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SUNY a cloud over Hitchcock and Queen’s

In December, Principal Hitchcock forwarded to all students a letter that she had sent to the Board of Trustees. This letter was in response to an article published in the Albany Times Union concerning her actions at her previous post at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany.

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Tides of the campaign are changing

Monday night’s final English debate was the stage for a change in the direction of the election campaign. Stephen Harper appeared more poised and calm than he has ever been, leaving Paul Martin and the other leaders taking aim anywhere possible. Harper behaved more like a prime minister than an angry and disgruntled opposition leader.

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Squeam and shout

Having a doctor tell me five days before Christmas that I had ulcerative colitis wasn’t as bad as having to drink a solution 24 hours before my first colonoscopy that tasted like the dregs of a diesel truck’s oil filter.

Previously in Editorials

December 1, 2005

ASUS must improve accountability

The recent ASUS budget debacle has left a torrent of unanswered questions in its wake. In September, the largest faculty society at this university reported a net loss of $26,403 for the 2004-05 academic year.

December 1, 2005

Here we go again ...

The dissolution of the Liberal government means we’re in store for yet another season of campaigning. This untimely event could potentially put a damper on the upcoming holidays. Since its inception a mere 17 months ago, Paul Martin’s minority government has faced obstacle after obstacle. According to the Toronto Star, a national Ipsos-Reid poll conducted on Nov. 29 reported that the Liberals and Conservatives are currently neck-and-neck, each with 31 per cent of the country’s support. Meanwhile, the poll reports that the NDP have 18 per cent of the nation’s support.

December 1, 2005

Keeping a foot in the past

They say most people only really keep in touch with one, maybe two good friends from high school. Growing up is pretty scary if you ask me. I was reminded of that by an unexpected visit this weekend. A bunch of my high school friends finally came up to Kingston to celebrate one of their birthdays. They said at last they had an excuse to come trekking three hours out of the GTA.

November 25, 2005

Christmas Child has no place in residence

As a Change Project for their Commerce 351 Leadership class, a group of students decided to pitch the idea that dons and students in residences participate in Operation Christmas Child, a worldwide project run by Samaritan’s Purse, a self-described “nondenominational evangelical Christian organization.”

November 25, 2005

Non-academic discipline needs clarification

Last week, the AMS and SGPS each presented draft reports of their preliminary recommendations on the non-academic discipline system to the University Senate. They were mandated to do so by the Principal’s Task Force on Community Relations which had recommended “strengthening the mandate and resources of AMS and SGPS for addressing non-academic discipline with a focus on off-campus student behaviour.” The SGPS raised concerns at the meeting as to the scope of the Code of Conduct. As it stands, the Code of Conduct could potentially be applied to discipline a Queen’s student who breaches the Code anywhere in the world. The boundaries of the Code of Conduct should be clarified and reinforced during the welcoming ceremony, even before students sign on the dotted line to confirm their acceptance to Queen’s, and thus their agreement to abide by the Code of Conduct.