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After 10 years of using Rmail,
Ryerson is nally taking steps to
switch to Gmail despite privacy
concerns.
Ryerson Computing and Com-
munications Services (CCS) and
their E-mail and Collaboration
Commiee have drafted a propos-
al for Ryerson to adopt the Google
Apps for Education online suite.
If the draft is approved by the
town hall, the nal proposal will
be brought to the executive.
When theres a nal recommen-
dation were going to look really
hard at it and make a decision,
said Julia Hanigsberg, vice presi-
dent administration and nance.
They are hoping to receive the
recommendation by the end of De-
cember and, if approved, students,
sta and faculty will have the op-
tion to use Google instead of the
current university-wide e-mail,
calendar and collaboration plat-
form.
On Nov. 14, the commiee held
its rst town hall session to allow
the community to respond to the
proposal.
The town halls are part of say-
ing here it is and allowing people
to comment and ask questions,
said Brian Lesser, director of CCS.
Im thrilled with the way the
team has gone about this, said
Hanigsberg of the considered feed-
back from
the entire
c o m m u -
nity.
T h e
next ses-
sion is
Nov. 25
at 9 a.m.
and, if the
response is still positive, the pro-
posal will move on to Hanigsberg
and the executive.
If they agree and everyones on
board well start negotiating with
Google, said Lesser.
He predicts that if everything
goes forward smoothly the new
system could be in place as early as
Fall 2012.
The platform is free for accredit-
ed post-secondary institutions and
allows them to retain their own
custom domains. Ryerson has con-
sidered switching for nearly two
years but the major concern up un-
til now
was a
d i s c r e -
tion in
p r i v a c y
on Amer-
i c a n
servers.
T h e
A m e r i -
can Patriot Act allows condential
information held in servers to be
available to the American govern-
ment at any time without notica-
tion.
BY MARIANA IONOVA
NEWS EDITOR
Ryerson University may have to
dish out up to half a million dol-
lars of its operating budget to sub-
sidize the cost of a new residence.
President Sheldon Levy said the
university has exhausted all other
options and has failed to nd a
way to provide low-cost, 8-month
student housing without supple-
menting its cost from the univer-
sitys $350 million budget.
Its an impossible set of con-
ditions, Levy said. Something
has to go. So either, they have to
be more expensive, on 12-month
leases, or the university has to take
money from its operating budget
to subsidize them. I think we just
simply have to accept that build-
ing residences is going to be a cost
on the operating budget. We just
have to get over that fact. Theres
no choice.
Levy said Ryerson has been try-
ing to nd an alternative so that
money is not taken out of the
classroom to subsidize residences
but there has been no progress be-
cause aordable housing near the
university is rare.
Youre in downtown Toronto
and its just too expensive to as-
sume you can do it in a neutral
cost or that you can do it without
hiing students heavy in the pock-
etbook, Levy said.
Currently, there are only 840
spots and there was a total of 1,485
applications to Pitman Hall, the
International Living and Learn-
ing Centre (ILLC) and OKeefe
House this year. Although there is
no geographic cut-o point, many
students dont get in because other
applicants live further, according
to student housing services man-
ager Chad Nuall.
The waitlist maximum is cur-
rently 424 and, when it lls up,
students are directed to o-cam-
pus residences like Campus Com-
mons, which is not directly ali-
ated with the university. But, even
with some o-campus options
available around the university,
space is still insucient for every-
one in need of housing.
The very recent argument that
is being made by the executives is
that we are missing out on some of
the best students because theyre
going elsewhere because we dont
have residence for them. So that
could be a compelling reason to
add spaces as well. Schools that
have a residence guarantee nd
it easier to recruit, said Nuall.
Whereas our message is very dif-
ferent. We say, well, you probably
wont get in depending on where
you live.
The university has been discuss-
ing a new residence for the past
ve years. When Levy announced
the Master Plan in 2006, he out-
lined the need for more housing
on or near campus as a priority for
the university. Two years later, the
Board of Governors approved the
plan and the university has been
unsuccessfully striving to expand
student housing since then.
Earlier this year, the university
put out a Request for a Proposal
(RPF) looking for a company to
build and operate a residence
space on 111 Gerrard St. or the
parking lot opposite of the George
Vari Engineering and Computing
Centre. Levy said this request, like
many before it, garnered no re-
sults.
My preference would be that
we build, operate and own the
building ourselves, Nuall said.
[With a third-party company]
we wouldnt be able to make all
the decisions that would need to
be made. So, we cant dictate their
fees, we cant say they should re-
invest in the building...If all the
residents at Pitman Hall decide
theyre going to party hard over at
Campus Common, then we have
no control over student behaviour
that goes on over there.
But an entirely university-
owned and operated residence is
not a viable option at this point
because Ryerson has already in-
curred a signicant amount of debt
through other projects like Maple
Leaf Gardens, the Image Arts ren-
ovation and the Student Learning
Centre.
Nuall also noted the university
is still paying mortgages on Pit-
man Hall and ILLC.
Levy said Ryerson is exploring
all its options, including subsidiz-
ing the building cost of a third-
party company and then retaining
control over the operations of the
residence.
But operations of another resi-
dence may be costly since the
current annual budget of housing
services is $6 million. Levy said a
wholly third-party owned and op-
erated residence would alleviate
nancial pressure and is not out of
the question.
If someone else said they want
to build another residence we
would say thank you very much,
we love you. I would say that
would be great, Levy said.
3November 16, 2011 The EyeopenerNEWS
Rye looking to switch over to GmailAter years o worrying about privacy issues associated with the American Patriot Act, Ryerson is fnally looking to make thebig switch to Google Apps or Education. Associate News Editor Carolyn Turgeon reports
PHOTO: LINDSAY BOECKL
Ryerson wins economically becausewe could not do [these things] withoutspending tens of millions in-house.
Brian Lesser,
director of CCS
New residence impossible without Rye subsidy
In contradiction, Canadas Free-
dom of Information and Protection
Privacy Act requires that universi-
ties secure student records, includ-
ing academic standing, grades
and contact information, and keep
them private.
I would stay with my Rmail,
because I dont feel comfortable
with my information being avail-
able to the U.S. government, said
Stephen Fenn, a rst-year social
work student.
The commiee worked with Ry-
ersons Privacy Coordinator and
consulted with sta from the Of-
ce of the Information and PrivacyCommissioner of Ontario to devel-
op a Privacy Impact Assessment.
Ryerson President Sheldon
Levy was condent in the minimal
amount of risk.
The privacy commissioner of
Ontario, who I have a huge amount
of condence in, has absolutely
convinced me that it is not an is-
sue, said Levy.
Canada has its own terrorism
laws that allow searches without
a warrant, similar to the American
Patriot Act. They also often share
information and searches with the
United States and ask for warrants
from each others country.
Theres a long history of lawful
access, said Lesser. The actual
risk of being in another jurisdiction
is not as great because theyve al-
ways had that ability.
In comparison to Rmail, which
can be accessed by the Canadian
government, Gmail is actually saf-
er, according to Lesser.
Google data centres are like
lile armed camps, he said.
Concerned students will be able
to opt out of the potential email
change.
For most people Gmail is ne
but for people who are concerned
well continue to operate Rmail,
said Lesser.
This means that the university
would not be able to fully shut
down the current system, and will
therefore still be paying for it, al-
though the use of Google applica-
tions will eliminate the need for
GroupWise, the current collabora-
tion system.
We will be able to provide, for
a similar cost, a much more ro-
bust set of tools, said Hanigsberg.
This project has never been about
cost savings.
Were not actually going to save
money of any signicance, saidLesser, adding that there may still
be costs for implementation.
The choice to pursue a Google
implementation came from a Re-
quest for Proposal (RFP) that con-
sidered accessibility, security, pri-
vacy, ownership of data, mail opt
out options, legal jurisdictions and
the Patriot Act.
Lesser said they were also
aware that some students already
forward their Rmail accounts to
Gmail accounts, allowing them to
view it all together and exposing
themselves to the Patriot Act.
[The forwarding] just tells you
something: that your e-mail system
sucks, said Lesser.
He makes it clear that the new
system will give students, sta and
faculty more than email. They will
also have use of Google Calendar
to book oce hours with profes-
sors. Student groups will be able
to use Google Documents to work
together and Google Plus will also
allow members to communicate
and video chat.
Thats where Ryerson wins eco-
nomically because we could not
do [these things] without spend-
ing tens of millions [of dollars] in-
house, said Lesser.
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NEWSMariana HAKUNA Ionova
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LAURENSTRAPAGIELEDITOR-IN-CHIEF
This ones for the fellas
We all know gender inequity ex-
ists. We know that there are fewer
woman in politics or leading co-
porations. We know women make
less money. We know that women
are judged more on their looks than
their intellect.
We know all these things, yet
when women dare try to address
these issues in a serious way they
get called the usual names: fem-
inazi, bitch, dyke, man-hater, etc.
And unfortunately, the majority of
the individuals tossing out thoseterms are men.
Its as old and tired as gender in-
equality itself.
There seems to be a problem
seperating large sociological prob-
lems and personal responsibility.
When discussing feminism, some
of you men go on the defensive and
use those tired words, feeling like
youre being personally blamed for
all thats wrong in the world.
DRAWN OUTBY CATHERINE POLCZ
Correction: In the Nov. 9 issue
we printed that Evergreen Youth
Centre was a homeless shelter.
Evergreen is not a shelter but adrop-in centre with programmes
for youth in need.
Youre not.
Gender inequality is bigger than
you and bigger than the male popu-
lation as a whole. Its everyone and
its persistant in everything. Con-
sciously or not, we all contribute to
gender inequality in tiny ways that
add up to our current less-than-
perfect state.
So guys, what Im saying is, its
not you. Its us. Its everyone.
If youre one of those men who
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TRSMvotes yesto career
centre
Just over a month after opening,
students still cant expect to at-
tend most classes in the Image Arts
building until January 2012.
Students will not be able to use
the classrooms until January be-
cause equipment, continually in
use by classes throughout the fall
semester, will need to be moved to
the new building, said Alex An-
derson, interim chair of the School
of Image Arts.
The rst classes in the renovated
IMA still not moved in
IMA delays cost extra $12 million in constructionREBECCA BURTON
NEWS EDITOR
A delay of more than a year isnt
just pushing back students move
into the Image Arts building but
has cost the university millions.
Documents acquired by the
Eyeopener revealed that the origi-
nal contract with PCL Construction
was set at a total price of $28,104,
500.
By Sept. 1, 2011, the total num-
ber of additions and deductions
Students voted yes inthe Nov. 7-10 Ted RogersSchool of Management ref-erendum to develop a busi-ness specic career centre.Of the 2,145 votes cast, atotal of 1,851 voted in fa-vour.
There arent enough re-sources for the business
management students likethere are in many of the topschools, said Ekjus Singh,a second-year businessstudent.
The rst $50 student feeswill be collected in Sep-tember 2012, according toMark Patterson, director forcareer development andemployment partnershipsfor TRSM. But they will belooking to ramp-up servic-es from now until then inhopes the new centre willbe fully functional by thisSeptember, he said.
In addition to a new ca-reer centre, the ancillaryfee will pay for more oppor-tunities within the school ofbusiness. Staff-to-studentratios will be lowered, mak-ing classes more manage-able with fewer studentsper professor. Plus it willcontribute to more job andinternship opportunities,on-campus networking, ca-reer preparation support,program-specic marketingand one-on-one career ad-vising.
Patterson said they aimto promote their programsto potential employers inthe business sector.
The centre, run and -nanced by students, willalso introduce new technol-ogy that will have the abilityto match jobs to the prolesand abilities of students.
Students can create on-line proles and portfoliosand will have access to anonline job aggregator, saidPatterson.
The fee will contribute$750,000 to fund the pro-gram with the remaining$250,000 coming from theschools budget.
According to Patterson,an additional seven coor-dinators will be hired, eachresponsible for specic ac-ademic programs.
There will also be a direc-tor, two managers, and anexecutive in residence whowill be Wayne McFarlane,the former head of HumanCapitol for Price Water-house Coopers (PWC).
reached $12,820,989, bringing
the total revised contract price to
$40,925,697.
This accounts for the majority
of the $70.95 million budget set for
the total project.
There are a bunch of dierent
pieces that contribute to the over-
all project cost, said Julia Hanigs-
berg, vice-president administra-
tion and nance.
The overall project cost goes
up over time, she said.
Hanigsberg aributed these
costs to delays with the project
from unforeseen problems. Prob-
lems included the heating and
cooling system failure in the old
building and the asbestos found
throughout the existing building.
There is not one particular
piece of the project making the
cost go up in price, she said.
Hanigsberg said there would be
no additional costs for the work
to be done in the coming months
yet was unable to give a total con-
struction budget as of November.
PCL construction will continue
to work on the project to nish the
gallery.
In addition they will be respon-
sible for any deciences found in
the coming months.
There is a long period after the
building looks completed where
the obligation of the builder re-
mains. It might not even be seen
in the rst six weeks. Even if its
not visible they still have a respon-
sibility, said President Sheldon
Levy.
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Construction continues inside the Image Arts building. PHOTO: CHELSEA POTTAGE
building were set to begin in Sep-
tember 2011. But unnished class-rooms meant that students had
to spend another semester in the
Victoria building and other spare
spaces around campus.
When we got back to school
this year, they threw us a pizza
party. They were trying to make
up for this, said Alison Greaves, a
fourth-year photography student.
Construction began in Greaves
rst year and she will only get the
chance to use the new building for
her nal semester.
As of now, the photo studios
are complete. There is wirelessaccess available throughout and
the sound stage for lm is set to
be completed this weekend, said
President Sheldon Levy.
Generally everyone is happy
about it, more students are using
the space, however it is still a work
in progress, he said.
The building was designed to
serve as inspiration for students,
said Anderson. Kailee Clayton, a
third-year lm student, doesnt
see this commitment to design on
the inside of the building. The tiles
on the third oor are old and the
rooms are laid out oddly, she said.
Michelle Nunes, a rst-year pho-
tography student, said the studio
space looks like a warehouse. Be-
sides one photography lab in the
IMA building, the rest of her classes
are located elsewhere on campus.
The transition between buildings
began on the Thanksgiving week-
end.
Vid Ingelevics, professor in the
undergraduate and graduate Im-
age Arts programs, is holding on to
both his oces as he slowly makes
the move from the Victoria build-
ing over to his new oce in the Im-
age Arts building.
Students are still required to trav-
el to the seventh and eighth oors
of the Victoria building to book and
return their equipment.
The photography cage has moved
student photography equipment tothe new building, but equipment
for sta and cameras and lenses for
students still remains in the oce.
The lm cage has not begun their
move yet and are still deciding
when to start.
Construction will continue into
the new year, with the addition of
the student gallery space that will
not be completed as planned until
next year, said Paul French, media
coordinator for Diamond & Schmi
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6 November 16, 2011The Eyeopener NEWS
Police looking for arson suspectToronto police are looking to nd the man responsible for a series of garbage res around Ryersonand a three-alarm re on George Street. Astoria Luzzi reports
Toronto police are looking for
a suspect in relation to a series of
garbage res around campus and
the Oct. 19 three-alarm re near
Dundas and Jarvis Streets.
The rst incident was on Oct.
15 at 11:40 p.m. when police were
called to 87 Gerrard St. East where
a garbage can had been set on re.
Over the course of the night, po-
lice were called to a total of three
garbage res on Gerrard Street.
There were three more incidents
over the next two days, including
dumpster and recycling res. All
incidents were discovered in the
late hours of the night or early
morning.
A news release from Toronto Po-
lice Services stated that nine more
arsons were commied in the Ger-
rard Street East and Church Street
areas between Oct. 19 and Nov. 1.
According to Tanya Fermin-Pop-
pleton, manager of security and
emergency services at Ryerson, the
garbage res were small enough to
be put out by a re extinguisher.
On Oct. 19, an abandoned brick
heritage home at 295 George St.
was the victim of a three-alarm
blaze that required 75 reghters
to respond. Investigators believe
the blaze is connected to the same
person responsible for the garbage
res.
Police obtained a description
of the suspected arsonist with the
help of footage from a security
camera near one of the garbage
res. The suspect is described as a
man aged between 45 and 50, ap-
proximately 6 feet tall, with a me-
dium build and a limp. The video
footage shows the man strolling
near a pile of black garbage bags
for about a minute and a half, then
bending down and seing it on
re.
Fermin said police are still look-
ing for the suspect and, so far, a
total of four res on campus have
been reported to police. The video
footage is on YouTube and police
are looking for tips that can help
lead them to the suspect.
PHOTO: TORONTO POLICE FOOTAGE
BY SEAN WETSELAAR
The Ryerson Students Union
(RSU) voted to campaign for more
multi-faith space on campus at
last weeks semi-Annual General
Meeting (AGM).
The RSU passed the motion al-
most unanimously on Wednesday,
after two years of discussions. The
current multi-faith room on the
third oor of the SCC was created10 years ago, after the Students
Union campaigned for a prayer
space.
It was a hard bale, said Rod-
ney Diverlus, vice-president of
equity. We saw the need for this
space and, unfortunately, the uni-
versity did not.
President Sheldon Levy said he
sees the SCC as the student area
that provides this space.
In the extent that they need
more club space we have indicated
that we are open to a discussion
on how to provide more student
space on campus, he said.When the SCC was built, an
area was set aside for faith-based
groups to pray, meditate, and en-
gage in other religious activities.
That space is no longer large
enough for the demands being put
on it, said Mitch Reiss, president of
Hillel , the Jewish Students Union.
Jewish students need to pray
three times a day and often they
need to put it o, Reiss said. But
if [the multi-faith space] was avail-
able, it would be done on campus.
Reiss added that Muslim stu-
dents need to pray ve times per
day, which is made even morechallenging by the frequent lack of
privacy in the busy prayer space.
Ten years later, our groups
have grown in size, Diverlus said.
Were seeing the demand for the
space outpace the amount of space
that we have.
Reiss said that, on top of ex-
panding the current space, the area
should be bookable and should
have several segments to account
for faiths where men and women
pray separately.
Reiss added the space should be
usable for religious learning and
other events.But thats not something that
can be done right now, Reiss
said. The space is inadequate for
prayer alone.
RSU votes to get more multi-faith space
A man entered a class-
room in the RogersCommunication Centre
around 8:45 p.m. on Nov.11 and began disruptingthe students. One studentasked the man to leave
but the trespasser gavehim a backhanded bitchslap instead. The student
followed the man out intothe hallway, where hewas pinned against the
wall, kicked and punched.
A student had to re-
ceive medical assistancewhen his nose beganheavily bleeding during
an exam. Unfortunately,the nosebleed stoppedand he still had to write
the exam.
In the latest trials of a
sports editor, Sean Tep-per got knocked to theground during an intra-
mural basketball gameMonday night. His kneeexperienced severe
swelling and he proceed-ed to spend the night onthe couch in the Eye of-
ce bitching like a baby.
Briefs &
Groaners
An abandoned heritage home on George Street was set ablaze on Oct. 19.
AGM Highlights
The RSU will launch a cam-
paign against gender-based vi-olence and, as part of the effort,
will establish a sexual assault
support line in January.
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IFyou think gender is no longeran issue, that weve passedsome sort of inequality thresh-
old, think again. In spite of the strides
made by social movements, we all con-tinue to be treated differently becauseof what we do or dont have betweenour legs, and the way we choose to ex-press ourselves. And Im not just talk-ing about who has to pay on dates.
Women make up the majority of thestudent population at Ryerson, but arestill harassed and assaulted on campus.Men, who undeniably go through the
world with more privilege, are looked atwith suspicion and distrust when theytry to break into stereotypically femi-nine elds. Even our staff and faculty
arent exempt from the effects of in-equality, with women earning less thanmen as they move through the ranks.
Pretty depressing, huh?But in spite of these unsettling facts,
there are some on campus who aretrying to move things forward. JeffPerera, founder and co-chair ofRyersons White Ribbon Campaign isleading the ght against gender-based
violence and shattering stereotypes ofmasculinity in the process. A studentmother is trying to battle gender rigidi-ty from home by raising her son gender
non-specic, and our students union istaking steps to create a less oppressivespace for all.
If you look at how gender equalityhas transformed in the last 50 years,yes, things have gotten better. But justbecause weve come this far doesntmean we dont still have a ways to go.
Allyssia Alleyne, Arts & Life Editor
Not conforming toprescribed gender
norms for menand women. It isalso the idea that
people shouldavoid distinguishing
others by theirgender.
Gender identityand biological sexarent the same.A Transexual issomeone who
undergoes surgeryto match theirphysical body
with their genderidentity.
Someone whosebiological sexmatches their
gender identity.
Discrimination ordevaluation basedon a persons sex.
The differencein pay betweentwo groups withsimilar jobs and
experience.
PHOTOS: CHELSEA POTTAGE
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Atoms, particles, Einstein, wavelengths,
radiation theory.
In this physics class in the AMC the-
atre, there are about 80 students, and only
eight or nine are female. Welcome to engineer-ing a notoriously male-dominated area of
study at Ryerson.
Maria Gonzalez, 21, sits in the third row.
Shes petite, with loose brown curls, big brown
eyes and square-rimmed glasses. On her desk
tray theres a pad of lined paper and a black
steel waterbole.
Gonzalez commutes from Vaughan, and
even though she wakes up before the crack of
dawn to get to her 8 a.m. classes, shes aen-
tive. She looks at the professor as
he talks, looks at the screen as its
gradually lled with his scrib-
bles, and looks back down at her
notes, wrien neatly in blue ink.
Her brow furrows slightly as
she stares at the formulae on the
screen.
Its fun when you under-
stand whats going on, she says.
However, when hes writing
stu down, sometimes its like
Whats he talking about? She
laughs.
Gonzalez likes physics and
studied math at Ryerson before
transferring into industrial engi-
neering.
When I applied, I knew there
would be a lot of guys, she says.
It hasnt bothered her in the
slightest. You dont think of the
people in the class, just the classitself, she says.
According to Engineers Can-
ada, the number of women in
Ontario engineering programs
dropped down to 17 per cent
in 2009 from 21 per cent in 2001. And in the
professional world, the statistics havent im-
proved much. Only 10 per cent of licensed
engineers in Canada in 2009 were female, up
from 7 per cent in 2000.
I think its mostly the reputation that
doesnt aract females, says Gonzalez. Engi-
neering is stereotyped as a profession of man-
ual labour and hard hats, but thats not always
accurate.
Certain engineering branches are more
get-your-hands-dirty than others, she says.
Industrial engineers, for example, often work
in an oce seing and do systematic proce-
dures like supply chain analysis. They will
strategically plan, for instance, where a new
chain store should be built or work through
the step-by-step process of creating a product.
Its about how [a product] can help and aect
the human being. You develop procedures to
make it more eective, Gonzalez says.
Women in Engineering at Ryerson is trying
to correct the misconceptions. It hosts several
events for female students to gather, meet,
and network. Female engineers come to some
of these events to give the students an idea ofwhat its like to be a woman in the workplace.
Ryerson engineering professor Frankie
Stewart was the rst female mechanical en-
gineer hired at Ontario Hydro in the 1980s.
Thats just the way it was. Was it easier or
harder because of that? No, it was just your
job All of the men were great to work with.
Now, shes one of two female faculty members
in the mechanical engineering department.
Clearly, not much has changed. I do not
know why, I think its a fun discipline. Maybe
we dont do a great job of leing people know
all the things that we can do, Stewart says,
seeming to puzzle over it.
She says the programs at Ryerson are usu-
ally less than a quarter female, and many are
concentrated in chemical and biomedical en-
gineering.
We dont self-promote. I know PEO [Pro-
fessional Engineers Ontario] once referred to
it as the silent profession., she says.
Its not all about construction, and she says
perhaps students dont realize Ryerson oers
eight very diverse engineering programs.
Stewart displays Computer Engineer Barbie
like a trophy on her oce shelf. Barbie wears
thick pink glasses and sits at a computer. Ev-
ery year, online voters decide what the dolls
next occupation should be.
This just came out this year, she says, a
hint of pride in her voice.
BY RHIANNON RUSSELL
Its mostly the reputation that doesnt attract femalesEngineering is stereotyped as a profession of manual labour and
hard hats and thats not always accurate.
Admit it.
You laughed hysterically every time
Robert De Niro ridiculed Ben Stiller for be-
ing a male nurse in Meet the Parents. Hisdelivery and stone cold facial expression
made it hard to resist a chuckle.
Despite reinforcing the stigma of nursing
being a gender exclusive career, there is rea-
son why De Niros character and others feel
this way.
Historically, the term nurse has its roots
in the Latin noun nutrix, meaning nursing
mother. The term often referred to a wet
nurse (women who breast fed the babies of
other females). It wasnt until the 20th cen-
tury that the term nurse became inclusive to
males, despite the psyche surrounding the
profession still favouring women as born
nurses due to seeing females as having
natural maternal instinct.
Today, in spite of the plethora of sexy fe-
male nurse outts during Halloween, males
are breaking ground and entering the eld.
Third-year nursing student Ali Jaery says
the program makes him feel well rounded
and prepared for placement.
Even with contentment in pursuing a ca-
reer in nursing, Jaery has found himself
promoting social and gender norms within
the feild. I used to introduce myself as a
male nursing student. I realized by doing
that I was emphasizing it is a female domi-
nated practice. Now I just say I am a nurs-
ing student to try not to further the stereo-
type and stigma surrounding the eld.
According to Jaery, a portion of males
in the nursing program are immigrants and
are not familiar with the North American
stigma associated with nursing. They re-
ally just want to help people and know thatnursing is a great career choice.
Canadian numbers have remained stag-
nant over the years. In 2009 out of the to-
tal number of registered nurses (284,690),
which includes nurse practitioners, males
only represented 6.2 per cent (16,475). The
province of Quebec had the largest volume
of registered male nurses (38.7 per cent) with
Ontario following in second (27.6 per cent).
It also doesnt help that the media is guilty
of perpetuating miscon-
ceptions like male nurs-
es being passive, eemi-
nate or soft. It causes
many males to overlook
the career due to not t-
ting the mould. Despite
a strong recruitment for
male nurses in Canada,
the after-eects of the
previous generations
mentality of the eld is
still being perpetuated.
Jaery has been con-
gratulated by both his
peers and professors
for studying the eld. I
entered nursing because
there is a lot of room to
grow, say Jaery. I
feel the patient popula-
tion should reect the
care being oered inCanada.
Males currently prac-
ticing in the eld are
slowly noticing changes
in terms of patient re-
sponses to more males in nursing. I feel a
bit special, a lot of patients are sometimes
surprised, but they actually welcome me
usually without any hesitation, says Tegar
Roessaptono, a nurse at Sunnybrook Hospi-
tal.
Roessaptono, who graduated from the
University of Toronto with a degree in nurs-
ing in 2010, has been practicing in the eld
since February. Roessaptono feels nursing
is a career that is always evolving and con-
stantly keeps him on his toes. Nurses arent
only responsible for bathing and clothing
patients, they monitor the eects of medi-
cine, look at precautions for certain blood
types and are shifted into dierent situa-
tions, he says.
If you could shadow my work for one
day, you would see we [nurses] go way be-
yond the stereotypical view of what a nurse
really is.
I used to introduce myself as a male nursing studentBy doing that I was emphasizing it as a female dominated practice
Now I just say I am a nursing student.
BY IMRAN KHAN
Females in male-dominated programs,males in female-dominated programs.A look at what its like to be the theoutcast gender
PHOTO: LINDSAY BOECKL
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Canada has one of the highest
gender income gaps out of 30 in-
dustrialzed countries belonging
to the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
(OECD). There was roughly a 20
per cent dierence in salaries in
2008. Much like any other business
or institution, Ryerson still tends to
pay its female professors less than
their male counterparts.
Speaking anecdotally to col-
leagues around the university,
there does appear to be a dierence
between male and female salaries,
says Anver Saloojee, president of
the Ryerson Faculty Association.
Saloojee could not provide specic
data, as employee salaries are con-
dential for those who make under
$100,000 a year. Still, on the 2010 list
of Ryerson sta making more than
$100,000, only
about one third
were women.We do see
gender anoma-
lies in salary but
most of those are
at point of hire,
says Saloojee. If
theres a prob-
lem, thats the point at which a criti-
cal challenge lies.
If two people enter the same po-
sition at the same time for dierent
salaries, the lesser-paid individual
will never be able to catch up as
long as the other employee con-
tinues to work the same job. The
individual faculty member in a par-
ticular department is oered a po-
sition and then negotiates a salary
with the dean of that department,
says Saloojee. If you and I have a
dierent salary at the beginning,
that carries forward all the way to
retirement.
Jean Golden, a professor of soci-
ology who has worked at Ryerson
for 40 years, says she was hired for
less than a male friend with the
same degree and same experience.
Back then it was clear the evaluation
was based on gender, she says. He
was always paid one level higher.
He retired about ve years ago, and
she says the dierence added up toabout $400,000 dollars over the 35
years they worked.
Sta at Ryerson can apply for
a salary anomaly adjustment,
where three members of the RFA
and three university representa-
tives examine a possible inequal-
ity and make a salary adjustment.
Golden has received adjustments
twice, both in recent years. The rst
bumped her base salary by $1,000,
the second by $500. Maybe Ill
make another $10,000, but it cer-
tainly wont oset the $400,000.
Jacquie Chic is a politics profes-
sor and vice president of campaigns
at CUPE local 3904, the union that
represents contract faculty and
teaching assistants at Ryerson. She
says that there is no gender wage
gap within contract employees, but
that women are far more likely to
be a part of this lower-paid group.
We dont have the same wages or
benets as tenured faculty.
Chic says part of the problem is
that once you start as a contract em-
ployee, it can be dicult to get out
of that trap. We make far less than
tenured faculty,
so the university
has an interest inoering someone
like me a contract,
rather than a more
lucrative posi-
tion.
Ryersons leave
policies dont di-
rectly cause an income gap for fac-
ulty, as up to 17 weeks of maternity
leave and up to 37 weeks of paren-
tal leave are covered (at 93 per cent
of regular pay) and salary increas-
es are still granted regardless of
time o, as long as it is paid leave.
However, women are still far more
likely to work part-time to take care
of children than men. According
to Statistics Canada in 2010, when
women were asked why they work
part-time, 19 per cent said to pro-
vide care for children or other fam-
ily responsibilities, compared with
two per cent of men.
James Brown, a philosophy pro-
fessor at the University of Toronto
who works with gender and equity
issues, said that the maer has been
with us for years. There are fairly
easy remedies he says like a com-
pensation fund for female faculty
up to the point where they meet
average male incomes and actively
urging those who make merit paydecisions to make sure they are not
disadvantaging females. Over-
coming all the biases at work in
ones evaluation of others is quite
dicult. They may honestly believe
they are being fair, but the numbers
tell a dierent story.
ILLUSTRATION: LINDSAY BOECKL
*Salary increases will be renegotiated every few years, but this hypothetical situation ofaccumulated earnings assumes a yearly increase of $1,000 and four per cent a simpliedbut similar system to Ryersons pay scale.
Its a locker-room norm that re-
mains unspoken: nding a female
coach for a male athletic team.
There are many female varsity
teams with male coaches, but the
opposite appears to be scarce. In the
Ontario University Athletics (OUA)
there is one female head coach of a
mens varsity team: Brenda Willis,
of Queens coaches the universitys
male volleyball team. Currently at
Ryerson, there are no female head
coaches for any of the mens varsity
teams.
I dont see gender as either a
positive or a negative, said Ivan
Joseph, Ryersons director of ath-
letics. Whether its for coaching or
playing.
When hiring a coach, Joseph
says he looks for a proven pedi-
gree of success, not for a particu-
lar gender. According to Joseph,
who has coached both male and
female sports teams, the issue isnt
so much about who coaches, but
rather with their players.
I prefer to coach women. With
men I have to always prove why
Im asking them to do something;
theres always a sense of doubt,
said Joseph. Most mens [soccer]
players are Mister Know-it-Alls. I
nd that the women Ive coached in
the past are more eagerly accepting
of feedback. Women are focused
and turned on right from the get-
go when its game day; it isnt the
same as the mens team.
Alice Lu coaches Ryersons fenc-
ing team. The teams roster boasts
both male and female athletes, and
Lu notices there are mental and
physical dierences between the
two sexes. These dierences force
her to coach the players dierently.
In fencing there is a foundation
of skills, but you treat them [males
and females] dierently by looking
at their physical force, says Lu.
Men are usually faster than wom-
en. Women are not as fast, but all
the skills are the same.
The players themselves can in-
timidate a coach preventing them
from instructing a particular team.
But part of the problem may be
nding a female coach who is will-
ing to coach a male team. Lisa Jor-
dan, the head coach of the womens
hockey team at Ryerson, is con-
dent in her ability. Joseph says her
no-nonsense approach would t
well.
I think I could adapt to coach-
ing males, but if I had the choice
Id stay with females, says Jordan.
But I think Id be able to hold my
own in a male environment.
Jordan, who has one of the best
winning records in Canadian wom-
ens hockey, says that the opportu-
nities for females to gain the experi-
ence needed to coach at the highest
level are dicult to come by.
Females coaching mens teams
are novelties to anyone outside the
team, she says. Youd hold the re-
spect of your players, but among
other peers and coaches there are
so many stereotypes about not be-
ing condent enough, said Jordan.
Personality ing the team maers
too. Females probably gel beer
with females and males gel beer
with males.
Aleksa Miladinovic, a second-
year chemistry student and mem-
ber of the Ryerson volleyball team,
disagrees with the stereotype.
Whoever [the coach] is, male
or female, if they have know-how
about the game and they can treat
the team very well, I dont think it
maers very much, he said.
Whether female coaches for male
teams are not predominant as a re-
sult of lacking opportunity or gen-
der biases, this absence appears to
be a common across the board in
the athletics world. It doesnt seem
like the trend is changing anytime
soon, said Jordan.
The man is now mak-
ing about $7,000 a year more
than the woman, for a total of
about $60,000 the cost of a
brand new BMW M3 coupe.
The man is earning about
$10,000 more per year. Hes
made about $150,000 more.
The man is making $16,000
more per year for the same job,
neing him a total of $280,000
more over the course of his
career, enough to buy himself a
new Lamborghini.
The woman
retires with a pension
of $159,000 per year,
meaning she contin-
ues to make $9,000
less than him every
year, all because he
negotiated for $5,000
more their rst year.
The man retires
with a pension of
$168,000 or 60 per
cent of his highest
year of earnings (30
years times two per
cent).
BY JESSICA MURRAY
We do see genderanomalies.
Anver Saloojee,RFA President
Kai Benson looks at the gender pay gap at Ryerson
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How one student took on thechallenge of gender-neutral
parenting.Gin Sexsmith reports
Its not uncommon for expecting parents to be asked
whether theyre having a baby boy or girl. As the due date
gets closer, friends and family are often eager to have blue
things ready for a boy, and pink for a girl.
But V.K., a third-year journalism student has rebelled against
these norms of parenting. She is raising her four-year-old son
Jamie without strict gender boundaries. She says this is part
of an aempt to combat the patriarchal society that we live in.
Jamie has never had an all blue wardrobe, nor has he been
bombarded with gender specic toys or TV shows.
V.K. lets her son express himself how he wants and makes
sure she steers clear of restrictive male specic language like
the word snowman.
Jamie has chosen to let his long brown hair hang freely and
wears whatever he wants even if others commonly mistake
him for a girl.
Its not what Im doing, its what Im not doing, she said.Im not imposing stereotypes, Im not telling him to be a cer-
tain way.
Instead, V.K. has let her son decide what he likes and how
to dene himself. Something she hopes will free him from the
struggles and pressures that our society expects from men.
We think of patriarchy aecting women, we dont always
think about how it aects our men. Men are also restricted in
their own ways they cant express any kind of femininity,
she said.
Although Jamie has heard some of the criticism his mother
has goen from strangers who approach her, he is condent
and calm about who he is.
Initially Jamie was enrolled in a conventional daycare, but
V.K. pulled him out after three months. She noticed that her
son was feeling isolated amongst the other children as well as
by the teachers.
He now goes to ALPHA Alternative School, Torontos oldest
alternative elementary school which prides itself on teaching
children cooperation, social responsibility and freedom of ex-
pression.
Rebecca Lock, a contract instructor for the department
of sociology said its all about gender norms and whether peo-
ple want to adhere to them.
Being raised gender neutral has to do with the values
conconcerning equality and giving children choices around
gender.
I think [it has to do with] the way people aach to gender, and
we live in a society where we are aached to the binaries, said Lock.
But not everyone is aached to the alignment, or maybe some peo-
ple would like to change [it].
Although children at Jamies new school sometimes mistake him
for a girl, V.K. said he is self-assured and the children do not tease
him.
Jamie told me: I dont care if they think Im a girl or a boy, or if
they call me a she, said V.K. But during the moments that he does
care hes condent enough to tell them no, Im a boy.
V.K. doesnt believe you can expect an average university student
to be accepting of blurred gender roles if they have been raised with-
in our societys strict binaries.
Times are changing, men are being allowed to express them-
selves as parents and individuals, but I dont think were quite thereyet. These changes start with how people are raised, she said. Its
got to start young.
Jamie hasnt asked too many questions about how he is being
raised, but V.K. said that she will be open with him once the inqui-
ries start owing.
The idea that hes questioning is good. It gives me a chance to tell
him that we live in a male dominated society despite the fact that
females are more than 50 per cent of the population, she said.
V.K. said she read up on dierent education models before she
ever decided to have a
child.
When she had Jamie
she already knew what
kind of education she
wanted to give him.
Her partner had no
doubts about raising
his son without distinct
gender roles.
She also tries to pro-
vide him a balance of
strong male and female protagonists in the books she reads to him
to teach him the concepts of equality.
V.K. said that being raised this way will benet him because she
believes hell be comfortable with who he is and not fear looking silly
if he wants to play or do a typically female activity.
But her parenting style is not as dramatic as Kathy Wierick and
David Stockers baby Storm who is being raised without being iden-
tied as either male or female.
Its quite an experiment, said V.K. I dont know what to make
of it, but I strongly believe that parenting styles are very individual
and that you really cant judge.
I dont care if they think Im agirl or a boy, or if they call mea she.
Jamie, V.K.s son
I strongly believe that par-enting styles are very indi-
vidual and that you reallycant judge.V.K.
V.K. is raising her son to express himself however he chooses. PHOTO: MOHAMMED OMAR
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Rodney Diverlus is an equity
geek. If you come to his oce
to discuss, say, queer rights or
the marginalization of Aboriginal
peoples, he could go on for hours. I f
you want resources about womens
rights or racialized communities,
hell point you in the right direc-
tion.
As vice-president equity at the
Ryerson Students Union (RSU),
its his job to help create a campuswhere everyone operates under an
anti-oppression framework.
[Anti-oppression] essentially
means that youre thinking about
inequities. We acknowledge that
dierent students have dierent
needs and dierent barriers, he
explains. These inequities include
gender, sexuality, race and ability.
But while Ryerson may be lead-
ing the pack in some areas, its trail-
ing behind its neighbouring univer-
sities when it comes to promoting
anti-oppressive ideals.
Diverlus says the eq-
uity service groups
should be a stu-
dents rst resort
if they want tolearn about vari-
ous issues from
an anti-oppres-
sive framework,
but cisgendered men
(men whose biological
sex matches their gender identity)
who want to learn more about fem-
inism may be intimidated by a
sign outside of Ryersons
Womens Centre.
Among the pro-
choice and feminist
movement posters
is one leer-sized
piece of paper stating:
STOP To ALL Male
Allies. Men must knock
before entering because
their presence may make women
uncomfortable, and can be asked to
leave at any point.
Sabera Esufali, who has
been the coordinator at the
University of Torontos
Centre for Women andTrans People for the last
three years, thinks this
policy might send the
wrong message, even if it
is well-intentioned.
How do you police a space?
Esufali asks. How do you monitor
a space for gender when a lot of the
work that we do focuses on break-
ing gender norms?
At The Centre for Women and
Trans People, both cisgendered and
trans men are allowed to drop in at
their leisure, as well as volunteer or
participate in group activities. They
even have a male work-study stu-
dent.
If men feel like they want to be
in the space and work towards our
philosophies under our mandate,
then thats great.
Diverlus says the RSU has been
making an eort to educate every-
one who works with them so that
they have a comprehensive under-
standing of the inequities they are
trying to address.
Last summer they worked
with Ryersons Oce of
Discrimination and Ha-
rassment Prevention
Services and consult-
ed with other univer-
sities, including York
University and the
University of Toronto,
to create an anti-oppres-
sion training module for ori-
entation leaders and equity service
group coordinators. (Orientation
leaders can set the stage for what
we expect of ourselves, Diverlus
reasons.) This year about 500 peo-
ple participated. The training was
three hours long, but according toDiverlus, it just scratched the sur-
face of anti-oppressive principles.
I think Ryerson is geing into
a place where coming from
an anti-oppressive
framework is being
normalized, but
were denitely
not York, he
explains. They
have models
and modules
that are very ad-
mirable. Theyve
set the stage.
Siva Vimalachan-
dran, the vice-president
of equity for the York Fed-
eration of Students (YFS), doesnt
know if theyve necessarily set
the stage, but he can understand
where Diverlus is coming from.
Our membership at York is
very aware and very commied to
making sure our campus is a posi-
tive space, he says. The school is
known for its campaigns around
subjects like islamophobia, as well
as its high-prole speakers. When
political activist Angela Davis
spoke at the university in 2010, 600
people aended.
All of the speaker series are al-
ways packed, he says.
Like Ryerson, York oers anti-
oppression training for YFS sta
and orientation week leaders
(about 800 this year), but theyve
also provided training for security
personnel, student club executives,
YFS volunteers, people who work
in their student centre, and stu-
dents who are leaders in other av-
enues among others.
But even if they have dierentapproaches to promoting an anti-
oppression mind-set, Diverlus, Es-
ufali and Vimalachandran all agree
that they still have a lot more
to do before their work
becomes unneces-
sary. Esufali still
has students of
colour coming
to her with sto-
ries about how
a Eurocentric
curriculum is
negatively im-
pacting their edu-
cation. Vimalachan-
dran is still trying to
nd ways to get his message
across to Yorks approximately
50,000 students.
Peoples identities still maer.
Peoples identities still either push
them forward or pull them back,
says Diverlus. Its as easy as just
opening your eyes and seeing were
not there yet.
When it comes to application numbers, personal styleand proessional programs, Ryerson cant be beat. Butwhen it comes to spreading anti-oppression principles,Ryerson is outpaced and outclassed. Arts & Life EditorAllyssia Alleyne fnds out how Ryerson stacks up
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Conflicted intern-allyInternships have become a necessary evil to getinto todays job market. But things can get legally
ugly when it comes to unpaid positions.Biz and Tech editor Sarah Del Giallo andJeff Lagerquist report
Internships can put some real
world experience on your resume
and even land you a job, but some
employers see an opportunity to get
work done cheap. With students
desperate to build their portfolios,
working for lile or no money can
seem like a viable option.
The problem arises from the fact
that the laws surrounding intern-
ships are vague and usually not
enforced. In the case of unpaid in-
ternships, many students end upworking in illegal environments
without realizing it.
Andrew Langille, a labour and
employment lawyer in Toronto,
says that internships have become a
major part of the job market transi-
tion that young people go through.
Unpaid internships are being
used as a proxy for entry-level po-
sitions and theyre allowing compa-
nies to not hire people, but to use a
revolving door of unpaid interns to
sustain the business and the opera-
tions, he said.
The Employment Standards Act
(ESA) has a six-point denition of a
legal unpaid internship. Within that
denition, it states that an unpaid
internship should be the equivilant
of a training program and should
wholly benet the intern.
Langille says that internships fall
under precarious employment.
Precarious employment is
where you dont have a lot of ties
to the employer; its generally on a
short term basis on a contract with
the employer. You may not get ben-
ets, he said. If youre making
coee, ling papers, photocopy-
ing, inpuing data and so on and
so forth, its probably not a trainingprogram, its probably illegal and it
probably violates the ESA.
Bruno Quarless* is a senior jour-
nalism student who had a summer
internship at a well-known Toronto
sports network.
Thats one of the reasons I
moved to Toronto, I wanted to
work for them, he said.
Then I found out it would be
unpaid, which was ok. Most are,
which sucks.
Quarless was working on search
engine optimization content for
the network two days per week.
During his shifts he would write
ve to six 500-word stories on ma-
jor sports while having to include
phrases for optimization.
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Rye grads make Call of Duty trailerBY GRACE BENAC
Several Ryerson graduates were
commissioned by Activision to
create a trailer for the hugely suc-
cessful Call of Duty (COD) Modern
Warfare 3. Activision is the franchise
owner and game publisher of COD.Modern Warfare 3, the latest re-
lease, broke multiple sales records
in the rst 24 hours after its launch
on Nov. 8, neing over $400 million
in the U.S. and U.K. alone.
Je Chan and William Chang,
along with several other Ryerson
graduates and fans of the game, de-
cided to create a trailer called Find
Makarov for the then-unreleased
MW3.
The made-for-fun trailer post-
ed to Chans YouTube account in
March ended up going viral. It at-
tracted 3.5 million views within
three days.
We were hoping it would be-
come successful, but we had no
idea it would turn out to become
what it was, said Chan.
Five hours after the video went
up, producer and Ryerson alumDavid Fradkin received a call from
Activisions lawyers, who were
suspicious that the team was look-
ing to make a prot o of the com-
panys copyrighted product.
Fradkin and the rest of the team,
who produced the lm largely out
of their own pockets, were able to
allay Activisions concerns.
Hours later, the team got a call
from Activisions vice president,
George Rose.
Rose congratulated the team
on their work and informed them
that Find Makarov was already
receiving rave reviews from many
video game programmers and pro-
ducers.
It was a prey intense time,
said Chang, a graduate of Ryer-
sons lm studies program.
The next time Activision called, itwas to commission another trailer.
Chan and his team, who were then
heading the now-defunct market-
ing agency We Can Pretend, eager-
ly jumped on board. The catch?
Activision wanted us to do an-
other trailer, due in eight weeks.
To give you an idea of the work it
takes to put a lm like that together,
Find Makarov took about eight
months to nish, said Chang.
When Je called me, I said yes,
initially. But when he told me the
due date, I said no. Its prey much
impossible.
Luckily for the team, Chang
came around. A second trailer for
MW3, called Operation Kingsh
was screened for a crowd of thou-
sands on Sept. 2 at the opening of
the Call of Duty XP convention in
Los Angeles.Although Chan, who graduated
from the RTA program in 2008, said
that Activision has been in touch,
he said his main focus is working
on several feature lm projects.
He admits that many of his
teams present eorts would not
have been possible without the
success of Finding Makarov and
Operation Kingsher.
Through [the trailers], weve set
up a bunch of projects. The success
of the trailers has basically dictated
the next few years of our lives.
Whatinternshipsare legal?
Quarless said he received very
lile feedback on his work in the
four months he was working for
the network. He didnt feel that he
gained any benet from his time
there.
Basically I spent two days a
week for four months cranking
out 2,000 to 2,500 words of use-
less bullshit that no one saw, with
no byline, no money, and not even
something that I would put in my
portfolio, he said.I worked at a place that I always
wanted to work at and hated it
and became completely disillu-
sioned.
Despite his negative experience,
Quarless can understand why com-
panies would take advantage of
free work from eager students.
It really does pay o for them.
Its just so hugely disappointing.
Although the laws are vague and
the risk of exploitation is always
a factor, internships can be an ex-
tremely eective means of gaining
real world experience before grad-
uation.
The thing thats so good about
intern programs is that it gives
people a relatively simple way to
nd out if they want to do this stu,
whether they enjoy it, and whether
they are good at it, said Roger Gil-
lespie, the man in charge of hiring
student interns for the Toronto Star,
which pays interns.
Gillespie explains that student
internships also serve as a way for
employers to see potential hires
in action before oering a job. He
makes it clear that interns should
not expect full-time jobs.
Dont rely on some notion that
you are going to get hired here, be-
cause thats a stupid thing to do,
said Gillespie.
Last year the Star hired 22 interns
for their three programs and none
were hired full-time. The interns
themselves often set the pace of
competition for scarce positions.
Almost no one gets into our pro-
gram who isnt prepared to give up
a chunk of their life, said Gillespie.
Outworking your peers isnt al-ways the challenge, especially if
youre a business student. Some-
times staying focused on monoto-
nous yet important tasks is the most
dicult part.
Fourth-year business technology
management student Paul Benton
interned with CIBC World Markets
for four months. After a rigorous
three-part interview process, he
found himself spending hours in
front of an Excel spreadsheet ling
reports for traders.
I would say we were being ex-
ploited, but we were paid quite
well. Twenty-two dollars per hour
is at the higher end of the scale,
said Benton.
As boring as it was, the experi-
ence paid o.
Geing a job is a lot easier if you
have an internship on your resume.
Its a big part of landing a position
after you nish school, he said.
Practical work experience is an
important part of a resume, but arts
industries are less likely to pay for
your time.
Louis Calabro is a manager of the
Genie and Gemini awards for the
Academy of Canadian Cinema and
Television (ACCT). The ACCT hires
unpaid interns for six-month in-
ternships. The workers are required
to come in for 12 hours per week.
Were a not-for-prot organiza-
tion so we dont have a lot of excess
cash oating around, said Cal-
abro. The internship is a way to
provide experience for somebody
whos maybe just coming out of
school or who may be in school at
the same time. Its not really meant
to be a situation where youre goingto be making tons of money.
The ACCT generally hires interns
from arts and science programs.
The interns responsibilities
range from labeling, ling, box-
ing things up to puing together
screener packages for nominating
commiee members and organiz-
ing information for the nominating
commiee.
We function like any produc-
tion company would on the oce
side of things. So I truly believe that
does provide a lot of experience,
he said.
Langille said, In the case of in-
ternships, whether youre going
to get the minimum wage is a big
question. A lot of the internships
arent paid.
While internships provide real
world experience before gradua-
tion, there are other ways to build a
resume and break into your chosen
profession.
There are other ways to gain
professional experience and I nd
that increasingly many students in
the journalism program are work-
ing at a professional level almost
from day one and keep on doing
so even if its as a freelancer, part-time, or contract, in their summers
or spare time, said Ivor Shapiro,
chair of Ryersons journalism pro-
gram.
Still, the job markets demand
for practical workplace experience
is a reality for most Ryerson stu-
dents.
This has a wider impact on so-
ciety because people are puing o
life milestones, such as geing mar-
ried, moving out of their parents
home, entering into relationships,
having kids, buying a house, saving
for retirement, said Langille.
This is a phenomenon that is
aecting [current] generations
and will aect the coming genera-
tions that are entering the labour
market.
Here is how OntariosMinistry of Labourdenes a legalunpaid internship
The training is similar to that
which is given in a vocationalschool.
The training is for the ben-et of the individual.
The person providing thetraining derives little, if any,benet from the activity of the
individual while he or she isbeing trained.
The individual does not dis-place employees of the per-son providing the training.
The individual is not ac-corded the right to become an
employee of the person pro-viding the training.
The individual is advisedthat he or she will receive noremuneration for the time that
he or she spends in training.
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I hated it and becamecompletely disillu-sioned.
Bruno Quarless,journalism student
This has a wider impacton society ... people areputting off life mile-stones...
Andrew Langille,labour lawyer
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SPORTS
Fridays results
Womens Basketball:Laurier 63 @ Ryerson 56
Mens Basketball:
Laurier 85 @ Ryerson 65
Womens Hockey:
Ryerson 1 @ York 4
Mens Hockey:
Ottawa 2 @ Ryerson 3 (SO)
Saturdays results
Womens Basketball:Waterloo 72 @ Ryerson 65
Mens Basketball:Waterloo 96 @ Ryerson 91
Womens Hockey:Waterloo 3 @ Ryerson 0
Mens Hockey:UQTR 4 @ Ryerson 5 (SO)
Womens VolleyballWestern 3 @ Ryerson 1
Mens VolleyballWestern 3 @ Ryerson 0
Sundays results
Womens VolleyballWindsor 0 @ Ryerson 3
Mens VolleyballWindsor 3 @ Ryerson 0
OUA Womens Hockey
Team W L OTL
Laurier 9 0 1Guelph 9 2 1Queens 7 3 1Windsor 6 4 1Toronto 5 5 1Waterloo 5 6 1Brock 5 5 0Western 5 6 0York 5 6 0UOIT 4 8 0Ryerson 1 10 0
CIS East Standings- Mens Hockey
Team W L OTLMcGill 24 2 2UQTR 19 8 1Carleton 18 8 2Nipissing 17 8 3Queens 14 11 3Toronto 10 11 7Concordia 12 14 2Ottawa 11 14 3Ryerson 8 18 2RMC 5 22 1
Geing roughed up is a part of
the game, but for the rst time,
one of our chasers got taken to
the ground hard enough for the
refs to stop play. Glasses broken
and blood dripping down her face
from a ripped out eyebrow pierc-
ing, we nally came to a certain
realistation as she limped o of
the eld. We were playing a real
sport.
This past weekend, Over 2,000
broom-riding athletes descended
on New York City. Organized by
the International Quidditch As-
sociation (IQA), the fth annual
Quidditch World Cup took placein Manhaan and aracted just
under 100 teams from all over
North America and Europe. It was
my second time leading Ryersons
team against the IQAs best, and
while we may not have won, we
put up a good ght.
Real athletes ride broomsThis past weekend, Ryersons Quidditch team drove down to New York or the fth annualQuidditch World Cup. Ryersons team captain Suraj Singh flls you in on how the team did
Last year, we didnt put a single
quae through the hoops, geing
only 30 points in three matches
thanks to a snitch catch. We n-
ished second to last overall, top-
ping only an all-girls high school
team.
This year, the competition was
sti but we pushed back and re-
fused to be labelled as a walkover.
While we left without a win, the
improvement from last year was
huge. We managed to hold our
own against the team that nished
second overall in the division and
playing one of our most physi-
cal matches against a communityteam made of grown athletes, not
nerdy university students. Just
looking at the point dierential,
our team showed visible improve-
ment. Even in quidditch, theres a
big dierence between losing 180-
0 and losing 70-50. It might not
seem like much but lile victories
like this mean a lot to a growing
team. We learned a lot from each
game, discovering what worked
for us and playing to each oth-
ers strengths. The chemistry be-
tween the team was stronger than
its ever been. We were a team
this year, not just players wear-
ing the same home-made jersey.
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It seems that people
will do almost any-
thing for free alcohol, except for
coming to your party or spend-
ing any time with you.
Gemini
You will wake up
from a four year
blackout and realize youre only
a semester away from graduat-
ing with an arts degree.
Leo
People often say that
life is short, and in
your case, theyre correct!
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A nancial windfall
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Youll be baed
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Capricorn
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BY KAI BENSON
day before, and it just lashed out.
The basics of moustache care in-
clude conditioning, combing and
peing. However, like the people
they rest upon, moustaches have
a wide variety of personalities.
More often than not, men must
learn their moustaches likes and
dislikes the hard way. This can
end in scrapes, bruises and even
broken bones.
My boyfriends [moustache]pushed me down a ight of
stairs, Amy Williams, 19, says. I
ended up with a broken leg. The
bath hed run for it had been too
hot it was a stupid, stupid mistake
that we never made again.
Wolfgang Schneider, rst-place
winner in the 2011 World Beard
and Moustache Championships
for best natural moustache, says
that the key to taming the beast istraining it from the start.
A moustache can be extremely
dangerous, he explains. If you
dont begin disciplining it at birth,
things can get ugly.
Even with growing awareness
of the dangers of facial hair, mous-
tache-induced fatalities are on the
rise. In 2010, 1,496 Canadians died
at the strands of their moustaches,
up from 1,233 in 2009.The most important thing for
a new moustache-grower is to get
educated, Schneider says. A man
should never aempt a moustache
without being aware of the risks.
Earlier this month, thousands
of men worldwide made the deci-
sion to risk their lives to combat
prostate cancer. Their mission, if
they chose to accept it: to grow a
moustache.
For Movember, participants
are challenged to develop and
display a moustache to support
cancer research. Needless to say,
moustaches are commonly consid-
ered among the deadliest things
in the world to have on ones face.
Now, at the mid-month mark, the
prepubescent laughable whiskers
are maturing into fatal fuzz.
Ive woken up in the middle of
the night to my moustache tryingto suocate me, Eric Stamford,
28, says. The Ryerson students sit-
uation is only one of many report-
ed cases of homicidal facial hair.
Id forgot to condition it the
Moustaches a menaceBY HALEY ROSE
A moustache can be
extremely dangerous. Wolfgang Schneider
Just one example of an evil moustache at work.
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