Rabia Khattack, ArtSci ’08, received tragic news over Thanksgiving weekend.
Fifteen of her extended family members died as a result of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck close to the city of Muzaffarabad in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region on Saturday.
Despite the tragedy, she was back at school this week, raising relief funds for others devastated by the disaster. The Queen’s Pakistani Student Association (QPSA) is spearheading the fundraising effort, which began Wednesday.

Pinning green ribbons of different shades, widths and shapes to their chests, students gathered Saturday at the JDUC to spread the message that beauty, strength and talent come in all shapes and sizes.
The event, part of the Green Ribbon campaign, consisted of a non-competitive five- or 10-kilometre walk, run or blade to promote having a positive body image.

Arson and public intoxication weren’t the only violations taking place in the Ghetto on Homecoming Saturday.
When student residents of a house on Collingwood Street arrived home from the party on Aberdeen Street Sept. 24, they discovered they had been robbed.

A recent government grant has equipped the school of nursing with state of the art computerized mannequins—complete with pulses, respiratory functions and varying degrees of illness. New this year, these patient simulators allow students to assess injuries and observe reactions to certain medical treatments.

Almost two weeks after Homecoming, some students upset by the events that took place on Aberdeen have taken it upon themselves to try to set things right.
Two student-run fundraising initiatives are taking place to collect money for Bob Hanson, the owner of the car that was overturned and set aflame during the Sept. 24 unsanctioned Aberdeen street party. Hanson reported his 1992 Ford Tempo stolen Sept. 16.

Kingston city council is asking the University to pay for the cost of police, fire and ambulance services during the unsanctioned Aberdeen Street party on Sept. 24.
The City voted in favour of a motion to do so at their Tuesday night council meeting. Councillors also passed a separate motion to create a committee that will seek ways to stop illegal behaviours associated with the Aberdeen party and in Sydenham district—the area surrounding and including the University and the Ghetto.

Strategy was the name of the game Saturday night as students from seven faculties took a break from homework to play a gigantic game of Capture the Faculty.
In the event’s third year running, the PhysEd team won the campus-wide version of capture the flag, reclaiming their title after being defeated by the Nursing Science Society last year.

Principal Karen Hitchcock spoke to a group of about 50 Aberdeen Street student residents yesterday evening in Richardson Hall.
Students were called to the meeting via a personally addressed letter.
Reporters from the Journal and another student who wasn’t an Aberdeen resident weren’t permitted to attend the meeting. Names of summoned attendees were cross-checked against a list of known residents.

Students living in crowded residences might soon experience relief—in the form of new common room TVs and couches—if a bid by the Main Campus Residents’ Council (MCRC) is passed by the University.
In a report given at the Sept. 12 MCRC General Assembly, President Alexis Meyerman said she sent a memo requesting $100,000 from the Senate Residence Committee (SRC). MCRC wants to use the money to improve conditions in the packed facilities, she told the Journal.

Students know the end of term is near when they fill out orange course evaluation forms, but once they hand in their surveys to the DSC reps, they typically have no idea what the results are.
That process is about to undergo a makeover.
A committee of student representatives, faculty members and administrators will be meeting to change and improve the current course evaluation process, called the University Survey of Student Assessment of Teaching (USAT).