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Journalism, not just Ryerson, has a discrimination problem

Written on March 12, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

An open letter from students alleges the Ryerson School of Journalism fails to properly represent and support BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ students. Ryerson should be paying attention—but so should journalism bodies as a whole. Last weekend, the chairs of Ryerson’s School of Journalism stepped down just...

University to discuss drafting freedom of expression guidelines

Written on April 5, 2018. Posted in News.

Early in March, McMaster University released drafted guidelines for freedom of expression and acceptable protest on campus. The guidelines followed controversial University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson’s speech on campus from the year before. In response to Peterson’s visit and the protest...

Men’s basketball struggles at home to open second half of season

Written on January 17, 2017. Posted in Sports.

Coming off the winter break, the Gaels hoped some fresh legs would do them some good. Their performances this past weekend, though, dashed those hopes after they suffered back-to-back losses to the Ryerson Rams and the U of T Varsity Blues. Friday night saw the men host the No. 4 nationally-ranked...

Campus catch-up

Written on September 23, 2016. Posted in News.

Ryerson: Vegan burger that’s not actually vegan It was revealed this week by The Eyeopener, Ryerson’sstudent paper, that The Ram in the Rye, a Ryerson campus pub, had been serving a vegan quinoa burger that wasn’t actually 100 per cent vegan. The burger, included on the menu in an attempt to accommodate...

The Waiting Game

Written on March 4, 2016. Posted in News.

On Canadian campuses, the clock has been ticking on sexual assault responses for a year and a half and counting. In November 2014, a Toronto Star investigation revealed that only nine out of 102 Canadian universities and colleges had sexual assault or sexual violence policies in place. The Star called...

Heartbreaker at the ARC

Written on March 1, 2016. Posted in Sports.

After a rolling layup with five seconds to spare edged Queen’s one point ahead of the Ryerson Rams, the Gaels looked all but in the clear. Sukhpreet Singh’s layup was the eighteenth time the teams had traded the lead over the course of the game on Friday. But the tension on the court only grew thicker,...

Reaching new heights

Written on November 6, 2015. Posted in Sports.

Last season, women’s basketball (11-8) made a run for the playoffs, but were knocked out in the Final Four by the Ryerson Rams, 69-60. The Rams, finishing with an overall record of 16-3 last season, were tough competition for the Gaels in the crucial last game of the season. For head coach Dave...

Men’s soccer picks up six points on the road

Written on September 22, 2015. Posted in Sports.

Two weeks ago, men’s soccer played host to the U of T Varsity Blues and the Ryerson Rams, with a 3-0 thrashing and a 1-1 draw as the unhappy results. This weekend, the Gaels faced the Blues and Rams on the road in another double fixture, this time with 2-1 and 4-1 victories. On a rainy Saturday, Queen’s...

Women’s soccer on a roll in Toronto

Written on September 22, 2015. Posted in Sports.

It’s been a while since the women’s soccer team has been beaten for a goal. The Gaels (3-1-3) notched another pair of clean sheets this weekend, as fourth-year keeper Madison Tyrell kept both the Toronto Varsity Blues (5-2-1) and Ryerson Rams (2-4-2) from scoring in a pair of road victories. With...

What’s race got to do with it?

Written on March 20, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

Ryerson University’s recent race controversy was a result of miscommunication, not prejudice. Two white, first-year journalism students were turned away from covering an on-campus meeting — organized specifically for racialized and marginalized individuals — held by Ryerson’s Racialized Students’...

One win short of CIS

Written on March 13, 2015. Posted in Sports.

A loss in the provincial semi-finals ended an unexpected run for women’s basketball. The Gaels fell one win short of qualifying for the CIS national championships, losing 69-60 to the Ryerson Rams — the eventual provincial runners-up — last Friday in Windsor. The loss came one week after Queen’s upset...

OUA women's basketball Final Four primer

Written on March 6, 2015. Posted in Sports.

The stakes will be high at the OUA women’s basketball Final Four. Queen’s joins three other schools in Windsor this weekend, with hopes of reaching the CIS tournament for the second straight season. The winners of Friday’s semi-final games will move on to Saturday’s final and earn a spot at nationals....

Last gasp falls short

Written on February 27, 2015. Posted in Sports.

A slew of injuries prohibited men’s basketball from entering the post-season. Their loss against the Toronto Varsity Blues (6-13) last Saturday sealed the Gaels’ (5-14) fate. They finished last in the four-team OUA East — one win away from the league’s final playoff spot. After facing the OUA’s top...

Odd road trip nets three points

Written on January 13, 2015. Posted in Sports.

Matt Holmberg called the result of his team’s weekend games “ironic”. The women’s hockey head coach saw his squad top the Ryerson Rams 4-0 on Friday, despite struggling during the latter part of the game. The next night, the Gaels played a complete 64 minutes, only to lose 2-1 in overtime to the Toronto...

Consistently inconsistent

Written on November 21, 2014. Posted in Sports.

It’s been win one game, lose the other for men’s hockey this season. By splitting their games last weekend, the Gaels found themselves winning one contest while failing to achieve victory in the other for the fourth weekend in a row. The Gaels fell 3-2 against the Ryerson Rams on Friday, before earning...

Winless on Toronto trip

Written on November 7, 2014. Posted in Sports.

After kicking off their year with a pair of wins, women’s volleyball dropped two matches in their first taste of road action this season. The Gaels (2-2) lost in straight sets to the Ryerson Rams (4-0) last Friday. One night later, they lost again, this time taking one set against the Toronto Varsity...

Win far from impressive

Written on November 7, 2014. Posted in Sports.

An ugly win and a shutout loss were the results of men’s volleyball’s Toronto road trip last weekend. The Gaels (1-3) lost in three quick sets to the Ryerson Rams (3-1), before taking on the Toronto Varsity Blues (1-2) on Saturday. Queen’s won that match in five sets after starting slowly. “It was...

Defence pushes Gaels past Varsity Blues, Rams

Written on October 28, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Defensive play has been a hallmark for women’s hockey this season, and this weekend’s games continued that trend. The Gaels (5-0-0) shut down the Toronto Varsity Blues (4-1-0) and Ryerson Rams (1-4-0) on the way to a pair of home victories this weekend. Jessica Wakefield’s goal with 3:44 remaining...

Blown lead prevents perfect road trip

Written on September 23, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Two goals in the dying minutes spoiled the Gaels’ weekend trip to Toronto. Facing the Ryerson Rams (2-5-0) Saturday afternoon, Queen’s (4-2-1) fell 3-2, as Ryerson came back from a 2-1 deficit by scoring twice in the final minutes of the game. Ryerson’s Alex Rodkin netted both late goals in the comeback,...

Streak snapped on the road

Written on September 23, 2014. Posted in Sports.

A Toronto road trip handed men’s soccer their first two losses of the season. Facing the Ryerson Rams and Toronto Varsity Blues, the Gaels fell in a pair of one-goal games. Queen’s found themselves a man down in both matches after players were sent off with red cards. The Gaels (5-2-1) faced off against...

Progress on the court

Written on February 28, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Don’t let this year’s record fool you: the Gaels improved significantly from last season. Even though the season for Queen’s men’s basketball ended with practically identical results to last year — 10 wins and a first round playoff exit — the young squad showed promise against stellar competition. The...

Strong at the finish

Written on February 11, 2014. Posted in Sports.

The women’s volleyball team went out on a high note on Sunday to close off their season. After failing to make the post-season for the first time in the past seven years, the Gaels (10-9) topped the Toronto Varsity Blues (15-4), the best team in the OUA. In their last weekend of competition, the Gaels...

Two sweeps for post-season berth

Written on February 11, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Men’s volleyball punched their ticket to the playoffs by sweeping both their weekend matches. The Gaels topped the visiting Ryerson Rams on Saturday before wrapping up their regular season with a victory against the Toronto Varsity Blues the next afternoon. The pair of victories gave Queen’s the sixth...

Fourth-place finish

Written on February 11, 2014. Posted in Sports.

A third straight weekend split dropped women’s hockey to fourth in the OUA heading into the playoffs. Queen’s beat the Ryerson Rams (5-18-1) 4-2 on Saturday but fell short against Toronto (18-5-1) in the next day’s showdown for third place in Ontario. With the loss, the Gaels (16-4-4) will now face...

No gents in Ryerson gym

Written on January 17, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

A small controversy has erupted over a proposal to create women’s-only gym at hours at one of two campus athletic facilities at Ryerson. The hours were requested by female students for a variety of different reasons ranging from religious modesty to unfair cultural expectations of women. Women should...

Stopped in their tracks

Written on January 14, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Women’s basketball’s five-game winning streak came to a screeching halt at home. The previously first-place Gaels lost both their games over the weekend: 70-67 to the Ryerson Rams and 70-56 to the Toronto Varsity Blues. The Rams (4-8) got their revenge on Friday night for a previous meeting, in which...

Down and up at home

Written on January 14, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Men’s basketball found themselves on both sides of 20-point blowouts last weekend. The Gaels fell to the Ryerson Rams 81-61 at home on Friday before topping the Toronto Varsity Blues 84-64 the next night. The opening game of the home stand saw Queen’s (7-5) face a nationally fourth-ranked Rams squad...

Agony of defeats

Written on November 28, 2013. Posted in Sports.

The Gaels were unable to put away sets in Toronto this weekend. Queen’s (3-5) dropped two close road games last Friday and Saturday, falling in five sets to the Ryerson Rams (7-3) and losing in four to the Toronto Varsity Blues (4-6). With two games to go before the holiday break, the men are looking...

Back and forth

Written on November 28, 2013. Posted in Sports.

The Gaels won and lost against some of the top competition in the OUA. On Friday night, the women swapped sets on the road with the Ryerson Rams (6-4), as the Gaels won in a deciding set. They lost in four frames to the Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday. The Ryerson match proved to be one of the hardest-fought...

Complete performance

Written on November 15, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Queen’s earned a hard-fought victory and the easiest two points of the season last weekend. The Gaels defeated the Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1 last Friday in a home contest at the Memorial Centre. They were also gifted an additional victory through a forfeit by the Ryerson Rams. Queen’s was originally...

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