In recognition of its accomplishments over the past 12 years, which includes a world record, the Queen’s solar vehicle team is this year’s recipient of the Jim Bennett Achievement Award.
The award is for Kingstonians who have made outstanding achievements in careers, sports, the arts and volunteer work. Past winners include the Queen’s Bands and the Golden Gaels football team.

Engineers can sleep a little easier tonight, knowing that their beloved grease pole has been safely and peacefully returned to Queen’s.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, roughly thirty Queen’s engineers re-captured the pole from the University of Toronto without incident.
Peter Carr, Sci ’02, getaway driver and heist organizer, explained that he first heard of the pole’s location Monday afternoon.

While a 50 cent opt-outable fee may miss the attention of the average Queen’s student, according to Pam Havery, an administrator for the Dawn House Women’s Shelter, it is an essential part of the shelter’s operating budget.
The opt-outable contribution totals around five thousand dollars for the shelter each year.

Queen’s University was invaded once again Wednesday night by members of the Brute Force Committee (BFC) who returned to distribute copies of their latest scheme, Golden Stolen Words.
In the 12-page publication, BFC, the group of University of Toronto engineers behind the theft, detailed ransom demands along with a detailed log describing how the pole was taken.

“We’re just dying for people!” enthused Gennum Corporation’s Hoda Kamel at the Careers Day 2000 event held Monday and Tuesday in Grant Hall.
Recruiters were eager to attract potential employees in the 21st year of the event organized by Career Services and AIESEC.
A mood of excitement permeated the hall as over 80 corporate and government teams, emboldened by the booming economy, jockeyed to catch the attention of the milling students.

“Basically, the theme has been half-assed jobs all around.”
Adam Caplan, ArtSci ’01, like a number of students who live in what is still referred to by many as the ghetto, is disappointed with his landlord’s efforts at providing and maintaining a clean and safe living environment.

In accordance with a century of tradition, Queen’s students and alumnae participated this weekend in the 111th annual Candlelighting ceremony in Grant Hall.
Sponsored by the Alumni Association’s Committee on Women’s Affairs, this year’s candlelighting ceremony presented a welcoming atmosphere for first year women to start their involvement in the Queen’s community. Ceremony organizer Ange Currie ArtSci ’02 emphasized this aspect of the event with her continued stress on the importance of community at Queen’s.

The days of lugging a heavy computer monitor up six flights of stairs on residence move-in day may be coming to an end.
ResTech, a new computer leasing program that has been proposed by Queen’s Information Technology Services (ITS), aims to have a computer already installed for each student when they arrive in their residence rooms. The computer would be leased to the students for the year as a part of the residence package.

Rector Michael Kealy has these words of advice for the one who will follow in his footsteps: “two years goes by faster than you think, enjoy the experience.”
Kealy, who was elected to the highest student position at Queen’s in November of 1998, has announced his resignation. Although elected to a three-year term, Kealy, Law ’01 says he has decided to resign in time for the November referendum because if he held the position for another year, he would no longer be a student.

As the grand opening of Common Ground, the new campus coffee lounge owned and operated by the Alma Mater Society (AMS) kicked off last Friday night, both staff and students expressed enthusiasm about the establishment’s future as a viable student service. Located on the second level of the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC), the Common Ground opening celebration became a hub of campus life. Students from all years came to sample a variety of gourmet coffees, desserts, and sandwiches and to take in an atmosphere energized by musical performances from Pat Ang and Stephanie Earp and an exhibit of art work by Rachel Villaneuva.

For the first time since the early 1950s, Queen’s is getting the short end of the pole.
The Brute Force Committee (BFC), a “totally fictitious” group of University of Toronto engineering students, removed the grease pole from the hands of Queen’s students for the first time on Saturday September 9, only a few short hours after the class of ’04 reached its peak.