and, according to the Fire Marshal’s

office, it may take months to determine the

cause of the fire. The apartment where the

fire started was described as belonging to a

hoarder. Officials say it’s too soon to esti-

mate the cost of damage.

“You just have to deal with it and be pa-

tient and thank that we don’t have loss of

life,” said Boulaftali.

It’s a difficult situation for immigrants in gen-eral, but to have some-thing like this happen

is pretty tough.— Allison Gaul,

Program Administrator

To be homeless, that’s the hardest part.

— Khadija Boulaftali,midwifery student

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The Eyeopener 5Wednesday, September 29, 2010 NEWS

BY RASHI GUPTA

Nikki Gershbain put her name on the

wait list at Ryerson’s daycare centre when

she was three months pregnant.

A spot finally opened up for her son,

Max Gilbert, shortly before his fourth

birthday.

This is the experience of dozens of par-

ents looking to place their kids in Ryerson’s

Early Learning Centre, which can only

accommodate 62 children between the

ages of 18 months and six years.

But there are currently 31 names on the

centre’s wait list and, according to man-

agement, most can expect to wait years

for a space to open up.

“The wait list can be very long, for

many families it is up to two years depend-

ing on the time of year and the age of

their child,” said Early Childhood Educa-

tion (ECE) director Sally Kotsopoulos.

“We are always full, as it is essential

to meet our financial obligations to the

university.”

Ryerson students and faculty are given

first priority for admissions, but capacity is

an annual problem.

The wait can be the longest for parents

with very young children since the centre

can only accommodate 10 toddlers and

there are already 14 kids waiting for spots

to open up.

One reason for the expanding wait lists

at university and city childcare centres

is an overall rise in demand over the last

15 years.

The number of children between the

ages of six months and five years that are

enrolled in early childhood education has

increased by 54 per cent since 1995.

However, the number of daycare fa-

cilities, have not expanded enough to

compensate for the growing demand.

“There are only a certain amount of

spaces available which is why we need the

government to provide more dollars for

universal childcare,” said University of To-

ronto associate professor Janette Palletier.

“Lack of space can only be fixed if there

is more funding to build new child care

spaces and to hire ECE’s to run the pro-

grams.”

The space shortages in university day-

care facilities are also partly because

the programs’ good reputation among

parents creates a high demand for spots,

according to former ECE professor and

doctorate student Elaine Winick.

“ECE lab schools have always been the

epitome of excellence in programming,

simply put because they are managed

by the training programs themselves,”

said Winick.

But university campus daycare centres

are worth the wait, according to Gersh-

bain.

“It’s an absolutely amazing program.”

Daycare waitlist grows Parents can expect to wait years for a spot in Ryerson’s daycare centre

BY LEE RICHARDSON

NEWS EDITOR

For students who have wondered why

they cannot simply work straight through

the summer vacation and finish their

degree faster, the answer is in the farming

industry.

“The only reason we have summer vaca-

tion is because in the old days of agricul-

ture we needed students to help with the

harvest,” University of Toronto economics

professor David Foot said. “Obviously that

is no real reason for most people now.”

Some universities in the United States,

like the University of Massachusetts

Amherst, are realizing that point and

increasingly considering and implement-

ing three-year undergraduate degrees.

The shorter degree is created by increas-

ing the student workload by compressing

courses into a shorter timeline, so students

have to work through the summer months

in order to finish earlier.

Ontario does offer three-year under-

graduate degrees in the form of a ‘pass’

degree, which is intended as an introduc-

tion to the liberal arts. But these programs

are different to the typical four year ‘hon-

ours’ degree as they are not intended to

lead into masters programs.

“To some extent it’s kind of a terminal

arts degree,” Ontario Institute for Studies

in Education professor, Glen Jones said.

“But the internal logic of it was to

create a more accessible degree for those

who might not be moving into profession-

al fields, or might not be moving on into a

masters program.”

Such programs, while still available uni-

versities like Waterloo, are becoming in-

creasingly rare due to educational reform

introduced by the Mike Harris government

in 1995. “Universities coincided with the

curriculum double cohort, which was the

notion of reducing the number of years

in secondary school,” Jones said. “That

was believed as a rational reason for not

having as many three year degrees.”

The standard North American under-

graduate degree is longer because of

liberal courses added onto a professional

major, which differs from other countries

concepts of undergraduate education.

“If you go to the U.K your undergradu-

ate degree will be very focused,” Jones

said.

“The notion there is that by focusing

in one area you’re really developing a

strong knowledge.” However, some indus-

tries require a certain amount of schooling.

“A lot of our programs are accredited,

and the length of time is therefore estab-

lished by a professional body, for example

engineering or nursing,” Ryerson presi-

dent Sheldon Levy said.

While a shift to shorter degrees could

easily save money for students, there

is also a potential financial benefit for uni-

versities.

“You obviously wouldn’t have to spend

as much money on teaching,” said Jones.

However, three-year programs are un-

likely to be seen at Ryerson. “There’s been

no Ryerson discussion at all about this,”

Levy said. “Even at four years you look at

the debate of whether we should go from

13 weeks to 12 for reading week and the

big debate is always how do you handle

the amount of content necessary.”

Students on farm cycle

It’s four years now and we’re going through hell.

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I’d like to stay and fuck around, I’m in no rush to leave.

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Nikki Gershbain and her son, Max, waited over four years for a spot to open up at Ryerson’s daycare centre. PHOTO: LAUREN STRAPAGIEL

The wait list can be very long, for many families up to two years.

— Sally Kotsopoulos,ECE director

To some extent it’s kind of a terminal arts degree.

— Glen Jones, professor

Should Ryerson offer shorter degrees?

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BY MARIANA IONOVA

NEWS EDITOR

Ryerson spent $6000 to “pump up

students” coming to the university this

month, according to Doug Moxon, direc-

tor of university advancement.

The university purchased a one-month

spot on a billboard overlooking Dundas

Square and another one inside the Toron-

to Life Center.

The spaces were used to display a

30-second video of Ryerson students’ work

every 15 minutes and were meant to raise

the spirits of new and returning students.

“The goal is to make students feel good

about choosing Ryerson,” said Moxon.

“Mostly, we wanted to pump up stu-

dents coming to Ryerson.”

The two boards cost a total of $6000 for

the month of September, which Ryerson

president Sheldon Levy said was a steal.

“We got it literally at a tenth of what it

would normally cost,” said Levy.

The typical cost of a similar space could

run between $50 000 and $70 000 dollars

per month, according to Moxon. But the

university wasn’t willing to spend that

much on a video with no sound.

“I didn’t see the benefit of it for that

price,” said Moxon.

The advertising campaign was also

partly an effort to showcase the univer-

sity’s reputation and presence in the area,

according to Levy.

“This is our home we’re going to tell

people it’s our home,” said Levy.

“We have a great place to be able to

shout our name and show the work of our

students and a variety of things.”

But the location of the ads does not do

much to promote the university, accord-

ing to David Dunn, marketing professor at

the University of Toronto. He noted that

instead of advertising around the Ryerson

community, the university should be get-

ting the word out elsewhere.

“Just to stick a bunch of billboards

around campus doesn’t make an awful lot

of sense to me,” said Dunn.

The billboards, although visually ap-

pealing, also have limited ability to draw

in potential new students, said Dunn. In

his view, the university must look to other

mediums to convey its message.

“For recruiting students, I would strong-

ly advise looking at the online world as the

primary source.”

But, according to Moxon, the advertise-

ments targeted the general public and

generated good exposure for the univer-

sity because of their location.

“Yonge and Dundas Square is one of

the most visited spots in Canada.”

And the response was so positive that

the university is open to the possibility of

buying more ad time in the future.

“All the feedback that we’ve been

getting--people really like it,” said Moxon.

“It was a little like ‘let’s try this and see

how it goes.’”

Rye tries to up the hypeUniversity spends $6000 on billboards to “pump up” Ryerson students

Ryerson advertising efforts have expanded from the campus into Dundas Square. PHOTO: JENNIFER CHENG

Sociology professor Dr. Slobodan Drakulic died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sept. 27 at 6:33 p.m. according to Mark Lovewell, the interim dean of arts.

Drakulic’s death shocked Idil Omar, a fourth-year arts and contemporary studies student who has known him since grade 12. “We had class with him last week and he was fine.” Omar said Drakulic was loved by students and she “took classes just to have him as a prof.”

“He was fun, loving, caring and loved to teach.” The Eyeopener offers condolences to his wife and fellow

sociology professor Patrizia Albanese. Read more tomorrow at theeyeopener.com. PHOTO COURTESY OF RYERSON

Beloved professor suddenly dies

BY LEE RICHARDSON

NEWS EDITOR

A court decision to allow Chris Avenir to

hold a class action lawsuit against Ryerson

University will be announced on May 3, 2011

according to Avenir’s lawyer John Adair.

If a class-action lawsuit is allowed it will

be on behalf of student’s accused of aca-

demic misconduct since March 2003, said

Adair. He is unsure when the cut-off date

is, but estimates that the suit will represent

more than 1000 students.

Avenir was charged with 147 counts of

academic misconduct in 2008 after he creat-

ed a Facebook study group where students

could discuss and post solutions to home-

work problems.

Avenir was threatened with expulsion

but instead was given a disciplinary note on

his student file.

He claims that he was wrongfully denied

legal representation during his disciplinary

hearings.

Adair said students are unlikely to make

individual claims against Ryerson. because

of legal costs.

Class action decision set for next spring

The goal is to make students feel good about coming to Ryerson.— Doug Moxon, university

advancement

Just to stick a bunch of billboards around campus doesn’t make an awful lot of sense.

—David Dunn, marketing professor

The Eyeopener 7Wednesday, September 29, 2010 NEWS

Ryerson spent about $250,000 over the weekend to appear at the Ontario Universities Fair. The annual event draws those in-terested in applying to universities. Ryerson introduced a new booth to the exhibit which, while busy, may not have been the most student-relatable. “There’s not many students working,” said Mason Waterworth (pictured right) from Oshawa. “They’re easier to relate to and they give you a better sense of student life.” He did add that the representatives on hand were knowl-edgeable. “They do know what they’re talking about,” he said. PHOTO: MARTA IWANEK

$250,000 splurged on university fair

Briefs & Groaners

In a story that warmed the Eyeopener

news team’s cold dead hearts, a turtle

that was reported as stolen from a

staff member’s aquarium last week was

found alive and well. It had been walk-

ing along the baseboards of the same

office it was reported missing from.

A student is missing his wedding

ring after he accidentally left it in a Kerr

Hall East bathroom last Monday. He

took it off to wash his hands and came

back later to find it had gone. The ring

is gold with a silver band in the centre.

Security was called to arrest a man

who may not fully understand the rules

of commerce. He was swearing at staff

while trying to leave the ILLC cafete-

ria with two cups of tea that he didn’t

want to pay for. Having previously been

barred from campus, he was turned over

to Toronto police.

A student reported her $300 iPhone

stolen after she left it at a Kerr Hall

West computer lab for two minutes last

Tuesday. We say don’t leave anything

anywhere.

A laptop was stolen – possibly by the

Invisible Man – from a student on the

library’s 8th floor. She turned around to

talk to a friend in another cubicle and

when she turned back to her work a

minute later her laptop was gone. No

one suspicious had been seen.

A security member is on light duty af-

ter a conflict with a man who seemed to

be under the influence of crack cocaine.

Security was called to a SHE building

washroom where a man had scattered

his personal property, including crack

pipes, and had stayed for over two

hours.

Locker thefts are still ongoing. A

hard drive was reported missing from

an RCC locker and a laptop has been

taken from a locker in the VIC building.

Because being robbed is awful, we say

that if you live nearby try to leave your

stuff at home, or try to carry your most

valuable items.

A man who must love to learn was

barred from campus after sitting in on

two separate lectures in the same day

and interrupting by constantly asking

questions. Our tips: don’t draw atten-

tion to yourself, and you don’t get any

credit if you don’t pay.

A student called police after being

asked for his ID by pub staff. In a hilari-

ous turn of events, he was then arrested

for being drunk.

And finally, a student ended up in

hospital after cutting her finger while

trying to cut an avocado.

— Lee Richardson

The year of interimInterim positions could potentially cause long-term planning problems

Former Vice-President, Finance and Administration Linda Grayson’s shakes hands with President Sheldon Levy at her goodbye party. PHOTO: LAUREN STRAPAGIEL

BY VIDYA KAURI

Ryerson has been reshuffling its faculty

over the summer, leaving many deans and

chairs in temporary positions.

“It seems to be the year of interim posi-

tions,” said Darrick Heyd, Interim Associate

Dean for the Undergraduate Science Pro-

gram and Student Affairs.

Such temporary positions, typically last-

ing a year, could have an effect on faculty

planning.

“Sometimes it’s challenging for these

people because they’re unable to develop

any kind of plan or vision that could take

that unit through to the next five years,”

said Ontario Institute for Studies in Educa-

tion professor Glen Jones.

“The notion is that you have to be in

the position for long enough to actually

get things happening and that often takes

a year, and year and a half to do the plan-

ning exercises to get a unit to a position

where it can move forward.”

Although the FEAS is not alone in hav-

ing interim deans and chairs, it does cur-

rently have a large proportion of them.

“A number of the chair searches didn’t

materialize and we had to choose an inter-

im,” said Ryerson President Sheldon Levy.

“In other cases like the VP of Research

we just didn’t have time to put in place the

search between the leaving and the person

coming.”

Dr. Darrick Heyd, interim associate dean

for the Undergraduate Science Program

and Student Affairs said the current situ-

ation is, “the consequence of other posi-

tions.”

His predecessor Dr. Chris Evans, was pro-

moted to Vice Provost, Academic before

his term expired and somebody had to be

found quickly to fill his shoes.

This meant Heyd had to leave his posi-

tion as Chair of the Department of Chemis-

try and Biology, with Stephen Wylie chosen

to fill the vacancy until a search committee

could be formed to appoint a permanent

chair.

The search committee’s role involves

establishing a set of criteria that a person

must meet. They usually meet just before

the winter term to establish these criteria

and advertise a position. If all goes well,

they aim to interview candidates in Febru-

ary and make a decision by March or April

so that the new employee can begin the

position on July 1st.

A less formal and shorter consultation

process is used to appoint interim deans

and chairs when a vacancy has to be filled

quickly. Dr. Heyd was ushered into his new

role on June 1st after the dean requested

chairs of various science departments to

put forward names for the job.

He consulted various individuals and Dr.

Heyd was chosen for his outstanding expe-

rience, achievements, willingness and abil-

ity to fill a position of authority on short

notice.

Similarly, Dr. Debora Foster, the interim

dean in the School of Graduate Studies,

was chosen because of her reputation from

her contributions to cellular microbiology,

molecular biology and biochemistry, as well

her substantial involvement in the Gradu-

ate Studies office and her energetic nature.

In the case of Dr. Ana Pejović Milić, the in-

terim chair of physics, the committee search

failed because those recommended by the

committee could not be enticed to leave

their current positions and a new search

committee would have to be formed, said

Dr. Heyd.

“It does seem to be the year of interim

positions. Hopefully, by next year, we’ll

have it all sorted out,” said Dr. Heyd.

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FEATURESThe Eyeopener8 Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Fresh cheese curds and crispy hand-cut fries smothered in hot, rich gravy. Hailing

from Quebec, poutine has been a Canadian

classic since the 1950s. But the customary

ingredients are no longer doing the trick

for some of Toronto’s trendiest restaurants.

Move over cheese and gravy, make way for

guacamole, bacon and beef chilli.

Poutine’s not the only classic dish under-

going changes. Traditional beef burgers with

all the fixings — lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle,

ketchup and mustard — have also been al-

tered, though they’ve been the standard

since poodle skirts and juke boxes in the

swinging diners of the 50s. But now, the city’s

dining hot spots have revamped burger op-

tions to include lamb, bison and veggie pat-

ties with toppings ranging from goat cheese

to grilled pineapple to roasted red peppers.

Toronto is a food haven — with more

than 10, 000 restaurants to choose from and

countless options bordering our campus, eat-

ing out is hard to resist. But are trendy foods

blowing our budgets, steering us away from

our kitchens, and dictating what and where

we eat? Can we, as strapped-for-cash stu-

dents, afford to pay the bill at establishments

tempting us with their ‘cool’ cuisine?

For students on OSAP, sampling the new-

est trends in the Toronto food scene is espe-

cially difficult. OSAP provides a food allow-

ance of $7.50 per day. This means a single

student has $52.50 each week for food — a

reasonable sum if spent on inexpensive

groceries. However, the coined ‘OSAP diet’,

doesn’t leave spare change for an $8.99

pulled pork poutine from campus-friendly

Smoke’s Poutinerie (Dundas and George), or

a $9.99 lamb burger at W Burger Bar (Yonge

and College).

W Burger Bar is nearing its first anniversary

and its success is illustrative of the growing

trend of the gourmet burger — one that is a

leading trend among students.

W Burger Bar owner Sean Woolf is sitting

at his bar while servers in baby pink t-shirts

zoom past him delivering plates of vegeta-

bles and dip, a complimentary snack every

table is served. The restaurant is packed and

the music is pumping.

Woolf says their location is halfway

between U of T and Ryerson, a strategic

decision. Students flock there and stick

around until the restaurants closes at 2 a.m.

Woolf studied the market, was aware of the

trends and developed his concept accord-

ingly — great burgers for great value.

A hormone and antibiotic-free beef burger

costs $6.99 and is personally customized with

as many complimentary toppings you like at

no extra charge, ranging from cranberries to

cilantro yogurt.

Creative alterations being made to classic

foods make it hard for trend-following stu-

dents to keep their wallets closed and their

cookbooks opened.

Fourth-year arts and contemporary studies

student Michael Searle admits to spending

more than $100 a week eating out. He lives in

Kensington Market and says the convenience

of going out to grab a quick bite, combined

with the abundance of dining choices near

his house — including trend-friendly joint,

Big Fat Burrito — make cooking at home an

unexciting choice. Even with a part-time job,

his budget is shot after choosing trends over

frugality week after week.

Ryerson professor Hersch Jacobs, from the

faculty of Geography, teaches the elective

Food, Place and Identity: The Geography of

Diet. Jacobs sits in his office in Jorgenson Hall,

a large ceramic hamburger rests on the cof-

fee table and empty chip bags taped to his

bookshelf dangle like clothes hanging to dry.

“Food permeates virtually every aspect

of life,” says Jacobs. “It’s a source of pleasure,

peril and survival. We have to eat and we rec-

ognize the dangers involved with eating, but

it’s connected to pleasure.”

Food trends, are similar to trends in any

other industry, Jacobs says.

“Trends come from the imagination of

charismatic leaders in the industry. They cre-

ate a template, and ideas diffuse to others.”

Gourmet grilled cheese, gourmet poutine,

gourmet burgers, gourmet macaroni-and-

cheese, burritos, organic, vegan and gluten-

free fare are all current trends that BlogTO

publisher Tim Shore has identified. Shore

helps keep Torontonians up-to-date on the

latest trends with timely food reviews and

top-ten lists on the popular site.

With the emergence of restaurants and

shops attempting to reinvent classic dishes,

there have been an influx of bizarre foods

breaking onto the market.

In the past couple years cupcakes have re-

surfaced as a popular food trend rather than

just a celebratory dessert and the flavours are

becoming more diverse.

“Cupcakes might have been a trend from a

few years ago. In the last year it got a bit more

specific and ‘mancakes’ came into trend,”

Shore says.

Created by a Liberty Village cupcake shop,

For the Love of Cake, mancakes are exactly

what their titles implies — cupcakes for men.

“In an attempt to change the view that

cupcakes are girly, we decided to create cup-

cakes that guys could appreciate.” The shop’s

website reads. So they incorporate ‘man-wor-

thy’ ingredients like beer, whiskey and bacon

into cupcakes that appeal to the Y chromo-

some. Variations include Guinness chocolate

and maple bacon.

Bacon is another trend, according to Shore.

It’s also listed on Toronto Life’s ‘Seven food

trends we love’ which the magazine publish-

es in April every year. The trend is more about

revamping the meat’s common uses rather

than simply indulging on it as is. Think bacon-

infused alcohol, bacon cream and chocolate-

bacon toffee, according to the list.

The notion of rethinking and making-over

common food, most frequently seen with

comfort food, is a trend Jacobs identified as

‘nostalgia’.

“Hot turkey sandwiches, meatloaf, ramped

up mac-and-cheese, it’s nostalgic; a tip of the

hat to the food of your childhood.”

And for the ‘OSAP diet’ peers among us,

there is hope. You can get these nostalgic

comfort foods for less than $7.50 at what

Jacobs describes as the least expensive

restaurant in the city — Gale’s Snack Bar on

Eastern Avenue.

If the location isn’t a big enough clue,

hipsters beware, this is not a trendy-looking

restaurant. But if this nostalgic trend is some-

thing you’d like to try out, a hot turkey sand-

wich will set you back $3.00.

“Gramps is in the kitchen,” Jacobs says,

“and his granddaughter runs things out

front.”

Of course it’s the trendy restaurants that

are the most detrimental to student bank

NEW FOODSON THE BLOCK

Dominique Lamberton explores the city’s food trends and the strain they put on students’ bank accounts

The “Hog Town Poutine,” decked with double-smoked bacon, Italian sausage, sauteed mushrooms and carmelized onions, from one of Toronto’s trendiest food spots — Smoke’s Poutinerie.

9Wednesday, September 29, 2010 FEATURES The Eyeopener

accounts, not the family-run, greasy-spoon

diner east of the DVP. Guu Izakaya, a new

hotspot within stone’s throw of campus has

everyone talking. Shore, Jacobs and Woolf

all mentioned the new eatery on the corner

of Church and McGill.

Aside from its impressive exterior, which

makes the Indian take-out place next door

look rather sad, Guu Izakaya features dishes

designed for sharing, another hot trend

Jacobs mentioned.

“Tapas, small bites, appetizer-based

menus; portion size is a trend right now,” said

Jacobs.

In addition to these food-specific trends,

Jacobs identified the tendency among a

growing number of chefs and restaurants

to be increasingly ingredient conscious. It’s

what Jacobs calls the holy trinity — organic,

local and heritage. It’s a result of the increase

in health-conscious consumers, with local

and organic food becoming more accessible

and vegan and gluten-free choices becoming

more widespread, customers desire close to

home, unmodified ingredients.

“It’s about putting food on the plate that

is honest, letting people know who made it,

who grew it; food with integrity,” says Jacobs.

Woolf sees the importance of this trend

and the growing preference towards fresh,

locally sourced ingredients.

In addition to working with small local

farms that raise hormone and antibiotic free

beef, they make their own preservative-free

buns every morning and cut their own fries.

“People can taste the difference,” Woolf

says.

While all of these trends are an indication

of the dishes and ingredients customers de-

sire, as well as an illustrative account of what’s

working in the food world, Shore thinks that

ultimately, eating is simply a social behaviour.

“Sure, nourishment is important. But food

just serves as a backdrop to a social gathering

among friends.”

Whether you find yourself at one of the

city’s hippest restaurants with a group of

friends or simply cramped in your base-

ment apartment all together, the experience

of coming together to share a meal is the

longest standing trend of all.

While we shouldn’t feel guilty about treat-

ing oursleves from time to time, the count-

less, ever-changing dishes the city offers can

provide inspiration in our own kitchens. And

our budgets will thank us.

Ingredients 6 slices of multi-grain bread (or any desired variety)

4 tbsp margarine or butter

1 apple, peeled and thinly sliced

½ tsp curry powder, or to taste

½ tsp cinnamon

Squeeze of lemon juice

8 large slices of cheddar

4 tbsp mango chutney

*Recipe makes two triple-decker sandwiches.

Directions:1. Place three slices of bread side by side. Spread 1 tbsp of butter evenly on one side

of two slices of bread.

2. In a small pan melt 1 tbsp of butter and add the sliced apples. Cook, stirring until

slightly softened.

3. Add curry powder, cinnamon and squeeze of lemon juice. Cook for another couple

minutes.

4. Place two slices of cheese on the bottom slice of bread (on the unbuttered side).

5. Cover with 1 tbsp of the mango chutney and a quarter of the apple mixture. Cover

with a piece of unbuttered bread.

6. Place two slices of cheese on this piece of bread. Cover with 1 tbsp of the chutney

and again with the apple mixture. Cover with the piece of buttered bread (butter

side up).

7. Place the sandwich in a pan on medium-heat and cook each side until the bread

is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Repeat with second sandwich.

8. Cut in half and serve.

MAKE YOUR OWN: Triple-decker curried apple and

chutney gourmet grilled cheese

PHOTOS: LAUREN STRAPAGIEL

The Eyeopener10 Wednesday, September 29, 2010ARTS & LIFE

Working ‘till dawnCrumbled papers, energy drinks and sweats. Brian Boudreau, Christina Dun, and Nicole Witkowski report on the students who go bump in the night

The Swans’ Lake by Ryerson’s School of Interior Design and Theatre School.

Going without sleep isn’t uncommon for Mandala Mitton or Craig Eden. Both second-year architecture students say they have had to stay up for the extent of two days to finish all the projects they had on their plate. “And that’s working like 20 out of the 24 hours of that day,” said Eden. For some students at Ryerson this is some-thing that comes with each and every project. Students are constantly battling with having to be creative on demand as our previously technical programs become increasingly more conceptual. Interior design students don’t have it any easier. From the first weeks of school the program demands both passion and dedication from their students. “It’s been really stressful,” said Erika Van Der Pas, first-year interior design student, “I feel like they’ve been trying to weed out the bad guys.” The programs are designed as models of how the professional fields of architecture and interior design work. The practicality of both areas of study gives students what they need to be competitive after graduation. Masha Etkind, a professor in the School of Architectural Science describes the programs focus when he said, “[The program] turned from technical and engineering to conceptual and creative.” “It won’t make them better designers if you make [the program] easier,” said Annick Mitch-ell, Chair of Interior Design here at Ryerson about interior design. Students agree the dedication is necessary to gain the necessary skills involved in these practical professions. “It’s a love-hate relationship. It’s fun work, but there’s way too much,” said second-year student James Saunders about the architecture workload. Mariya Haponenko, a second-year interior design student says with so much work each week it becomes a struggle to do your best. “To be creative you need time to get inspired but with these deadlines it’s hard to. Projects turn out to be mediocre,” she said. And with so many assignments being signed out, students must master the art of time management. “I don’t really have much time for myself, or to go shopping or to party or anything but school,” said Schembri.

Stephanie Wiebe, second-year interior design student, knows the toll that the program takes on students’ lives. “Your social life changes completely. Your classmates become your family,” said Wiebe. With deadline fast approaching on these assignments, students go to whatever extent they need to in order to assure they get the work done. “The longest time I’ve gone without sleep-ing is probably close to 40 hours. I’ve heard of people who have done more. That happened in first year, like when you’re trying to figure out how to manage your time more efficiently,” says fourth-year architecture student Shiloh Lazar. Haponenko, recalls having to look out for her health when skipping sleep. “I’ve come close to passing out. People get shakes when they stay up all night, and you can get sick if you keep pulling all-nighters.” Though students are pressured by dead-lines, Etkind said the profession could not exist without them. “Without deadlines you could spend your whole life on a project.” Azure Magazine named Ryerson’s School of Interior Design in the top three schools of its kind worldwide and the School of Architectural Science is renowned amongst the best in the country, but Mitchell thinks this only motivates the students to be stronger. “We expect them to be leaders, so they have to act like leaders. That striving for excellence can be challenging,” she said. Coping methods vary among students but Lazar says balance is key. “Every week I find time to do some intra-mural sports or something like that. And in as much time you spend in studio, you really have to get outside studio, get outside of architec-ture because life is about balance,” said Lazar. Haponenko describes having to push through it to reach an end result you’re happy with. “To deal you have to put in the extra effort. Time, dedication and research is the only way to cope,” said Haponenko.The work these students produce shows that no amount of pressure can overshadow their talent. “I’ve been east to west,” Wiebe said, “Everyone is sympathetic to interior designers. This is definitely what I want to do, though.”

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Double agent Kevin SouterLast year, he was in the pros. This year, he’s on the Ryerson men’s soccer team working as a player and a coach. How did that happen? Sean Tepper reports

PHOTO: MARTA IWANEK

Being a head coach is stressful: orga-

nizing practices, preparing game plans,

managing players’ personalities — it’s a

lot to handle. Now imagine having all the

responsibilities of a university head coach

in addition to being the athletic director

of an up-and-coming university program

that is in the midst of a massive expansion.

Now that’s quite the juggling act, one

that athletics director and head soccer

coach Ivan Joseph has to deal with on a

daily basis, and it simply cannot continue.

Enter Kevin Souter.

The 26-year-old Scotsman is easily the

most experienced, accomplished, and

oldest member of the Ryerson men’s soc-

cer team. What makes Souter the most in-

triguing player on the Ram’s roster is not

the fact that Ivan Joseph coached him at

Graceland University, but that he’s being

groomed to take over for Joseph as head

coach of the team as early as next year.

“I’m not sure if there is any other [play-

er-coach] in Canada,” said Joseph with a

laugh.

There has always been a fine line be-

tween coach and player, but that line has

been muddled for Souter, playing as a mid-

fielder and acting as an assistant coach at

the same time.

“I am coming in a position where I want

to learn as much as I can to eventually be-

come a head coach,” explained Souter. “At

this point it’s a good blend because being

on the field you can see the guys, how they

are moving, where their fitness levels are

at and where they should be in relation to

[where you want them to be].”

Souter is a good candidate for the play-

er-coach role because he knows what Jo-

seph is trying to build. He came to America

by way of Scotland in 2005 and became a

second-team All-American en route to an

NAIA national championship. In 2008, he

turned pro and played Major League Soc-

cer (MLS) for a few years.

“Ivan has a proven method for success

and he’s trying to bring that here. We share

similar values so he knows the team will be

in good hands,” said Souter.

In May 2008, the Kansas City Wizards

signed Souter and he made his MLS de-

but against David Beckham’s Los Angeles

Galaxy. After playing in Kansas City for two

years, Souter was waived by the Wizards

during the 2010 pre-season.

“My time [in Kansas City] was good and

bad. I was hampered by injuries and never

really recovered,” explained Souter. “I was

kind of forced out. They came in with new

ideas and I didn’t really fit in.”

Souter was claimed off of waivers by the

Seattle Sounders, but never signed a con-

tract with them because their front office

was targeting other international players.

“I was a little disheartened,” admit-

ted Souter. “Ivan has always been a good

friend. I talked to him one day and he [told]

me that if you don’t plan on pursuing soc-

cer then there will always be a position [at

Ryerson] for you.”

When Souter first came to Ryerson, he

said that it was strictly as a coach. That all

changed during a pre-season game, when

the Rams squared off against the Univer-

sity of Saskatchewan. Ryerson was down

a few players, and needed Souter to play

as a midfielder in order to have enough

players.

“It kind of ignited the spark a little

bit,” he said. He now takes three classes

through the Chang School to maintain his

eligibility.

Joseph hopes Souter can teach his play-

ers a thing or two by playing with them.

“I think that we have several players on

the team that can kick a ball harder than

Kevin, that have a better first touch than

Kevin and that are faster than Kevin. What

we don’t have is a player that has a work

ethic like Kevin, that is as fit as Kevin and

is as passionate about training and prepar-

ing as Kevin,” said Joseph.

Right now, the plan is for Souter to be

head coach for the 2011 season with Jo-

seph staying on as an assistant until 2012.

“I have a lot of experience but I still have

a lot to learn,” he admits. “[But] I think Ryer-

son has the potential to become one of the

best teams in the [conference].”

BY ALAN HUDES

In hockey, timing is everything. Just

ask newly recruited left-winger Cassandra

Nasso.

Nasso scored a hat trick to lead the

Toronto Stingers past the Barrie Sharks 3-1

in their Sunday afternoon season opener.

“I feel like a leader,” said Nasso after

the victory. “I want to lead this team the

whole season.”

That kind of performance isn’t just a

game-saver — it is a team-builder that is

necessary in setting a solid foundation

in preparation for the team’s entry into

Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) next

season. The Stingers turned in sub-par

results last year and know that this year

has to be different.

“Last year, I found that as soon as we

got to know each other, we started having

better results on the ice,” said second-year

defenceman Jenny Young. “This year we’re

starting where we were halfway [through]

last season. Our team is going to definitely

be improved.”

The fourth-year team currently plays as

the Toronto Stingers in the Golden Blades

Women’s Hockey League, a competitive

women’s league based at York University.

With Maple Leaf Gardens set to be ready

for next year, Ryerson athletics has com-

mitted to icing a women’s varsity team.

“The expectation is that we will go

into the CIS next year,” said head coach

Stephanie White. “That’s what we’re build-

ing towards.”

As part of the major change, the team

would be officially granted varsity status,

allowing them to compete as the Ryerson

Rams against other Ontario universities.

For some of the veterans especially, that

thrilling opportunity cannot come soon

enough.

“I’ve been waiting for three years to

be a Ram,” said third-year defenceman

Lee Ann Pallet. “I’m really excited. When

I was in first year, the team was in tier

four in the Golden Blades league, which

is the bottom of the barrel, and we did

extremely well. Now we’re in tier two and

hopefully next year the CIS. Every year is

a big leap.”

Several new recruits have been added

to the team, with some having experience

playing in the Provincial Women’s Hockey

League.

Coach White says they have the poten-

tial to leave a huge impact.

“We expect a higher level of skill from

some of the players that we’ve brought in

and they will help develop our culture as a

team into a culture of excellence,” she said.

“We’ve had nothing but positive sup-

port from the school, from the president

through to our athletics director. We

want to succeed. We’re not here just to be

mediocre.”

In addition, the coaching staff has

revamped the training program for the

team to include position-specific practices

that will help build fundamental skills.

The continued growth of the program

would not have been possible without the

students who started the club.

“The reason this team exists now and

the reason we have the opportunity to

move into the CIS is because there was a

passion for hockey at Ryerson and there

was a determination with students at

Ryerson to make this dream come true,”

White said.

Turning over a new Leaf

We want to succeed. We’re not here just to be mediocre.

—Stephanie White, coach

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BY EVAN BOUDREAU

It’s halfway through the second period

and Greg Riggs picks off a pass in his own

zone. He looks up and sees a wide-open

neutral zone — the perfect gift for the

shifty 5'7" centreman.

In just a few strides he reaches max

speed and blazes into the offensive zone.

The opposing defensemen move into

position and force Riggs to weave

through dropped shoulders and extend-

ed sticks as he makes his way to the net.

It’s a situation he deftly dealt with in his

junior hockey days, but can he do it again

at a higher level of competition?

Before the 165-pound rookie can

get a hard shot on goal, he’s knocked to

the ice, causing the puck to trickle harm-

lessly towards the goaltender. Not this

time, it seems, but he didn’t get this far by

giving up.

Although Riggs is a proven star in his

junior hockey league, he’s an unknown

quantity at Ryerson. If he has any chance

of getting all-star consideration here in

the OUA, he’ll have to overcome many

obstacles along the way. Aside from his

diminutive size (he’s the smallest on the

team by far) he’s also one of the youngest

players and has no professional hockey

experience.

The first-year business student also

spends 40 minutes commuting each day

to class, two hours practicing and then

another hour-and-a-half heading home

to Pickering from the rink.

“It’s a little tough, I’m really busy, and it

was an early morning,” said Riggs after the

early Sunday game. He’s visibly exhausted

but sublimely confident in his abilities.

He mastered the delicate balance be-

tween school and hockey once before;

now he must do it again.

While his grades have yet to be tar-

nished, the same can’t be said about his

game. He has yet to record a goal during

the team’s four pre-season contests.

“It’s a lot faster of a game, a little bit

rougher, but I’m enjoying it,” he said.

Naturally, the smallish centre doesn’t

see his size as a disadvantage. His phi-

losophy growing up has always been

that size doesn’t matter on the ice. Don

Cherry diehards may disagree, but coach

Graham Wise sure doesn’t. When asked

if Riggs’ size might hold him back,

Wise emphatically shouted “No!”

Wise feels Riggs just needs to settle

into his coaching system, build chemistry

with his linemates, and adjust his game to

George Bell Arena’s small ice surface.

“He’s a pretty gritty kid, an offensive

guy, quick and good on the penalty kill,”

said Wise.

Riggs comes to the Ryerson Rams after

spending five years playing for his home-

town Pickering Panthers in the Ontario

Junior ‘A’ Hockey League. Last season,

Riggs recorded a team-leading 53 points

in 49 regular season games en route to

his MVP nomination.

It was former Rams captain Kevin Kras-

nowski who introduced the coaching

staff to Riggs. Having played against him

in junior hockey, Krasnowski knew Riggs

would be a good fit for the Rams.

It looks to be a match made in heaven,

as Riggs also has a deep connection to

Maple Leaf Gardens. He once scored a

game-winning goal during a tournament

there, and his face lights up like a red

goal-lamp at the thought of doing it on

a regular basis.

“What kid doesn’t want to play in

Maple Leaf Gardens?” said Riggs.

For now the young centre is focused

on impressing the coaches before the

final roster cuts are made. With the Rams

season opener on October 1, that time is

running out.

His position on the team is anything

but secured, as he is battling four other

rookie centres for a roster spot. But

regardless of what happens, he’s already

made friendships that are bound in hock-

ey tape.

“So far it’s been going out with the

boys, meeting a bunch of people, it’s

been fun,” said Riggs.

Little man, big heart

Every Sunday in the quad, Sam Racine

and Suraj Singh can be spotted setting up

quidditch equipment for team practice

in the afternoon.

They haul the heavy makeshift hoops

from storage at Church and Shuter Streets,

dragging a cluster of brooms and balls be-

hind them. They are constantly updating

the team’s social media accounts to make

sure all members are on the same page.

And they tirelessly teach new players the

rules of the game without batting an eye.

But all of their work could be in vain.

Ryerson is reluctant to even partially

fund or promote its sports clubs, leaving

virtually all of the legwork to the club

founders. Couple that with the severe

lack of room to play on campus and a

graveyard of dead clubs begins to form

— cricket, rugby, and poker are just a few.

Though the recent athletics referen-

dum padded the coffers of Ryerson sports

and recreation, that money is being

poured into varsity sports and facilities

like Maple Leaf Gardens — initiatives ath-

letics director Ivan Joseph feels do more

to bolster the athletic profile of Ryerson.

“Clubs are more here for socialization

and community engagement. Their role

isn’t to boost the athletic profile of the

school — that’s for varsity sports to do.

There’s just not enough resources to give

them all money.”

Right now, just about any group of stu-

dents can start a club, but they must be

entirely self-sufficient with team costs,

promotion, and the $500 team supervi-

sor fee. All the university does is organize

gym space and equipment storage, both

of which are virtually non-existent.

Randy Pipher, Ryerson’s intramural

and camps coordinator, is responsible for

managing clubs. He bases his decision

largely on the availability of facilities and

perceived sustainability of the club.

“Some clubs might have low numbers

to start, but we know it will be around

years later,” he said. “[But] we need to

see the interest first before we dole out a

bunch of money for it.”

The utter lack of facilities at Ryerson

can kill even the enthusiastic interest. Cur-

rently, the RAC only has gym time avail-

able at inconvenient times like weekday

mornings and weekend nights.

“Are you going to get clubs and stu-

dents to come practice in the morning?

Probably not, unless they’re really dedi-

cated. We’re even finding that it’s hard to

get students to come play intramurals on

the weekends because they have to work

to pay tuition,” said Pipher.

Ryan Stratton, a former radio and tele-

vision arts student, toiled for three years

trying to start up a rugby club before ulti-

mately giving up.

He had 100 students interested in play-

ing, an arrangement with the University

of Toronto to practice on their field, and a

season organized between nearby Toron-

to universities, yet it was still not enough

to coax the university into cooperation.

“They didn’t say it was a good idea,

they were just buzz kills. All they did was

say ‘Here’s all the money you have to pay,

here’s all the forms you have to fill out,

here’s all the negatives’,” said Stratton. “We

didn’t need money, we had guys willing to

pay. We just needed support.”

Stratton’s rugby team paid only $40

per semester compared to other clubs

like cheerleading, which pays $200. He

even worked out a deal with local bar

Filthy McNasty’s to sponsor the team in

exchange for an advertisement on their

jersey. But Ryerson shot down the team’s

sponsor because the university doesn’t

want alcohol-related sponsors on jerseys.

“If we could have had our sponsor,

Ryerson rugby would have been free,”

said Stratton.

Pipher points to the absence of a field

near campus for the team’s failure, but

Stratton argues the team had a bevy of

talented players that were committed.

“There’s tons of talent in Toronto and

rugby is on the rise. U of T has an OUA

team already, but with our talent we

could beat those guys,” said Stratton.

Stratton served as his team’s supervisor

and donated the $500 back to the team,

but once he graduated and a few senior

members left, the team fell apart.

So what does this mean for the quid-

ditch team? Like rugby, they need a field

bigger than the quad to play on that is

nowhere to be found. They need a place

to store their equipment, but no space in

the RAC exists. And they need a supervi-

sor to officiate their games for the season,

which they haven’t found yet.

Aside from that, it is going to take a

herculean recruiting effort for the team

to succeed where others have failed. Most

importantly, the team is going to need a

solid base of leaders to organize the team

once the original founders move on —

something the rugby team never had.

“We hope we can get a lot of froshies

involved,” said Sam Racine. “We need to

make sure there are people to continue

what we’ve started when we’re gone so it

goes on for years and years.”

Destined to failSports editor Rob Moysey finds out why so many sports clubs at Ryerson crash and burn before they’re barely off the ground

What kid doesn’t want to play in Maple Leaf Gardens?

— Greg Riggs, first-year centreman

We didn’t need money, we had guys willing to pay. We just needed support.

— Ryan Stratton, rugby club founder

At 5'7", Greg Riggs is by far the smallest player on the men’s hockey team. PHOTO: EVAN BOUDREAU

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A group of Ryerson professors are

making songs for the deaf — and

we aren’t talking about covers of the

popular Queens of the Stone Age

album.

By generating different types of

vibration, the team has developed a

number of devices that allow the deaf

and hard of hearing to experience

sound and music, some of which will

be shown during a Scotiabank Nuit

Blanche performance this weekend.

Called VIBES! Feel It!, the exhibit

can be found in the Distillery District,

within the Deaf Culture Centre in

Zone B.

“It’s looking at ways of

making music accessible…[and]

experiencing music without sound,”

explained Frank Russo, director of

the university’s Science of Music,

Auditory Research and Technology

lab.

He’s quick to point out that this

isn’t a new trend; Beethoven had the

same idea when he began to lose his

hearing, playing piano close to the

ground so he could “feel” the notes

vibrate through the floor.

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harness that sensation, resulting in a

more effective experience for those

unable to hear.

One of those devices is dubbed

the Emoti-chair, and was first

conceived over two years ago

by Russo and two other Ryerson

professors.

By applying vibrations of varying

size and power to a user’s back, the

chair attempts to produce physical

representations of rhythm and voice.

“The solution with the chair is to

separate the low and the high, to

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explained Russo, “and that really is

the essence of why this thing seems

to work.”

The same theory has been applied

to another one of Russo’s devices, a

modified foam pool noodle called a

vibe worm.

By feeding wire through its

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turned into a makeshift speaker that

transmits sound through “the skin

instead of vibrations through the

air.”

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While the human ear is capable

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approximately.

That means composers like

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careful to compose pieces that

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apparent, so anything with a

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through.”

“But it is quite remarkable that the

deaf can actually discern differences

in vocal tambour through vibrations,

so it’s richer than I ever expected.”

So rich, in fact, that one of the

chair’s creators, Maria Karam, is

currently working to produce a

commercialized version of the chair

that can be purchased by deaf users,

or even musical enthusiasts like

Swoger-Ruston.

And thanks to its inclusion in this

year’s Nuit Blanche festival, users

will have a chance to experience

that same feeling firsthand, thanks

to devices like the Emoti-chair and

Russo’s vibe worms.

“What is particularly interesting

about this performance, is the fact

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music!” explained Gwen Dobie,

a professor at York University’s

department of theatre, and one of

the deaf performers involved in this

weekend’s exhibit.

“The public will be placed in a

position to feel the vibrations, to

experience music as the deaf or hard

of hearing.”

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche runs

all night, Oct. 2, from 6:57 p.m. to

sunrise.

Good vibrationsSongs for the deaf? That’s what a group of Ryerson professors are planning for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche.

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This year’s recipients are:

Deans’ Teaching Awards

FACULTY OF ARTS

Mitu Sengupta, Politics and Public Administration

Robert Teigrob, History

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