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Narrator: Hello and welcome back to YUMISSEDTHEBUS. Today, the 1990s. In this first clip, we look at the year 1991 in September as Tim and Tino start their new school year.
Tim: Hey Tino, did you hear about the TTC strikes?
Tino: Strikes? What are you talking about?
Tim: So, the TTC bus drives are sick of the way they are being treated. So, they’re demanding wage increases and also for the company to stop hiring part time drivers because obviously, that’s effecting their job security and that’s a butt move.
Tino: Yeah well who cares?
Tim: You alright buddy?
Tino: Uh yeah well whatever, never mind
Tim: You ok? Like, why are your shoes so dirty? Did you take a wrong turn and end up at Black Creek?
Tino: Nah I’ve just been…they’re just grungy
Tim: Dude you’ve been wearing that flannel shirt for about a week. You’re starting to smell.
Tino: Yeah well smells like teen spirit!
Tim: I mean you’re 50…are you okay dude?
Tino: Yeah well if you want to know – I met a new friend in my theater class his name is Randy (TIM VOMITS A LITTLE) Cobain. Sorry Tim are you sick to your stomach? His name is Randy Cobain and he’s got a friend named Soundgarden Shinedle and they’ve been showing me all this great grunge music. Bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Hole obviously Soundgarden and yeah OH speak of the devil here’s Randy Cobain right now! Sup Randy?
Randy Cobain: Hey man what’s up?
Tino: Not much, Tim here is telling me that the TTC is on strike
Randy Cobain: Ah man, totally sucks man, typical TTC y’know they always want more they’re always picking on the little guys what are you gonna do? Typical corporate response man
Tino: Exactly, they should increase their wages. Those part time drivers are gonna hurt their job security, I totally agree with them
Randy Cobain: Totally man, why bother conforming to that?
Tino: What do you think about that? Shinegarden Shine
Soundgarden Shinedle: I’m not down with that at all. We should fight it. We should go on strike
Tino: We should go on strike, that’s a good point. Tim – do you want to go on strike with me and Randy Cobain and Soundgarden Shinedle?
Tim: You guys gotta stop this, you are really bumming me out
Sources:
Sarick, Lila, RUDY PLATIEL The Globe, and Mail. “Car Pools, Bicycles Mark First Day of Strike: Few Express Sympathy for TTC Workers While Braving ‘Horrendous’ Traffic Jams.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. September 13, 1991, sec. National News.
Globe, ROBERT MacLEOD Urban Affairs Reporter The, and Mail. “Toronto Hit by Full-Scale Transit Strike: TTC Workers Walk off Job after Rejecting Unions Recommendation to Accept Offer.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. September 12, 1991.
Narrator: But they didn’t end up striking. As far as Tim knew, they didn’t do anything for a month that is until November of 1991
Tino: So, Tim have you been hearing about that the Downsview subway station – the extension from Wilson to Downsview station was riiiiiight about to start but York University had to delay it.
Tim: What do you mean they delayed it?
Tino: They delayed it. Shovel was just about to go into the ground to pick up the first piece of dirt to start the foundation and they decided no, they don’t want a downsview station they want it to go from Wilson to York which is great right? We want a York subway station –
Tim: Yeah yeah that’s great yeah
Tino: But this station was right about to start! Might as well have this one then make a York one, that would make sense, right?
Tim: I mean I hear they want to eventually extend it to Vaughan so I mean I’d be more ok with that one
Tino: Well Vaughan they’re the problem as well. The City of Vaughan, York Region and York University formed this group and they are calling them the Loop Group because they want the subway to go from Wilson to York University, north to Vaughan and then to extend to Sheppard and then connect like that and they are just going to forget about Downsview station. Like Downsview station is ready to go, 160-million-dollar extension ready to go almost and they gotta delay it right there. They might as well just make that and then complete the rest of the project, right?
Tim: I know that a bummer and all but like, Loop Group? That’s a great band name. Speaking of, you sound a lot happier what happened?
Tino: Well you know what? I was down in the grunge dumps for a good two months and then uh, let me tell you something pretty crazy - Randy Cobain (TIM PUKES) he’s actually related to Kurt Cobain from Nirvana like he’s from Washington and like Kurt Cobain like some rumors I have been hearing…. (whispers) Randy Cobain started doing heroin. So, I don’t hang out with him anymore
Tim: Oh…
Tino: Yeah…
Tim: Oh…
Tino: So… I STARTED LISTENING TO PANTERA NOW I’M ANGRY AGAIN! Happy to have the old angry Tino back? Old Uncle Angry?
Tim: I mean…its better than your “emo” phase
Tino: Look how clean my shoes are too! And my shirt, I washed it this morning!
Tim: You should maybe stop wearing flannel. It’s kind of out of fashion.
TINO GRUNTS ANGRILY LIKE PHIL ANSELMO FROM PANTERA
Sources:
ROBERT MacLEOD Urban Affairs. “University Blamed for Helping Delay Spadina Extension: Moscoe Accuses York Administration of Trying to Increase Property Value.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. November 26, 1991, sec. Toronto.
Narrator: Thank goodness Tino was over his weird phase. This next clip comes to us from the year 1993 and it should share some interesting information on transportation.
Tino: TIM TIM, oh thank god I found you! I have great news, fantastic news!
Tim: woah woah woah….what’s the news?
Tino: Downsview project is a go!
Tim: That’s actually really good news
Tino: Subway is closer and closer to York! This project is gonna create 15,000 jobs. My Uncle Bob just got a job thank god, he’s been unemployed for several years. So, three more stations north of Sheppard should be completed in the next 5 years can you believe that?
Tim: That sounds great, I really hope they stick to that schedule and don’t at all alter it in any way
Tino: So, by 2002, I probably wont be here but when my kids come to York they will be riding the subway right from campus to wherever they want in the city
Tim: That’s a lovely dream you have
Tino: And the premier right now, Bob Rae he was instrumental in this project its great to have a politician that’s so dedicated to bringing the subway up to us York kids up here.
Tim: In other York news, apparently, they’ve decided that they are going to make a Markham campus so they are currently looking to go buy land there and right now there’s nothing set in stone but I don’t know why they would build it in Markham its all farmland
Tino: Oh, yeah that’s like the boonies up there. Farmland? Didn’t they learn their lesson once building a campus on farm land. Hmm.
Tim: I mean maybe this time we will actually have paved roads. Well I’m still down for a celebratory drink, you wanna go to The Absinthe?
Tino: What? Do I wanna drink Absinthe? Are you crazy? That’s some pretty heavy stuff Tim
Tim: No, THE Absinthe
Tino: What is that?
Tim: Dude the Green Bush became The Absinthe like 20 years ago where have you been?
Tino: It did? There’s no more Green Bush Inn?
Tim: It changed names 20 years ago! Where have you been???
Tino: Where have I been? For the past two decades, I’ve been dancing downtown with different men named Randy.
LONG SILENCE
Tim: Ok I guess that seems pretty legit. I’m not going to question that.
Tino: Lets go for that drink buddy
Tim: Yeah, I think that’s a good idea
Sources:
Mittelstaedt, Martin. “$1. 5-Billion Allotted for Toronto Transit: Job Creation Big Factor, Rae Says.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. February 9, 1993.
Unknown. “Third Campus Plan out to pasture,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Feb. 3, 1993.
Narrator: How many Randys does Tino know? Find out at the end of the episode! Anyways, this next clip comes to us from October of 1993 where apparently, more transportation news arrives at York
Tim: So, the subway expansion – I’m hearing good things about it
Tino: Really? Cause I’m reading an article in the Globe and Mail where a guy is straight trashing the extension. My blood is boiling right now Tim!
Tim: Well he’s not here so he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I read an article in the Excalibur which is totally unbiased and reasonable news source that in the next 10 years its basically all but confirmed that we will be getting the extra three subway stations to get to York. So its gonna be a two and a quarter kilometer expansion to a new Sheppard station in 1996 that is going to be really really important and they say later in the article that this is going to be great and crucial to help get people to York. It’s going to be important for the building of rapid transit, it’s going to be the most important event in York’s history this thing that’s coming in 2003. Maximum wait list!
Tino: Yeah when you’re talking about the most important events to ever happen at York I think they are the campus opening, Falafel Hut opening and this Downsview station that’s going to be opening in 1996 – that is the most important event to happen but on the topic of the subway extension, just a couple months ago about how by 2002 were going to have this extension it’s going to York, it’ll go even more north. They said three so Downsview, York, Vaughan maybe? But NOW I read that there’s this guy, I don’t know what his name is so I’m going to call him Mr. Smarty Pants. Mr. Smarty Pants is saying that York shouldn’t have the subway, that it’s a waste of tax payer dollars. He called it the subway to nowhere. Really? This is nowhere? All these students? The profs? Nowhere?
Tim: York is an up and comer, what’s 60,000 people?
Tino: I guess that’s nothing according to him. I said that y’know that subways carry more people and are generally beneficial but ONLY downtown not in the suburbs. He said, and I quote, making a subway out to York University is like buying a Mercedes Benz to deliver pizza.
Tim: That’s…I mean I guess he doesn’t want his pizza arriving in one piece…
Tino: Yeah, he’s a piz-za…y’know what I mean I’m not going to say the word. I’m not a vulgar man. So, the Torontonians don’t want to pay taxes for North York and beyond but were all the same city. For the people in York Region, they cannot afford it. Theatre is not that many of them. Others have to pick up the slack. We must extend!
Tim: I feel like there’s a disconnect here between the suburban and the urban and that style of life. By the way, did I mention that I switched to urban planning as my new major? But, this real disconnect belonging in the city and belonging in the suburbs is just really manifesting itself in this conflict.
Tino: And I just started my first year as a theater major and I don’t have anything to add but yeah
Tim: Yeah…
Tino: Sings the Seinfeld bass slap theme song
Tim: Are you doing the Seinfeld song?
Tino: Don’t you mean “Sinfeld”?
Tim: No. No, I don’t mean “Sinfeld” at all
Tino: Well I’ve been watching Jerry Sinfeld’s show since it started and it’s a great show but I feel like were kind of like Jerry and George, I’m Jerry you’re George.
Tim: I don’t know how you could say that, I don’t….
Tino: I am DEFINETLY Jerry. I’m definitely the straight man between the two of us, I feel like both of us can agree on that. I feel that us having these conversations about York and transit and the TTC all the time – subway stations and bus stations – on the bus or at Curtis Lecture Hall I feel like were like those Seinfeld guys.
Tim: I guess, could you say that “I’ll be there for you”?
Tino: Yeah! I’ll be there for you, were like the best of Friends, right?
Tim: Oh, for sure, I’ll be there for you
Tino: I think that what if people in the future heard these conversations and it was like our show about nothing.
FOURTH WALL BREAK LAUGHTER
Tino: That would be strange!
Sources:
Barber, John. “Let’s Move Subway Plan Right off the Tracks.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. October 6, 1993, sec. Toronto News.
Green, Jordan. “Subway Expansion to reach York in 10 years,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Oct. 27, 1993.
Narrator: “Sinfeld” aside, our next clip comes to us from just a year later in April of 1994.
Tino: Tim I gotta introduce you to a new friend I made
Tim: Oh boy...is it a guy or a girl?
Tino: A guy.
Tim: So, when did you meet this Randy?
Tino: What? His name is John.
Tim: OH MY GOD JOHN? Oh wow that’s a great name!
Tino: Yeah-speak of the devil look who it is its John! How is it going man?
John: Hey man, what’s going on?
Tino: Not much, just sitting here hanging out
John: I don’t know if you guys are up to date with the news, but apparently, Seneca College is coming to York!
Tino: Seneca College…COLLEGE is coming to York? What sense does that make?
John: Yeah. Apparently its scheduled to be open in ’97, three years from now
Tino: They are getting their own campus at York? Where the heck are we going to put that?
John: I have no idea but here’s the thing – were gonna be getting 4,000 new students here so I don’t know if I want to be sharing the bus with those snotty kids.
Tim: Yeaaaaaaaah, I don’t want to cram the bus anymore
Tino: I don’t know about you guys, but I see myself as an academic. I don’t want to be hanging out with the rabble.
John: What do you mean?
Tino: I don’t know if you know this but I have been at school for a loooong time here at York. I have learned quite a bit. So, I dunno if I want to hang out with these college types ya know?
John: Some people are long life learners I guess. Anyways, with this college apparently, it is going to bring some benefits to it. Cost efficiencies, they’re going to be able to share staff. They could teach at the university and also the college and maybe that could reduce our tuition, I dunno.
Tino: That’s pretty good for the professors. More chances for work, more of a chance to teach different things
Tim: Sounds pretty cool
John: Besides the buses though. I don’t want to share the bus…
Tino: YEAAAAAAAAH
John: Totally.
Sources:
Peter Krivel, T. S. (1994, Apr 21). Seneca-york campus to combine services choice of york U site denounced as elitist move. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437008985?accountid=15182
Narrator: They truly, truly didn’t want to share the bus. Our next clip comes to us from December of 1994, where even further transportation news arrives at York.
Tim: Man, I really like your friend John. He’s easily the most likeable friend you’ve had. I really hope he sticks around
Tino: He’s a really great guy, right?
Tim: Yeah!
Tino: Oh, speak of the devil it’s John, heyyyyy John!
John: Hey guys, how’s it going?
Tino: Good, good
John: I’m not sure if you guys are up to date with what’s going on but North York city council just had its fiftieth inaugural meeting and guess which was the number one priority of that meeting
Tino: I have no idea
Sources:
Josh Rubin, T. S. (1995, Jun 22). York gets new $700,000 stadium. Toronto StarRetrieved
from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437257850?accountid=15182
Andrew Duffy, T. S. (1995, Oct 06). Child prodigy in math adds up to success at 23. Toronto
Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437350650?accountid=15182
Ackler, Beth. “Ontario Government planning to remove grade 13 option,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Sept. 13, 1995.
Narrator: I Can Practically taste Tim’s Betrayal; Our next clip comes to us from October of 1995.
Tim: So guys, did you hear they want to remove grade 13?
Tino: WHAT!?!?!?!
Tim: Yeah, so apparently they want to get rid of grade 13, that way kids can get into university faster and get into their ideal job faster, that way they can earn more money in their life.
Tino: Are you pulling my leg Tim?
Tim: No! Man, they think 16 years old is good enough to just decide what you want to do for the rest of your life.
Tino: Oh my God! Could you imagine that; being in grade 12 and having to figure out what major you want to go into, and what schools you want to apply to? That’s like no time at all! I could never imagine having that. Ya know; going to school not knowing what major you want to do, or to change it maybe.
Tim: Yeah, right? Like, that’s definitely an alien experience to us I’ve never been through that.
(Tim and Tino both laugh)
Tino: Well, we have been through that. But; well we knew what we were doing. It was all in the plan.
(Tim spouts incoherent gibberish as he has a horrific flashback)
Soundgarden Shinedle: They keep getting younger and younger. Soon, they’re going to be letting fetuses in. They actually did. There’s a guy named Jason Levy and he go his BA at 14 in math. From grade 4 he entered first year, and now he’s come back to give a lecture in math. And I saw some kid, wearing a suit, at the front of the class, and; I thought he was one of yours.
Tino: One of Ou- You; you think that we have kids?!?!
Soundgarden Shinedle: No not your kids, your Grandson!
Tino: How old do you think we are?!?!
Soundgarden Shinedle: Ninet- Fift- Six--
Tino: It doesn’t matter! I don’t look- We don’t look a day over 18. I also saw that kid that you were talking about in the suit, and I thought they were filming one of those America’s Funniest home videos over there.
John: Rock on, Pops!!!
Sources:
Bruce Campion-Smith, T. S. (1996, Aug 14). York U students to get cheaper ride on
TTC. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437532768?accountid=15182
“Downsview - Transit Toronto - Subway Station Database.” Accessed March 24, 2017.
Narrator: I agree, those two don’t sound a day over 20. Regardless, this next clip comes to us from the year 1996, In March.
Tino: Guys! The next time you go to Allen and Sheppard, It’s gonna be like; “Welcome, to Downsview station!”
(Tim and Tino Poorly Imitate a Certain films main theme)
Tino: Yeah! It’s gonna be awesome! It’s gonna be so much faster, now that the 106 going to Wilson is gonna go to downsview. What do you guys think about them apples!?
John: Oh that sounds sooooo good!
Soundgarden Shinedle: I love it!
Tino: Yeah, like Downsview, they were thinking of naming it Chestwood station, or Sheppard station; but who am I some sort of biblical character? I don’t want to go to Sheppard station, Downsview’s got a good ring to it. I like it, I like it a lot!
Tim: Speaking of weird things; man, your underwear is just way too high! Like man, what are you doing Tino?
Tino: Oh, that’s on purpose! I’m like Marky Mark, you know Marky Mark!? He’s got them good vibrations! And I got some good vibrations today Tim! The subway is open! Feel It! Feel it!
Sources:
MICHAEL GRANGE The Globe and Mail. “Teen-Agers Nabbed in Transit Pass Forgery: Pair Caught Using Library Photocopier; Scam Could Have Cost TTC $245,000 in Month.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. April 26, 1996.
Kelly, Athol. “TTC charges Students with using highschool ID’s,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Jan. 17, 1996.
Narrator: Tino really was feeling the good vibrations. Our next clip comes to us from April of 1996, just a month later.
Tino: Hey, Tim!
Tim: Yeah?
Tino: Did you hear about those teenagers in North York that got caught photocopying metro passes?
Tim: Yeah. I read about that in the Excalibur. I heard that some people were abusing that, and people at York were buying them.
Tino: Yeah, they apparently made more than 3000 fake passes, and they were charging 40 bucks each. This, in the face of the $78 fee the TTC charges for unlimited rides for a month. (Tino begins incoherent gibberish)
Tim: Yeah, speaking of the TTC, you’ve been using the TTC more often. Did you maybe, just maybe buy of those fake passes?
Tino: Ummm, I didn’t buy one, but I bought one off of Grunge Randy.
Tim: Oh. So what happened to him anyways?
Tino: Oh Grunge Randy, he sold me pass and I probably have to stop using it now. Shortly after that I stopped talking to him after the whole Heroine thing. An then Kurt Kobaine committed suicide, remember that back in 1995, in April. An yeah, I haven’t seen him since, he was alittle depressed, but yeah I hope he didn’t do the same thing. Hope hes good, but maybe we’ll see him again I don’t know.
Sources:
Bruce Campion-Smith, T. S. (1996, Aug 14). York U students to get cheaper ride on
TTC. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437532768?accountid=15182
Narrator: Dark times indeed at York. Our next clip comes to us from August of same year, where there will be less fake photos, and more real news.
Tim: Hey Tino, who’s your friend; redundant Randy?
Tino: No, actually this is Rage against the Randy, he’s really into the Rap music. Speak of the devil, here he is! He’s laying down a beat!
Rage Against the Randy: How’s it going boys!?
Tino: How’s it going Rage against the Randy?
Rage Against the Randy: Not much, ya hear the news?
Tino: No I haven’t, have you heard the news Tim?
Tim: I have not.
Tim And Tino: Tell us the news, Randy.
Rage Against the Randy: Alright, so check this out. Us YorkU students are gonna get a cheaper ride on the TTC.
Tino: Alright! Man, my excitement just lowered after that subway extension opened up back in march, I’ve been using that thing everyday cruising on that TTC subway, I love it!
Rage Against the Randy: There’s a bit of a catch though.
Tino: Catch? I don’t like catch unless I’m fishing.
Rage Against the Randy: You’re going to have to pay another 20 bucks to subsidize it for all the students.
Tino: Aww man, 20 bucks, can you believe that?
Tim: It’s like almost 3 whole movies.
Tino: Yeah, it’s like we could go watch Forrest Gump, over and over again.
Tim: Yeah.
Tino: Space Jam?
Tim: Space Jam !?!?!?
(Tim and Tino sing park of the film’s theme)
Tino: Have you seen Space Jam Randy?
Rage Against the Randy: Yeah man, definitely.
Tino: Can you believe Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan in the same movie? What are they gonna do next with movies?
Rage Against the Randy: I’ll tell you what! Let’s bust a beat!
Sources:
“Toronto Live.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. November 24, 1998, sec. Toronto News.
Pacienza, Angela. “Computer Science Scores Big; Facility to accommodate growing field,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Nov. 25, 1998.
Narrator: It’s unfortunate they never got the chance to step their game up. For the Next clip comes from November, of 1998. Wherein our heroes learn of a new change coming to York.
Tino: Hey Tim, did you hear about the new computer science building you announced that’s going up on campus?
Tim: I did actually. I heard that computer sciences were growing at York as a whole.
Tino: yeah, that’s probably why they need that building. It’s gonna be a nice building with lots of natural light, fresh air, and it’s going to use 2/3 less energy for heating and cooling. That’s efficient.
Tim: That sounds very scientific and efficient.
Tino: Yeah, and their going to be calling it Tecnology Enchanced Learning, or TEL for short.
Tim: Ah, it’s not just telecommunications, but a hole acronym.
Tino: Yeah, TEL me about it!
Sources:
Greenberg and Pacienza. “York Considers 0rdering journals online,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Jan. 13, 1999.
Unknown. “Second Parking Structure planned,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Jan. 27, 1999.
Narrator: Pointless acronyms aside, York was stepping up it’s game, in more ways than one. Our next clip comes to us from January of 1999 shortly after the second parking structure was added to York. It couldn’t have come soon enough four our brave heroes.
Tim: So Tino, did you hear about the second parking structure being added to York?
Tino: They’re adding a second parking structure? Wow! It’s About Time!
Tim: Right? It’s bee like 30 years. So yeah, they want to add about 1500 parking spaces because obviously there’s not enough parking at York. They’re adding a second parking space. The only catch is that parking itself is going to cost about 20% more next year to compensate for paying for this thing.
Tino: Yea coming right out of our pockets, there’s always a catch! I feel like I’m going to have write a personal check to the York U president!
Tim: Do you even own a check book?
Tino: I can get one at the bank I guess…
Randy: Check yourself before you wreck yourself!
Tino: Heck yeah Rage Against the Randy! I love that guy!
Tim: So what if I told you, you could read a journal Online?
Tino: An Academic journal online? I would tell you “Am I living in the world of George Jetson, and the Jetsons?” No I’m not.
Tim: Maybe not with the flying cars and what-not, but York is actually considering ordering Journals online, so that’d actually be really, really cool if that happens.
Tino: So you men I wouldn’t have to stand in line at Scott library for several hours to use the same physical copies of the academic journals that so many people in my program are already using?
Tim: No you just have to stand in line for several hours to get a computer fast enough to read the articles online.
Tino: Wow, aren’t you right about that. Speaking of people in my program, there’s this girl in one of my acting classes, named Rachel, Rachel McAdams. And she thinks she’s gonna be famous or something, and she hangs out with this group of girls, and they’re always making fun of everybody in the acting class. They’re a bunch of mean girls if you ask me!
Sources:
“196 York University Rocket/196 York University Express - Transit Toronto - Surface Route Histories.” Accessed March 20, 2017.
Narrator: While The internet may have looked like a passing fad to Tim and Tino, it would stick around and become the most important information highway on earth. Our next clip comes to us from September of 1999.
Tino: So Tim, as you know, I’m loving the Downsview/Sheppard subway extension. For the past couple years I’ve been there a lot, but the only gripe is that it seems like a lot of people are loving it as much as I’m loving it. Because the 196 bus is always so packed, and it’s so hard to get a seat on there.
Tim: I can see from the way you’re standing, you know you’re knees are weak, your arms are heavy. Looks like there’s a little vomit on your sweater already.
Tino: Yeah my mom made some spaghetti last night, I don’t think it was cooked properly. But I digress, but were now getting the 196 Rocket. It’s gonna go right to Downsview station, and it’s going to stop for no one. An express bus right to there.
Tim: That sounds pretty cool!
Tino: I’m gonna be a rocket man, call me Elton John.
Tim: Oh boy! We’ve been here so long, it’s almost the year 2000.
Tino: Yeah, I feel like the years started coming, and they didn’t stop coming, and they didn’t stop coming, and they just didn’t stop coming!
Tim: Right? I feel like we’re a pair of real all stars at this whole school thing.
Tino: Yeah. But the one thing I’m afraid of is all this talk of Y2K…
Tim: What’s a Y2K?
Tino: It’s said that when the clocks strike midnight on New Years Eve, all the computers are going to go down, and theres going to be widespread chaos. The world could even end. And I’m just about to graduate, and get my degree in Theatre.
Tim: Yeah, I’m right there with you, I’m almost done my degree in Urban planning. Who knows, maybe I’ll help shape the Toronto of tommorow?
Tino: You’ll be building cities, I’ll be staring in a Tale of Two Cities, and that Y2K event could jeopardize all of that.
Tim: On the upside, first time in history, the bus is actually here for us!
Tino: We didn’t miss the bus! Atleast we got that going for us, eh?
Narrator: While Tim and Tino may have been blessed with good luck in September, tragedy would strike in December, and unfortunately, both of them would meet an untimely demise.
(Poorly attempted singing)
Narrator 2: Unfortunately, Tim and Tino passed away on New Years Eve of double heart attacks, in fear of the Y2K. becoming the only casualties of the event. Their funeral was attended by 10 women named Shindle, and 10 men named Randy. At the time of their deaths, Tim and Tino were 95 years old. The university considered giving them posthumous degrees, but decided not to. Tim and Tino passed away with only 60 credits each. The university purchased a picture of a tree, in memory of them, and hung it in the future site of Vari Hall. Unfortunately, they hung it upside down, and never bothered to fix it.
Narrator 2: The 2000’s were an especially exciting time at York University in terms of expansion and growth. Not only did additional transportation services develop, but as well as the layout of the school. Here are some of the highlights of the decade, up until 2005. Though it had been put into service earlier, the York University go station officially opened at the beginning of 2002, with shuttle buses running between the station and the University. In 2003, year long metro passes were 12% cheaper and sold for $87, which could be purchased by both faculty and students. In 2003, the Schulich school of business opened, as well as Acolade East and West, which became the new home for Fine Arts students. The unveiling of the Viva bus connected the York Region and the university in 2005, which lead to the creation of the Zum Viva bus terminal across from Winters College.
Sources:
Sarick, Lila, RUDY PLATIEL The Globe, and Mail. “Car Pools, Bicycles Mark First Day of Strike: Few Express Sympathy for TTC Workers While Braving ‘Horrendous’ Traffic Jams.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. September 13, 1991, sec. National News.
Globe, ROBERT MacLEOD Urban Affairs Reporter The, and Mail. “Toronto Hit by Full-Scale Transit Strike: TTC Workers Walk off Job after Rejecting Unions Recommendation to Accept Offer.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. September 12, 1991.
ROBERT MacLEOD Urban Affairs. “University Blamed for Helping Delay Spadina Extension: Moscoe Accuses York Administration of Trying to Increase Property Value.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. November 26, 1991, sec. Toronto.
Mittelstaedt, Martin. “$1. 5-Billion Allotted for Toronto Transit: Job Creation Big Factor, Rae Says.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. February 9, 1993.
Barber, John. “Let’s Move Subway Plan Right off the Tracks.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. October 6, 1993, sec. Toronto News.
“Downsview - Transit Toronto - Subway Station Database.” Accessed March 24, 2017.
MICHAEL GRANGE The, and Mail. “Teen-Agers Nabbed in Transit Pass Forgery: Pair Caught Using Library Photocopier; Scam Could Have Cost TTC $245,000 in Month.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. April 26, 1996.
“Toronto Live.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. November 24, 1998, sec. Toronto News.
“196 York University Rocket/196 York University Express - Transit Toronto - Surface Route Histories.” Accessed March 20, 2017.
Greenberg and Pacienza. “York Considers 0rdering journals online,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Jan. 13, 1999.
Green, Jordan. “Subway Expansion to reach York in 10 years,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Oct. 27, 1993.
Unknown. “Second Parking Structure planned,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Jan. 27, 1999.
Unknown. “Third Campus Plan out to pasture,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Feb. 3, 1993.
Ackler, Beth. “Ontario Government planning to remove grade 13 option,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Sept. 13, 1995.
Pacienza, Angela. “Computer Science Scores Big; Facility to accommodate growing field,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Nov. 25, 1998.
Andrew Duffy, T. S. (1995, Oct 06). Child prodigy in math adds up to success at 23. Toronto
Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437350650?accountid=15182
Bruce Campion-Smith, T. S. (1996, Aug 14). York U students to get cheaper ride on
TTC. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437532768?accountid=15182
Josh Rubin, T. S. (1995, Jun 22). York gets new $700,000 stadium. Toronto StarRetrieved
from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437257850?accountid=15182
Peter Krivel, T. S. (1994, Dec 08). Transit tops lastman's list of concerns subway to york U a
priority, mayor says. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437161519?accountid=15182
Peter Krivel, T. S. (1994, Apr 21). Seneca-york campus to combine services choice of york U
site denounced as elitist move. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437008985?accountid=15182
By Peter Small, T. S. (1996, Nov 01). 4-year cap proposed for college fees. Toronto
Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437587341?accountid=15182
Narrator: Hello and welcome back to YUMISSEDTHEBUS. Today, the 1990s. In this first clip, we look at the year 1991 in September as Tim and Tino start their new school year.
Tim: Hey Tino, did you hear about the TTC strikes?
Tino: Strikes? What are you talking about?
Tim: So, the TTC bus drives are sick of the way they are being treated. So, they’re demanding wage increases and also for the company to stop hiring part time drivers because obviously, that’s effecting their job security and that’s a butt move.
Tino: Yeah well who cares?
Tim: You alright buddy?
Tino: Uh yeah well whatever, never mind
Tim: You ok? Like, why are your shoes so dirty? Did you take a wrong turn and end up at Black Creek?
Tino: Nah I’ve just been…they’re just grungy
Tim: Dude you’ve been wearing that flannel shirt for about a week. You’re starting to smell.
Tino: Yeah well smells like teen spirit!
Tim: I mean you’re 50…are you okay dude?
Tino: Yeah well if you want to know – I met a new friend in my theater class his name is Randy (TIM VOMITS A LITTLE) Cobain. Sorry Tim are you sick to your stomach? His name is Randy Cobain and he’s got a friend named Soundgarden Shinedle and they’ve been showing me all this great grunge music. Bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Hole obviously Soundgarden and yeah OH speak of the devil here’s Randy Cobain right now! Sup Randy?
Randy Cobain: Hey man what’s up?
Tino: Not much, Tim here is telling me that the TTC is on strike
Randy Cobain: Ah man, totally sucks man, typical TTC y’know they always want more they’re always picking on the little guys what are you gonna do? Typical corporate response man
Tino: Exactly, they should increase their wages. Those part time drivers are gonna hurt their job security, I totally agree with them
Randy Cobain: Totally man, why bother conforming to that?
Tino: What do you think about that? Shinegarden Shine
Soundgarden Shinedle: I’m not down with that at all. We should fight it. We should go on strike
Tino: We should go on strike, that’s a good point. Tim – do you want to go on strike with me and Randy Cobain and Soundgarden Shinedle?
Tim: You guys gotta stop this, you are really bumming me out
Sources:
Sarick, Lila, RUDY PLATIEL The Globe, and Mail. “Car Pools, Bicycles Mark First Day of Strike: Few Express Sympathy for TTC Workers While Braving ‘Horrendous’ Traffic Jams.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. September 13, 1991, sec. National News.
Globe, ROBERT MacLEOD Urban Affairs Reporter The, and Mail. “Toronto Hit by Full-Scale Transit Strike: TTC Workers Walk off Job after Rejecting Unions Recommendation to Accept Offer.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. September 12, 1991.
Narrator: But they didn’t end up striking. As far as Tim knew, they didn’t do anything for a month that is until November of 1991
Tino: So, Tim have you been hearing about that the Downsview subway station – the extension from Wilson to Downsview station was riiiiiight about to start but York University had to delay it.
Tim: What do you mean they delayed it?
Tino: They delayed it. Shovel was just about to go into the ground to pick up the first piece of dirt to start the foundation and they decided no, they don’t want a downsview station they want it to go from Wilson to York which is great right? We want a York subway station –
Tim: Yeah yeah that’s great yeah
Tino: But this station was right about to start! Might as well have this one then make a York one, that would make sense, right?
Tim: I mean I hear they want to eventually extend it to Vaughan so I mean I’d be more ok with that one
Tino: Well Vaughan they’re the problem as well. The City of Vaughan, York Region and York University formed this group and they are calling them the Loop Group because they want the subway to go from Wilson to York University, north to Vaughan and then to extend to Sheppard and then connect like that and they are just going to forget about Downsview station. Like Downsview station is ready to go, 160-million-dollar extension ready to go almost and they gotta delay it right there. They might as well just make that and then complete the rest of the project, right?
Tim: I know that a bummer and all but like, Loop Group? That’s a great band name. Speaking of, you sound a lot happier what happened?
Tino: Well you know what? I was down in the grunge dumps for a good two months and then uh, let me tell you something pretty crazy - Randy Cobain (TIM PUKES) he’s actually related to Kurt Cobain from Nirvana like he’s from Washington and like Kurt Cobain like some rumors I have been hearing…. (whispers) Randy Cobain started doing heroin. So, I don’t hang out with him anymore
Tim: Oh…
Tino: Yeah…
Tim: Oh…
Tino: So… I STARTED LISTENING TO PANTERA NOW I’M ANGRY AGAIN! Happy to have the old angry Tino back? Old Uncle Angry?
Tim: I mean…its better than your “emo” phase
Tino: Look how clean my shoes are too! And my shirt, I washed it this morning!
Tim: You should maybe stop wearing flannel. It’s kind of out of fashion.
TINO GRUNTS ANGRILY LIKE PHIL ANSELMO FROM PANTERA
Sources:
ROBERT MacLEOD Urban Affairs. “University Blamed for Helping Delay Spadina Extension: Moscoe Accuses York Administration of Trying to Increase Property Value.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. November 26, 1991, sec. Toronto.
Narrator: Thank goodness Tino was over his weird phase. This next clip comes to us from the year 1993 and it should share some interesting information on transportation.
Tino: TIM TIM, oh thank god I found you! I have great news, fantastic news!
Tim: woah woah woah….what’s the news?
Tino: Downsview project is a go!
Tim: That’s actually really good news
Tino: Subway is closer and closer to York! This project is gonna create 15,000 jobs. My Uncle Bob just got a job thank god, he’s been unemployed for several years. So, three more stations north of Sheppard should be completed in the next 5 years can you believe that?
Tim: That sounds great, I really hope they stick to that schedule and don’t at all alter it in any way
Tino: So, by 2002, I probably wont be here but when my kids come to York they will be riding the subway right from campus to wherever they want in the city
Tim: That’s a lovely dream you have
Tino: And the premier right now, Bob Rae he was instrumental in this project its great to have a politician that’s so dedicated to bringing the subway up to us York kids up here.
Tim: In other York news, apparently, they’ve decided that they are going to make a Markham campus so they are currently looking to go buy land there and right now there’s nothing set in stone but I don’t know why they would build it in Markham its all farmland
Tino: Oh, yeah that’s like the boonies up there. Farmland? Didn’t they learn their lesson once building a campus on farm land. Hmm.
Tim: I mean maybe this time we will actually have paved roads. Well I’m still down for a celebratory drink, you wanna go to The Absinthe?
Tino: What? Do I wanna drink Absinthe? Are you crazy? That’s some pretty heavy stuff Tim
Tim: No, THE Absinthe
Tino: What is that?
Tim: Dude the Green Bush became The Absinthe like 20 years ago where have you been?
Tino: It did? There’s no more Green Bush Inn?
Tim: It changed names 20 years ago! Where have you been???
Tino: Where have I been? For the past two decades, I’ve been dancing downtown with different men named Randy.
LONG SILENCE
Tim: Ok I guess that seems pretty legit. I’m not going to question that.
Tino: Lets go for that drink buddy
Tim: Yeah, I think that’s a good idea
Sources:
Mittelstaedt, Martin. “$1. 5-Billion Allotted for Toronto Transit: Job Creation Big Factor, Rae Says.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. February 9, 1993.
Unknown. “Third Campus Plan out to pasture,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Feb. 3, 1993.
Narrator: How many Randys does Tino know? Find out at the end of the episode! Anyways, this next clip comes to us from October of 1993 where apparently, more transportation news arrives at York
Tim: So, the subway expansion – I’m hearing good things about it
Tino: Really? Cause I’m reading an article in the Globe and Mail where a guy is straight trashing the extension. My blood is boiling right now Tim!
Tim: Well he’s not here so he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I read an article in the Excalibur which is totally unbiased and reasonable news source that in the next 10 years its basically all but confirmed that we will be getting the extra three subway stations to get to York. So its gonna be a two and a quarter kilometer expansion to a new Sheppard station in 1996 that is going to be really really important and they say later in the article that this is going to be great and crucial to help get people to York. It’s going to be important for the building of rapid transit, it’s going to be the most important event in York’s history this thing that’s coming in 2003. Maximum wait list!
Tino: Yeah when you’re talking about the most important events to ever happen at York I think they are the campus opening, Falafel Hut opening and this Downsview station that’s going to be opening in 1996 – that is the most important event to happen but on the topic of the subway extension, just a couple months ago about how by 2002 were going to have this extension it’s going to York, it’ll go even more north. They said three so Downsview, York, Vaughan maybe? But NOW I read that there’s this guy, I don’t know what his name is so I’m going to call him Mr. Smarty Pants. Mr. Smarty Pants is saying that York shouldn’t have the subway, that it’s a waste of tax payer dollars. He called it the subway to nowhere. Really? This is nowhere? All these students? The profs? Nowhere?
Tim: York is an up and comer, what’s 60,000 people?
Tino: I guess that’s nothing according to him. I said that y’know that subways carry more people and are generally beneficial but ONLY downtown not in the suburbs. He said, and I quote, making a subway out to York University is like buying a Mercedes Benz to deliver pizza.
Tim: That’s…I mean I guess he doesn’t want his pizza arriving in one piece…
Tino: Yeah, he’s a piz-za…y’know what I mean I’m not going to say the word. I’m not a vulgar man. So, the Torontonians don’t want to pay taxes for North York and beyond but were all the same city. For the people in York Region, they cannot afford it. Theatre is not that many of them. Others have to pick up the slack. We must extend!
Tim: I feel like there’s a disconnect here between the suburban and the urban and that style of life. By the way, did I mention that I switched to urban planning as my new major? But, this real disconnect belonging in the city and belonging in the suburbs is just really manifesting itself in this conflict.
Tino: And I just started my first year as a theater major and I don’t have anything to add but yeah
Tim: Yeah…
Tino: Sings the Seinfeld bass slap theme song
Tim: Are you doing the Seinfeld song?
Tino: Don’t you mean “Sinfeld”?
Tim: No. No, I don’t mean “Sinfeld” at all
Tino: Well I’ve been watching Jerry Sinfeld’s show since it started and it’s a great show but I feel like were kind of like Jerry and George, I’m Jerry you’re George.
Tim: I don’t know how you could say that, I don’t….
Tino: I am DEFINETLY Jerry. I’m definitely the straight man between the two of us, I feel like both of us can agree on that. I feel that us having these conversations about York and transit and the TTC all the time – subway stations and bus stations – on the bus or at Curtis Lecture Hall I feel like were like those Seinfeld guys.
Tim: I guess, could you say that “I’ll be there for you”?
Tino: Yeah! I’ll be there for you, were like the best of Friends, right?
Tim: Oh, for sure, I’ll be there for you
Tino: I think that what if people in the future heard these conversations and it was like our show about nothing.
FOURTH WALL BREAK LAUGHTER
Tino: That would be strange!
Sources:
Barber, John. “Let’s Move Subway Plan Right off the Tracks.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. October 6, 1993, sec. Toronto News.
Green, Jordan. “Subway Expansion to reach York in 10 years,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Oct. 27, 1993.
Narrator: “Sinfeld” aside, our next clip comes to us from just a year later in April of 1994.
Tino: Tim I gotta introduce you to a new friend I made
Tim: Oh boy...is it a guy or a girl?
Tino: A guy.
Tim: So, when did you meet this Randy?
Tino: What? His name is John.
Tim: OH MY GOD JOHN? Oh wow that’s a great name!
Tino: Yeah-speak of the devil look who it is its John! How is it going man?
John: Hey man, what’s going on?
Tino: Not much, just sitting here hanging out
John: I don’t know if you guys are up to date with the news, but apparently, Seneca College is coming to York!
Tino: Seneca College…COLLEGE is coming to York? What sense does that make?
John: Yeah. Apparently its scheduled to be open in ’97, three years from now
Tino: They are getting their own campus at York? Where the heck are we going to put that?
John: I have no idea but here’s the thing – were gonna be getting 4,000 new students here so I don’t know if I want to be sharing the bus with those snotty kids.
Tim: Yeaaaaaaaah, I don’t want to cram the bus anymore
Tino: I don’t know about you guys, but I see myself as an academic. I don’t want to be hanging out with the rabble.
John: What do you mean?
Tino: I don’t know if you know this but I have been at school for a loooong time here at York. I have learned quite a bit. So, I dunno if I want to hang out with these college types ya know?
John: Some people are long life learners I guess. Anyways, with this college apparently, it is going to bring some benefits to it. Cost efficiencies, they’re going to be able to share staff. They could teach at the university and also the college and maybe that could reduce our tuition, I dunno.
Tino: That’s pretty good for the professors. More chances for work, more of a chance to teach different things
Tim: Sounds pretty cool
John: Besides the buses though. I don’t want to share the bus…
Tino: YEAAAAAAAAH
John: Totally.
Sources:
Peter Krivel, T. S. (1994, Apr 21). Seneca-york campus to combine services choice of york U site denounced as elitist move. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437008985?accountid=15182
Narrator: They truly, truly didn’t want to share the bus. Our next clip comes to us from December of 1994, where even further transportation news arrives at York.
Tim: Man, I really like your friend John. He’s easily the most likeable friend you’ve had. I really hope he sticks around
Tino: He’s a really great guy, right?
Tim: Yeah!
Tino: Oh, speak of the devil it’s John, heyyyyy John!
John: Hey guys, how’s it going?
Tino: Good, good
John: I’m not sure if you guys are up to date with what’s going on but North York city council just had its fiftieth inaugural meeting and guess which was the number one priority of that meeting
Tino: I have no idea
Sources:
Josh Rubin, T. S. (1995, Jun 22). York gets new $700,000 stadium. Toronto StarRetrieved
from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437257850?accountid=15182
Andrew Duffy, T. S. (1995, Oct 06). Child prodigy in math adds up to success at 23. Toronto
Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437350650?accountid=15182
Ackler, Beth. “Ontario Government planning to remove grade 13 option,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Sept. 13, 1995.
Narrator: I Can Practically taste Tim’s Betrayal; Our next clip comes to us from October of 1995.
Tim: So guys, did you hear they want to remove grade 13?
Tino: WHAT!?!?!?!
Tim: Yeah, so apparently they want to get rid of grade 13, that way kids can get into university faster and get into their ideal job faster, that way they can earn more money in their life.
Tino: Are you pulling my leg Tim?
Tim: No! Man, they think 16 years old is good enough to just decide what you want to do for the rest of your life.
Tino: Oh my God! Could you imagine that; being in grade 12 and having to figure out what major you want to go into, and what schools you want to apply to? That’s like no time at all! I could never imagine having that. Ya know; going to school not knowing what major you want to do, or to change it maybe.
Tim: Yeah, right? Like, that’s definitely an alien experience to us I’ve never been through that.
(Tim and Tino both laugh)
Tino: Well, we have been through that. But; well we knew what we were doing. It was all in the plan.
(Tim spouts incoherent gibberish as he has a horrific flashback)
Soundgarden Shinedle: They keep getting younger and younger. Soon, they’re going to be letting fetuses in. They actually did. There’s a guy named Jason Levy and he go his BA at 14 in math. From grade 4 he entered first year, and now he’s come back to give a lecture in math. And I saw some kid, wearing a suit, at the front of the class, and; I thought he was one of yours.
Tino: One of Ou- You; you think that we have kids?!?!
Soundgarden Shinedle: No not your kids, your Grandson!
Tino: How old do you think we are?!?!
Soundgarden Shinedle: Ninet- Fift- Six--
Tino: It doesn’t matter! I don’t look- We don’t look a day over 18. I also saw that kid that you were talking about in the suit, and I thought they were filming one of those America’s Funniest home videos over there.
John: Rock on, Pops!!!
Sources:
Bruce Campion-Smith, T. S. (1996, Aug 14). York U students to get cheaper ride on
TTC. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437532768?accountid=15182
“Downsview - Transit Toronto - Subway Station Database.” Accessed March 24, 2017.
Narrator: I agree, those two don’t sound a day over 20. Regardless, this next clip comes to us from the year 1996, In March.
Tino: Guys! The next time you go to Allen and Sheppard, It’s gonna be like; “Welcome, to Downsview station!”
(Tim and Tino Poorly Imitate a Certain films main theme)
Tino: Yeah! It’s gonna be awesome! It’s gonna be so much faster, now that the 106 going to Wilson is gonna go to downsview. What do you guys think about them apples!?
John: Oh that sounds sooooo good!
Soundgarden Shinedle: I love it!
Tino: Yeah, like Downsview, they were thinking of naming it Chestwood station, or Sheppard station; but who am I some sort of biblical character? I don’t want to go to Sheppard station, Downsview’s got a good ring to it. I like it, I like it a lot!
Tim: Speaking of weird things; man, your underwear is just way too high! Like man, what are you doing Tino?
Tino: Oh, that’s on purpose! I’m like Marky Mark, you know Marky Mark!? He’s got them good vibrations! And I got some good vibrations today Tim! The subway is open! Feel It! Feel it!
Sources:
MICHAEL GRANGE The Globe and Mail. “Teen-Agers Nabbed in Transit Pass Forgery: Pair Caught Using Library Photocopier; Scam Could Have Cost TTC $245,000 in Month.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. April 26, 1996.
Kelly, Athol. “TTC charges Students with using highschool ID’s,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Jan. 17, 1996.
Narrator: Tino really was feeling the good vibrations. Our next clip comes to us from April of 1996, just a month later.
Tino: Hey, Tim!
Tim: Yeah?
Tino: Did you hear about those teenagers in North York that got caught photocopying metro passes?
Tim: Yeah. I read about that in the Excalibur. I heard that some people were abusing that, and people at York were buying them.
Tino: Yeah, they apparently made more than 3000 fake passes, and they were charging 40 bucks each. This, in the face of the $78 fee the TTC charges for unlimited rides for a month. (Tino begins incoherent gibberish)
Tim: Yeah, speaking of the TTC, you’ve been using the TTC more often. Did you maybe, just maybe buy of those fake passes?
Tino: Ummm, I didn’t buy one, but I bought one off of Grunge Randy.
Tim: Oh. So what happened to him anyways?
Tino: Oh Grunge Randy, he sold me pass and I probably have to stop using it now. Shortly after that I stopped talking to him after the whole Heroine thing. An then Kurt Kobaine committed suicide, remember that back in 1995, in April. An yeah, I haven’t seen him since, he was alittle depressed, but yeah I hope he didn’t do the same thing. Hope hes good, but maybe we’ll see him again I don’t know.
Sources:
Bruce Campion-Smith, T. S. (1996, Aug 14). York U students to get cheaper ride on
TTC. Toronto Star Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/437532768?accountid=15182
Narrator: Dark times indeed at York. Our next clip comes to us from August of same year, where there will be less fake photos, and more real news.
Tim: Hey Tino, who’s your friend; redundant Randy?
Tino: No, actually this is Rage against the Randy, he’s really into the Rap music. Speak of the devil, here he is! He’s laying down a beat!
Rage Against the Randy: How’s it going boys!?
Tino: How’s it going Rage against the Randy?
Rage Against the Randy: Not much, ya hear the news?
Tino: No I haven’t, have you heard the news Tim?
Tim: I have not.
Tim And Tino: Tell us the news, Randy.
Rage Against the Randy: Alright, so check this out. Us YorkU students are gonna get a cheaper ride on the TTC.
Tino: Alright! Man, my excitement just lowered after that subway extension opened up back in march, I’ve been using that thing everyday cruising on that TTC subway, I love it!
Rage Against the Randy: There’s a bit of a catch though.
Tino: Catch? I don’t like catch unless I’m fishing.
Rage Against the Randy: You’re going to have to pay another 20 bucks to subsidize it for all the students.
Tino: Aww man, 20 bucks, can you believe that?
Tim: It’s like almost 3 whole movies.
Tino: Yeah, it’s like we could go watch Forrest Gump, over and over again.
Tim: Yeah.
Tino: Space Jam?
Tim: Space Jam !?!?!?
(Tim and Tino sing park of the film’s theme)
Tino: Have you seen Space Jam Randy?
Rage Against the Randy: Yeah man, definitely.
Tino: Can you believe Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan in the same movie? What are they gonna do next with movies?
Rage Against the Randy: I’ll tell you what! Let’s bust a beat!
Sources:
“Toronto Live.” The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Toronto, Ont. November 24, 1998, sec. Toronto News.
Pacienza, Angela. “Computer Science Scores Big; Facility to accommodate growing field,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Nov. 25, 1998.
Narrator: It’s unfortunate they never got the chance to step their game up. For the Next clip comes from November, of 1998. Wherein our heroes learn of a new change coming to York.
Tino: Hey Tim, did you hear about the new computer science building you announced that’s going up on campus?
Tim: I did actually. I heard that computer sciences were growing at York as a whole.
Tino: yeah, that’s probably why they need that building. It’s gonna be a nice building with lots of natural light, fresh air, and it’s going to use 2/3 less energy for heating and cooling. That’s efficient.
Tim: That sounds very scientific and efficient.
Tino: Yeah, and their going to be calling it Tecnology Enchanced Learning, or TEL for short.
Tim: Ah, it’s not just telecommunications, but a hole acronym.
Tino: Yeah, TEL me about it!
Sources:
Greenberg and Pacienza. “York Considers 0rdering journals online,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Jan. 13, 1999.
Unknown. “Second Parking Structure planned,” Excalibur (Toronto, ON), Jan. 27, 1999.
Narrator: Pointless acronyms aside, York was stepping up it’s game, in more ways than one. Our next clip comes to us from January of 1999 shortly after the second parking structure was added to York. It couldn’t have come soon enough four our brave heroes.
Tim: So Tino, did you hear about the second parking structure being added to York?
Tino: They’re adding a second parking structure? Wow! It’s About Time!
Tim: Right? It’s bee like 30 years. So yeah, they want to add about 1500 parking spaces because obviously there’s not enough parking at York. They’re adding a second parking space. The only catch is that parking itself is going to cost about 20% more next year to compensate for paying for this thing.
Tino: Yea coming right out of our pockets, there’s always a catch! I feel like I’m going to have write a personal check to the York U president!
Tim: Do you even own a check book?
Tino: I can get one at the bank I guess…
Randy: Check yourself before you wreck yourself!
Tino: Heck yeah Rage Against the Randy! I love that guy!
Tim: So what if I told you, you could read a journal Online?
Tino: An Academic journal online? I would tell you “Am I living in the world of George Jetson, and the Jetsons?” No I’m not.
Tim: Maybe not with the flying cars and what-not, but York is actually considering ordering Journals online, so that’d actually be really, really cool if that happens.
Tino: So you men I wouldn’t have to stand in line at Scott library for several hours to use the same physical copies of the academic journals that so many people in my program are already using?
Tim: No you just have to stand in line for several hours to get a computer fast enough to read the articles online.
Tino: Wow, aren’t you right about that. Speaking of people in my program, there’s this girl in one of my acting classes, named Rachel, Rachel McAdams. And she thinks she’s gonna be famous or something, and she hangs out with this group of girls, and they’re always making fun of everybody in the acting class. They’re a bunch of mean girls if you ask me!
Sources:
“196 York University Rocket/196 York University Express - Transit Toronto - Surface Route Histories.” Accessed March 20, 2017.
Narrator: While The internet may have looked like a passing fad to Tim and Tino, it would stick around and become the most important information highway on earth. Our next clip comes to us from September of 1999.
Tino: So Tim, as you know, I’m loving the Downsview/Sheppard subway extension. For the past couple years I’ve been there a lot, but the only gripe is that it seems like a lot of people are loving it as much as I’m loving it. Because the 196 bus is always so packed, and it’s so hard to get a seat on there.
Tim: I can see from the way you’re standing, you know you’re knees are weak, your arms are heavy. Looks like there’s a little vomit on your sweater already.
Tino: Yeah my mom made some spaghetti last night, I don’t think it was cooked properly. But I digress, but were now getting the 196 Rocket. It’s gonna go right to Downsview station, and it’s going to stop for no one. An express bus right to there.
Tim: That sounds pretty cool!
Tino: I’m gonna be a rocket man, call me Elton John.
Tim: Oh boy! We’ve been here so long, it’s almost the year 2000.
Tino: Yeah, I feel like the years started coming, and they didn’t stop coming, and they didn’t stop coming, and they just didn’t stop coming!
Tim: Right? I feel like we’re a pair of real all stars at this whole school thing.
Tino: Yeah. But the one thing I’m afraid of is all this talk of Y2K…
Tim: What’s a Y2K?
Tino: It’s said that when the clocks strike midnight on New Years Eve, all the computers are going to go down, and theres going to be widespread chaos. The world could even end. And I’m just about to graduate, and get my degree in Theatre.
Tim: Yeah, I’m right there with you, I’m almost done my degree in Urban planning. Who knows, maybe I’ll help shape the Toronto of tommorow?
Tino: You’ll be building cities, I’ll be staring in a Tale of Two Cities, and that Y2K event could jeopardize all of that.
Tim: On the upside, first time in history, the bus is actually here for us!
Tino: We didn’t miss the bus! Atleast we got that going for us, eh?
Narrator: While Tim and Tino may have been blessed with good luck in September, tragedy would strike in December, and unfortunately, both of them would meet an untimely demise.
(Poorly attempted singing)
Narrator 2: Unfortunately, Tim and Tino passed away on New Years Eve of double heart attacks, in fear of the Y2K. becoming the only casualties of the event. Their funeral was attended by 10 women named Shindle, and 10 men named Randy. At the time of their deaths, Tim and Tino were 95 years old. The university considered giving them posthumous degrees, but decided not to. Tim and Tino passed away with only 60 credits each. The university purchased a picture of a tree, in memory of them, and hung it in the future site of Vari Hall. Unfortunately, they hung it upside down, and never bothered to fix it.
Narrator 2: The 2000’s were an especially exciting time at York University in terms of expansion and growth. Not only did additional transportation services develop, but as well as the layout of the school. Here are some of the highlights of the decade, up until 2005. Though it had been put into service earlier, the York University go station officially opened at the beginning of 2002, with shuttle buses running between the station and the University. In 2003, year long metro passes were 12% cheaper and sold for $87, which could be purchased by both faculty and students. In 2003, the Schulich school of business opened, as well as Acolade East and West, which became the new home for Fine Arts students. The unveiling of the Viva bus connected the York Region and the university in 2005, which lead to the creation of the Zum Viva bus terminal across from Winters College.
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