On Monday, the CBC apologized for publishing regular freelance contributor Heather Mallick’s online column about U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin Sept. 5.
Conservative party speech writer Owen Lippert resigned his position after Liberal MP Bob Rae accused Stephen Harper of plagiarizing parts of a speech he delivered in Parliament in 2003 after the U.S. invaded Iraq, the Globe and Mail reported Oct. 1.
With camera in hand, I ventured onto the trash-filled Aberdeen Street early Saturday night and was immediately in a bad mood.
Queen’s Coalition Against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination (QCRED) submitted a letter last Friday accusing the Journal of commodifying Indigenous culture with its front-page photo of the 2nd Annual Educational Pow Wow, published Sept. 23.
Last week, the Queen’s University Muslim Students Association (QUMSA) reported anti-Islamic crimes on campus.
Every year the AMS receives mixed reviews from the student body and every year many students are left feeling bitter and resentful.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that if re-elected he will pursue tougher penalties for violent young offenders and release their names to the public, the Globe and Mail reported Sept. 22.
Homecoming 2008 begins today and what’s likely on everyone’s minds is what will happen on Aberdeen Street.
On the bus, there’s always someone who will sit down and proceed to tell you his or her life story, even if you’re just riding for five minutes.
Queen’s University might auction off the naming rights of the Queen’s Centre, meaning the student complex would be named after the highest—likely corporate—bidder.
Last week, the Journal and Golden Words were anonymously delivered confidential AMS employee T4 forms after AMS Controller Scott Bell failed to move them into storage after 2007-08 financial audits were completed.
In an information-driven society, it’s often easy to forget how certain technologies have developed over time.
Canada brought 68 medals back from Beijing this summer, but most Canadians don’t know where 50 of them came from.
Save our Neighbourhood Action Group (SONAG) launched a website last week, posting pictures of parties that recently took place in the student neighbourhood.
It has been a strong year so far for Queen’s interuniversity sports teams.
Strangers are increasingly able to discover people’s personal details from public websites, the Globe and Mail reported Sept. 12.
Queen’s athletes’ new uniforms are no longer made by Russell Athletic, the Journal reported Sept. 12.
Next year will mark 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of On the Origins of Species. Biologists have since discovered DNA and mapped the human genome, yet Darwin’s theory of evolution is still under attack. Creationism, or Intelligent Design if you wish to delude yourself, argues that life is too complex to have developed through natural processes, leaving God as the obvious designer.
The student Ghetto has been renamed the Village in all institutional references, AMS Municipal Affairs Commissioner Paul Tye said Sept. 9. The change means AMS initiatives such as the Key to the Ghetto awards will remove references to the term.
Some McMaster University students have allegedly been selling their seats in courses to fellow students, McMaster’s student newspaper, the Silhouette, reported in April.
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