Last night’s Queen’s Centre town hall meeting presented students with two new options for moving forward with the project. (Tyler Ball)
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A change of plans
At a town hall meeting last night, the Queen’s Centre project team presented the student working group and other students with two options for going forward. David Dymecki, a principal partner from Sasaki Associates Ltd., the architectural firm which designed the Queen’s Centre, gave a presentation. Dymecki outlined the two options the Queen’s Centre project team is taking into consideration. The first option is to build the fieldhouse before the Student Life Centre and the second option is to commence the construction of the Student Life Centre before the fieldhouse.
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Federal budget leaves women behind, professor says
According to a new report by a Queen’s law professor, the 2009 federal budget is leaving women financially vulnerable. In her report Budget 2009: Designed to Leave Women Behind—Again, professor Kathleen Lahey explains how the federal budget is unequal.
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Professor nominated for Charles Taylor Prize
History professor Ana Siljak has spent the last eight years trying to get inside the mind of an assassin. Luckily, Siljak said she couldn’t identify with her subject.
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Climate change, compromises and crises
This weekend, Queen’s students are learning more about the compromises and backroom negotiations behind the global fight against climate change. Feb. 6, 7 and 8 will mark the first Queen’s Interactive Crisis Simulation (QICSim), hosted by the Queen’s International Affairs Association (QIAA).
