On July 2, Frances Ue, ArtSci ’06, will be at home in Toronto. On July 3, she will be in India, where she will live and work for three weeks at a school for disabled children in the village of Veranasi, west of Delhi.
Ue, a third year Life Sciences student, was one of seven Canadians selected to take part in World Literacy of Canada’s Youth Overseas Program.

On May 14, Queen’s students, Mike Maggrah, Erik Zufelt and Ryan Zufelt began Tour for the Cure, a cross-Canada bike trip created to raise $25,000 for cancer research and awareness. Contributor Andrew Norman caught up with the trio at a rest stop in Bowmanville.

University Avenue is getting a $3 million makeover.
The Campus Grounds Advisory Committee and the Campus Planning and Development Committee are organizing the University Avenue Project, which aims to restore the street to its pre-Second World War grandeur.
The project will be funded primarily by anonymous alumni, Director of Campus Planning and Development Jean Ma told the Journal.

Golden Gael football fans may not have to wait until alumni weekend to enjoy a few beers at Richardson Stadium.
AMS Campus Activities Commissioner Dave Homuth has submitted a proposal to Queen’s Administration that, if approved, would allow the commission to apply for a Special Occasion Permit from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission.

Last night Canadians voted a Liberal minority government. Of the 308 seats, 135 went to the Liberals, 96 to the Conservatives, 20 to the NDP, 54 to the Bloc Quebecois and one seat went to an independent. The Green Party was unable to win a seat but received 4.3 per cent of the popular vote.
The Liberals will assume government for the fifth time in a row, with Prime Minister Paul Martin at the helm.

For the fifth consecutive election, Liberal Candidate and current Speaker of the House of Commons Peter Milliken won the riding of Kingston and the Islands by a wide margin of 52 per cent. Milliken, a Queen’s graduate, said his interest in politics was piqued while completing his undergraduate degree at the University.
He said he would continue to lobby the federal government for research and infrastructure funding for Queen’s.

The opening of two Starbucks stores in downtown Kingston this month is creating an intense reaction among Kingston coffee connoisseurs.
One Starbucks location will open in the former Indigo Café, while another will open at the corner of Wellington and Princess Streets. Concerned citizens initiated a campaign of protest that included everything from sidewalk graffiti reading “Stop Starbucks!” to posters promoting a boycott.

A year-end food fight on Apr. 2 at Leonard Cafeteria caused an estimated $10,000 in damage and forced Queen’s to shut down the cafeteria for the weekend of Apr. 3-4.
Leonard’s closure denied over 2,500 main campus residents the use of their meal plans, sending students to retail outlets on main campus at the expense of their remaining flex dollars, or to Jean Royce Hall Cafeteria on West Campus.

Chrètien is a former Prime Minister of Canada. He was involved in Canadian politics for over 40 years. During his time in politics he served as the Minister of National Revenue, Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Industry, Trade and Commerce, Finance, Justice and Energy, Mines and Resources. He also served as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. He received a law degree from Laval University.

At 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 8, Dr. Karen Hitchcock, the newly selected 18th principal of Queen’s University, walked into the policy studies conference room to a standing ovation by the members of the Board of Trustees.
At the Board meeting Hitchcock said she was honoured to be the new principal. She is the first woman to ever hold the position of principal at the University, as well as the first American.

One year ago, Chrissie Knitter, Mike Jones and Erik Gaustad, fresh off their defeat of Team HTD, were waiting to take their positions at the helm of the AMS, an $8 million corporation.
The days, weeks and months that followed were filled with hours in meetings, dealing with unexpected problems, lack of sleep and criticisms.
In May 2004, this group will step down and a new group of three will fill the offices that have become so familiar to this year’s executive. The Journal sat down with the outgoing executive for an in-depth interview to get their perspective on the past year.

Although the year of the double cohort is on its way out, AMS academic affairs commissioner Jonathan Espie says the AMS and the University should not assume all challenges are behind them.
Espie presented a report entitled “The Enrolment Boom: The effects of the Double Cohort” at the AMS Annual General Meeting on Mar. 23. The report included a series of recommendations regarding issues surrounding the advent of the double cohort or the “enrolment boom,” as it was referred to in the report.