VIDEO: 2014 RSU Elections Debate
Click here to view the embedded video. Candidates running in the upcoming Ryerson Student Union presented their platforms and took questions from the crowd on Wednesday during the 2014 RSU Election...
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Starting over
By Behdad Mahichi When Hala Skiek made the decision to go back to Syria, her father was completely against it. Her friends were bewildered. Her workplace manager thought she was joking. Skiek went back...
View ArticleTours better have my money
By Behdad Mahichi Nearly two months after orientation week, more than half of the engineering students hired to conduct campus tours have not been paid for their work. The First-Year Common and...
View Article‘Life of a Mesopotamian Refugee’ fundraiser at Ryerson
By Rob Foreman Members of the Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Students Union (ACSSU) will be attempting to emulate the life of a refugee from Syria and Iraq in their fundraiser, Life of a Mesopotamian...
View ArticleFeminists petition against men’s group
By Behdad Mahichi The controversial men’s issues group that was denied student group status on campus has filed an appeal to the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) — but another hurdle has come their way....
View ArticlePerspectives of displacement
By Behdad Mahichi Since Nov. 16, members of the Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Students’ Union (ACSSU) have been holding a fundraiser while attempting to emulate the life of displaced people in Iraq and...
View ArticleMuslim banner taken down…again
By Behdad Mahichi UPDATE: According to Michael Forbes, a Ryerson spokesperson, security reviewed surveillance footage in their investigation to discover that high winds had actually blown down the...
View ArticleRecapping the RSU semi-annual general meeting
By Behdad Mahichi Nearly 200 students gathered in a Ted Roger’s School of Management lecture hall on Monday for the 2015 Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) Semi-Annual General Meeting (SAGM). Twelve motions...
View ArticleZone Startups India launches Soft Landing program
By Behdad Mahichi Zone Startups India — the DMZ’s sister startup accelerator based in Mumbai — has announced plans to go global. The incubator, located on the 18th floor of the Bombay Stock Exchange...
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In the zone of Startups India
By Behdad Mahichi The crowd looked on with great anticipation as Canada’s Governor General David Johnston kneeled down, a coconut in his hand. The pressure was on — as per the Hindu ritual, good luck...
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