Languages
Pages
Legal
Volume 48 - Issue 15January 28, 2015
theeyeopener.com@theeyeopener
Since 1967
PHOTO: JOSH BENETEAU
rampage
p3
three stabbed near athletic centre,
Ryerson says ... VERY LITTLE
love & sex, coming soon
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 20152
p
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 NEWS 3
One man is facing 20 charges af-ter a random multiple stabbing near the Mattamy Athletic Centre (MAC) the morning of Jan. 25 sent three people to hospital, Toronto police said.
Police received a call about a man with a knife in the Church and Carlton streets area around 8:30 a.m. The man allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old man in the chest, a 45-year-old man who was jogging above the kidney, a 19-year-old woman in the rib area and a 28-year-old woman in the chest.
Det. Phil Hibbeln, who is in charge of the investigation, said the 28-year-old woman was not injured because she had a phone in her pocket that deflected the knife. The 19-year-old woman went into the MAC after she was stabbed to get help.
The man also attempted to stab two other people but they escaped.
The attacks were random and happened for some unknown rea-son, Hibbeln told members of the media on Jan. 25.
Paramedics responded to a call about the stabbings at 8:35 a.m. and transported the two men and injured woman to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspect was arrested shortly after on Carlton Street near a Col-lege Station entrance.
Carlton Street was blocked off between Church and Yonge streets as well as several doors at the MAC and Loblaws while police investi-gated. The College Station entrance was also blocked off.
Police have not been able to identify the two people who es-caped and are asking them to come forward.
Despite multiple media reports and official confirmation from
Three injured in random stabbing spreeOn Jan. 25, police responded to multiple stabbings at Church and Carlton streets. Ryerson security wouldnt even confirm it happened.
By Eyeopener Staff
police, Ryerson security remained largely silent on the incident until the evening of Jan. 26.
The Eyeopener called security services approximately an hour after the attacks, but they would not confirm that the attacks had happened despite police and para-medics having done so already. The person on the phone said he could not comment on anything because
it was a police investigation. Ryerson did not directly ac-
knowledge the attacks until 11:59 a.m. A Twitter user wrote that there hadnt been a security incident email about the stabbing, to which the @RyersonU account respond-ed, Were waiting for more facts to be known. MAC is open and operating as usual. The account then retweeted messages from the @ryersonrams account originally sent out at 10:06 a.m. and 11:04 a.m. that thanked everyone who reached out following this morn-ings incident near the MAC and another that said the Rams were sending their best to community members affected by this mornings
events.Ryerson security frequently pub-
lishes alerts about incidents on campus but did not release one on the stabbing until the evening of Jan. 26. The alert states that Toron-to police published a news release about a series of assaults with a weapon and provided a link to it.
Ryerson Security and Emergency Services Manager Tanya Poppleton said security received confirma-tion from Toronto police of their activity ... shortly after 9:15 a.m. on Jan. 25. However, an alert was not sent out earlier because there was no threat to Ryerson students or staff.
It is very important to note
that Toronto Police Services ad-vised Ryerson that ... there was no threat to the community, Popple-ton said in an email. She added that Ryersons communications department was monitoring social media for questions or concerns and only received two questions about the attacks on Twitter.
To put that in perspective, an average snowfall generates 50+ inquiries to Ryerson social me-dia channels; a blizzard generates hundreds of social media interac-tions, she said.
Poppleton noted that security has multiple channels that it could use to inform the Ryerson community about an ongoing is-sue, including Twitter, Facebook, an automated message on Ryer-sons main phone line, email and alerts on the front page of Ryer-sons website.
As [police] advised that the in-cident was over and that there was no threat to the community, these channels were not engaged, she said.
During Ryersons Board of Gov-ernors meeting on Jan. 26, Presi-dent Sheldon Levy said the school was taking the incident very seri-ously and would co-operate with the ongoing police investigation.
Shawn ONeill, 62, is facing 20 charges including multiple accounts of aggravated assault, possessing a dangerous weapon, assault with a weapon and attempted murder. He appeared in court on Jan. 26.
This is the second stabbing to happen near the MAC in a month. On Jan. 10, a man was found with multiple stab and slash wounds in an apartment near Carlton and Jarvis streets. He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Anoth-er man later identified as the al-leged attacker was found nearby with a samurai sword.
Students weigh in on securitys role on campus
Ivan Hang, 4th-year engineerWe get emails, but its too late because you hear about it after the incident. Theyshould be more proactive. Get on the Ryerson app.
Raisa Henry, 4th-year engi-neerSecurity usually informs you pretty quickly via email and I can see them whenever Im on campus [at] night.
Austin Yee, 1st-year businessI find the main way to hear things ... is through word of mouth. I see security around campus, theyre always there to escort people.
Victoria Corrado, 2nd-year businessI unsubscribed to the emails because it felt like spam. If I want ... I can watch the news or check out Twitter.
Forensic Identification Services investigating the stabbing near the MAC on Jan. 25.PHOTO: JACKIE HONG
The attacks were random and happened for some unknown reason
Want to let us know what you think about securitys role on campus? We would like to hear it!
Write to [email protected] or tweet us at @theeyeopener.
PHOTOS: LAurA wOOdwArd
Editor-in-ChiefMohamed Momo-Fuk-U Omar
NewsJackie Cruisin Levy HongJake Rollin Levy Scott
Keith Ridin Levy Capstick
FeaturesCharles Buttsex Vanegas
Biz & TechLaura The Juicer Woodward
Arts and LifeAlex Lizard Action Downham
SportsJosh To The Rescue Beneteau
CommunitiesDylan COURT? Freeman-Grist
PhotoRob Broken Pipe Foreman
Sierra Trs BeinStephen Brunch Armstrong
FunEmma Hoobastank Cosgrove
Media
Badri Oh, Hes Soft Murali
OnlineFarnia MOAR FRIENDZ Fekri
Behdad Special Face Mahichi
Web DeveloperKerry Survey...MY FIST Wall
General ManagerLiane Fears Fruit Flies McLarty
Advertising ManagerChris CrusADer Roberts
Design DirectorJ.D. Pleasant Aroma Mowat
Circulation ManagerMegan The Pusher Higgins
ContributorsBen Boats Waldman
Sarah Sushi Cunningham-ScharfDaniel Road Trip RocchiBrennan Bongs DohertyDevin Double Dip Jones
Erika Trains DreherDeni Bored Verklan
Sawyer Tom Bogdan AidanDave MusTwain HamelinJustin Comic-Book Guy ChandlerKaroun Five Years Chahinian
Aidan Top Docs MacnabVictoria Pitch, Not Bitch Shariati
Lana Across The HallJon Aussie Aussie Aussie
SolmundsonJess Miss You Tsang
Andrei The Giant PoraLulu Skip To My Tannenbaum
Emily (._.) WoloszuckChris Machette Blanchette
Jacob M(_ _)m ThielenAndrea Buns VaclJake Fit Kivanc
David Pop-Punk LaoCaterina Flashback Amaral
Bahoz B Dara DaraMaham Big City Shakeel
Bronte Good Eats CampbellHayley Mad Men Hanks
Super Awesome InternsAnika 5 Hotdogs Later Syeda
Hayley Meat Is Murder Adam
Playing the part of the Annoying Talk-ing Coffee Mug this week is the fact that the Ryerson Rams Twitter account talked about the Jan. 25 triple stabbing near the Mattamy Athletic Centre more than security did and thats still not saying much. GO RAMS!
The Eyeopener is Ryersons largest and only independent student news-paper. It is owned and operated by Rye Eye Publishing Inc., a non-profit corporation owned by the students of Ryerson. Our offices are on the second floor of the Student Campus Centre.
You can reach us at 416-979-5262, at theeyeopener.com or on Twitter at @theeyeopener.
4 editorial Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
The Student Learning Centre will open up in a few weeks. Hooray. PHOTO: rOb fOreman
The SLCs bittersweet openingBy Dylan Freeman-Grist
On the weekend of Jan. 17, a menswear store named Stollerys just north of campus was demol-ished suddenly. Well, not com-pletely demolished yet but a work crew took crowbars to the storefront, which dates back to the 20s.
The store was the creation of Montreal defector Frank Stollery, who went off on his own in 1901 after finding himself fed up with the lack of care and quality at his old job.
When the shop opened its doors, the intersection of Yonge and Bloor was suburban, and Franks was the first shop to find success in the now-ritzy Yorkville.
Now to be clear, I never went into Stollerys. It had zero impact on my life. Yet I cant help but feel a bit sick seeing a work crew literally crowbar a piece of his-tory onto the sidewalk below.
In a few weeks our new Student Learning Centre, the crown jewel of Sheldon Levys presidency, is going to open up. The great city builder that hes known to be gets to cut one more ribbon before go-
ing off to lead a new school or to be the prime minister or wherever his path leads him.
As excited as I am to maybe have a place to study in the claustropho-bic confine that is our campus, I cant help but feel a sort of bitter-sweetness as our impressive new cathedral is unveiled.
When Ryerson purchased the lot that the SLC now occupies, they bought a bit of history in Sam the Record Man, a record shop with long standing ties to our neighbourhood.
The flagship store that roared to 347 Yonge in 1961 became a Toronto landmark and served as square one for almost two genera-tions of music lovers.
When Rye bought it they prom-ised to somehow preserve and display the iconic Sam the Record Man sign, a neon artifact that served as the trademark of Yonge Street for decades.
But alas, Ryerson managed to pull a fast one, submitting archi-tectural plans to City Hall that would end up breaking the prom-ise and then somehow having those plans approved.
The shit show made the news for a few days.
People got offended. Councillor Josh Matlow busted out his Sam
the Record Man Shirt. It was all very emotional.
Then we all just forgot, because really at the end of the day no one gives a shit about history.
But as I watch Stollerys slowly get grinded down to a foundation for a massive condo no one can af-ford, it hit me.
Maybe history is worth keeping around.
I imagined what it would be like if someone was to build mil-lion-dollar condos over Pitman Hall, a place where I met some of my closest friends, or the Stu-dent Campus Centre, home of The Eyeopeners office, where I learned and grew with a group of writers who Ill admire forever.
How shitty would that be?Sam the Record Man meant
something to a lot of people. Stol-lerys meant something to a lot of people.
So yeah, Im going to step into our new castle and brag to no end about it to all the dweebs from my high school who went to U of T.
But maybe city building doesnt have to mean erasing history.
After all, if were a generation that doesnt give a shit about the history we inherited, whos going to give a shit about the legacy we leave behind?
Winter opt out cheques will be available for pick up in early March from theMember Services Office Student Centre Lobby 55 Gould St.
Please check our site for any updates at www.rsuonline.caAny questions, please contact Dawn Murray, RSU's Health & Dental Plan Administrator at 416-979-5255 x2311 or email at: [email protected]
TO OPT OUT, VISIT THE MEMBER SERVICES OFFICE AND PICK UP A MANUAL OPT OUT FORM.
Opt out if you are a new student just starting classes in the January 2015 Winter term and have comparable coverage of your own.
Full-time students just starting classes in the Winter term are charged a fee of $210.00 the Members' Health and Dental Plan. The charge is reflected on your tuition fee statement and provides benefit coverage from Jan. 1, 2015 until Aug. 31, 2015.
for the Members' Health & Dental Plan
WINTER OPT-OUTDEADLINE
HOW TO OPT-OUT
The deadline to opt-out: Fri., Feb. 6, 2015 @ 6pmNO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS DEADLINE.
*NO ONLINE OPT OUT APPLICATIONS BEING PROCESSED THIS YEAR*
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 NEWS 5
With a new municipal bylaw pro-hibiting smoking within nine me-tres of the doors of public build-ings, Ryerson students can now be fi ned by a new Toronto Public Health enforcement unit created to crack down on smoking.
The new unit has opened up 20 new jobs that will see offi cers specifi cally targeting high-density smoking areas and handing out fi nes. This new unit, not yet mo-bilized, could be patrolling the city as early as this summer. Chris White, Ryersons assistant director of risk management and preven-tion, predicts theyll be bringing their patrol to Ryersons campus in September.
Theyre going to start doing targeted enforcement of the by-law and will be issuing tickets, White said.
According to David Jensen, a media representative from the Ministry of Public Health and Long-Term Care, the fi ne for smoking in restricted areas is $250.
Even with Toronto Public Health clamping down, Ryerson security still wont be able to en-
By Keith Capstick
Get your butts out of hereNew jobs have been created to enforce new provincial smoking laws
force the new policy. According to White, only this health unit will be able to hand out fi nes, and Ryerson security will merely sug-gest that students stay away from doors to avoid getting fi ned. Ryer-son will also be putting up stick-ers on doors all over campus to inform students and warn them of this new legislation.
Nothing in terms of security is going to change, said White. They have bigger fi sh to fry.
White said that these new in-spectors will be cracking down hard all over the city.
No one hires 20 inspectors, whether it be the Ministry of La-bour or Toronto Public Health, without some expectation of re-couping the costs of their sala-ries, said White.
In addition to the provincial by-law, the province has also imple-mented a bylaw that bans smoking on patios. So if youre a smoker and a regular at the Ram in the Rye, youll have to walk up to Church Street to light up.
The issue of smoking on campus was brought up in the Ryerson Students Unions (RSU) semi-an-nual general meeting in Novem-ber, and since then amendments
have been made by the RSU to pe-tition the school to make Ryerson a smoke-free campus.
Were working to build a cul-ture of support on campus. Like outlining where the nine metres is in comparison to the entrances and exits on campus, said RSU President Rajean Hoilett.
Juannittah Kamera, Ryersons health promotions program co-ordinator, is working with White to implement an offi cial smoking policy on campus, which currently doesnt exist.
On the website we have the statement from the city that pro-hibits students from smoking within the nine metre boundaries. [With the bylaw changing, we are] creating a draft smoking plan, said Kamera.
Ryerson smokers are mostly worried about these new bylaws affecting their bar experience.
Overall its a good thing, but the bar experience is totally dif-ferent, said Mackenzie Mclean, a fourth-year image arts student.
Its annoying because obviously drinking and smoking on the patio is a favourite pastime of many, said Elizabeth Glassen, a fourth-year journalism student.
Registrars offi ce relocating
Various sections of Ryersons Of-fi ce of the Registrar (RO) will be moving from the Podium Building (POD) to the Hub, starting late February or early March.
The RO, which encompasses everything from student fi nan-cial assistance to university plan-ning, and handles services such as OSAP administration and schol-arship applications, will be mak-ing the move to provide a central location for staff and students alike.
Integrating multiple registrars offi ce services in a common lo-cation in the Hub will allow for cross-training of staff teams for better and comprehensive service to students, said Ryerson Univer-sity Registrar Charmaine Hack.
The university has allocated funding for the move and any necessary renovations to space af-fected by construction, which will be taking place during the move.
The new One Stop philosophy will be integrated into the space, something Hack describes as a ser-vice that will connect students to the people and answers they need without having to visit multiple offi ces.
By Devin Jones
To enhance the student experi-ence and to pull things together, its going to be called One Stop and its going to bring all of the registrars front-facing student services under one roof, said Ryerson President Sheldon Levy. [This] eliminates the need for students to go back and forth to different areas across campus.
The move was originally pro-
posed by various students, the uni-versity registrar and the vice pro-vost, and approved by the provost, vice-president academic and the senior executive of the university.
All staff currently working in a front-line service role within the RO will undertake the physical act of moving to the Hub. Updates about the move and the Hub can be found at ryerson.ca.
Smoking regulations are about to get a lot heavier. PHOTO: SIERRA BEIN
The Hub will be home to food and administration alike.PHOTO: ROB FOREMAN
6 NEWS Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
The Ryerson Student Learning Centre (SLC) will open with a soft launch Feb. 23 and sections of the Student Affairs department (SA) and Digital Media Zone (DMZ) will have allocated space across various floors.
The DMZ will debut a new program called the Launch Zone, which will provide space and re-sources to students looking to start their own company. The Launch Zone will occupy a por-tion of the third floor. DMZ Ex-ecutive Director Valerie Fox says the expansion will serve as an ad-dition to the various services the DMZ already offers.
While the DMZ has no esti-mated cost of the expansion as of yet, it plans on being functional in time for the opening of the SLC.
The SA will occupy the entire fourth floor and will be comprised of five key departments: Hous-
Student Affairs moving to SLCBy Devin Jones ing, student life, health and well-
ness, the career centre and student learning support. Everything will be operational and open to stu-dents upon launch.
There will be classrooms dedi-cated to various programming, including math support and writ-ing groups, said John Austin, di-rector of student affairs. All the central academic support that stu-dents need, will be available at the Student Learning Centre.
The move will be of no cost to the SA as its already been factored into the $112-million budget. A central resources desk will be the new addition to the depart-ment, and while Austin said it wont cost them extra, it will be a matter of combining resources that we spend all around campus into one spot.
Due to a lack of space, various aspects of the SA were originally spread out across campus. The move to the SLC will bring every-
thing to a central location, some-thing Austin said is necessary for both faculty and students.
A central booking system will also be put into place, allowing students to go online and book whatever services they need, be it a tutoring session or a specific room within the SLC itself. When its running, the booking system will let students swipe their OneCards, allowing the secretary to know which appointments are booked and who the students are meeting with. Austin said he hopes this will allow for a more stream-lined effect.
According to Austin, everything will be running normally upon the centres opening. As things prog-ress, he said the staff will evaluate the space and opportunities they have to create new programming for students.
An opening celebration for the SLC is tentatively set for May, Ry-erson President Sheldon Levy said.
Election dates mismatched
News Bites
The Ryerson Students Union (RSU) website banner currently lists election dates as Feb. 9, 10 and 11, as does a page on the website about elections and an RSU Members Bulletin email sent out on Jan. 19. The website and email also say two positions are available for Faculty of Sci-ence representatives.
However, posters around Ryerson advertising the election list the dates as Feb. 10, 11 and 12 and also say only one position is available for Faculty of Science. A digital copy of the poster was included in the RSUs newsletter, emailed to members on Jan. 20. It is also included on a Jan. 12 blog post on the RSUs website.
RSU President Rajean Hoilett said that the Feb. 9, 10 and 11 dates are correct and that two Faculty of Science representative positions are available. He referred The Eyeopener to the elections chief returning officer for any further questions.
Student Action Committee steps up the action
The Ryerson Students Union (RSU) Student Action Committee is switching from monthly to biweekly meetings in anticipation of in-crease in demonstrations against tuition fee increases and departmental budget cuts. Open to all students on campus, the meetings are intended to be mass brainstorming sessions.
One of its ongoing initiatives since last semester has been the drafting and implementation of an alternative budget one designed to lower tuition fees while ensuring that Ryerson does not continue annual de-partmental budget cuts. Visit theeyeopener.com for more.
One students seat is anothers cash
By Laura Woodward
The rush of early wakeups and RAMSS anxiety over course selec-tion is over: for a price.
Rojin Shahba, a first-year com-puter science student, paid $100 to Harold Ariyaratnam for his spot in professor Eric Harleys computer science (CPS) 209 class.
Shahba planned to wake up ear-ly the morning of course selection New Years Day to ensure her spot in Harleys section but she woke up 20 minutes late, leav-ing her stuck in the other course section.
His class was full and I had four 8 a.m. classes. It was pretty hectic and I commute from Rich-mond Hill so its like a two-hour ride. So its pretty hard for me to wake up for 8 a.m. classes, Shah-ba said.
I honestly couldnt accept the fact that I had to wake up at 5:30 a.m. every morning. So I posted a status on a computer science group on Facebook and I said if anyone wants to sell their spot in Harleys class, Im going to pay them $100.
Shahba got two replies. One students lab didnt match her schedule but the second offer, from Harold Ariyaratnam, was a match.
We switched at Tim Hortons, we both had our laptops there, Ariyaratnam said.
After the successful switch, Shahba earned her spot in the lat-er class and Ariyaratnam earned $100 cash.
I think anyone would take $100 for a spot, he said.
But Lucia Flaim, administrative assistant of the computer science
department, said Shahba could have saved her money by turning to the department.
If [the desired class] is not available, we would ask the stu-dent why the switch is required, Flaim said.
And according to what this student says, we would try to ac-commodate her. But the rationale behind it has to be a sound one.
The course did not have an op-tion to wait list Shahba for a spot.
Sometimes we have ways to know whether or not it is possible to squeeze a student in even if it looks like its full, Flaim said.
But the lack of a wait list made Shahba take the situation into her own hands.
As far as we know, no such re-quest [for a wait list] was brought forward because students had been accommodated, Flaim said.
Selling your spot in a full class could make you as much as $100
Paying tuition and paying for a class spot can be completely unrelated to one another if youre desperate.PHOTO: SIERRA BEIN
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 Arts & Life 7
Cold-blooded justice
Torontos Pitiful Human-Lizard makes a daring escape.PHOTO COURTESY JASON LOO
Student wins big at Danier awardsBy Hayley Adam
By Justin Chandler
Ryerson held the sixth annual Da-nier Design Challenge on Jan. 23, a competition between third-year school of fashion students show-casing self-made womens leather garments.
Contest judges chose Joobo Shim as the best fashion de-signer among 10 other students.As the winner, Shim will re-cieve $5,000 from Danier and will have his jacket sold at their stores.
Honestly this whole event Im just grateful for, said Shim.
The contest organized by the university and worldwide re-tailer Danier seeks to promote emerging talent by displaying the top 10 designs by fashion stu-dents.
Robert Ott, chair of the school of fashion and panel judge, said Shims piece had great il-lustration, well-thought out muslin [the first garment pro-
totype]. He articulated his in-spiration, had beautiful ex-ecution on the final garment and really embodied his design philosophy.
Judges on the panel included Ally Dean, fashion and beauty editor at HELLO! Canada, Dani-er merchandising director Jessica Butters and others.
According to the school of fash-ions website, winners that thor-oughly impress judges can be given career opportunities.
Competitions are an early training ground for students to see what life is like in the working world, said Ott.
The challenge begins early first semester as third-year fashion students hand in illustrations of jacket designs to Danier. Based solely off of these sketches, Da-nier staff narrow down the de-signs to the top 15. This is fur-thermore narrowed down to 10 designers who begin constructing their jackets for the final
competition.At the event, Ott announced
the top three winners. Dimitar Dangov placed third and Mick-elli Orbe second. Initially, Shim was concerned about how his first leather garment would turn out.
I had no confidence at the be-ginning of doing this event and its also my first time working with leather, said Shim. I put a lot of thought into the design and Im glad there was a happy medium between Daniers brand aesthetic and my own.
His winning design focuses on being gender-neutral and has an emphasis towards geomet-ric principles that he said are influenced by his interest in fine arts.
Obviously, all of the finalists did an outstanding job and had their individual approaches in interacting with the judges, said Ott. [However] Joobo hit the right notes.
Local cartoonist Jason Loo has created Torontos first masked vig-ilante, The Pitiful Human-Lizard.
Loos comic book series follows Lucas Barrett, a Parkdale resident who struggles to be a superhero outside of his corporate day job.
I made [The Pitiful Human-Lizard] because I love this city. Its a great way for me to pay homage to some of my favourite places in Toronto, said Loo, 32. I think Toronto is a great enough city [to] deserve to have a comic
set in [it].Before creating The Pitiful
Human-Lizard, Loo a 2004 Sheridan College interpretive illus-tration graduate did freelance artistic work for newspapers, magazines, childrens books and web comics.
However, Loo became inspired to create a Torontonian superhero after reading Marvel comics set in real places. He wanted to create an underdog superhero experi-encing a series of bad days. Loo eventually created a draft of The Pitiful Human-Lizard and shared
it on social media. I had some friends and follow-
ers who wanted to see more pre-views of [it], Loo said.
In March, Loo started a Kick-starter campaign for the comics first 52-page issue, providing more preview pages for viewers.
There was no risk for the back-ers. They knew a product [would] be out, Loo said.
About 233 people contributed to the campaign. Loos goal to raise $4,500 was met in approxi-mately two weeks, eventually scoring a higher goal of $6,000.
It was very relieving at that point. I didnt have to put too much effort into the campaign. I just focused on the production of the comics, said Loo, who gave a free print to each contributor.
Loo used funds to produce the book and ship to domestic and international backers. He said he could not have funded the book without financial and moral sup-port from fans of the comic.
After a fan would read an is-sue they would ask me: Whens the next issue out? Theyre keep-ing me busy. Since the Kickstarter, its been a huge responsibility to please the fans, he said.
Loo said he used Kickstarter, as opposed to a publisher, to retain creative control over the series. He even went to assorted stores himself and met with owners to build business relationships the old-fashioned way. Once hes completed more issues, Loo plans to contact publishers about dis-tributing the series.
Since the initial Kickstarter, more than 1,200 copies of The Pitiful Human-Lizard have been
sold. Nine stores sell the comic, two of which are outside Toronto.
Barbara Postema, a comic ex-pert and professor at Ryersons English department, said Loos project is different from DC or Marvel Comics in stores because it has new, Canadian characters. She said big comic publishers usually print American work featuring characters they already own.
Postema said campaigns such as Loos are popular because people like seeing where they live repre-sented in entertainment.
Andrew Lesk, a lecturer from the University of Torontos Eng-lish department, put The Pitiful Human-Lizard in his course sylla-bus. Lesk said via email that he in-cluded Loos comic in his syllabus as a local piece of excellent and
interesting work. Loo even spoke at one of Lesks
lectures.[For] me to go in and talk
about my comics in front of all these university students is just amazing, Loo said.
During the lecture, Loo men-tioned that the Human-Lizard might team up with Canadian su-perhero Captain Canuck.
Through The Pitiful Human-Lizards success thus far, Loo said staying focused is the key to mak-ing comics.
Just keep working on it, he said. Thats the only way youll get better.
A launch party for The Pitiful Human-Lizards third issue will be held Feb. 4 at Silver Snail on Yonge Street.
8 Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015FEATURES
During Frosh and the first week of the Fall 2012 semester, a string of sexual as-saults were reported
on Ryerson campus, with several occurring at the Ram in the Rye. In response, a group of about 50 people which included Ward 27 Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam gathered in front of Pitman Hall for Take Back the Block, an event meant to rally against the recent assaults and encourage a more aware community.
In January of that year, a woman reported being abducted at the corner of Yonge and Ger-rard and put in a van by a group of six men before being taken to a separate location and sexually assaulted.
There was a real sense of frus-tration, says Stephanie Guthrie, founder of Women in TO Politics and organizer of the Sept. 15, 2012, gathering.
Women are usually pretty cognizant of their surroundings [were] trained from birth to be very careful when were walk-ing by ourselves, but at this par-
After a November 2014 Toronto Star article reported that only nine of Canadas 78 universities have a single, specific policy dealing with sexual assault, many schools scrambled to act. Ryerson has multiple policies but its still figuring out whether they work
publicly funded colleges opted for a unified province-wide policy a move supported by activist groups such as the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC).
When a report comes out, unless it gets media coverage, a
Mohamed Lachemi, Ryersons provost, put out a letter inform-ing the public that the university was officially reviewing its policy and that consultation would be headed by Heather Lane Vetere, Ryerson vice-provost students.
But in contrast to the colleges, Ryerson, like most universities,
them as well.
Vetere says her consulta-tions started with front-line response at Ryerson those who handle, access and support sur-
vivors who come forward with a complaint, and had spiraled from there, putting her in meetings with
community, it couldnt guarantee it, as students could easily opt out from receiving the alerts.
Guthrie, a 2010 masters of communication grad, says that September 2012 did not neces-sarily mark a spike in sexual as-saults, but more likely just a spike in awareness of the sexual vio-lence that she says was common-place on campus.
According to a 2013 resource guide put out by the Ontario Womens Directorate (in conjunc-tion with the Ministry of Train-ing, Colleges and Universities) 15 to 25 per cent of university aged women will experience some form of sexual assault during their period of study. Fewer than one in 10 of those women report it to the police.
On Nov. 20, 2014, the To-ronto Star published a report titled Canadian post-secondary schools failing sex assault vic-tims, profiling students such as Jenny*, who was raped while liv-ing in a University of Saskatch-ewan residence building. Jennys account told of how inconsistant policy on cawmpus led to a desta-
bilization of her life after being sexually assaulted. In a constant struggle to have her claims heard, her academic career was derailed when she eventually dropped out of school due to stress.
Presently, only four Ontario universities Guelph, Brock, Lakehead and Western have adopted a single policy to address sexual assault.
In response to the article, which reported just nine of more than 100 colleges and universities sur-veyed had a single policy to ad-dress sexual assault, Ontarios
... because of all these highly publicized sexual assaults there was an augmented sense of fear and self-monitoring
By Dylan Freeman-GristBy Dylan Freeman-Grist
ticular time because of all these highly publicized sexual assaults there was an augmented sense of fear and self-monitoring.
Two weeks after Take Back the Block and four weeks after the initial assaults emergency town hall
meetings were held, which led to Ryerson Security and Emer-gency Services launching an email service to notify students of secu-rity incidents on campus.
But while the new feature en-couraged a more aware campus
the absence of a single policy is not the absence of a coordinated, sup-portive, response.
In the letter, posted to Ryer-son Today, Levy provided links to several Toronto-based crisis centres. Ryer-son-specific information in-
cluded details on how to contact security, counselling, and the RSU sexual assault survivor hotline.
However, Levy acknowledged that Ryerson would be reviewing its existing framework on sexual assault as well as the policies of some of its peers. A week later,
Women with disabilities, racialized women, trans women ... are [disproportionately] affected by sexual assault and sexual violence
faculty, counselors, security, student housing and others.
However, at the time of The Eyeopeners interview, Vetere said that her consultations with stu-dents were limited to a meeting with CESAR and a future meet-ing with the RSU, noting that on issues of further student represen-tation she was going to take ad-vice and direction from the RSU.
Guthrie says that meetings sole-ly with student government could be problematic, particularly in the formation of policy that can be made better by casting a large net across the student body.
[Student governments] are maybe students who would have a better sense of the [complex] range of school services, so they wouldnt necessarily have the same confu-sion that the average student com-ing to try and report or seek sup-port for one of these things might experience, says Guthrie.
Wong-Tam says that in order for universities to prove theyve taken appropriate measures, there needs to be a system of public account-ability, almost like a report card. But most importantly, she says policies need to have input from victims themselves.
Its crucial, she says. That the actual voices of those who have gone through a complaint process at Ryerson, those who have actu-ally had to report the sexual assault [are] brought to the table.
lot of people dont read it. I think that the reason most schools care now is for PR reasons, says Guthrie, who believes that institutional motivation was sparked by the blockbuster Toronto Star investigation as opposed to altruistic reasons.
On Nov. 26, Ryerson President Sheldon Levy addressed a message to students, faculty and staff stating that the
university does not have a single, specified policy on sexual assault it has several. More importantly,
has opted to pursue individual policies on a per campus basis.
Vetere says that the different ap-proach is because of the individual culture of universities, which are more effective operating indepen-dently as opposed to the publicly funded colleges in Ontario, which are more centralized and united by one faculty union.
There is almost nothing that universities have unified policies on from grading scales to ap-peal processes, says Vetere.
Despite Ryersons pursuit of a unique Ryerson-focused policy, Vetere noted that her research draws on the work of
f e l l o w administrators at other schools and that the close working relationship between her and them will ensure similarities in the policies across the board.
The universitys approach is supported by Ryerson Students Union (RSU) executives, with Pascale Diverlus, vice-president equity, noting that each campus demands a unique set of policies.
Beyond having just two student representatives from RSU and CE-SAR I think its important to include women of different backgrounds, says Diverlus. Women with dis-abilities, racialized women, trans women who are [disproportion-ately] affected by sexual assault and sexual violence so when we are creating policies, we are thinking of
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 9FEATURES
Top phoTo: Charles VanegasBoTTom phoTos: marissa DeDererTaking it back
After a string of sexual Assaults on campus in 2012, several Ryerson community members staged a "Block Party" in front of Pitman Hall to speak out
10 SportS Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
Rams row boats on land
Ryerson rowers competing at George Brown on Jan. 24.PHOTO: Dylan FReeman-GRisT
By Ben Waldman
They train as a team at least three times a week. Their days are de-fined by post-workout fatigue and muscle aches. This is a part of who they are. Ryersons Dragon Boat Club has been around since 2002 and its about time everybody got acquainted with them.
Were not looking for natural athletes, the club states on its website. Just ordinary people who want to do extraordinary things.
On Jan. 24, the Ryerson team attended the third-annual Ontario University Indoor Dragon Boat
Championships at George Brown Colleges new waterfront campus, competing against students from several schools across Canada.
We want to test how far we can go, said Loc Ho, 27, the groups supervisor. In my first year, we could barely field a team. Now we have over 100 members.
With the water outside frozen, the event utilized devices which at-tempt to replicate outdoor rowing conditions a computerized oar on a stationary machine to mea-sure the distance traveled.
According to Ho, who gradu-taed from Ryerson with a degree
in industrial engineering, dragon boat racing is the fastest-growing water sport in Canada, largely due to its inclusive nature. Anyone can do it, he said.
Jason Chan is a rookie rower who lists himself at five-foot-four and 110 pounds. Though athleti-cally capable, Chan is often over-looked because of his stature or supposed lack thereof. When he learned about the clubs existence, Chan jumped at the opportunity to become a member.
Ive become stronger emotion-ally and physically, he said. This club is different. Were more like a family than anything else.
What sets this sport apart from others is the support and spirit present at all times even be-tween opposing teams. Thats ex-actly what happened toward the end of Chans first race, a 250-me-tre heat. Each of the seven other racers finished relatively quickly, but Chan lagged behind.
Come on, Jason, a competi-
tor from George Brown screamed. You got this man! Soon, every-one was shouting, encouraging Chan to finish the race.
It just feels amazing, Chan said of the supportive nature of the sport. I think I did pretty well today, too.
Ryerson collected a handful of medals, although dragon boat rac-ing is more about personal and
collective growth than the recog-nition endemic to other sports.
Peter Mozuratis, a 25-year-old rower from Guelph, says that while the stationary machines test power and technique, the water is where the heart of the sports team-focused ideals lie.
Perfect synchronicity. I move, you move, said Mozuratis. Thats what its all about, man.
alex Bloomfield in his office at the maC.PHOTO: JOsH BeneTeau
The man behind the MAC micBy Sarah Cunningham-Scharf
If youve attended a Rams game at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (MAC) in the past four years, youve probably heard his voice.
Alex Bloomfield is in his fourth year of the radio and television arts program. Hes been announc-ing at hockey, basketball and vol-leyball games since his first year.
Bloomfield began public address announcing his brothers hockey games in his hometown of Ilder-ton, Ont. (just north of London, Ont.) when he was 12 years old.
I wanted to be in sports broad-casting since [I was] eight, he says. I used to have hockey cards and Id be commentating them to myself in my room.
When he arrived at Ryerson, he was looking for a work-study position and saw the in-house an-nouncer job posting on the Rams website. After reading a script over the phone to audition, he got the job.
Though hed had experience in-house announcing in Ilderton, he was still nervous. I remember during a Ryerson game in the first year I was holding the script and I was shaking doing the starting lineups. My voice wasnt shaking but my hand was shaking and I couldnt stop, he says with a laugh.
Bloomfields most memorable moment as an announcer hap-pened in his first year during a womens basketball playoff game held in Kerr Hall, before the move to the MAC in 2012.
At the end of that game a fifth-year guard for Ryerson hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to win and the place erupted. There were maybe 400 people there, but it was louder than Id ever heard at a Ryerson game before. I was screaming into the microphone and I couldnt hear myself.
Bloomfield says much like a per-formance, preparation goes into each game. We go in two hours ahead. We go through the script. Then Im going around and get-ting pronunciations [of names]. The pre-game announcements start about a half-hour before the game. I know the script pretty much off memory at this point.
Though he alters his voice slightly, Bloomfield says he an-nounces by the book.
Ive always been about the deadpan monotone for the visitor
and a bit of excited yelling for the home team, he says. Everyone enjoys that.
Last year, he got the chance to do in-house announcing at four Toronto Marlies hockey games. This year, hes the official backup to the Marlies regular announcer which puts him in the number three spot behind Toronto Maple Leafs announcer Andy Frost, who is also his idol.
Soon, Bloomfield will begin an internship at Sportsnet that he hopes will turn into a full-time job in sports media. Though in-house announcing doesnt pay enough to be a full-time job, he hopes to con-tinue doing it on the side.
You get excited. If its your first game somewhere then youre ner-vous, he says. [But] once you get used to it, its gone, but theres still that excitement.
SINGLE TICKETS
Take A Break To
MARCH 12- 15 , 20 15
www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca | 1-855-985-5000
Hosted By:
#TOisBball
ATHLETIC CENTRE
2015 CIS MENS BASKETBALLFINAL 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS
#TOisBball
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 BIZ & TECH 11
From the DMZ to the DenBy Laura Woodward
Ryersons Digital Media Zone (DMZ) startup, #paid, will be fea-tured on CBCs Next Gen Den.
The startup uses social media to connect companies with celebri-ties to create sponsored product placement.
The co-founders, Bryan Gold and Adam Rivietz, filled out the online application in early No-vember and received a call a week later to pitch their startup on Next Gen Den.
It was a great experience. Dragons Den and Shark Tank are my favourite shows so it was crazy to actually go into the Den, Rivi-etz said.
Next Gen Den is an exclusively online/mobile version of Dragons Den. The webisodes are only 10 minutes long, feature Canadian entrepreneurs under 40 and have a different panel of dragons who are all under 50 tech entrepre-neurs and have a combined wealth of more than $100 million.
Here you will see smaller, riskier deals than we see on the broadcast show, said Tracie Tighe, Dragons Den executive producer.
The dragons include Michael Hyatt, chairman of Bluecat; Mi-chele Romanow, co-founder of Buytopia.ca and SnapSaves; Mat-thew Corrin, CEO and founder of Freshii; and Paul Miklas, CEO of
Valleymede Building Corp.For Gold and Rivietz, the drag-
ons were their first real investors that we had a real conversation or pitch with. Everyone else, you know, they offered us money and were like oh well talk to you when you need, but that was our first real go at it, Rivietz said.
The night before the filming, the entrepreneurs practiced pitch-ing on air mattresses in Golds apartment. They also had the mentorship of Daniel Warner, creator of UniversityParty.ca and co-founder of SnapSaves with dragon Romanow.
We met him the night before
The SLC dream teamThe directors of the Digital Media Experience and the Launch Zone are fired up
By Brennan Doherty
Jaigris Hodson and Namir Ahmed want Ryersons newest initiatives to share more than just the third floor of the Student Learning Cen-tre (SLC). The new directors of the Launch Zone and the Digital Media Experience (DME) centre are already planning to collabo-rate once the SLC opens in late February.
When I started talking to the [SLC organizers] about the DME, it became apparent that it was a match made in heaven, said Hod-son, whod been tapped last Sep-tember to run the Launch Zone, a branch of the Digital Media Zone (DMZ). She was a Ryerson instruc-tor in the School of Professional Communication, who also had a hand in advising the DMZ.
Entrepreneurship is the focus of the Launch Zone, which has a pre-sentation amphitheatre and open-concept layout. The Zone is a space for business and non-business stu-dents to meet, plan and work.
We want to encourage a very
diverse group of entrepreneurs to come into the space because we feel theres much to be gained from people working side-by-side when they have completely differ-ent ideas, Hodson said.
Plans are already in place at the Launch Zone to host work-shops on design thinking, idea-pitching, and the possibility of even bringing in outside compa-nies to act as mentors to student entrepreneurs.
As the Launch Zone plans to build entrepreneurship, the DME plans to build students skills with digital technology.
Ahmed was hired two weeks ago to be the director of the DME. His own diverse educational back-ground is the starting motive for the space.
The thing about the DME is that its really open to anything, Ahmed said. You know, for me, the combination of archaeology and digital media is just a really good example of two fields that people might not necessarily put together, but can be, in various ef-
fective ways. While the DMEs lab wont be
fully operational until March, it will still contain a number of high-tech design and desktop-manufacturing gadgets: a 3-D printer, an Oculus Rift and a number of library-in-spired technological products.
What it looks like were go-ing to have is kind of what were calling a technology petting zoo, where students can come in and just play with the technology were going to have there, Ahmed said.
But both directors see their new space as a prototype.
I really dont want to have a set image of what its going to be, because I want to be nimble, and I want to be able to react to stu-dents needs, said Ahmed.
Similarly, Hodson is going to see what works. The things that work, were going to do more of and if things dont work, we may choose to pivot and go in a slightly different direction.
Both spaces will be open for tours and workshops on Feb. 23, the SLCs soft-open date.
and he prepped us on what points to hit and how to perform and stuff like that, Rivietz said.
Warner advised them to not beg for the money. Be confident in your business and your evalua-tion. Dont just take a deal to take a deal.
The outcome of #paids experi-ence with the dragons cannot be disclosed until the webisode airs on Feb. 2.
But Gold can say [Being on Dragons Den] has built a lot of momentum for us. Just saying we were on Dragons Den gets investors antsy, gets them more interested.
Lights, camera, #paid! PHOTO cOurTesy BryAN GOLD
This robot has been to cooler places than you.PHOTO cOurTesy ryersON uNiversiTy
HitchBOT, the hitchhiking Cana-dian robot, is starting a new jour-ney in Germany.
The bot, conceived by Ryerson prof Frauke Zeller, has travelled from Halifax to Victoria, solely by hitchhiking on the side of the road.
On Feb. 13, HitchBOT will
start its 10-day journey beginning in Munich. It will travel via the Autobahn, Germanys highway that has no speed limit sections.
If you want to read more about how something with pool noodle arms travels more than you, head to theeyeopener.com
HitchBOT hits Germany
Last year, Markus Harwood-Jones, who interchangeably goes by Star and uses gender-neutral pronouns, could not take a job as the head of Ryersons Trans Collective due to his commitments being split by a film production.
At the beginning of this year, however, he took the job and has been working to expand the group, which officially launched at the be-ginning of fall semester.
Weve started to build some strong membership, we have about five or six regular members who come to our meetings and come to all of our events and a community
By Dylan Freeman-Grist
Trans collective going strongof allies who suppourt all of our campaigns. I feel like were really a growing campus group, said Har-wood-Jones.
Along with the pursuit of cam-paigns that advocate for the needs of Ryersons transgendered com-munity, the collective which meets every other Monday was created so that transgender stu-dents could have a safe space to connect on campus.
When youre trans anywhere in the world, including Ryerson, [it] doesnt feel like its made for you, said Harwood-Jones. We all sort of come together through this shared experience of feeling isolat-ed and make space for each other.
The main campaign the collec-tive is focusing on is the fight for gender-neutral bathrooms at Ry-erson. As of now many transgen-dered students face anxiety and often forms of intimidation or vio-lence for simply using washrooms on campus.
As a result many students in Ryersons transgender community simply avoid bathrooms all togeth-er, or walk great lengths to get to the limited gender-neutral options on campus.
By this time next year, the col-lective hopes to get the schools ad-ministration on their side and have their assistance in converting an equitable amount of multi-stalled bathrooms on campus.
Part of our goals include cre-ating a campus which is more respectful and inclusive to trans-gender people on a whole, said Harwood-Jones. Not only binary people but non-binary people, not just trans men but also trans wom-en and really approaching it in a way that recognizes the diversity of the trans community and says how can we make all of these peo-ple feel welcome at Ryerson.
People of RyersonBy Jake Kivanc
A life of gaming and destructive eating habits defined Melissa Langis old self, the keyword here being old.
Langis, age 20, is a third-year theatre production student who
is the quintessential example of somebody that takes their fitness very, very seriously.
Starting her day at 5 a.m., Lan-gis meticulously plans her sched-ule in order to optimize results. All of Langis meals are prepared at home and weighed by the gram so she can calculate the ca-loric content and macronutrients (fat, carbs, protein, fibre, etc.) of each meal.
People certainly look at me weird, Langis said. Its just something thats really important to me and makes me feel better throughout my day.
Langis trains with weights in the morning and does yoga in the afternoon, with her schoolwork sandwiched in between. She de-scribes it as a difficult balance.
It can be really hard with how hectic the schedule is and how early I go to bed, Langis said.
Langis first year of university was a period when she struggled with her weight and body image: after gaining 20 pounds and be-ing less active, she knew it was time for change.
After being introduced to a weightlifting program by an old friend before her second year, Langis fell in love with fitness.
I was so happy with the re-sults I was seeing, with the weight I lost, Langis said. [Be-fore] I would deprive myself of the energy my body needed.
People dont realize how much small adjustments can help change your life, Langis said. Since I started working out, I dont fall asleep in class any-more. I smile more. Im just hap-pier.
People of Ryerson is an ongo-ing communities web series and posts to theeyeopener.com on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-days.
12 Communities Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
Melissas gym obsession earned her a People of Ryerson profile this week.
PHOTO: JAKE KIVANC
VOTE! at various poll locationswith valid student I.D.or valid I.D.10:30amto 5:30pm
Meet the Executive
candidates for the RSU
election and hear them
present their platforms.
Questions will be taken
from the membership.
DEBATE 15
YOUR UNION YOUR CH ICE
Monday, February 2
6-8pm SCC115 (Tecumseh
Lounge)
Student Centre, 55 Gould
St
RSUELECTIONDEBATE 2015
Wheelchair accessible
Light refreshments will be
provided
If we require accommodat
ions to ensure your
participation, please emai
www.rsuonline.ca
FEB 9MON 11WED10TUE
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 Communities 13
The beards and buns reignBy Andrea Vacl
Hairy men.Its been hard not to notice the
influx of lads on campus with lon-ger scruff and locks in the past few months.
Especially now that winter is in full swing, beards are everywhere, and on occasion, if one is lucky, you can even spot a majestic man- bun.
Sometimes also referred to as a mun, the man-bun is a mens hair trend where long locks are tied back on to the top or back of the head. The mun is also commonly worn with the sides and back of the head cut short, with just the hair on top of the head long enough to be pulled back, and is almost al-ways donned with a beard.
The mun can be traced far back through history and can be seen on the Terracotta warriors created more than 2,200 years ago for the tomb of the first emperor of China.
However, over the past few years, men have been wearing shaved faces and short hair-cuts while women pile hair on top of their heads in messy buns, top knots and sock buns. But it seems things are now shifting and fash-ion trends are pushing men to bor-row from the ladies a little bit.
Don Boyd, a barber at Church Street Barber Shop, sees men try-ing not to conform to short styles by growing longer hair and beards, also citing Hollywood as a big in-fluence.
Movies are a big deal. When Fury came out everyone came in the next day wanting the same hair cut as Brad Pitt, says Boyd.
But movies arent the only part of pop culture swaying fellas on campus to grow their hair.
The rugged manliness of facial hair with the contrasting feminine and grungy aspects of the bun has created a huge fan base online of people swooning over the fashion
trend. There are entire tumblr pag-es and Buzzfeed lists dedicated to the sexiness of the infamous look.
The ensemble is what makes them hotter, says Dylan Bell, a third-year journalism student and man-bun lover. You feel like they probably live in a studio loft and sometimes put a paintbrush in it.
Kareem Ansar, a self-described vanity slave and fourth-year busi-ness management student who loves to follow trends, is one of the many men on campus with a mun. He always had longer hair that he would comb over until he saw a model in a magazine with shaved sides and a man-bun and decided to try it. He now sees oth-er guys with man buns as competi-tion.
They are trying to get girls just like I am. Its like a battle, Ansar says.
But it takes a lot more than just good hair to pull off the man-bun and beard sexiness. It takes a re-ally confident and mature man un-derneath the long mop and whis-kers to make it all work.
If a guy doesnt have confidence it can just flop.
Robert Plante, a third-year soci-ology student who has both a man bun and a beard, says Its not for everyone.
But those Ryerson chaps who dont necessarily want the long hair yet want a little sexy rugged-ness, can opt for an exclusively bearded look.
[Beards] are just so attractive, says Sagana Sivakumaran, a first-year criminology student, who after noticing the large number of bearded men on campus realized
how nice they really look. Its that rugged kind of mysterious look, bad boy kind of thing.
There are so many beard fans at Ryerson that there is even a Beards of Ryerson Facebook page. It has reached almost 1,000 likes, receives lots of positive feedback and even gets requests from other universities to collaborate.
Abdullah Idroos, the Beards of Ryerson marketing director, has always had a beard for religious reasons and finds it to be a posi-tive, distinguishable trait. He re-cently started growing it longer and enjoys stroking it when he is bored.
He finds that beards dont only create a sense of community on-line but offline as well.
Ill be walking around on cam-pus sometimes and if I see a fel-low bearded peer well have a head nod or some kind of signal between us, says Idroos.
Even Ryerson employees, such as Tom Dunbar, a client-service specialist and alumnus, are getting involved with the beard culture on campus.
Ive bonded with some fellow employees about their beards, says Dunbar. Sometimes I even feel that it can become a form of small talk between men. If theres nothing to talk about they can be like, Oh how do you grow it? Ive always tried.
But after the coming months of freezing cold weather, when the air starts to warm up and plants start to bud, its probable that fashion will change and the hairy men will shed their sexy winter beards and muns. So enjoy the man-buns and beards while you can, Ryerson, because they may not last for long.
For a full gallery of beard and man-bun glory check out the com-munities page at theeyeopener.com. While youre at it, tweet a pic-ture of your beard @theeyeopener.
PHOTOS: ANDREA VACL
You feel like they probably live in a studio loft and some-times put a paintbrush in it
You must bring valid student I.D. or valid I.D. to vote and be a current RSU member
Polls are open daily from 10:30am-5:30pm
(full time undergraduate student or full or part-time graduate student)
Questions? [email protected]
Faculty Directors, Executive and Graduate
Council Executive.
CAST YOUR BALLOT FOR
Students may vote at any polling station.
Polling Stations:
RCC
KHE
LIB
SHE
VIC
ENG 1) Engineering Building (Lobby)
2) Rogers Communications Centre (Lobby)
3) Kerr Hall East (1st floor near Room 127)
4) Library Building LIB (2nd Floor)
5) Sally Horsfall Eaton (Lobby)
6) Podium Building POD (Hub Cafeteria)
7) Business Building TRSM (7th Floor)
8) Business Building TRSM (8th Floor)
9) Victoria Building (Lobby)
POD
TRS
TRS
YOUR UNION YOUR CH
ICEFEB 9MON 11WED10TUE
14 FUN Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
Dude bathrooms and the politics of pissing
By Jake ScottILLUSTRATION: SAWYER BOGDAN
Two men walk into the washroom together. I follow behind. They know each other; there are back slaps and laughs. The three of us walk up to the urinals, which there were three of. One man heads to the first urinal and the other to the third. So, there I stand with what I believed was only one choice: take the second urinal. Just as I had saddled up to the porcelain and
pulled out my pecker, the fellow at the first stall puts his away and walks into a bathroom stall. He starts peeing.
Now here I am, at the second urinal next to his abandoned friend. Obviously I had made him uncomfortable, but why? My cock isnt trying to start any fights. I had no intention of crossing streams, shaking hands or mak-ing eye contact. Had the magnifi-cence of my shmeckle intimidated
this grown-assed man to the point that he needed to hang his wang in shame? Probably not, but it got me thinking about the politics of piss-ing. It is a well-known rule among men that if there are sufficient uri-nals, then you leave as much space as you can between one another.Where men disagree is what to do in a situation like mine, one that I call the triple dick gambit. I chose to take the middle urinal because I really dont care if someone is
urinating next to me. If by an act of providence I see someones bird, its not going to scar me. Its a dick and I see one every day.
My second reason is that I dont want to lift a public toilet seat if I dont have to. I think most people would agree, including the guy who went to take a leak in the stall. He didnt lift that seat and you know what? He splashed. Quite a bit, in fact. And that, my fellow men, is unacceptable. It ru-
ins the stalls for everybody and its hot, golden proof of cowardice.
Some of my co-workers have told me that Im in the wrong here. That I should have taken the stall and left these men to piss with an invisible barrier between them. Fuck that noise! Get over it and just pee. I implore you, men of Ry-erson, be proud of your peter. Let your dick fly wild and free and fear not the judgment of others!
URINARY REVOLUTION!
Looking for work experience? Consider the DeGroote MBAThe DeGroote Co-op program provides students with the opportunity to gain 12 months of valuable paid work experience over the 28 month program. Students in our program earn an average of $45,000 during the three work terms.
This program is for you if you are a recent graduate with little or no work experience and you are looking to gain a competitive advantage in the workforce.
We are coming to Ryerson University on Wednesday, February 4th for an information session on the program. If you cannot make the session we will be back on March 25th for an information table in the Credit Union Lounge. Please see your Career Centre for more details and to register.
mba.degroote.mcmaster.ca
Test Drive Your Career
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 FUN 15
Hot dog guzzlinBy Anika Syeda
Little known fact: it takes exactly five days, five angry hot dog ven-dors, one five-time-jilted inter-viewer, and $20 worth of hot dogs to find out how many hot dogs a vendor eats per day.
Here are my top three favourite responses I received from disgrun-tled vendors. Neat-o!
1. Is this important?2. Buy the hotdog or dont.3. No.Only one hot dog vendor gave
me the time of day: the sweet, smi-ley, heavily-accented man at Victo-ria and Gould Streets. When asked how many hot dogs he eats on a
daily basis, he said Some day I eat 20, some day I eat 10.
Thats approximately 500 to 1,000 grams of processed meat ev-ery working day. A 2009 report by the American Institute for Cancer research claims one hot dog ev-ery day for an extensive period of time increases the risk of colorec-tal cancer by 21 per cent. Thats butt cancer, for those of us who are science-illiterate.
This champ eats 20 butt cancer-inducing sandwiches per day.
With that in mind, next time I purchase a hot dog, Ill be sure to tip the vendor with free lunch from anywhere but a hot dog stand. Save the butts!
How many wieners do YOU inhale per day? Tweet @theeyeopener!
Drop your completed Sudoku with your contact info at The Eyeopener office (SCC 207) for a chance to win a $25 Subway gift card!
SUDOKU (PSEUDO-COOL)
PHOTO: ROB FOREMAN
Dear Emma Cosgrove,Your editorial response to my
relief of your position has offend-ed me. Ive paced for hours in my home, thinking of my response and remembering curses Id for-gotten until now. But I will keep this short, as not to strain you. I have chosen to ignore your ageism,
for my supple 179-year-old frame need not be justified. As well, I re-fuse to comment on your question of whether I fun, because really. I will, however, accept your chal-lenge to a duel, as I see no other way respect will be given where it is due. Lake Devo, 3 p.m. See you on the ice, punk. -Mark Twain
The gravy Twain
JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 12, 2015
CULINARY EVENT SERIES15 ticketed culinary experiences that offer some of Torontos most diverse cuisine,
notable chefs and unique venues.
PRIX FIXE PROGRAMMore than 200 of Torontos top restaurants
offer 3-course prix xe menus. BOOK YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!
toronto.ca/winterliciousLiciousTO
Interac and the Interac logo are registered trade-marks of Interac Inc. Used under license.
OM: Offi cial Mark trademarked by the City of Toronto
16 Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
Need a break from your books for a quick bite or refreshment? 10 Dundas East is just around the corner to satisfy your craving. Were only a short walk from class, right at Yonge & Dundas.
IN THE FOOD COURT
Baskin RobbinsCalifornia ThaiCaribbean QueenChipotleCurry & Co. NEWDAVIDsTEAHarveys
Johnny RocketsJuice RushMilos PitaMrs. Fields Cookies /PretzelmakerOpa! SouvlakiPoptopia/Yoyos Yogurt Caf
Saut RosStarbucksSubwayTeriyaki ExperienceThe Beer Store ExpressTim Hortons
FREE WIFI