Educate and celebrate
Participants in Queens’ first annual educational powwow look out across Agnes Benidickson field Saturday morning. (Harrison Smith)
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‘No flexibility’ in budget
In the first week of July, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science Kimberly Woodhouse was told her faculty was going to have to make cuts to its budget. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science Lynann Clapham said the budget was finalized in the fourth week of August, resulting in a $200,000 cut. Clapham said the faculty heads were not made aware of the budget cuts until the end of August.
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Peer counselling in the works
Starting in early November, long lines at Health, Counselling and Disability Services (HCDS) will no longer keep students from getting counselling. The AMS-run Peer Support Centre will offer support and guidance in non-academic areas of student life. The centre will be based on the second floor of the JDUC in room 214 and students will be able to drop in, call or e-mail to set up an appointment.
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Football stays undefeated
The Queen’s Golden Gaels, Canada’s eighth-ranked team, remained undefeated after pounding the University of Windsor Lancers 38-3 in front of a national television audience on Saturday evening. Running back Mike Giffin continued his all-star season with three rushing touchdowns and 120 yards, while quarterback Danny Brannagan threw for 258 yards and two touchdowns.
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Preserving pieces of the past
The ink has faded in some areas, the paper looks a little uneven—especially on the edges—and it comes with the original seal, restored from its shattered state. The document that predates me by more than a century established Queen’s as a college to instruct students in “the various branches of Science Literature” in the Province of Upper Canada.
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Talking property standards with the housing minister
John Gerretsen, MPP for Kingston and the Islands and minister of municipal affairs and housing, said the province has given Ontario municipalities everything they need to improve the housing situation in places like the Queen’s student Ghetto.
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Police suggest more Ghetto patrols all year
After a particularly rowdy September, Insp. Brian Cookman said Kingston Police may have to look into adding additional officers to patrol the Ghetto all year. The Kingston Whig-Standard quoted police Chief Bill Closs suggesting the Ghetto might need up to 16 officers to patrol it all day, every day of the year.
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