March 30, 2007
Vol. 134, Issue 39

How can Queen's be better?

The Journal asked eleven passionate and articulate writers who have shown a genuine interest in the community through their actions. See this issue's Ideas Supplement. (Katrina Ludlow)

Inmates to appeal move

The female prisoners of Isabel McNeill House which is located at 525 King St. West, will be appealing a court decision next Friday in hopes of staying at the only women-only minimum security prison that remains in Canada. In a decision on March 1, Judge Thomas J. Lally ruled that the four women in McNeill House don’t have to leave until their appeal comes before the courts.

The recruiting game

How do Queen’s recruitment practices compare to university athletic programs at Carleton, Harvard and Mercyhurst?

‘Mentally, I’m good. I’m healthy’

Patti Cuthbert observed an unusual anniversary this week: Tuesday, March 27 marked one year after she called her mother, in tears, to tell her she had an eating disorder.

Getting over the green talk

At last weekend’s Sustainability Conference organized by Queen’s Sustainability Network (QSN), photographer and keynote speaker Edward Burtynsky presented a slideshow of his photographs showing pictures of our intrusion into nature all over the world: railroads cutting through forests in British Columbia, spirals of highways in Los Angeles and construction on the Three Gorges Dam in China.

ASUS passes new opt-outable fee

All Arts & Sciences students are subject to a $5 opt-outable fee starting in September 2007. The fee is designated to help develop new services for ASUS in the next four to five years.

Provincial, federal budgets promise student funding

New federal budget promises $800 million for post-secondary education, but delays its funding until after intergovermental talks in 2008.

First female chancellor dies at 86

Agnes Benidickson, Queen’s first female chancellor, died last friday at the age of 86. Benidickson served as chancellor from 1980 to 1996 and graduated from Queen’s with a BA in 1941.

New don training will personalize students’ residence experience

A new training and programming model for residence dons will allow them to tailor their programming to the individual needs of the students on their floors.

Tenure shouldn’t grant immunity

If professors are being disciplined for external actions that may affect their employment at the University, it would be nice to see a greater effort for accountability and more open disciplinary procedures, as well as a clearer definition of what constitutes gross misconduct, incompetence and neglect of academic duties.

The Great Global Warming Swindle

The epic global warming debate is too politicized, evoking a climate of fear and false premises. Hardly a day goes by without the declaration that our propensity to burn fossil fuels has resulted in the Earth’s heating.

Trade the student apathy for student activity

AMS Social Commissioner Allison Williams argues that student apathy "impedes the evolution of social change on campus."

Journey to the centre of your mind

A Dream Play is technically stunning, with a dynamic cast in the wake of grounded emotional content, says The Journal's Brandon Thao.

The recruiting game

How do Queen’s recruitment practices compare to university athletic programs at Carleton, Harvard and Mercyhurst?

Stuck in the middle with who?

Some would say the root of Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell’s extremely public beefing is a yearning for publicity or celebrity-induced mental instability. Others would say that it all comes down to birth order.

Issue in photos

View images from vol. 134, issue 39.