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RyersOnline top 10: A controversial year for the RSU - #3
By RyersOnline Staff | Published  04/5/2007 | Interactives , Off-campus news , Campus news , News , Print
RyersOnline top 10: A controversial year for the RSU - #3

 
 (Photo courtesy of The Ryersonian)
#3:

The Ryerson community and really, the community at large, saw a tremendous amount of passion from Muhammad Ali Jabbar (President), Nora Loreto (Vice-President of Education ), Chris Drew (Vice-President of Finance and Services) and Alam Ashraful (Vice-President of Student Life and Events)  who did some fine work raising awareness and funds for student issues.


But a lot of that passion came at the expense of decorum, judgment and common sense in 2006-07.

So whether it was Jabbar’s political views being aired on Facebook, Loreto’s defence of students impersonating journalists at government functions, a seemingly endless amount of time, energy and money focused on protests or the RSU using paid work time to coordinate the theft and destruction of every copy of the Ryersonian, there was no shortage of head-scratching behaviour from a group elected as a face and a voice for ALL students at Ryerson. For more on this story, check out our links below.

Questions, voices raised at final election debate
Election shocker
Controversial images: RSU defends photos
RSU nominations uncontested
Candidates campaign without competition
Rye reps pretend to be press
RSU gives media boot
The results are in...

United slate wins handily
Déjà vu? Students protest fees
Photo Gallery: RSU protests The Ryersonian
RSU censors

RyersOnline's Top 10:
10. Levy and the meth clinic
9. On golden keys
8. Basketball coach and racism allegations
7. Maclean's university rankings
6. Crime on campus
5. Honourary controversy with Somerville
 4. Athletic officials fired
3. Controversial year for RSU
 
 

Comments
  • Comment #1 (Posted by OJ)

    Personally i would have the Somerville controversy up to the top three. Ryerson got a huge amount of national attention over it. The issue also raises questions about how far academic freedom should go on university campuses.
     
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