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Queen's Centre opening delayed by flood
Flooding in the Queen’s Centre has delayed the new facility’s opening date until late fall, acting Vice-Principal (Operations and Finance) Bill Bryck said.
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Queen’s Centre opening set for fall
Three years after breaking ground on the project, Phase I of the Queen’s Centre will be open by the time students arrive in September, acting Vice-Principal (Operations and Finance) Bill Bryck said. Phase I will house the new student life centre and athletics facilities.
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Finer points of the law
Mind your manners, or it’ll cost you. If Kingston’s proposed public nuisance bylaw passes in September, anyone caught kicking over garbage or urinating in public could face a fine.
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‘He did an awful lot in his short life’
Gregory Poels will be remembered as a soft-spoken man and good listener. Poels, ArtSci ’09, died in his sleep at his home in Kingston on June 28.
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News in Brief
Burnes trial pushed back Queen’s student John David Burnes will make his next appearance in court on Aug. 18 after being charged with one count of possessing child pornography and one count of making child pornography available.
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GPAs make their mark on transcripts
Queen’s notoriously confusing transcripts will soon be a thing of the past. Beginning in May 2011, the University will introduce a letter grade and grade point average (GPA) system to all student transcripts, bringing Queen’s in line with approximately 95 per cent of universities in North America, Senate Committee on Academic Procedures (SCAP) chair Charles Beach said.
