Economics department undergraduate chair Lorne Carmichael says some students have expressed interest in learning more about the current financial crisis. (Tyler Ball)

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In the market for answers

To some, the worldwide financial crisis is a baffling assortment of diving graphs and daunting headlines.

Previously in Features

November 14, 2008

Confronting a culture of silence

The first time Enakshi Dua realized she wasn’t comfortable at Queen’s was during a trip to Toronto in December of her first year living in Kingston. Dua, now a sociology professor at York University, taught at Queen’s from 1994 to 2001, when she was one of the first faculty members of colour to leave the University because of discrimination.

November 7, 2008

Changing from scholar to soldier and back: Queen’s in wartime

“When war broke out, the term had not yet begun.”

October 31, 2008

Walking scared

A hanging corpse thrashes violently as the sound of distant screaming echoes across the stone walls.

October 28, 2008

Talking trade with John Turner

At 79 years old, the Right Honourable John Turner’s pace has slowed since he took on Brian Mulroney in the 1988 so-called “free-trade debate.”

October 24, 2008

The fine art of conservation

Tucked away in the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s master’s program in art conservation is the only degree program of its kind in Canada and one of the University’s best-kept secrets.