Kristen Read, contact centre representative in the office of advancement, said there are 8,000 married couples who are Queen’s alumni. And an article in the September/October 1996 issue of the Queen’s Alumni Review reported that 31 per cent of Queen’s alumni are married to Queen’s alumni.

On Feb. 9, Patrick Deane, vice-principal (academic), announced the appointment of Kimberly Woodhouse as the new Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. I am very excited and looking forward to joining Queen’s University,” Woodhouse said. “I think it’s a fabulous faculty with an energetic staff. There are so many opportunities with a strong faculty.”

An interim report on the Fair Labor Association’s website states that in December of 2005, Christliche Initiative Romero, a non-governmental organization based in Germany, filed a third-party complaint with the Fair Labor Association regarding Hermosa Manufacturing, a factory located in Apopa, El Salvador. Several manufacturing companies, including Russell Athletic, outsourced their production to the El Salvador factory. The complaint alleged the factory closed suddenly in May 2005, leaving about 320 workers without employment.

For Carolyn Roche, the stress of finding a job after graduation is always on her mind. “I’m constantly aware of it, I’m always thinking about it,” she said. “But more in a way of excitement than stress. Maybe closer to the time it will stress me out more.”

With seven other students on Tuesday, I got a taste of what it’s like to be homeless in the middle
of Kingston’s winter. Students against Poverty, a committee under the AMS Social issues Commission does an “Out in the Cold” event every year to raise money for the North Kingston Community Health Centre, a Share the Warmth project that helps people from low-income families pay their utilities bill.

Next year, the Tricolour Market and the Greenroom will be managed by one four-member management team, and one of the Destinations managers will absorb the Queen’s Entertainment Agency in his or her portfolio.

Emily Toffanello is one of several students on campus who have been targeted by someone using the name Lyte Stacey and asking students to return money after sending them fake money orders or cheques for rent. Melissa Fedrigo, ArtSci ’08 and one of Toffanello’s housemates, said this is a security concern for the house. “They know where we live, they have pictures of our house— we sent pictures of what the rooms look like.”

Elamin Abdelmahmoud and Hakim Kassam, both ArtSci ’09, were acclaimed with 73.7 per cent of the vote, or 2,144 votes.
Final results came in at about 5:40 a.m.
ASUS Chief Returning Officer Kimberley Molina said ballot counting was slowed down by an unusually high number of spoiled ballots.

Shortly after midnight last night at Clark Hall Pub, engineering students of all years and disciplines raised their glasses to their new EngSoc president, Charlie Scott. Scott, Sci ’07, said he wasn’t surprised by the outcome of the vote.
“I wouldn’t be running for EngSoc if I didn’t think I would win,” he said.

At 2:38 a.m. this morning, Michael Ceci got a visit from the AMS elections team and Kingsley Chak, outgoing undergraduate student trustee and now AMS president-elect.
They told Ceci, ArtSci ’09, that he would be the next undergraduate student trustee to sit on the Board of Trustees.
And then they doused him with champagne. After he cleaned himself up, Ceci spoke about his campaign and his election win.

At 3:03 a.m., AMS President James Macmillan walked into a packed house on Johnson Street, eliciting loud cheers from the kitchen.
Screams grew louder as Macmillan made his way to the back where the candidates were sitting.
“I’m looking for AMS President Kingsley Chak,” he called out.