*This is a guest submission by Morgan Kool, B.Eng Candidate as part of the (Dis)Connection Stories project* Life as a student can be difficult at times: running from one activity…
From a Student, to a Student: Surviving the Switch to Online
Why I’m Glad Ryerson Doesn’t Have a “Homecoming”
It’s the night before homecoming and all of the university students are tucked into their beds. They’ve stitched and sown their hoco outfits coloured head to toe in their school’s…
Online Media Education Offline: VidCon 2016
The YouTube community and the online media world is the future but it’s also the present – it is happening and evolving right now. For the second consecutive year, the Ryerson Communications…
Project Spotlight: Let’s Go Learn Stuff
In their final year, as with many programs at Ryerson, Media Production (aka RTA) students get together to complete a practicum project. We sat down and chatted with team members…
8 Simple Ways to be Good to the Earth
I like to live in my optimist bubble and think that the people who believe that global warming is a myth have somehow fell off the planet and gone extinct. Now…
Spring/Summer Semester Enrollment is Open: Here’s What You Need to Know
Failed a course? Want to lighten your workload during the school year? Hoping to finish your degree in under four years without overworking yourself? Ryerson’s Chang School of Continuing Education has…
The Problem With Kerr Hall That Nobody Is Talking About
In my first year of university, I made a friend. Becky was gorgeous, gregarious, and all-around flawless. When we had a class together, I was initially excited: I get to learn…
#14DaysDry: What Can You Do Instead?
After a long day, do you think to yourself, “whoa – I need a _________.” (Insert here: beer, a glass of wine, hit of a joint, a night out, something…
Extreme Makeover: Dorm Edition, Part 2
The wait is over We left you hanging at the end of Part 1 when Cole didn’t seem too pleased and announced “we have a big problem.” You don’t have…
It’s the Exam-ocalypse: Are You Prepared?
The air is cold, and smells of coffee, red bull, and more coffee. Books are scattered across the library floors where students frantically flip through pages hoping to find something…