The Green Ribbon Campaign is out to show people that beauty, strength and talent come in all
shapes and sizes.
The three-week-long campaign, which began this week, is run by Health, Counselling and Disability
Services (HCD S) and promotes healthy lifestyles by addressing issues of food, fitness and body image.

Professor Janice Deakin, dean of graduate studies at Queen’s, said the University is trying to stay
competitive by offering innovative and attractive programs. “We’re all about building strong programs that are engaging for students,” she said. “Right now, there is a lot of interest in interdisciplinary programs, and studying issues from a variety of angles.
According to the University graduate studies website, Queen’s currently offers graduate programs
in 43 different departments. Since 2001, enrolment in University graduate programs has increased by 35 per cent to 2,291 students in 2005.

In a small sample size, about 30 per cent of Queen’s students could be classified as heavy or frequent
drinkers; 50 per cent of students report harmful or hazardous levels of drinking; about 45 per cent of students report missing class because of a hangover.
Dean of Student Affairs Jason Laker cited these statistics—gathered in a survey of Queen’s students by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in 1994—to draw attention to the problem he’s addressing in a new working group: that of student drinking.

For the second consecutive year, Queen’s won the Central Canadian Debating Championships.
Queen’s Debating Union members Danny Saposnik, ArtSci ’07 and Jeremy Opolsky, ArtSci ’08, came away with the competition’s grand prize trophy.
In the final round, Saposnik and Opolsky debated a team from the University of Toronto on a resolution that proposed that military service should be mandatory in order to gain citizen’s benefits; Saposnik and Opolsky debated against the resolution.

Studio Q is changing its hiring structure this year so that instead of being elected by volunteers, Studio
Q’s executive producer will be hired by an AMS panel.
On Wednesday, the AMS board of directors unanimously passed a motion to change the hiring of the executive producer.

Next week, Queen’s will be showing its Pride for the very first time. The Education on Queer Issues
Project (EQuIP) is organizing Queen’s Pride Week, which will take place next Monday to Saturday.
“We’re not looking to forge an independent and insular queer community,” said Adam Morrison, EquIP member and Pride Week co-ordinator

Tonight will mark the official groundbreaking ceremony of the $230-million Queen’s Centre, a project already estimated to be $16.1 million to $20 million over budget.
Vice-Principal (Operations and Finance) Andrew Simpson said the University is doing its best to keep
the project on budget. “We were advised by cost consultants that because of the level of escalation and inflation in the construction industry, the overall project looked like it would go over budget,” he said.

Dave Waugh squeaked by Sean Roberts in Wednesday’s ComSoc election, winning by 15 votes.
Waugh, Comm ’08, had a total of 256 votes or 46 per cent of the total vote, and Roberts had 241 votes or 44 per cent of the vote.

Last summer, John White was living on Kingston’s streets struggling with cocaine and ecstasy addictions.
The 18-year-old didn’t know about the city’s youth shelter until a friend suggested that he look into it. Now, White is going to school while looking for a summer job and a place of his own to live. He said having already lived on the street takes away the stress of wondering if he will be able to maintain an apartment and a job.

Emily Longworth, a former Queen’s student, died in an electric fire in a Chilean hostel. The Santiago Times reported that the fire broke out in the Blue House II hostel in Punta Arenas, Chile, at 2:30 a.m. Feb. 3. Within 30 minutes, the two-storey structure had partially collapsed.

Concerned about the labour practices of Russell Athletic—the University’s exclusive athletic
apparel supplier—students from Queen’s No Sweat met with Principal Karen Hitchcock and Dean of Student Affairs Jason Laker last November. During the meeting, they discussed the possibility of
Queen’s signing on to a designated suppliers program.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning, along with the Queen’s Coalition for Racial and Ethnic Diversity and the Dean of Student Affairs, are developing a faculty mentorship program that would pair students with faculty members.