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Volume 43, Issue 14 • theeyeopener.com — Ryerson’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1967 • Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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The Eyeopener • 3Wednesday, January 13, 2010 NEWS
RSU execs, staff on the hook for $70Kby carys mills
aSSociate newS editoR
Former employees plan to battle key
Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) players
in court for a total of $70,000 in dam-
ages following allegations of mistreat-
ment.
Three former RSU community ser-
vice group employees filed seven claims
in total of libel, slander, defamation and
vilification in November 2009.
The lawsuits are against Toby Whit-
field, current vice-president finance
and services, last year’s vice-president
education Rebecca Rose and executive
director of communications and out-
reach Denise Hammond.
They involve a Facebook message
sent by Hammond, a memo and letter
sent by Whitfield and a Facebook mes-
sage from Rose.
“You can only push a person around
so much before they start pushing
back,” said former RyeAccess employee
Frank Nyitray, who filed two claims.
“We’re pushing back, they’re not used
to that.”
“The situation and work environ-
ment became toxic, hostile, filled with
harassment, discrimination, bullying
tactics and intimidation,” reads Nyitray
claim filed against Whitfield.
Jesse Trautmann, RyePride’s former
outreach coordinator, has actions filed
against Whitfield, Rose and Hammond
personally and in their positions at the
RSU.
A letter from seven community ser-
vice group employees to Hammond
was supplied as evidence supporting
Trautmann’s claim against Hammond.
In it the employees disputed allegations
of stealing the RSU credit card, being
involved in fraudulent actions and con-
spiring against management.
In his claim, Trautmann wrote he be-
lieves a Facebook message mentioning
ments on Dec. 2, 2009.
Nyitray said Newstadt will be ap-
pearing in court on Thursday regarding
a peace bond.
Newstadt disagrees and denies the
allegation.
An “Eric Neustead” received a sum-
mons to appear in court on Jan. 14. The
document was filed by Nyitray.
The lawsuits follow an ongoing Min-
istry of Labour Employment Standards
Act investigation involving the RSU.
None of these allegations have been
proven in court.
the allegations was a “clear, malicious
attack” on him and the other people
named.
“We’ve asked for the maximum
amount, so $10,000 for each lawsuit,”
said Trautmann. But on Jan. 1 the maxi-
mum claim allowed in Toronto Small
Claims Court was raised to $25,000 and
Trautmann has asked for the new limit
to be considered for the claims he filed.
All claims are being disputed, ac-
cording to court documents obtained
by The Eyeopener.
The group of former employees will
represent themselves but Whitfield,
Rose and Hammond will have legal de-
fence covered by RSU insurance.
If money is awarded, it’s unclear
where it will come from.
“Because this is still in proceedings
it’s hard to comment on those sort of
things,” Whitfield said.
Rose refused to comment and Ham-
mond did not return calls.
According to Nyitray, student centre
general manager Eric Newstadt alleg-
edly assaulted him while he attempted
to serve Hammond with court docu-
Gifts boost endowment fund
by aleysha haniff
newS editoR
Ryerson’s endowment fund
has surged to pre-recession levels
thanks to some generous donors.
“We lost about 16 per cent on
the endowment,” said Adam Ka-
han, vice-president university ad-
vancement, referring to early 2009.
“In the meantime, however, we
were continuing to get new contri-
butions, new gifts,” he said.
Combined with an improved
market, the endowment hit a roll-
ing average of $80 million as of the
end of 2009.
Money donated to the endow-
ment fund is invested and the
interest made off of it is used to
finance a number of ongoing proj-
ects including scholarships, bur-
saries and endowed chairs.
Kahan said the improvement
was more due to new donors giv-
ing money to Ryerson than any
changes in the market.
“There are numbers of donors
who recognize, particularly in
times of difficulty, what the value
of their support can mean,” he
said.
According to Kahan, Ryerson
has the fastest growing endow-
ment fund in the country, growing
by about 400 per cent over the past
six years.
Whitfield is one of three defendents involved in multiple lawsuits. photo illustration: matt llewellyn
Ryerson president Sheldon Levy said he wouldn’t be surprised if the architect for the new Student Learning Centre (SLC) already has plans going.
The problem is, he can’t say anything about the firm in charge of constructing the much-needed study space on campus because of the tendering process.
“You make a selection. But then you have to confirm the selection, by negiotations of the terms of the agreement. That’s what’s being worked out,” he said.
Nothing will be an-nounced until the first half of February, Levy said.
However,the Eyeopen-er managed to wrangle some confirmation from firms who made proposals for the SLC. Here’s (what we think) is the short list and what they’re famous for.
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I’ve spent most of my life living in
a bubble. Whether I was in a Jewish
private school or public school, I was
always surrounded by mostly Jewish
friends and the Jewish culture.
So, when I was one of the only kids
from the neighbourhood coming to
Ryerson, my parents bought me some-
thing that would always remind me
where I came from. I got a massive, sil-
ver Star of David necklace.
I saw it as something that would set
me apart. I thought it was important to
“represent.”
But, I didn’t wear it once.
When I got to Ryerson I realized that
there were other things that helped me
represent my culture more than a piece
of jewellery. I quickly saw that for the
most part, people at Ryerson were cul-
tured, understanding and accepting.
Looking at Italian Ryerson students’
reactions to the new TV craze Jersey
Shore, I feel like I can sympathize with
both sides.
On the one hand, it’s easy to un-
derstand students who don’t want to
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ters portrayed on the show are simply
extremes. They shouldn’t represent an
entire culture, but at the same time it
shouldn’t be ignored that these types of
people are out there.
Even though there is no Jewish Shore,
I think it’s important to be able to poke
fun at myself. Within a close group of
friends who truly love and understand
each other, I’m fine with being teased
about common understandings and
misunderstanding about Jews. Like
everything, I think a healthy sense of
balance and humour is important. And
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out on the dancefloor.
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The Eyeopener • 5Wednesday, January 13, 2010 NEWS
Selling Stanley Cup glory for MLG’s last $15Mby Steph Gellatly
Just a month after Ryerson announced its
plans for a new athletics complex, Maple Leaf
Gardens is buzzing with construction — and
looking for cash to keep the renovations going.
“If you went into Maple Leaf Gardens, you’d
see big machines clawing at cement, pulling out
chairs. All the chairs are being bubble wrapped
for sale,” said Ryerson President Sheldon Levy.
Selling those bubble-wrapped stadium seats
is one idea to raise some of the $15 million need-
ed for the building’s redevelopment.
Fundraising for the new athletics facility will
happen jointly with Loblaw Companies Limited,
who have already donated $5 million to the $60
million project. The campaign is in its final stag-
es of planning. According to Adam Kahan, vice
- president university advancement, fundraising
efforts will launch at the end of January.
“We have identified and thoroughly re-
searched a list of potential donors,” Kahan said.
Possible donors include individuals, as well
as corporate and community partners, but he
could not name any specifics.
Other possible plans include cutting out and
selling puck-sized chunks of the cement that
lied under the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens where
the Toronto Maple Leafs won the 1967 Stanley
Cup.
Kahan also said some students may be in-
volved in the fundraising process. Ryerson will
likely choose varsity athletes to represent the
student body to potential donors.
Student-athletes played a major role in the
referendum last spring, where students voted in
favour of contributing $20 million to a new ath-
letics facility once it opens.
“None of this would have happened with-
out students,” said men’s varsity soccer player,
Kwame Amoateng. “We’re the engine, we’re giv-
ing [the project] power to go forward.”
Athletes are already active in other fundrais-
ing campagins for the university, such as making
appeals to alumni to sponsor and fund teams.
While fundraising plans are being developed,
Kahan said securing donations for major proj-
ects like this can be a lengthy process.
“We want to get this going as soon as we can,
but major gifts, where people are giving you
millions of dollars, don’t occur overnight,” Ka-
han said.
In additon to exploring fundraising options,
the university is on the lookout for an architect
to make the interior better suited for an athletics
centre.
“That’s a big, big job because you have to have
people who understand how you put in ice, you
have to have people who understand the flow of
individuals,” Levy said.
For example, Levy said, the ideal candidate
could deal with logistics such as figuring out a
way to move hockey equipment up to the third-
floor rink.
RSU lets student funding flow back into CKlN Amoateng and other athletes may help raise cash for MLG. photo: laURa bleNKiNSop
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aSSoCiate NewS editoR
After months of waiting, CKLN has
signed a fee agreement with the Ryer-
son Students’ Union (RSU).
The agreement gives CKLN access to
about $200,000 of funds from student
fees, according to Toby Whitfield, RSU
vice-president finance and services.
“We’ve been operating with no mon-
ey basically,” said Ron Nelson, chair of
CKLN’s board of directors, who con-
firmed the agreement was signed on
Monday. Nelson said the board has
been calling the RSU once a day to get
an update on funding.
“Now that this has been done, we can
move forward and rebuild the station,”
said Andrew Lehrer, the board’s secre-
tary. He said the board had been wait-
ing for funding since July.
The radio station gets closer to
$300,000 in funds from student fees,
but before the agreement was signed,
the RSU fronted funds for operating
and legal costs and repaying debts.
The last fee agreement was penned
in 1982 so the framework was updated,
according to Whitfield.
“It was very outdated to how things
actually happened,” Whitfield said. He
said the agreement only determines the
distribution of funds from the students’
union to the radio station. That money
comes from the university but passes
through the RSU first. The amount dis-
tributed to the station is determined by
a cost-of-living adjustment, which is al-
tered based on inflation.
In December, the RSU negotiated
with Ryerson and the radio station
about paying off about $27,000 that
was owed to the university for admin-
istrative fees like changing locks and
operating telephones, Whitfield said.
“As a new board, we weren’t aware of
this bill,” Nelson said.
He is part of a board elected in July
with the task of getting CKLN back on
the air after infighting between board
members and management.
“We’re basically walking around
cleaning up manure left from past
sloppy administrations,” Nelson said.
He refused to release the radio sta-
tion’s total deficit, but said there have
been other surprising bills, like money
owing to the Canada Revenue Agency
and outstanding legal fees.CLKN will get $200k from the new agreement. photo: ChRiS dale
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Andrea Belvedere has accomplished so much we think she’s working 25/7 to get it all done
We’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate Andrea Belvedere, a fourth-year student at the Ted Rogers School of Management, and recipient of a Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in the Future Leaders category.
As vice-president, business development and co-founder of the Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute (REI), past president of Students in Free Enterprise Ryerson (SIFE), and co-founder and director of Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship Canada (SAGE), Andrea has proven herself a committed leader, inspiring role model and big-time multitasker.
As big as her time commitments are, the contributions she has made are bigger.
Under her leadership, REI and SIFE together grew to include 100 volunteers and 30 employees, and were able to create more than $20-million in new economic opportunities.
With SAGE, she has taken her motivational, entrepreneurial and organizational skills into high schools to help students create and implement projects that produce economic benefits and positive social impacts.
We congratulate Andrea and all the winners of the Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards. We are also incredibly proud of Andrea and the REI, SIFE and SAGE teams and the contributions they have made to Ryerson and our community.
Andrea is an excellent representative for Ryerson and epito-mizes the can-do attitudes of so many of our students. If you’ve got a few minutes, visit www.ryerson.ca/marks and hear how Andrea’s Ryerson experience has helped her make her mark.
The Eyeopener • 7Wednesday, January 13, 2010 NEWS
Sudden death shocks Rye
Professor Margery Winkler, who passed away in December, taught at Ryerson for over 20 years. photo courtesy of ryerson university
by julianna cummins
newS editoR
Darryl Rahim had no idea Margery
Winkler was sick when he saw her at
Ryerson’s architecture program awards
in November.
“She asked if she would see me next
year,” said Rahim, a third-year architec-
ture student. Rahim worked with Mar-
gery on two major group projects in
courses he took during his time study-
ing at Ryerson.
On Dec. 15, 2009, Margery, an ar-
chitecture professor who taught at Ry-
erson for over 20 years, succumbed to
an agressive case of breast cancer. It
was the second time the disease hit the
57-year-old.
“She loved the school, the faculty, the
students. It was very satisfying for her,”
said Vladimir Winkler, Margery’s hus-
band of 33 years, in December.
“From the way that she explained
things, you could really tell it was her
pride and joy,” Rahim said of Winkler’s
passion for landscape architecture, her
area of expertise.
“She really cared that we understood
it, and took it seriously.”
Kendra Schank Smith, the chair of
architecture sciences at Ryerson, said
Winkler always found ways to be in-
volved in the community, such as hav-
ing her students design landscapes
for different high schools or working
on collaborative projects with Canada
Blooms.
“She brought people together, and
people trusted her,” she said.
The architecture department was
“quite stunned” by her death, said
Schank Smith, because of how quickly
she passed.
“I try to avoid passing her office,”
said Vera Straka, a fellow Ryerson archi-
tecture professor and a personal friend
of Margery.
Straka said Margery demonstrated
her ability to unite people when she
co-ordinated the latest architecture
awards ceremony — her last big project
at Ryerson.
“She had to deal with many people
with many different ideas, with ad-
ministration and so on... she managed
to get a very successful result in spite
of being pulled by different opinions,”
said Straka.
Winkler said in the short time be-
tween Margery’s death and the funer-
al, “the whole world knew,” about his
wife’s passing.
“She was one of those people who
always got along with everybody,” Win-
kler said.
Margery is survived by her three chil-
dren, Alexandra, Michael and Jaclyn.
rsu hires 2010 election watch dog
Vivanco has been selected as this year’s CRO. photo: matt llewellyn
by jesilou tongio
After helping ensure that El Salva-
dor’s elections were free and fair, Pablo
Vivanco will work to do the same at Ry-
erson.
Vivanco was hired as this year’s chief
returning officer (CRO) for the upcom-
ing Ryerson Students’ Union election.
Last year, Vivanco was an interna-
tional election observer for the presi-
dential elections in El Salvador. He has
also been a scrutineer in every level of
Canadian elections.
Now the Chilean-born Torontonian
brings his services to the RSU elections
as an impartial third party who will or-
ganize and administer the election pro-
ceedings, including disciplinary action.
Nominations for all positions end Jan.
22 at noon. Voting runs from Feb. 8 - 10.
Vivanco said though elections ran
smoothly last year, he is still aware of
how heated they can get.
“That can be eliminated as far as
process is concerned if everyone has a
clear idea of the boundaries to operate
within,” Vivanco said.
The 2008-09 elections were marked
with accusations of partisan scruti-
neers and unfair treatment by that
year’s CRO.
He plans to make the boundaries
clear by providing the candidates with
an election manual, which could in-
clude some audit recommendations
presented by Deloitte last year to help
the RSU function better.
Business management student Os-
man Hamid saw the CRO selection pro-
cess when he was on the RSU executive
committee last year. His concern is the
CRO’s affiliation with the Canadian
Federation of Students (CFS), s group
closely tied to the RSU.
“His neutrality will be questioned
and the bias will be there, by appear-
ance at least,” Hamid said.
Vivanco served as an executive on
the Canadian Federation of Students
(CFS), but said it’s not a concern since
he only knows a few people at Ryerson.
groaners&briefs
Pillow in the oven
An extra zero tacked on to the prescribed four minutes caused a beanbag pillow to flame up in the fifth-floor microwave in Pitman Hall on Dec. 11. Toronto Fire Ser-vices arrived on scene and the building was evacuated for 45 minutes. Now we can’t eat beans if we’re desperate for dinner.
Ouchhhhhhhhhh!
A male student yawned so hard that he dislocated his jaw. Someone must have been up late. Elsewhere, a female student managed to heat up hair removal wax so hot that she gave herself second-de-gree burns. No, we didn’t ask where those burns are. Use your imagination.
Indecent exposure
On Dec. 21, security saw a male potential nudist chillin’ in Podium / Jorgenson Hall sans pants, socks or shoes. Once he spotted security, he stood up, yanked down his un-derwear, exposed himself and sat back down. Security arrest-ed him and handed him off to Toronto Police.
Calendar mess up
HEY, YOU! If you want to appeal fall grades or standing you have until TODAY at 4 p.m. rather than Jan. 8. Ac-cording to Diane Schulman, academic intiatives coordina-tor, the original deadline was a mistake. Contact the Centre for Student Development and Counselling for advice.
— Nick Lypaczewski
Wednesday, January 13, 20108 • The Eyeopener ARTS & LIFE The Eyeopener • 9 Wednesday, January 13, 2010 ARTS & LIFE
Ryerson’s Jersey ShoreIs MTV’s Jersey Shore harmless entertainment or a racist stereotype of Italian culture? The Eyeopener talks to Ryerson students who say being a guido or
guidette is more than just tanning and fi st pumping. Photos by Chris Dale and Matt Llewellyn
“Jersey Shore is my favourite show... it’s not really realistic. It’s like a cartoon version of what some people are like — but not most. Being Italian is about being part of a big, tight knit family.”
Every Thursday night the
guidos and guidettes of MTV’s
Jersey Shore welcome us into
their world of bar fi ghts, fake
nails and neon tans. But are TV
shows like this giving young
Italian-Americans and Italian-
Canadians a bad rep?
“Shows like Jersey Shore do
nothing but hurt the Italo-Ca-
nadian and Italo-American peo-
ple,” said Paul Fanone, commu-
nications offi cer for Ryerson’s
Italian Students’ Association
(ISA). “They paint this image
of Italians that we are all hair-
gelled, trance-loving spoiled
brats.”
Fanone said the “guido” per-
ception is an entirely North
American view on Italians. He
said if people were to visit Italy,
they would see there are few
people who act like that.
Natalie Ciarallo, president of
the ISA, agrees.
“I think the whole guido thing
is strictly pop culture,” she said.
“Let’s get real — characters like
this don’t exist in Italy and never
really have.”
Ciarallo also said the charac-
ters on Jersey Shore, “don’t have
an appreciation for true Italian
culture.”
“Do they make pomodori (to-
mato sauce) every September?
Do they grow their own vegeta-
bles in their back yard? Do they
celebrate the fi esta of La Madon-
na (the Mother Mary)? These are
all things that traditional Italians
do; along with possessing values
of hard work, respect and humil-
ity,” she said.
“These characters don’t really
show that, yet [they] take pride
in this made up persona that
they consider to be truly Italian.”
Salvatore Bancheri, a profes-
sor of Italian Studies at the Uni-
versity of Toronto, said the show
could even be considered racist.
“It’s doing a lot of damage to the
image of Italians,” he said. “This
show is, in a way, more problem-
atic than The Sopranos.”
He said the problem is that
a lot of viewers perceive what
happens on the show as actual
reality.
“Italians have one of the rich-
est cultures. The positive image
of Italy can sometimes be seen,
but the negative dominates.”
But some don’t have a prob-
lem with the show. Stefania
Scarfo is a third-year RTA stu-
dent and a proud fi rst-genera-
tion Italian-Canadian who said
what’s seen on MTV isn’t some-
thing new to her.
“Oddly enough, a lot of the
situations on the show are very
similar to ones I’ve dealt with in
real life,” she said. “Jersey Shore
is just like Wasaga Beach for Ital-
ians in the GTA.”
She said the show doesn’t
necessarily claim to be an ex-
act representation of all Italians
and there’s always going to be a
group in any culture that’s simi-
lar to a guido or guidette.
Scarfo also said some parts
of Jersey Shore demonstrate the
positive aspects of Italian cul-
ture.
“I think it’s nice that they all
sit around and have dinner to-
gether and say a prayer, that they
take turns cooking and washing
dishes and that their families
come and visit them,” she said.
“They’re all really close to their
families and that’s a very impor-
tant thing in the Italian culture.”
She thinks it’s funny that peo-
ple are fi nding controversy in
the show.
“People are acting like it’s so
controversial. It’s not,” she said.
“It’s real life. There are people
like that and you can fi nd them
in a parking lot in Woodbridge
or cruising the Wasaga strip. The
only difference is that these ones
are on TV.”
THE OUTFITLadies, you’re going to want
to invest in a pair of expensive,
curve-hugging jeans. The more
rhinestones on the back pocket,
the better. Rock & Republic is a
popular choice, but these jeans
can go for as much as $350.
Guys, if you haven’t already,
it’s time to pick up a couple of
shirts from Ed Hardy and Af-
fl iction, which cost anywhere
between $60 and $200. Popular
with mixed-martial artists and
Jon Gosselin, these shirts are a
staple in the guido closet. The fi t
must be tight. How else will you
show off that killer six-pack?
THE MAKEUPHit up your local MAC store
and prepare to spend a good
15 minutes in front of the mir-
ror, ladies. Build a solid base
Rye Italians reject guido stereotypeBY HILARY HAGERMAN
Get the Pauly D guido-glam lookwith a thick foundation (MAC
Studio Fix Foundation, $31),
and then cake on the bronzer
(MAC Bronzing Power, $27).
Next, circle your eyes with black
eyeliner (MAC Liquid Eyeliner,
$20) and plump those lashes
with multiple coats of a mascara
(MAC Plush Lash, $15.50) or just
don faux lashes, which are ap-
propriate for the club and the
classroom. Leave lips nude for a
natural look.
Not surprisingly, guys have it
easier in this department. Keep
those lips healthy with a mois-
turizing lip balm (Cherry Chap-
stick, $2.79). After that, it’s all
about that clear lip gloss (Rim-
mel Shock Gloss in Clearly Clear,
$8.49). Slick.
THE NAILSEvery guidette needs a set of
artifi cial nails. You can settle for
acrylics ($20-25 for a set, $15 for
refi lls) or splurge on gel nails
($35 for a set, $25 for refi lls).
THE GYMFist-pumping might be fun,
but it won’t get you the guns re-
quired to bag your own Sammi
Sweetheart. Hit the gym daily if
you want your own washboard
abs and sculpted biceps. The
Recreation and Athletics Centre
offers memberships for $70 per
year or $40 a semester.
THE HAIRLadies have a choice to make:
go for that hard, wavy look with
copious amounts of mousse
(TRESemmé Tres Mousse,
$7.50), or blow-dry your hair ab-
solutely straight. When it comes
to colour, jet black or dark with
chunky blonde highlights are
your best options.
Guys will have more luck
sculpting their hair into immov-
able art using a strong-hold hair
gel (Spiker Water Resistant Styl-
ing Glue, $18.99).
THE TANMale or female, every guido
and guidette with an ounce of
pride needs to have a tan. Head
straight to the tanning bed about
four times a week to keep your
skin looking its brownest. Tan-
ning packages at nearby tanning
salon Sol’exotica (169 Church
St.) start at $19.95 a month. And
if you’re scared of skin cancer,
there’s always spray tanning. It’s
$99 for one month unlimited
spray tanning at Glow Tanning
Lounge Body Bar at 9 Isabella St.
House battles with Snooki are just $2500 away
— ALLYSSIA ALLEYNE
If you’re a fan of Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, then you’re in luck. Snooki is coming to Toronto for an appearance on MTV and some local diehards have taken the initiative, organizing through a Facebook group, to get Snooki out to party with them. The group is seeking donations to hire the reality star, as the cost for her appearance is $2500. “It is legitimate for sure. My friend started the page and within two weeks we’ve had around $2000 in pledges,” said Rebecca Merchant, a sociology student eagerly anticipating Snooki’s appearance. “Snooki is a little fi recracker,”Merchant said.Snooki is apparently a bargain compared to the show’s other cast members The Situation and Pauly D who charge more than $7500 for their appearances.
”Let’s get real — characters like this don’t exist in Italy and never really have.”
— Natalie Ciarallo, ISA president
“People are acting like it’s so controversial. It’s not ... it’s real life. There are people like that and you can fi nd them in a parking lot in Wood-bridge or cruising the Wasaga strip. The only difference is that these ones are on TV.”
— Stefania Scarfo, third-year RTA student
”They paint this image of Italians that we are all hair-gelled, trance-loving spoiled brats.”
— Paul Fanone, ISA spokesperson
— Mitchell May, third-year archictecture student
“[Guido] is kind of one of those words that’s okay to say if you’re Italian, but offensive if you’re not Italian.”
— Merissa Battaglia, third-year social work student
“I kind of incorporate the Italian language into my everyday conversation, but most of my friends are Italian so they understand me. What does it mean to be a guido? It’s all in the aura.”
— Alexandra Bellissimo, second-year RTA student
“The Italians people see on TV are the extreme. Not everybody is like that.”
— Anthony Volpe, fourth-year business student
“People assume I’m like that [a guidette] because I’m Italian and I’m from Woodbridge. Woodbridge itself seems to be some sort of bubble. People think we have a different men-tality, but we really don’t.”
— Melissa D’Abbraccio, third-year GCM student
A step-by-step guide to the Shore poof(1) Grab your brush and hairspray. Don’t brush out the waves. (2) Spray the product into your hair while you crimp it with your hands. (3) Section off a large piece of hair in the front and back comb underneath to create the desired poof. Twist the hair and pin back. (4) Now head to Jersey Shore! — MICHAEL DUNCAN
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10 • The Eyeopener Wednesday, January 13, 2010ARTS & LIFE
Overheard in da club
Shaking things up with Billy Shakespeare
Drink of the week
“I want to bag you like some groceries.”
“Are you from Tennessee? Because you are the only ten I see...”
“If you were a burger at McDonald’s, you’d be called McGorgeous.”
“If this club was a meat market, you’d be the prime rib.”
Ryerson Theatre School is rehearsing for their performance of William Shaespeare’s Richard III.
The show will be performed by the graduating class of Ryerson’s theatre performance program. It is directed by Ruth Madoc Jones, an award-winning performer, dramaturge and director.
The show runs from Feb. 2 – 11 at the Ryerson Theatre. For ticket information call 416-969-5118 or e-mail [email protected]
Brought to you by the Arts and Life editors.Keeping Ryerson classy since 2010.
“Sambuca on fi re”
In the spirit of being Italian, this shot is a classic. Before family meals, the real appetizer is not
prosciutto and cheese... it’s Sambucca. Try it on fi re for extra points!
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The Eyeopener • 11Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Features
BY RodneY BaRnes
An old building is like an old person. It’s musty
and worn down. You put up with it only because
it’s managed to survive this long. But as time goes
on and it doesn’t stop aging, problems occur with
greater frequency and hit the wallet harder. And
when time calls for change, it’s met with difficulty
and resistance.
So it was no surprise to Sheldon Levy when as-
bestos was found behind the walls during the de-
molition crew’s gutting of the Image Arts building.
But it came as a shock, Levy said, when a crack
was found in one of two main water lines com-
ing in to the building, increasing the work load of
an already stressed renovation that broke ground
mid-May in 2009.
It all began with the anonymous donation of
the million-dollar Black Star photography collec-
tion, a series of about 300,000 photos document-
ing many of the 20th Century’s most memorable
futuristic block clad in glowing glass.
The original building was built in 1953 and was
the warehouse and bottling works of the O’Keefe
brewery. It was purchased by Ryerson and reno-
vated in 1970 to house photography and film stu-
Last summer the building was closed off to
students and faculty, displacing the 700 under-
grad and 150 grad students who took courses in
the Image Arts building. Many of their classes are
now held in the Victoria Street building, with the
image arts lounge shared with the international
students’ lounge and photography students using
equipment cages in the Victoria Street building
and Kerr Hall.
The renovation was originally planned to be
completed by September 2010, but if shocks
like the cracked water pipe are any indication, a
delay is not out of the question. Hamilton is re-
served about the date. And Levy is also apprehen-
sive about meeting the deadline for completion.
“Hope is a good word,” he said.
If shocks like the cracked water pipe are any indication, a delay is not out of the question
moments, and $7
million towards a
gallery and to pre-
serve the photo-
graphs. In 2006 plans were proposed to install the
collection as an upgrade to the image arts build-
ing and in 2007 Toronto’s Diamond and Schmitt
Architects were chosen to develop an entire retro-
fit worth over $8 million. Plans were approved in
January 2008 and by March drawings of the new
building were released to the public, showing a
dents and help manage the ballooning enrollment
rates at the university. Now, 40 years later, image
arts students are waiting to move back in as con-
struction turns the corner of what campus plan-
ning and facilities director Ian Hamilton calls the
demolition phase, and moves into the “build-up”
phase.
House of surprises
Elements on the face of the old building have been taken off. Concrete window cas-ings and brick have been removed to ex-pose columns. Holes have been punched into the old exterior to increase access into the new 10,500 square-foot gallery, the research centre and study space—all of it enclosed in glass.
The current yellow-bricked exterior will become an interior wall in the new build-ing. The upper floors will be clad in a lay-er of glass, LED lights and four inches of insulation. The LEDs can show 35,000 different colours and will be coordinated with events inside the building.
The new building will have three entrances: one on the west side that will open into a great hall and the Black Star photo gallery; another on Gould Street located beside a new café; and the third opening out here on Bond Street.
The renovation has cre-ated about 320 jobs. Construction crews or-ganized by trade have worked on the building in sequence, from de-molition to excavation, concrete-forming and structural steel.
Crews have dug trenches to place the footings for 12-inch steel I-beams that will support the new structure.
The interior has been gutted and electri-cal systems replaced. The new building will have rooms reconfigured according to specific programs and study space. There will also be personal elevators, accessible washrooms, and carpet and new furniture has been ordered. Faculty offices will be located on the east side as well as a vault to preserve photos.
Ryerson has nine months to finish the Image arts building.a look behind the fence at the Master Plan’s centrepiece
Wednesday, January 13, 201012 • The Eyeopener sporTs
Numbers don’t lieAnthony Lopopolo finds out the secret behind the basketball team’s winning record SEASON
REPLAYThe story:The women’s basketball team is off to one of the best starts in team history.
The highs: A three-game win streak at the beginning of November.
The lows: Losing their chance this weekend to take over the di-vision lead.
The blowouts:Ryerson 65 Waterloo 42(Nov. 6)Ryerson 74 Guelph 49 (Nov. 20)Ryerson 82 RMC 42 (Jan. 8)
The close-calls:Western 79 Ryerson 76 (Nov. 27) Queen’s 65 Ryerson 79- OT (Jan. 9)
The secret: Fifth-year guard Lacey O’Sullivan says her team-mates have gotten com-fortable with each other and that that cohesion is on display this season.“This year I feel that we’ve had the best team chemistry and at the beginning of the year we set out goals that we wanted to accomplish. As a team, we’ve been working really hard to achieve them. Our defence has been there — that’s usually our clutch — and our aggressiveness has been great,” she said.
The quote: “There are lots of years where sometimes you have to look at the games and you may lose the game by only two or three points. We had a lot of those [last season].” — Coach Sandy Pothier
The women’s basketball team was
poised to cover new ground this week-
end, when they had a chance to take
first place in the OUA East division.
But they didn’t pass the test, losing to
Queen’s University 69-65. Whether the
team finally met a contender in league
action or if they were victims of un-
known circumstances, the Rams have
dropped to fourth place.
Now at 7-5 and caught in a three-
game losing skid, the team is prepping
for a pivotal game against the division-
leading Carleton Ravens this Friday in
Kerr Hall Upper Gym. It could very well
determine if Ryerson has a true con-
tender on its hands, or an inflated one.
The Rams haved posted a program-
best 6-2 start to this season. Beneath
all the high-fives and backslaps that
come with great improvement, there
are always whispers about the qual-
ity of the competition when there was
little offseason change to the struggling
women’s team.
Head coach Sandy Pothier dismisses
the idea that the team has experienced
an easy ride this season.
“All the teams are evenly matched. I
don’t find [the opposition] too different
from last year,” said Pothier.
Pothier attributes the team’s new-
found success to the maturation of last
season’s rookies and the continuity that
has been able to exist without a dramat-
ic flux of new faces. No more than four
personnel changes were made in their
13-person roster, with a core of nine
players maintaining their spot from the
previous year.
But it does beg the question of
whether the Rams have benefited from
a light schedule.
In six of 11 games, Ryerson has been
pitted against teams which are current-
ly below .500 or are known to be peren-
nial basement dwellers. Ryerson’s wins
against Waterloo, Laurier, Guelph and
RMC — all of which own losing records
— were blowouts with a 13- to 40-point
scoring margin.
That question, in Pothier’s mind, isn’t
valid.
She cites the Rams’ win against UBC,
the No. 10 outfit in the country, in the
school’s Darcel Wright preseason tour-
nament and the team’s overtime loss
to the No. 2 Windsor Lancers last No-
vember as bona fide examples of their
potential.
“In terms of every other game we’ve
played, each one has been tough,” she
said.
“We host one of the premier tourna-
ments in the country. We always bring
in some of the best teams in Canada,
and we competed very well in our tour-
nament and finished in fifth spot.”
Clockwise from top: Coach Sandra Pothier does not believe her team has taken the easy road to a winning record this season; Fifth-year guard Lacey O’Sullivan credits her team’s newfound chemistry for their success; Lisa Goldring has been the backbone of the Rams for the past few seasons. PhOtOS: mAtt LLEwELLYN
The Eyeopener • 13Wednesday, January 13, 2010 sports
Ryerson’s forgotten warriorBY adRian cheung
The term “student-athlete” doesn’t
get a whole lot of buzz at Ryerson.
But you would think that an ath-
lete, who dominates at the university
level, has won medals and is ranked
nationally, could get a little publicity
from time to time.
It doesn’t always work that way
though. Especially not when that
sport is fencing.
Horia Puscas, a sabre fencer on the
Ryerson squad is one of the highest
achieving athletes at the university.
He has won three Ontario Uni-
versity Athletics (OUA) medals; two
bronze and one silver, all while boost-
ing his national ranking to 33rd in the
Canadian Fencing Federation in the
past year. He has been nominated for
Male Athlete of the Year at Ryerson
but he said he wasn’t even notified
about it until days before the athlet-
ics banquet.
“When all the athletes were nomi-
nated, they were getting asked ques-
tions and nobody asked me anything.
But what can you do, right?” Puscas
said.
The continuous snubs aren’t worn
as a chip on Puscas’s shoulder. He
said he understands that fencing
is still largely a niche sport that few
people understand or pay attention
to.
“I’ve just gotten used to it. It’s not
even that Ryerson doesn’t recognize
fencing, “ Puscas said.
“It’s just not a popular sport so
that’s about it.”
He started fencing at 11 years old
in his native Romania before redis-
covering the sport again in his first
year of university.
Since then, he has quickly risen
through the ranks of OUA competi-
tion, winning his first medal in 2005
while competing in over 15 events
every year.
Along the way, he’s garnered plenty
of confidence in his abilities – both
mentally and physically.
“When you start with complete
confidence, it really is much better.
You’re already 50 per cent into the
bout, whereas the other person is
afraid. It gives you an advantage,” he
said.
With repeated bouts, Puscas has
also gained an encyclopedic knowl-
edge of his opponents, learning their
tactics and tendencies, giving him a
decided edge before he takes a single
swipe.
“I think: ‘Do I know anything about
the [opponent]? Do I know that he’s
doing a step and lunge? Or does he
pull his arm back right before an at-
tack?’”
Moving on from university level
competition, Puscas has set his sights
on a higher standard: national com-
petitions and rankings. Here’s guess-
ing that his name and his game won’t
soon be forgotten.
Women’s volleyball
The women’s volleyball team opened their first tournament of the year with back-to-back wins on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 on home turf. The team made short work of Lakehead University
When all the athletes were nominated, they were getting asked questions and nobody asked me anything.
— Horia Puscas, fencer
in the first match,but had a little trouble putting away the Timberwolves in the second game. Haley Wolfendon was named player of the game in the second match-up, recording 38 assists, three kills and three digs. The Rams will play host again this weekend when they take on the University of Toronto and McMaster University.
Men’s basketball
The men’s basketball team made history on Jan. 9, but it wasn’t for their game. Their match-up against Queen’s University was the last time a game will be played in the Gaels’ gymnasium. The Rams lost to Queen’s in a 71-65 decision that saw the Kingston university hold a lead by as much as 13 points in the third quarter. Boris Bakovic recorded 23 points and eight rebounds in the loss. The men will return home to face Carlton University and the University of Ottawa next weekend.
Athletes of the Week
boris bakovicmen’s basketball
chelsea blackallwomen’s volleyball
Wednesday, January 13, 201014 • The Eyeopener biz & TEch
I’m in the Ryerson library and I am having a one with the Universe mo-ment right now. Incredible!
@melvinkbuslon
FFS how can @RSUMetropasses be sold out at 10:30am on the 1st day back? #eyeforatweet #fail
@frankyw
Figures that the only time I can get a paper in the RCC is at 7:30 AM, be-fore the hobos come to #Ryerson
@mattdemers
bloody sanitary pads all over the washroom floor. eeeeee. whatever happened to hygeine, #ryerson?
@paquita
#ryerson wayfinding fail. Arrows pointing towards “enroll-ment services” lead nowhere. Actual booth is labeled “Reg-istration”.
@jonmacarthur
Ryerson library makes me tired. Why is it so warm in here? #eyeforatweet
@wesgood
New media grad bounces onto blogosphere
Combining dance and the iconic arcade game
Pong is the sort of thing the internet notices.
During the holiday season, Pong Prom, a proj-
ect created by Ryerson new media graduate Ed
Keeble, was featured on a number of tech and
video game blogs including Gizmodo and Techna-
bob.
The art project, first displayed at Ryerson’s new
media show, Maximum Exposure, last April, turns
the participants into human ping-pong paddles.
The dancers wear white hoodies decked out
with Lilypad Arduino boards and accelerometers.
Conductive fabric at the cuffs, shoulders and
waist connect the two players as they dance and
the arduinos display a series of red LED lights on
the shirts in the familiar Pong layout.
Standing at a distance acceptable to middle-
school dances, the couple controls the paddles by
swaying back and forth. They must work together
to keep the ball going up and down their displays.
“I wanted to develop something that was com-
petitive and collaborative,” Keeble said.
“Some people who tried it at the show got re-
ally competitive, while one couple just decided to
make out,” he said.
It wasn’t until December that technology blogs
and hobbyists discovered Pong Prom on the inter-
net. Despite the exposure, there are no plans to
market the project.
“I’ve been approached by some European com-
panies about selling it,” he said. “But I don’t know
what the feasability for selling it would be like.”
At this point, Keeble said planning another
event is just a possibility. “With the exposure,
another event may be possible,” he said. “Maybe
something more robust.”
Keeble is writing instructions for anyone inter-
ested in building their very own Pong Prom. He
plans to post them on his website, www.covertath-
letics.com, by Jan. 15.
by vincent mcdermott
by evaN wyNN KosiNer
startup 101
When the going gets scarce... just calm down
Over the break, I really got to thinking about
how I’ve been treating my life and my businesses
as something scarce. It’s like kids always wanting
one more present over the holidays. We still view
things like those kids do, and it holds us back.
Scarcity is when the demand is greater than
the product out there. It drives people into ac-
tion even when it may not make sense. It’s like
infomercials you see on TV — “Call now, there are
only 30 left!” In my life there have been three main
stories regarding scarcity running the show. There
isn’t enough money. I don’t have enough clients.
And there are no girls out there aligned with what
I’m up to.
Over the break I really took time to look and see
what’s real about each of these positions.
First, as mentioned in previous columns, there’s
a ton of money out there. The people who have it
are totally willing to give it if you play the game. I
have a number of billionaire and multimillionaire
clients and there are a few things I’ve picked up
while working with them. They want me in a de-
cent suit, clean shaven and charismatic. And they
want me to prove that my product is the best out
there. If you can play that game, they’re happy to
work with you and share their money with you.
There aren’t enough clients. Usually if this
comes up, it’s a telltale sign the clients you’re seek-
ing aren’t well defined. Or said differently, you’re
slutting out your company to everyone and not
figuring out who actually wants your product. One
or two clients who bring in a ton of business may
be all you need.
As for girls — that’s probably the best example
of the false scarcity scare. My lady troubles were
Is it dancing? Is it Pong? It’s both. photo courtesey of covertathletics on flickr.com
just me not being open to the amazing people out
there. Once I realized the scarcity was all in my
head, lots of amazing young ladies popped into
my life.
Before there was comfort in saying there were
simply no girls out there for me. It was their fault,
not mine. In dropping that I take responsibility for
my life.
If something isn’t going the way you want it to
be, look for what’s going on in the background and
what you aren’t being real with yourself about. A
shift in the background leads to action in the fore-
ground, leading to a life without scarcity.
Your homework for this week: Find an area of
your life that you view as being limited or scarce.
Be responsible for that area and break down the
barrier between you and it until you see the light
at the end of the tunnel.
If you have any questions about running your
own business or have feedback for Evan, send an
email to [email protected]
biz students win ca$h
Ryerson business students (from left) Marko Dajic, Zuhair Moledina and Vishal
Malik came in fourth place at Battle for CA$H, held on Jan. 9 by The Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Ontario. They were one of two teams from Ryerson to
compete and walked away with $750.
photo courtesy of andre van vugt/giant vision
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