(Evelien Heijselaar)

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Punditry in primaries

The U.S. presidential race has barely begun, but it has already devolved into a dizzying roller-coaster ride of predictions and punditry.

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Green China in the bag?

On Tuesday, China’s State Council announced a countrywide ban on plastic shopping bags beginning June 1. Anyone who sells, makes or distributes the thin plastic bags, which are notorious polluters because of how long they take to decompose, will be fined or have their goods and profits seized.

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Curb Queen’s cockiness

My friends back home in Toronto think Queen’s students are preppy and cocky. I don’t think we are but it seems to be one of the common assumptions made about Queen’s kids.

Previously in Editorials

November 29, 2007

Racism in broad daylight

Last week, a female Queen’s professor reported being assaulted on campus by four male students wearing engineering jackets. The incident occurred on Nov. 14 when the woman was forced off the sidewalk by the students who taunted her with racial slurs.

November 29, 2007

Queen’s shorts on sustainability

The Queen’s Centre will be the first campus building deemed environmentally friendly by the leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating system. Although this project—and endeavours such as retrofitting—shows some commitment to sustainability, there’s a lot more Queen’s should do to generate a greener campus.

November 29, 2007

The last word

Well, sort of. It’s not the last word in any kind of Old Testament mass hysteria sense—I’m not trying to suggest it’s the end of the world. What I mean is this is the last signed editorial for the Journal until January, meaning no more Journal until the New Year and so I’m left writing the last word for you.

November 23, 2007

RCMP weapon abuse stunning

The keenness of police to use Tasers is alarming, and warrants real investigation. Tasers can kill people and their misuse necessitates a reassessment of who is using them and when.

November 23, 2007

Saudi rape verdict a violation

A 19-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia who was gang raped by seven men has been sentenced to six months in prison and 200 lashings. Initially, the woman was sentenced to 90 lashes for travelling in a car with an unrelated male. The lashings were more than doubled and a jail sentenced added to her punishment on the basis that the woman was attempting to “aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media,” according to the Globe and Mail.