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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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New position to link service and studies
The University hires a co-ordinator to act as a link between professors and agencies students can volunteer for in the community.
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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.
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WearFair aims to help students with their ethical fashion sense
The WearFair fashion show features ethically made clothing and a subversive agenda that gives students the opportunity to learn more about fair-trade clothing.
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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.
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New fund for slave trade descendants
The J’Nikira Dinqinesh Education Centre donates $12,000 to the Robert Sutherland fund. The scholarship will be awarded to students descended from the North Atlantic slave trade.
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Proposed purchasing policy not a ‘silver bullet,’ says Dean Laker
Adopting the "ethical labour" policy designated by the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP) by September 2007 is not something the University can sign onto right away, says the Dean of Student Affairs Jason Laker.
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News In Brief
Four Queen's students have qualified for the North American Collegiate Bridge Team Championships held this July in Nashville, Tenn. Chen, Csima, Jamieson and Sharp won all their qualifying matches against the tournament’s defending champions at the University of Michigan in February ...
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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.
