september 16, 2015

Volume 49 - Issue 2September 16, 2015theeyeopener.com

@theeyeopenerSince 1967

PHOTO: TAGWA MOYO

NOTHINGWAS THESAME

THE CONCERT, AND HOW IT WILL CHANGE RYERSON

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 20152

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 NEWS 3

Drake Headlines parade and concertBy Keith Capstick

Equity Centre chaos: blame it on the other guy

Ryerson students deafened bystand-ers as Drake called out, You know I wouldnt miss this shit! in front of the largest event in recent mem-ory to take place on campus. But what you dont know is how much it cost, how long ago it started and how it almost didnt happen.

The Ryerson Students Union (RSU) spent an estimated $515,000 on this years parade and concert. An estimated $215,000 from their annual budget and $300,000 in solicited external sponsorships from local businesses ranging any-where from $5,000 to $20,000 and a $95,000 partnership with George Brown College. Of the $215,000 from their annual bud-get, $100,000 is provided annu-ally by the university to contribute to the orientation festivities.

The RSU brought Drake, tour-ing partner Future and Twitter-sensation and Toronto city coun-cillor Norm Kelly to light up campus on Friday. They all com-bined to further solicit the upward swing of city-wide recognition for the university being a hub for youthful urban progression in the downtown core.

RSU vice president student life Harman Singh was in charge of organizing the concert and was largely responsible for the spon-sorship money the RSU obtained. Drake was Singhs plan from the beginning, but was only afford-able at the last minute.

Drake was a last minute deal that was closed [Initially] Drake

wanted too much money, around $1 million dollars. But closer to the date he became available and he did become a [more affordable] op-tion, Singh said.

Total ticket sales for the concert reached 6,500 and were capped due to security risks and space limitations.

Ryerson president Sheldon Levy commended the RSU on soliciting the rap star and pointed to the na-tional reach of the concert.

Given the size of the under-taking, [they] did a fabulous job from logistics to security. This doesnt diminish some tense mo-ments or strained nerves, but if youre going to put on anything of that magnitude, theres bound to be some stress with it I mean,

I think they really outdid them-selves that we trended worldwide with Drake, Levy said.

According to the RSUs vice president education, Cormac Mc-Gee, this was only possible because the ultimate end-goal of Drake on stage in the middle of Gould St. started back in April, before his team had even taken office.

McGee knew from the start what it would mean for the cam-pus to start the year with a bang like this, but also knew that a large financial plea would not be enough to entice the city-wide icon he would need a spectacle.

We workshopped a bunch of ideas we knew Drake doesnt care about money, like thats not going to draw him. We [had] to

give him something unique that will be cool, McGee said.

Over the past few years Ryer-son has been on a steady incline in terms of national post-second-ary recognition, led the country in admissions, broke ground on new infrastructure like the Student Learning Centre (SLC) and be-come a hotbed for urban activity.

McGee believes that its the RSU governments obligation to contin-ue to pursue a connection with the Toronto community and be a part of the hype that Toronto has cultivated as sensations like Drake trend worldwide.

If you compare Toronto uni-versities to sports teams, Ryerson is like the Raptors. U of T is the Leafs, theyre outdated, making

millions of dollars but no one sees them as cool. Yorks sort of like the Argos, they do some good stuff but no one really cares, McGee said. Ryerson is like the Raptors, were urban, were connecting with young people, and people want to come see us.

But despite the perceived suc-cess of the event, it didnt go off without a few complications.

Though the RSU was aware the night before the concert of Drakes plans to make an appearance, due to security concerns they werent certain hed be performing until he pulled up.

With the organizers resources being stretched so thin, McGee said, some of the days earlier events were affected, including the parade beginning without the Ryerson En-gineering Students Societys float.

Its those little details that we definitely missed because at the end of the day were just five 20 to 23-year-olds. Like I will own every mistake we made, but it was just a lot in the details, McGee said.

Throughout the night students were jumping fences to get into the event, being kicked out due to be-havioural concerns and a student had their nose broken.

The RSU executive hopes this event will be the first of many, and that it will take some of the pres-sure off.

Its obviously going to make the year easier for us, its some-thing we can always point to, McGee said.

We just hosted the largest event ever on Ryersons campus.

By Farnia Fekri

Behind the confetti of orientation week, the Fall term stumbled to a disorganized start for the Ryerson Students Union (RSU) equity cen-tres.

Job postings on the RSU website listed Sept. 8 as the starting date of the academic years centre co-ordinators but as summer staff prepared to leave their offices on Sept. 11, new hires had not been announced.

Sam* an assistant at one of the centres confirmed that can-didates were interviewed in late August, and that a week later he was told the hiring committee had made their decisions.

In an email obtained by The Eyeopener, equity centre assistants were assured that the situation would be resolved before the Sept. 8 deadline. In another email, coor-dinators were told the mayhem of frosh week was keeping the execu-tive team from meeting to approve

the candidates. On Sept. 10 a day before the

offices were emptied of staff and two days after new members were supposed to begin work the con-tract starting date changed to Sept. 15.

We were told that, you know, they would reach a decision very quickly [after the interviews], and by the very latest we would know by September 1, Sam said.

RSU president Andrea Bartlett credited the delay to the unions lack of autonomy in the decision making though the RSU pays the centre employees, she said, the Continuing Education Students Association of Ryerson (CESAR) is also part of the hiring committee.

I think [its] exposing the weak-ness that occurs when outgoing ex-ecutives sign contracts on behalf of incoming executives and dont ex-plain to them the service agreement between CESAR and the RSU, Bartlett said.

But CESARs vice-president in-ternal Rabbia Ashraf blamed the

RSU executive team for the delay. The RSU executives insistence

on going through a lengthy ap-proval process undermined the recommendations of the hiring committee ... giving the impression that the RSU executive have veto power, she wrote in an email.

Overall, the confusion set a bad precedent for the coming year, Sam said, adding, I feel like the way that our department was treated, and still is being treated speaks to an executive who doesnt value equity.

Rabia Idrees, the RSUs vice-president equity, said the delay was due to the indecision of the hir-ing committee, on which she was joined by a CESAR representative and Corey Scott, the RSU equity and campaigns organizer.

There were a lot of interviews that we did, a lot of people that were good candidates, and there is always a little bit of a hiccup in who we want to choose, she said. [These are] service centres for people who fall under a certain

identity, so thats why it is a little tougher to fill these positions.

According to Idrees, the commit-tee spent days arguing about who to hire. She didnt want to bring back all of the old staff, she said, because she would rather give that position to a new student who hasnt been involved with the RSU at all.

Idrees instead tried to balance returning staff with new people, to provide mentorship positions.

But this strategy hasnt yet worked for the Racialised Stu-dents Collective (RCS), which is being run by one (new) coordina-tor while the hiring committee works to fill the second part-time position.

Former RCS coordinator Vajdaan Tanveer, who worked with the RCS for a year but was not rehired last week, was shocked he wasnt asked back on Friday his last day.

As somebody whose livelihood is dependent on this job, it was def-initely something that was a little

bit messed up, he said.Tanveer said he believes he

wasnt asked back because of his ideological differences with the new government. I believe that a students union is inherently politi-cal, he said. And this years slate is much more focused on doing the social element of it in comparison to doing more political, equity-based work.

Sam said that this difference has translated to the centres be-ing told more clandestinely, like Tighten your belts, dont do as much spending ... while at the same time were doing one of the most expensive parade and con-certs ever.

In fact, Sam and Tanveer said the equity centres hadnt received word about their individual budgets, sent to the RSU in the summer, even be-ing approved.

Idrees disagreed, and said the budgets were approved in July.*Name has been changed to pro-tect the source from professional reproach

Drake and Norm Kelly stood back to back in front of thousands of students on Friday, Sept. 11.PHOTOS: TAGWA MOYO AND ROB FOREMAN, ILLUSTRATION: ANNIE ARNONE

4 EDITORIAL Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

Editor-in-ChiefSean Friend councilling

Wetselaar

NewsKeith I hate news Capstick

Farnia WHY ARE THEY SO NICE Fekri

Laura Leetle Woodward

FeaturesEmma Elusive Cosgrove

Biz and TechJacob Disappears for movies

Dub

Arts and LifeAl Can opener Downham

SportsDevin First victim Jones

CommunitiesDylan Bloodthirsty Freeman-

Grist

PhotoSierra AvoRADoes Bein

Jake Noon is bedtime ScottAnnie Rooftop caper Arnone

FunRobert Partisan Mackenzie

Media

Rob Birthday boy Foreman

OnlineJosh Wrestlemania Beneteau

Nicole Stage five SchmidtLee Launch day! Richardson

General ManagerLiane Outlets McLarty

Advertising ManagerChris Double representation

Roberts

Design DirectorJ.D. The fixer Mowat

ContributorsEvan Runs a lot Manning

David Leafs fan MorassottiIgor App Squire Magun

Luke Loves Radishes Elisio

Aron Chip Boy TannerDavid Chairman Lao

Ammi Delightful ParmarSunday Bloody Sunday AkenDeni Possible world VerklanZeinab Sleepover Saidoun

Dan Ex DarrahJulia Construction KnopeBehdad DJ BBQ Mahichi

Badri Prayin forever MuraliAnika Daylight savings Syeda

Jake Oven KivancZahraa Dolla billz AlumairyAnders Ownership Marshal

Chayonika Loves clowns Chandra

Lulu Lemon balm TanenbaumTagwa Pwnerer Moyo

Natalia TIFF Queen BalcerzakKaroun Veteran Chahinian

Aurora 1st timer ZbochNick Instagood DunneYoug Beef jelly Zondag

Skyler Fur coat Rhonda AshRyan Gosling Vienneau

Franci Money shot Dimitrovska

Brittany Dutchland RosenBrennan Redcoat Doherty

Bahoz Sexy back DasaBronte Last email Campbell

Sophie Day one HamelinEmily Green thumb Craig

EvansZach Spy games Dolgin

Nicole Insider Di DonatoAlanna Map master Rizza

Zena Star Salemn

Playing the part of the Annoying Talking Coffee Mug this week is Drake, who is very famous but I am probably done writing about for a while. Im all Draked out. Unless he comes back (please come back). 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.

Drake took some time off of running through the 6ix on Friday to perform here. Yup. PHOTO: ROB FOREMAN

By SeanWetselaar

Four years ago I was standing in front of Pitman Hall, in a white, tattered t-shirt, throwing water balloons at my floor mates.

It was my first year at Ryerson and I was as green a frosh as they come. Id lived that classic trope small town boy, moved to the big city to pursue his career and Id been looking forward to a frosh week like the kind you always see in movies, or hear about. Where everyone is excited and oozing school spirit.

There were not a lot of people on the lawn that day, and Im sure to casual passersby we looked like

So, is our school is cool now?idiots. One jubulant afternoon of paint-throwing and ridiculous games in the quad was pretty much the pinnacle of my frosh experi-ence. Besides the concert, which was sparsely attended, I cant re-member a single other event from the schools official frosh week.

You get where this is going. You were at the concert on Sept. 11. Or your friend was. Or you saw the Instagram posts about it the morn-ing after and told your friend who told you not to bother going that you werent friends anymore.

For four years Ive covered this campus, and Ive written, read or edited more stories than I can count about Ryersons quest for legitimacy. The dream where our campus is taken seriously as a real contender in the post-secondary

sector. Where the distant past of Rye High seems like all but a faded memory. Maybe for the first time I can remember, it feels like were close.

Drake was on campus. And for a glorious weekend we were the envy of every school in the city, probably the province.

A few days before that, I was standing outside the SCC, talking to the venerable Liane McLarty our general manager who has been with the paper for more than 15 years. While we chatted, a group of engineering frosh stormed down Gould street screaming, in an effort to drown out another group of frosh, who were yelling back with equal enthusiasm.

When the pell-mell had swept on, I remarked to McLarty that I

couldnt remember ever seeing the first years quite so excited.

Neither could she.Weve written about and well

continue to write about the new buildings, the new programs, the new prestige that continue to push this school forward. Those are the things youll often see in our news section, that I (and others) will try to convince you are integral to our campus and its growth.

But theres another aspect to Ry-ersons quest for real university status, and that is campus culture.

Its hard to brute-force a cam-pus made up largely of commut-ers, with limited space to hang out, into suddenly becoming part of the Ryerson comunity in a way they werent. You have to make those changes little by little, inch

by inch.And somehow, it seems like cam-

pus has done it, at least in part.Sure, its too soon to draw any

major conclusions about involve-ment and school spirit and what Ryerson means to its students. But if you havent seen the trends, the shifts, you havent been paying at-tention.

Youll be reading a lot in The Eyeopener this week about Drakes surprise appearance, and what it cost in terms of both money and other tasks which fell by the way-side. But theres no denying that this years frosh was different.

This little corner of down-town has come a long way since I chucked those water balloons. And I dont mind. Its been a hell of a trip.

DEADLINE to OPT-OUT, OPT-IN or ADD DEPENDENTS:

There are ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS to this deadline

Need Info? Contact Member Services Office, Student Centre Lobbyor email [email protected]

ALL STUDENTS MUSTOPT-OUT ONLINE

OPT-OUT ONLINE:https://www.mystudentplan.ca/rsu

Attention All Full-Time StudentsTIME IS RUNNING OUT!

FRIDAY, OCT 2, 2015 - 6pm

NEW FALL 2015No More Cheques!RSU has improved the opt out refund process. Approval of the opt out application will now result in the plan fee being credited directly to your student fees account in early NOVEMBER. This means you no longer have to pick up a manual refund cheque.

The Ryerson Students Union (RSU) provides you extended Health & Dental Insurance, but if you have comparable coverage, OPT-OUT for a refund by October 2, 2015 @ 6pm.

Did you opt out last year in 2014-15? No worries... Youre automatically opted out - no need to apply every year for the refund of this fee


Ryerson helps Syrian refugeesStaff and students have aided Toronto-based initiative Lifeline Syria to help refugees settle into the GTA

By Behdad Mahichi

By Zeinab Saidoun and Farnia Fekri

As of Sept. 15, Ryerson is launch-ing a hostel space in the Interna-tional Living Learning Centre (ILLC) for commuter students.

On the second floor of the build-ing, the university will use nine of the 11 available rooms to house students who can prove a need for it like an 8 a.m. exam or late hockey game. It will cost one stu-dent $35 per night, or two friends $22.50 each to share.

Its a way for us to maybe pro-vide a bit more of an innovative solution to the common commuter challenge, said Ian Crookshank, director of housing and residence life. The cost of the rooms were determined based on the cost of managing the program.

The space was previously used to house students during emergen-cies, like burst pipes in residence. Sometimes the rooms were filled

by visiting lecturers but due to a lack of space for a residence ad-visor on the floor, they remained relatively unused.

Commuters requesting to stay the night will find the rooms set up like hostels, with fresh linens and towels.

Thats unreal, said Syed Ab-bas, a third-year business manage-ment student living in Pickering. It looks really good on Ryerson giving back to its high percentage of commuter students.

Crookshank said that the main concern of commuters is that they want to be engaged on campus but cant bear the long commute particularly due to early morning classes, assignments and around mid-term time.

During the academic year, the rooms will be available Sun-day through Wednesday nights. Rooms will not be rented out on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays due to high traffic in residence

until exam time, when space will be available seven days a week.

David Zand, a second-year criminology student and Markham commuter, said he loves the idea of the commuter space. I would definitely use it, he said.

Zand said that commuting makes it difficult to be engaged with clubs on campus. He ex-plained how it drains all his ener-gy, which puts a toll on his grades.

Students will be able to book their rooms using an online form, requir-ing 48-hours notice and acting more as a request than a reservation.

According to Crookshank, the university is dedicated to this pro-gram.

Its not a space for you to stay in Toronto and party with your friends, he said. Its a space where if you need to be here to be engaged in something thats hap-pening on campus or academics, then weve got a few spaces that can help.

The photograph of three-year-old Alan Kurdis body that washed ashore on a Turkish beach prompted Canadians to rally for more action towards the Syrian refugee crisis and now Ryerson is on the forefront of bolstering the efforts.

Back in July, the university an-nounced its plans to aid Lifeline Syria, a Toronto-based initia-tive, in its goal towards helping 1,000 Syrian refugees settle into the GTA. The Ryerson Lifeline Syria Challenge aimed to help 44 refugees, but as of Sept. 12 has increased its goal to 100 due to a surge of sponsors and volunteers.

So far, more than 250 students and staff have registered for the Ryerson initiative. Eleven sponsor-ship teams have formed and over $270,000 has been raised in dona-tions, according to a Lifeline Syria press release. President Sheldon Levy and vice-president academic Mohamed Lachemi are amongst several staff members who have signed on as sponsor team leaders, each contributing $5,000 person-ally to support Syrian families. The estimated minimum cost to support a family for a year is $27,000.

This is almost a perfect case study of how Ryerson is differ-ent than other institutions in our ability to respond quickly, said Wendy Cukier, lead sponsor and vice-president of research and in-novation at Ryerson.

However, Cukier explained that these Syrian families have yet to be

selected, as the government does not have a list of refugees awaiting sponsorship.

Right now the situation is we have a pool of sponsors anxious to sponsor families and our challenge is finding those families, she said.

In January, the federal govern-ment announced a plan to accept 10,000 refugees from Syria over three years. Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper also said in August that if re-elected, another 10,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees would enter Canada over four years. But only about 2,500 Syrian refugees have been admitted to date, which has sparked criticism over the gov-ernments sense of urgency about the crisis.

Currently, the group estimates families will start arriving in eight to 12 months.

Until we know that we can get families through the government, weve been reaching out to spon-sorship agreement holders, many of

which are churches, and trying to make arrangements, said Cukier.

Cukier said the image of Alan Kurdi was the turning point and expects to see a change in resources amidst governmental pressure.

Meanwhile, student volunteers are focused on doing the ground-work for the families prior to their arrival, said volunteer coordinator and Ryerson PhD candidate Sa-mantha Jackson.

Moving to a new country is stressful enough, in addition to having to think about the small things like how to get a drivers license, [or] which banks are very welcoming to newcomers, said Jackson.

Volunteers are split into five dif-ferent groups: health and wellness, finance, translation, citizen engage-ment and a welcome to Toronto group each reflective of the pro-grams that the students are in.

Commerce students are re-searching how to get a credit card

U of T threats impact Rye

News Briefs

After the user Kill Feminists made threatening comments on BlogTO towards female staff and faculty at U of T, an email was sent to all Ryerson staff and students announcing increased security on campus. Find the full story on theeyeopener.com.

Ryerson gets rebranded

If you havent noticed the flags on campus or have been lucky enough to not go on RAMSS, Ryerson has been rebranded. The rebranding cost the school $200,000. The giant RU on vari-ous buildings wont be changed immediately, but will instead be done over time. Find the full story on theeyeopener.com.

ILLC now has double rooms

Four of the largest rooms in ILLC recieved a total makeover and now include two beds. This is the pilot for the double rooms and will cost students $6,350 for eight months of rent compared to $8,762 for a single room. If the program con-tinues, a minumum of 32 spaces will be added to the building.

Commuters can crash at Rye

if you have no documentation or credit history in Canada, she said. Health and nursing students are looking into things like how to get an OHIP card when you get to Canada.

Jackson noted that students from other institutions such as York Uni-versity and the University of Toron-to have also joined the initiative.

While other universities have programs to assist Syrian refugees as well, most of them focus on bringing students to their campus.

The University of Alberta an-nounced a scholarship program that will cover the cost of tuition and living for 10 undergraduate or graduate Syrian students affected by the conflict.

The Ryerson Lifeline Syria Chal-lenge has also incited other undis-closed schools to follow suit.

[Were] in discussion with six other universities and colleges that are looking to do something simi-lar, said Cukier.

Wendy Cukier, lead sponsor of Lifeline Syria and Ryersons vice-president of reseach and innovation. PHOTO: BEHDAD MAHICHI

Dr. Alex Aronov & Dr. Roy Suarez & Associates

655 Bay Street Unit 7 (Corner of Bay & Elm - Concourse Level)

416 595 1200bayelmdental.com

FREE IN-OFFICE WHITENING WITH X RAYS, CLEANING & NEW PATIENT EXAM.STUDENT DISCOUNTS.


STUDENT DEBT SPECIALS

Monday5pm - 11pm

WINGNIGHT

1 pound of

Halal Wings

5.99

Tuesday5pm - 11pm

BURGERNIGHT

Regular &

Quinoa Burgers

7.49

Thursday5pm - 11pm

BBQ PULLED PORK

SANDWICH

with fries and

coleslaw

7.75

Wednesday5pm - 11pm

PIZZANIGHT

Pepperoni or

Vegetarian

6.99

Friday5pm - 11pm

FISH &CHIPS

7.49

FreeCharging

Free

Spot

FreeCharging

Free

Spot

FreeCharging

Free

Spot

FreeCharging

Free

Spot

/RamInTheRye @RamInTheRye @RamInTheRye

63 GOULD STREET(entrance off Church Street)www.ramintherye.ca


Starbucks served grande lawsuit by Rye student

By Anika Syeda

Shannon Mishimagi, a Ryerson fashion communications student, has filed a $1-million lawsuit against her former employer Star-bucks, alleging her supervisor at-tacked her.

In a statement of claim filed with the Superior Court of Justice, Mishimagi claims her supervisor Joe* physically and verbally as-saulted her on Oct. 31, 2014, at the Starbucks location where she was working.

Saron Gebresellassi, Mishima-gis lawyer, decribes the incident as an unaggravated assault, where Joe tried to burn Mishimagi with a hot drink and shoved whipped cream into her face with his hands.

After the attack, Mishimagi filled out an incident report and met with both her district manager and store manager.

At the time, they told me that they had never experienced this sit-uation before and that they would have to contact their HR office af-ter the weekend, Mishimagi said.

Mishimagi argues that other su-pervisors had had negative expe-riences working with Joe and ap-proaching the manager had been no help.

I spoke to one of my supervi-sors who was working at the time and he told me to call Starbucks HR on my own and not to rely solely on my manager because the manager and this individual had a friendly relationship, she said.

Her store supervisor conducted an investigation of the incident, contacting two of the four people who were working with Joe and Mishimagi at the time. Gebresel-lassi deemed the investigation a shoddy attempt.

They eventually told me noth-ing could be done because there were no witnesses, Mishimagi said.

After having approached her supervisors, she was scheduled to work under Joe again the fol-lowing Friday. He was later trans-ferred to a different location.

A second incident took place a month after the first, when Joe phoned the Starbucks location in order to ensure that Mishimagi was currently working there.

The supervisor told him I was working and he couldnt come in, but he said he was coming in any-way to pick up an item from this store, she said.

Joe attempted to enter the store and managed as far as the door-way. Another supervisor had to restrain him and walk him back out.

Mishimagi claims that the nu-merous complaints made about him amongst most of her cowork-ers had been overlooked by the store supervisor.

Some of Joes actions toward his coworkers included barking orders when it wasnt necessary, physically preventing female co-workers from leaving, charging at another supervisor, tying cups to the back of peoples aprons and laughing about it, and untying peo-ples aprons without warning or consent, according to Mishimagi.

Mishimagi alleges that Star-bucks neglected to offer assistance and counseling, as she has suffered from depression, panic attacks and anxiety attacks. She also stat-ed that Starbucks was negligent in failing to investigate Joes back-ground and maintaining her safety after the allegations of abuse.

But according to Carly Suppa, a spokesperson for Starbucks Cana-da, the coffee chain is committed to providing a supportive and safe work environment for all of our partners (employees).

While personal matters are confidential, we are prepared to vigorously defend the reputation of our partners and our company in this case, Suppa wrote in an email.

Joe continues to be employed as a supervisor at a location, not far from Mishimagis current Star-bucks.*The supervisors name has been changed the allegations have yet to be proven in a court of law.

Shannon Mishimagi, left, and her lawyer, Saron Gebresellassi.PHOTO COURTESY OF SARON GEBRESELLASSI

Seen some cray cray shiet on campus? Tell us, you dingus! We want to know about it. We want to write about it. We want to publish it. So send us an email at [email protected] and we can further chat maybe over coffee? Or steak dinner? Youre buying.

Call forNominations

Visit the Recognition and Awards website for information about award details, guidelines and eligibility, and to submit a nomination through the Online Nomination Portal.

www.ryerson.ca/recognitionPlease note: Completed nomination packages, including the nominees online consent,

must be submitted before November 2, 2015 at noon.

Recognize someones outstanding contribution in the areas of:

Deadline November 2, 2015 at noon

Teaching and EducationChancellors Award of Distinction

Presidents Award for Teaching Excellence Provosts Experiential Teaching AwardProvosts Innovative Teaching Award

Provosts Interdisciplinary Teaching AwardYSGS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Awards

Deans Teaching Awards

Scholarly, Research and Creative ActivitySarwan Sahota Ryerson Distinguished Scholar Award

Early Research Career Excellence AwardCollaborative Research Award

Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement AwardSocial Innovation and Action Research Award

Deans Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Awards

Service and LeadershipPresidents Blue and Gold Award of Excellence

Alan Shepard Equity, Diversity and Inclusion AwardErrol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership

Linda Grayson Administrative Leadership AwardLarissa Allen Employee Experience Staff AwardJulia Hanigsberg Make Your Mark Staff Awards

Deans Service Awards Librarian and Counsellor Awards

For further information contact Emily Pomeroy, recognition project lead, at [email protected]

or 416-979-5000, ext. 6250.

8 Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015FEATURES

S T O N E C O L D B r A X T O NH o w a R y e r s o n s t u d e n t s e i z e d g o l d a t p a n a m a n d s u r p r i s e d n o o n e

On the mat at the Mis-sissauga Sports Centre, Braxton Stone-Papado-poulos of Pickering, Ont. is 30 seconds away from winning gold at the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games in 63-kilogram freestyle wrestling. The 20-year-old leads her opponent, Katerina Vidiaux of Cuba, by a score of 4-3 and the pro-Canadian crowd is screaming as they watch their hometown fa-vourite perform.

The clock is ticking. Vidiaux is desperate to score and Stone-Papadopoulos knows this. After

quickly side-stepping a duck-un-der attempt from Vidiaux, Stone-Papadopoulos blocks another grab and turns to the offensive. She spins Vidiaux around and pushes her towards the edge of the ring, then pounces onto her op-ponents back and pins her to the floor, scoring another point and taking a 5-3 lead.

With 15 seconds to go, Vidiaux can still tie the match and she is aggressively trying to do so. Shes the defending Pan Am champion in the 72-kilogram division and has fought in the Olympics. Those

accomplishments are just dreams to the young Stone-Papadopoulos, who is competing in her first Pan Am Games.

But the Canadian is determined to win. As Vidiaux slides down to her knees in an attempt for one fi-nal leg grab, Stone-Papadopoulos widens her stance, grabs her op-ponents neck and circles around her before pouncing on her back. Another two points.

The whistle blows and her face is in her hands. She pumps both fists in the air 10 times, a smile beaming from her face. The two

wrestlers are brought to the cen-tre of the mat and the referee lifts Stone-Papadopoulos hand, de-claring her the winner. She hugs Vidiaux, shakes the Cuban coachs hand, then grabs a Canadian flag from her own coach, Saeed Azer-bayjani. With the beaming smile still plastered across her face, Stone-Papadopoulos runs a circle around the mat, flag waving wild-ly behind her now able to call herself a Pan Am champion.

Its so amazing! Im so excit-ed! she tells the CBC after the match. And after learning about her journey leading up to this mo-ment, its clear why she says ex-cited and not surprised.

From an early age Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos has been a star athlete. She earned a black belt in taekwondo before the age of 10, while com-peting in track and soccer.

Her father Kirk Papadopoulos, a Toronto police officer, was the one who introduced her to taekwondo which he helped coach. When Braxton was 10, Kirk was asked by his cousin, Olympic wrestling coach Stan Tzogas, if Braxton would like to try his sport.

I heard she was really good in [taekwondo] and so I said, Why dont you give this a try, its almost the same, Tzogas says.

Braxton remembers her first practice being a little rough, to say the least.

I remember my parents are standing on the sidelines, and theyre like, Good job. And I was running and crying because I was like, Take me home, she recalls. Literally every single practice for two years was like that.

Kirk remembers the crying too, but says that Braxton was proba-bly just uncomfortable in the new situation. Coming from her suc-cess at taekwondo to lying flat on her stomach constantly in wres-tling was probably frustrating for her, he says.

She cried when she played soc-cer at first, Kirk says. I think it was just a new experience and at her age, I took the crying as some-thing new. Braxton likes to be comfortable.

Braxton says the first time she knew she would be more than just good at wrestling was when she was in Grade 7 and entered an open tournament against girls in high school. In the semifinals of the tournament, Braxton took on the girl who everyone considered the one to beat and beat her.

Even though that was in the semifinal and I ended up losing in the final, that semifinal was a real-ly good match, she says. So that was like the TSN Turning Point, I guess.

At the same time, she had to make a decision between wrestling and taekwondo. She sat down with her parents and coaches from both sports to discuss the pros and cons of staying in one or the other. Eventually, she decided on wres-tling.

Braxton says she doesnt know why she chose wrestling, but shes glad she did. Nobody ever thought I was going to be good at wrestling when I first started, she says.

With that decision out of the way, Braxton began training full time with Tzogass Team Impact Wrestling club. Her father began taking her to a personal trainer and working with her outside of wrestling practice to become a bet-ter athlete, improving her speed and endurance for long matches and tournaments.

Wrestling became Braxtons life. If her wrestling coaches wanted her to practice three times a week, she and Kirk would sneak back into the gym a fourth time. She continued to run on the track and build her endurance up with push-ups, sit-ups and squats after every practice. Kirk says he invested a lot of time and money into his daugh-ters development, doing whatever it took to see her succeed.

Kirk recalls one time when he took Braxton to a physiotherapist after an injury. At the end of the session, the physiotherapist asked if he could schedule them for an-other session the following week. Kirk replied, If she was Sydney Crosby, would she be back tomor-row? I want you to treat Braxton like shes Sydney Crosby, Ill see you tomorrow. And they were back the next day.

I saw what was happening, he says. She wanted to do the ex-tra [work] and she wanted to be the best.

Before every tournament, Brax-ton finds her dad in the stands and gives him her gold cross chain to

b y J O S H B E N E T E A UPHOTO COURTESTY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

She wanted to do the extra [work] and she wanted to be the best

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 9FEATURES

S T O N E C O L D B r A X T O NH o w a R y e r s o n s t u d e n t s e i z e d g o l d a t p a n a m a n d s u r p r i s e d n o o n e

wear. Both of them use it as a way to stay connected with God and each other during the grind that comes with tournaments.

When I give it to my dad its a whole comfort thing for me, she says. I know that God will be with me and my dad is with me, and that whatever happens, I know that Im still going to be loved and still blessed.

No matter where I am, shell track me down, Kirk says. Its a proud moment for me. Youre never too big for that.

In late August, Braxton is back in the gym, practicing with other high-profile Team Im-pact members. The organized wrestling group known for pro-ducing top athletes holds its prac-tices in a converted pool behind the Adult Learning Centre on the Danforth. Mats forming two rings are rolled out onto the floor and nine wrestlers take turns battling in one-minute matches.

Today, Braxton is partnered with Dillon Williams, 19, who like Braxton is starting to find interna-tional success in the sport. Both have been back for a week from the junior world championships in Brazil, where Williams finished 18th in the mens 60-kilogram cat-egory and Braxton won the bronze in the womens 63-kilogram.

As Williams and Braxton roll around on the mat, coach Azer-bayjani and uncle/coach Tzogas watch them, offering pointers through demonstrations, using one of the two as a sort of crash dummy to prove a point.

Make sure if youre going to attack, get close to the legs and then attack, Azerbayjani tells

them as he grabs Williamss legs and pushes him onto his back.

This is followed by the two al-ternately dropping to their knees, sliding towards their opponent, wrapping both arms tightly around a leg then pushing up and slamming them to their backs.

Nice speed Brax. Push on your toes too, Azerbayjani says.This isnt the first time Braxton

has been partnered with a guy. In fact, Tzogas estimates that 80-90 per cent of her practice matchups since Grade 7 have been boys.

It was difficult sometimes, Kirk says. Braxton would have to wrestle with the guys because the girls who were older didnt want to wrestle [her].

Braxton says fighting the boys has helped her more than hurt her development.

[Girls] like to tie up and stay close, whereas I because Ive worked with a lot of the boys just like to go out there, hook hands and just stay on the attack, she says. More girls are com-fortable sitting back, while I just want to get in there and get it over with.

Williams doesnt mind it either. He says Braxtons tough to beat and that he learns a lot from her.

Shes got really good position so she really makes me work,

Williams says. Shes really sharp, shes very technical and I think thats what she really catches a lot of people on.

While Braxton takes a breather between matches with Williams, Mia, the six-year-old daughter of former world champion Miyu Yamamoto, grabs a towel and dabs her head. Braxton grabs Mia and tickles her, smiles and says thanks. Once Braxton is back on the mat, Mia is right on the edge, cheering her on.

Lets go Braxton, lets go! she repeats over and over again.

I love kids, Braxton says.That is why next year she hopes

to enrol in Ryersons child and youth care program. With the commitments required to perform at this level, school takes a back seat. But she has been taking night classes through the Chang School to keep her mind sharp until she begins classes full time.

I think she would be really good at that, Kirk says. Its up to Braxton what she wants to do and Ill support her anyway.

What Braxton really wants to do is go to the Olympics next year in Rio de Janeiro. And her chances of going are really good, despite being only 20 years old.

As the current Canadian nation-al champion a title she claimed at both the junior and senior level in March Braxton is the top-seeded wrestler in the Canadian Olympic trials this December. A group of wrestlers will battle in a tournament, with the winner then taking on the third place from na-tionals, the second place from na-tionals and then Braxton in a best

of three final. The ultimate winner of this tournament will represent Canada at the Olympics.

Despite being the top seed, Braxton is staying level headed. She says that wrestling is a sport where anything can happen and the moment an athlete forgets that is when they begin to lose.

You never know, you could be a world champion and then two weeks later you could go to a tournament and possibly not

even make the podium, she says. Its that type of sport where you never know whats going to hap-pen.

While Braxton doesnt know whats ahead, her father is con-vinced that she will be going to Brazil next summer.

Im not saying this because shes my daughter, Im saying this because of her abilities, Kirk says. I dont think anyone can beat Braxton.

PHOTO COURTESTY SAEED AZERBAYJANI

PHOTOS: JOSH BENETEAU

More girls are comfortable sitting back, while I just want to get in there and get it over with

10 ARTS & LIFE Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

Care about rich people @ TIFF?Visit theeyeopener.com for UNFLATTERING CELEB PHOTOS

Artspace: the death of lambsBy Anika Syeda

Ryerson Artspace held the open-ing reception Thursday for Ryer-son student Meagan Christous exhibition Lamentations, giving guests an opportunity to refl ect on their own mortality.

After the fi fth-year image arts student received the title of best show during Mass Exodus, she had the opportunity to exhibit her unique work.

Her installment features 16mm analogue fi lm projections, tradi-tional photography and an accom-panying booklet detailing the moti-vation and message behind the art.

Christous inspiration for the piece came from a major mile-stone in her experience as an art-ist at her rural home in Peterbor-ough, Ont.

After an ice storm, she found three lambs lying dead in the snow. With no way of fi nding to whom these lambs belonged, they were subsequently photographed, cremated and fi lmed.

The Artspace was dimly lit in order to accommodate the pro-jection of a looping reel depict-

ing the cremation of the three lambs. The fi lm degrades further with every loop, viewable through a glass box in front of the projector.

The projector light shone through a block of ice, melting slowly over the course of several hours, onto a blank white wall.

The ice references the frozen lamb, and it melts over time, said Jesse Marcelo Sarkis, an ed-ucation coordinator at Ryerson Artspace.

As it melted, the projection be-came brighter and illuminated three framed photographs of the individual lambs cushioned in snow, frozen to death. Their ashes and bones lay beneath the photo frames sheet of glass.

Its like life, and you try to un-derstand something like death be-ing projected with poor resolution through this ice block, Sarkis said. The only time youd see a clear image of what death is when the ice is gone. When the ice is gone, your life is over.

Read more about art, dead lambs and ice storms on our web-site, theeyeopener.com

PHOTOS: ANNIE ARNONE & JAKE SCOTT

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 11

Ryerson.ca/registrar/servicehub416-979-5036@RUServiceHub

The Office of the Registrar (RO) ServiceHub is your new one-stop shop for questions about:

Application and admissions process

Submission and/or pick-up of documents (i.e., official transcripts) and completed forms (i.e., third-party letters, degree certificates)

Student financial assistance (i.e., OSAP and scholarships)

Enrolling in courses and Continuing Education course registration

Class schedules and exams

Applying to graduate and RAMSS support

Tuition, fees and more!

ServiceHub is now open!Visit today in POD-150

12 BIZ & TECH Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

The boys with the heart of goldHigh school student creates an innovative heart monitor for his ailing mother at a Ryerson summer program

HelpWear co-founders Andre Bertram, left, and Frank Nguyen. PHOTO: DAVID LAO

High school student Frank Nguy-en had ideas about creating a system to easily monitor health, attributing it to his mother who had a slew of health issues and heart problems.

Today, those ideas are begin-ning to take shape for the Grade 12 student studying at Danforth Collegiate with the invention of the HeartWatch health monitor, a wearable device that allows a

Tattoos for commitment haters

Brothers Tyler and Braden Hand-ley have raised over $275,000 in funds aimed towards improving their two-week tattoo ink for-mula on Kickstarter after origi-nally seeking only $20,000.

A startup based out of Ryersons Fashion Zone, Inkbox boasts new technology in the tattoo market that allows users to sport a tat-too that lasts only about 14 days, rather than the rest of their lives.

We wanted temporary tattoos we could customize ourselves but it wasnt feasible to do, the way theyre manufactured, said 28-year-old Tyler Handley, co-founder of Inkbox. We wanted a new way to get tattoos that meant something to us, that wouldnt

last forever.Inkboxs Kickstarter campaign,

which launched in July, show-cased their patented ink formula, which derives from the pulp of the Genipa americana fruit as well as other natural ingredients imported directly from Panama.

The new product you see on Kickstarter is an improvement upon the original formula that we imported directly from Panama, Handley said. We found a way to reverse engineer the active ingredi-ents, optimize it, and create a dif-ferent tattoo method thats much more consumer friendly and scal-able as a business.

The $275,661 CAD that was pledged to Inkboxs Kickstarter page will be put towards a new manufacturing process to keep up

with the thousands of orders that they receive, as well as a new tat-too applicator.

Were also building a browser based tattoo studio that will allow you to easily create and upload your own designs and order it as a tattoo, Handley said. That will allow anyone to sell their designs in our curated marketplace.

Handley credits Inkboxs popu-larity to the unique way they ap-ply their tattoos.

The tattoo industry hasnt had any major improvements in 50 - 60 years since the tattoo gun was invented, so when you hear about a product, a tattoo that lasts only two weeks, the fact that it looks like a real tattoo, I think the nov-elty of it is what originally lead to people pledging to us.

Tyler Handley, left, and Braden Handley, founders of Inkbox. PHOTO COURTESY TYLER HANDLEY

By Luke Elisio

person to gather and store data on their blood pressure, heart rate and blood oxygen levels.

There were new technologies coming out for an easy and basic way of monitoring a heart rate, and thats where I started hav-ing this idea and it started taking form, Nguyen said.

Last summer, Nguyen was one of 10 high school students cho-sen to attend the Youth Basecamp Program at Ryersons Brookfi eld Institute for Innovation and En-

trepreneurship. The program al-lows students to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and business and gives them the resources to create their own startup. Nguyen was given $1,000 and created a team to build the HeartWatch. He invited his close friend and fel-low classmate, Andre Bertram, to work alongside him and co-found their startup, HelpWear.

Bertram says what differentiates them from different heart monitor-ing products on the market is the

HeartWatchs embedded SIM card that can be used to call Emergency Medical Services (EMS) should a user be in distress, or have their heart rate fall into an irregular range. An internal GPS would be used to locate the device, should the person need help.

Most other Personal Emergency Response Systems companies cur-rently have a button a user can press to contact the EMS on their devices, but it still relies on an-other telecommunication system,

Bertram said. What Frank and I were discuss-

ing was because of the aging popu-lation in Canada, we think its very important for there to be a very easy system where they dont have to rely on, for example, cellphones or Bluetooth, Bertram said.

Encased in a chunky yel-low compartment and wrapped around the wrist in a piece of white velcro, the current proto-type of the HeartWatch works by emitting a green light that looks into the red of the blood in a persons capillaries. Volumetric readings from the sensor would allow the device to record the blood pressure and variation of the heartbeat.

The two 17-year-olds were then chosen as one of the top three proj-ects after working on the six-week program. They pitched their proj-ect to a panel of investors and aca-demics at the end of Basecamp last August.

Were currently partnered with the Biomedical Zone at Ry-erson University, Bertram said. Its at St. Michaels Hospital and were hoping that the expertise from St. Mikes would help us develop this idea further so that our idea would able to be more marketable, so that were able to bring the product to market in a more viable manner: smaller, sleeker

Nguyen interjected, and get better data as well.

By David Lao

Tattoos for commitment haters

Brothers Tyler and Braden Hand-ley have raised over $275,000 in funds aimed towards improving their two-week tattoo ink for-mula on Kickstarter after origi-nally seeking only $20,000.

Fashion Zone, Inkbox boasts new technology in the tattoo market that allows users to sport a tat-too that lasts only about 14 days, rather than the rest of their lives.

we could customize ourselves but it wasnt feasible to do, the way theyre manufactured, said 28-year-old Tyler Handley, co-founder of Inkbox. We wanted a new way to get tattoos that meant something to us, that wouldnt

Tyler Handley, left, and Braden Handley, founders of Inkbox.

By Luke Elisio

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 SPORTS 13

Ram wearing cleats and skates Dual-sport athlete Alex Armstrong plays net for both the Ryerson hockey and soccer team this season

hockey team since the 2013 season, but due to injuries on the Rams womens soccer team, Armstrong has also become their starting keeper.

This past summer I was play-ing for a competitive womens team, and then next thing you know I get a phone call and Im playing for the [Ryerson] womens soccer team, Armstrong said. It was actually my hockey coach Lisa Haley who approached me

and asked if I wanted to play, and I said, Sure anything to help out another team.

Armstrong began playing com-petitive hockey and soccer at the age of four, until the demands of a burgeoning hockey career in-creased and soccer took a back seat. Still, playing in recreational leagues and house league teams kept her love of soccer and her abilities as a keeper intact. This past summer, Armstrong played

Alex Armstrong will be entering her third season as the goalie for the Ryerson womens hockey team.

with the Erin Mills Eagles of the Golden Horseshoe soccer team. It was this competitive team that saw Armstrongs passion for soc-cer manifest itself in an experience outside of recreational play. And Armstrong notes that it was this competitive play over the summer that made the transition to Rams goalkeeper easier.

What was only supposed to be a few games filling in for injured goalies has turned into Armstrong being named starting keeper for the rest of the season. But with the start of the womens hockey season right around the corner, Armstrong has made it clear that when it comes to any scheduling conflicts between the two teams, hockey will take precedent every time.

Shes helping us out, doing us a favour. But her number one priority is the hockey team and shell fit us in when she can, said womens soccer coach and direc-tor of athletics Ivan Joseph. That might mean limited practises or not playing in all the games. Shes a competitor and knows what it takes to win.

Armstrong joined the Ryerson hockey team back at the start of the 2013-14 season, where she played in 10 games amassing a record of 1-7 with a save percentage of .918.

It wasnt until the following season that Armstrong really shined. She had to be at her best, especially when the Rams were in the play-off hunt. Six out of the 17 games she played in were decided by one goal. Along with her fellow goal-tender, Ally Sarna, they went 7-3-1 in the final stretch to help Ryerson clinch a playoff berth.

Heading into the playoffs, the Rams played the second ranked Guelph Gryphons in the opening round pushing them to two tough games. The first game ended in a 2-1 loss in overtime with Sarna in net. Armstrong got the start in the second game making 41 saves, but it was not enough as Guelph clinched the series in double over-time. After the loss, head coach Lisa Haley wanted to remind Arm-strong about how much she had accomplished this season.

I told Alex that she showed a lot of growth this season and she put the team in a position to win a lot of games this season, espe-cially in that final playoff game, said Haley, We just have to keep looking at the big picture.

With the Rams hockey season kicking off on Oct. 8, Armstrong is plenty busy with classes and the re-sponsibilities that come with being a goalie for two separate competi-tive teams.

Catch Armstrong in net Sept. 16 against University of Ontario In-stitute Ridgebacks of Technology starting at 6 p.m.

Most soccer goalies dont use the butterfly to help their team win a game. And most soccer goalies dont lace up skates come Octo-ber. But as Alex Armstrong will tell you, she isnt like most soccer goalies.

As a competitive, two-sport ath-lete, Armstrong has been a mem-ber of the Ryerson Rams womens

By David Morassutti and Devin Jones

Rams Running Tim Uuksulainen (pronounced ooks-ul-ayn-in) approached the Nipissing athletic department over a decade ago. His mission? To build a cross-country program from the ground up.

He succeeded then, and now hell try to replicate that success. Uuksulainen is the man tasked with coaching Ryersons first ever cross-country team.

I approached [Ryerson] about starting a team after sort of hear-ing their athletic program was tak-ing off, said Uuksulainen.

With the season approaching quickly (the first team race is in two weeks), Uuksulainen has a lot on his plate. It helps that he has a long list of experience. He has coached for nearly seven years at Nipissing, as well as multiple other cross-country and track and field clubs. Uuksulainen carries a level of certainty in his voice, and has high expectations for the Rams inaugural team.

We have a pretty decent team I think. So far Im pretty opti-mistic, he said. Based on the running times Ive seen from our athletes, Id say well be in the mix with most of the other OUA teams

in our conference.Despite his confidence, Uuk-

sulainen is also aware that there must be patience with the team.

Well have a really great idea of where the team is going once we have a couple of races under our belts, he said.

Uuksulainens runners have al-ready been on a training program that he sent out over the summer.

At 65 years old, Uuksulainen has been running competitively for 47 years and hopes to run with the team consistenly. The coach-ing gene seems to be in his blood. Uuksulainens cousin has coached six Olympic medalists.

Uuksulainen will not be com-pletely alone in building the team. Assistant coach Mike Dion who has previous coaching expe-rience at York University will join him. He says theres plenty of room for improvement in the com-ing years, especially once he and Dion are given the opportunity to begin recruiting.

When talking about the team, Uuksulainen is quick to praise his runners.

Great players make coaches look better, he said. So hope-fully weve got two or three dia-monds in the rough.

By Evan Manning

PHOTOS: NICK DUNNE

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015FUN14

DOWN1. Animated rat chef.5. Film ogre voiced by Mike

Myers.7. Al Pacino cocaine movie.8. Movie star ____ Clooney.

ACROSS2. Dinosaur theme park movie.3. Silent fi lm star Charlie _____.4. Movie star ___ Cheadle.6. Harry Potter and the Goblet

of ____.7. Movie with lightsabers and

space fi ghts.9. Movie star, rhymes with Sally

Terry.

Drop off your completed crossword with your contact info to The Eyeopener offi ce at (SCC 207) for a chance to win a free messenger bag! In honour of TIFF, all clues are movie-related.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.- W. Clement Stone

Cinemas Best Crossword

Retraction

Last week we wrote that Ryerson President Sheldin Levi spent more than $500,000 on a collectors copy of the movie Max Keebles Big Move.

We regret to say that we mis-spelled his name. We meant to say Ryerson President Sheldon Levy spent more than $500,000 on a collectors copy of the movie Max Keebles Big Move.

We apologize for any inconve-nience that this may have caused. We promise that this will never happen again.

By Robert Mackenzie

COMIC: YOUP ZONDAG

For years the blueberry has been recognized not only for its tasty, sweet fl avour, but also for its many antioxidants and nutritional benefi ts.

This is what led Ryersons food and nutrition degree program, of-fi cially offered at the school since 1980, to keep a cryogenically fro-zen blueberry outside of their of-fi ces as a relic for all food and nu-trition students to honour.

That blueberry had been perched on its throne for more than 35 years before fi rst-year psy-chology student Corey Ridnour

broke in and ate it last week. I was dared to do it by some

new friends, said Ridnour, whos entering his fi rst year at Ryer-son. I never say no to dares. Im known for that.

Ridnour has formally apolo-gized to the university and the food and nutrition program, in writing, for digesting their pro-grams treasure. He hopes that his apology will be enough to per-suade faculty not to take legal ac-tion against him.

I understand that Ive hurt a lot of people. If I could go back in time I would, but all I can do now is say how sorry I am, and hope

people believe me when I say I will never make a mistake like this again, Ridnour said in his letter.

But nutrition professor Belinda Ronson doesnt buy the apology and believes that Ridnour should be disciplined for the incident.

This student not only broke into school property, but he ef-fectively destroyed a piece of this schools history, Ronson said. I hope the university is ready to dole out a punishment worthy of this heinous crime.

Ryerson President Sheldon Levy declined to comment when asked about Ridnours fate.

Despite eating a 35-year-old blueberry, Ridnour says that phys-ically he feels better than ever. It tasted pretty good considering how old it was, Ridnour said. Youd think it would be mushy and mouldy, but it was actually sweet and fl avourful. I hope cryo-genics arent poisonous.

Student eats 35-year-old blueberryBy Robert Mackenzie

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 15


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.

Baskin RobbinsCalifornia ThaiCaribbean QueenChipotleCurry & Co.DAVIDsTEAHarveys

Milos PitaMrs. Fields Cookies/PretzelmakerOpa! Souvlaki Poptopia/YoyosYogurt CafReal Fruit Bubble Tea

Saut RosStarbucksSubwayThe Beer Store ExpressTim HortonsWine Rack

RestaurantsJack Astors Bar & GrillMilestones Grill & BarShark ClubSpring Sushi

IN THE FOOD COURT

FREE WIFI

september 16, 2015

Documents