Bring it on
Queen’s Dance Team is the first Canadian team to qualify for the U.S. nationals, which begin April 4. See story on page 19. (Photo by Anne Kloosterman)
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AMS plans not best medicine for HCDS
The most efficient way the AMS can help Health, Counselling, and Disability Services decrease their wait times would be to help attract more physicians, said Mike Condra, HCDC director. If Team CMM wins the election, they want to set up a partnership between the AMS and Health, Counselling and Disability Services (HCDS) to establish a peer counselling program.
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Keeping the faith
Craig Langridge thinks interfaith interaction is a positive thing, but only as long as it doesn’t distract him from his cause. Langridge, Sci ’08, is the Men’s Ministry Co-ordinator for Campus for Christ, an on-campus Christian student group. “I think it’s always good to have interfaith relations,” he said. “But at the same time we don’t want to get distracted from our number one focus.”
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Exclusive counsellor possible for other faculties
The School of Business pays for its own counsellor two days a week. Because business students have improved access, said Jason Laker, dean of student affairs, the University needs to look at what it can do so that all students have improved access.
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Students will vote on fall Reading Week
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, students will vote to express their support or disapproval of a fall Reading Week. Last Thursday, AMS Assembly approved the Reading Week question to appear on the winter referendum ballot. Sivan Nitzan, ArtSci ’09, put forward the question.
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Keeping the peace on campus
On Jan. 17, I got as close to that dream as I ever will, when I patrolled the University with Campus Security. I arrived at the Emergency Response Centre (ERC) in Fleming Hall at 7:30 p.m. I was on patrol with David Wilkinson and Saad Rashid.
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How to create a sustainable campus
Amelia Clarke is the former president of the Sierra Club of Canada, an organization that aims to protect the earth’s eco-systems. When it comes to reducing waste on campus, Clarke says it’s about the small changes students make in their lives.
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Three EngSoc hopefuls take their marks
Three candidates are vying to be president of the Engineering Society next year. The presidential nominees are Bob Cockburn, Charlie Scott and Devon Stopps. Cockburn, Sci ’08, said a relationship with the new Dean of Applied Science is a priority for him, adding that it’ll be important for the new dean to be visible at events and to be approachable like Tom Harris, who leaves his post in June. Cockburn said he also wants an improved image for engineering students.
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