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Wanted: one Aberdeen-area student
The “Committee to Restore Order” is looking for a student living on or near Aberdeen Street to join their new team. Kingston city council has approved the framework for an 11-member committee to seek ways to prevent future illegal activity such as that which occurred during Homecoming. At council’s Tuesday night meeting, it was announced that 10 of the committee members have already been named.
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Deconstructing the student identity
Francis Darwin, ArtSci ’06, is determined to make an organized student voice heard on the topic of Homecoming. Darwin is organizing the first student-run symposium following Homecoming, which she has tentatively named “Student Symposium on Queen’s Identity 2005.” The symposium will discuss more than just the events of Sept. 24, she said. Darwin said she was motivated to organize a symposium after attending a sociology class about student power.
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Addiction survivor plans campus outreach
Kyle Brohman, ArtSci ’06, has spent the past six years locked in the endless cycle of craving and gratification that is the reality of an alcoholic. He is currently working with AMS Social Issues Commissioner Jennifer Holub and other members of the University community to establish a network to help others facing the same challenges. Brohman said he started drinking when he came to Queen’s six years ago, which has extended the time it’s taken him to earn his degree.
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Sex-ed website tops UN survey
Queen’s researchers want people to talk about sex. They’re encouraging the public to do this at sexualityandu.ca, a health website recently ranked as one of the top five health e-projects in the world. It received the United Nations 2005 World Summit Award over submissions from 168 other countries.
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Silent vigil speaks out against poverty
A poverty awareness vigil at City Hall on Monday evening may have been silent, but the crowd of about 300 people who gathered was there to make their message loud and clear. Demonstrators from the Sisters of Providence Justice and Peace Office joined the Make Poverty History campaign for a 45-minute vigil to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the silent vigils, which the Sisters of Providence began holding weekly in 1995.
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Hitchcock ‘engages’ first town hall meeting
According to Drew Brenders, MSc ’05, Principal Karen Hitchcock’s first “Engaging the World” town hall meeting left much to be accomplished. On Sept. 29, Hitchcock released a discussion paper outlining her desire to see the University take its place among top-ranked schools internationally. “My dream for Queen’s is that it be one of those universities that matter on an international stage,” Hitchcock told the forum, referring to her vision as an “I have a dream” paper.
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Health Sciences dean to investigate legionnaire’s for Ministry of Health
The late September outbreak of legionnaire’s disease in Toronto has prompted a Queen’s University faculty member to investigate what caused the deaths of 17 elderly people. Dr. David Walker, dean of health sciences, was appointed Monday by George Smitherman, provincial minister of health and long-term care, to lead an independent review into the outbreak.
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Club reaches for dreams of education
“Driven” is one word to describe DREAM, a newly formed club at Queen’s that aims to fundraise $50,000 by the end of this year to cover the cost of five education-focused charitable projects for developing countries. DREAM, which stands for Discover the Reality of Educating All Minds, will be hosting a series of events throughout this year—including raffles for cruise trips for two—to support Room to Read, a non-profit organization created in 2000 that helps children in developing countries receive an education.
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Security Briefs
An unknown male punched a male student in the face on Frontenac Street on Oct. 13 at 4:45 p.m. A witness to the event said after the assault, the assailant continued walking north towards Princess Street. After receiving first aid treatment, the assaulted individual filed a report with Kingston Police, stating that he’d been walking with his head down when the unknown male punched him for no apparent reason.
