With nothing more than the name of a location, the Journal told seven contributors to hit the road and use public transit to reach their destination. These are their stories.

When it comes to transit, students want shorter routes, more frequent stops and later service—something Kingston Transit’s transit service review is trying to make happen.
The review, which started in June, is seeking input from various stakeholders to prepare Kingston Transit’s next business plan when its current one expires in 2011.

Students living in residence now have a vested interest in the effort towards environmental sustainability after the official launch of the Residence Energy Challenge (REC) on Oct. 14. This is the challenge’s second year and marks the first year in which 100 per cent of the money saved during the duration of the challenge will be reinvested back into the residence’s infrastructure.

Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) President Jeff Welsh is asking the University Senate to take a step forward on recommendations made in the Henry Report. He asked what body within the University is suited to prepare a progress report for Senate regarding the University’s plan to meet recommendations made in the Henry Report and the Senate Education Equity Committee (SEEC)’s response.

The Queen’s University Alumni Association (QUAA) is asking alumni for input on how to put an end to the Aberdeen Street party.

Students seeking after-hours healthcare will likely have access to a new clinic as of July 2009.
Located in the Health, Counselling and Disability Services building at 146 Stuart St., the After-Hours clinic will provide health services to Queen’s students on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The University’s statement on responsible investing, released four months after it was originally to be presented to the Board of Trustees, isn’t meant to be a guideline as to what constitutes ethical investing, Vice-Principal (Operations and Finance) Andrew Simpson said.
“It’s not a policy that says we will or will not [invest in certain companies],” he said.

The AMS is considering teaming up with the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) to lobby the federal government to increase funding for the University. CASA’s mandate is to lobby the federal government on issues pertaining to post-secondary education.

As of Sept. 26, students have to pay more than double what they used to for reserve readings at the Publishing and Copy Centre (P&CC).
P&CC head manager Rob Macnamara said reserve readings will cost 10 cents more per page under copyright due to a licensing issue.

Some students are wondering where they’re going to find the money to pay for their education since Registered Education Savings Plans (RESP) are not immune to the recent economic slowdown.
RESPs are a tax-deferred educational investment plan in which contributions totalling up to $50,000 per child can be made until the age of 31. James MacKinnon, professor and head of the department of economics, said the students who will see the largest decrease in their RESP funds are those who had the most invested in the stock market.

Green Party candidate Eric Walton couldn’t pull off a win in Tuesday’s election but he still made a significant gain. Walton finished with 10.97 per cent of the vote, past the 10 per cent threshold he needed to reach to have 60 per cent of his campaign expenses reimbursed by the government.

Rick Downes, NDP candidate, lost the federal election race for Kingston and the Islands, winning only 17.46 per cent of the total vote.
As of press time, the New Democratic Party won 18.17 per cent of the Canadian vote and 37 seats in parliament.

Conservative party candidate Brian Abrams ended his first campaign for office—Kingston’s most successful Conservative campaign in 20 years—on a high note.
“There is no place to go but up for us, folks,” he said to raucous applause in a speech around 11:30 p.m. last night.

Liberal candidate Peter Milliken celebrated his seventh successful campaign last night at the Ambassador Hotel.
Milliken won the Kingston riding with 39.09 per cent of the vote.

Three incidents involving pellet guns on campus have been reported in the last month and two students were arrested and issued notices of prohibition.
Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane said the first incident occurred when a student was found firing a pellet gun at the windows of Gordon-Brockington Hall on Sept. 27.