the arts
Gallery review: Nocturne
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the newspaper University of Toronto’s Independent Weekly
Vol. XXXIII N0. 1
ANIMAL HOUSE NO LONGER
HIGH-RISE RES WON’T BE CHEAP
New city zoning bylaw hits frat boys where it hurts... their pockets
U of T turns to private enterprise to provide residence needs sANDRA DeGRANDIs
The Greek community at U of T has recently been hit hard with a new zoning regulation from the City of Toronto. Following several complaints filed by residents on Prince Arthur Avenue, an area populated with posh homes and some of U of T’s fraternity houses, Councillor Adam Vaughan has decided to act and hit the fraternities and sororities where it really hurts: the finances. Although not officially recognized by the university, the fraternities and sororities have been around since U of T was founded. Apart from the financial support received from past alumnae, many frats also bring in revenue by renting out their properties to film companies for a tidy profit. The city has not only introduced a zoning bylaw classifying fraternity and sorority houses as “rooming houses,”
Lack of student living space is a perennial problem at many universities, and especially so at U of T. In order to accommodate more students, U of T has decided to lease some of its land on College St. to a private company, Knightstone Capital Management, that will build the first for-profit residence on university property. This will not be the first privately owned residence at U of T. Tartu College, St. Vladimir’s, Campus Common, and Campus Co-op are all privately owned and operated residences. However, while these residences might be removed from the STEPHANIE KERVIN
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February 3, 2011
U of T frat houses have recently become the subject of complaints from neighbours living in the Annex, who are upset about the constant flow of vomit on their sidewalks, crap on their lawns, garbage in the street, and beer in general (surprise!).
university, this new residence is located on university land, allowing for a more confident association between the university and the private company. One genuine concern about the project is that it might cause an onslaught from other private companies seeking to make a tidy profit by taking advantage of poor funding for building university-owned residences. Lucy Fromowitz, Assistant VP of Student Life, insists it is not all about profit, but about supplying students with the best possible services. “Because a portion of the property is owned by U of T, we have deContinued on page 2
CRTC TAKES CKLN OFF AIR CKLN already planning appeal
BODI BOLD
MART´IN WALDMAN
The Faculty of Music’s resident Gryphon piano trio perform Brahms and Schonberg at Walter Hall on January 31. The Gryphon Trio has been dubbed the “king of archdukes” by the BBC Music Magazine for their first-class Beethoven recordings.
More than a year since initial complaints were made, and after two public hearings, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has decided by a majority vote to revoke the broadcast license for CKLNFM, also known as Ryerson Community Campus Radio. The CRTC decision outlines the process for revoking CKLN’s license, and the main reasons for doing so. In the summer of 2009, complaints about its governance structure and day-to-day management had come forward , and last February, the CRTC stated that CKLN was not op-
erating in compliance with the commission’s broadcasting standards. This included their failure to file annual returns and other necessary paperwork, not responding to information requests for several months, and failing to meet programming standards for communitybased radio. Two public hearings on the matter were held in May and December of last year, leading to the commission’s final decision. In the CRTC report, commissioner Louise Poirier gives her lone dissenting opinion. She says non-compliant licensees are usually given a warning before their license is taken away, Continued on page 3