Missing Monopoly money and checker pieces could be a thing of the past. A new technology out of Queen’s Human Media lab could change the way people play board games.

Black History Month is a time to speak about contemporary issues of race, Black History Month Co-ordinator Anna Thomas said.
“Black History Month is this weird construction that has implications I don’t believe in and the history presented isn’t necessarily an accurate reflection of reality,” she said.

The AMS election may be over, but the use of social media as a campaigning tool is just taking off, film studies professor Sidney Eve Matrix said.
“Long after the elections, many people involved will have learned valuable lessons about the power of social media,” Matrix said.

Last night, the suspense finally came to an end for the three students running for the Concurrent Education Students Association (CESA) executive team.

A punk band rocked the engineers at Clark Hall Pub late into the night as everyone waited impatiently to find out the results of the preferential ballots for the Engineering Society (EngSoc) presidency.

Career Services faces challenges keeping up with demand during its winter rush as students gear up for the summer job hunt, Career Services Director Paul Smith said.

Doug Johnson, ArtSci ’12 and Robyn Laing, ArtSci ’11, sat side-by-side on the couch in Laing’s house as they eagerly awaited the results of this year’s ASUS executive election. In anticipation of the announcement, the duo and their company brought out the requisite champagne bottles at 8:30 p.m

Last night, Nick Day was awarded the position of Queen’s 32nd rector.
He won 50 per cent plus one of the vote, so there was no need for a preferential ballot.

Before the news came of their defeat, Team PNF and their supporters were full of excitement and anticipation.
“We’ve got great energy, great supporters, we’ve got everything we need,” vice-president (operations) candidate Kasmet Niyongabo said about an hour before the results were announced.

After a long wait, AMS President Michael Ceci came bearing good news for the newly-elected team CHR.
President-elect Safiah Chowdhury, vice-president (operations)-elect Ben Hartley and vice-president (university affairs)-elect Chris Rudnicki had a tense lead up to victory.

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Queen’s engineering students are applying their skills in a real-world setting and giving back to the Kingston community with the Green Champion Hospital Fund.
Backed by the Faculty of Applied Science, the provincial government and the Ontario Hospital Association, the pilot project matches engineering students with industry mentors to help local hospitals find ways to streamline their energy use.

Queen’s has received more than $1 million to improve resources and services for Aboriginal services.
The funding will go towards attracting and supporting Aboriginal students. It was announced by Kingston and the Islands MPP John Gerretsen on behalf of the provincial government on Jan. 22.