The new student centre has three gyms, a bigger Common Ground coffeehouse, a food court, a fireside lounge and club space. (Tyler Ball)
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Queen’s Centre set to open in December
After a flood postponed the Queen’s Centre’s September opening, the building is on track to open Dec. 1, acting Vice-Principal (Operations and Finance) Bill Bryck said. “We’re moving at a good pace,” he said, adding that most of the damage caused by the severe rainstorm on Aug. 11 has been fixed.
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Ontario tuition highest, study says
Ontario universities have the highest tuition fees in Canada, according to a Statistics Canada report released on Tuesday. Ontario university students pay, on average, just under $6,000 a year, whereas students in Quebec pay, on average, just under $2,300.
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Access issue open for debate
The near-limitless access to scholarship and research university students enjoy may soon become universal if John Willinsky has anything to say about it. Willinsky, Stanford University education professor and an advocate for open access in the academic community, is the keynote speaker at Open Access Week @ Queen’s. His talk is today at noon in Dunning Hall, room 12.
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Feministing 101
Feministing, ranked by blog search engine Technorati as the 31st most-popular blog in the United States, launched its North American campus tour at Queen’s on Tuesday. Feministing editors Courtney Martin, Miriam Perez and Vanessa Valenti gave a panel discussion to a full auditorium in Humphrey Hall on gender issues.
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Fall referendum goes online
It’s no more pencils and no more books when students vote in the AMS fall referendum next week. This year, students will cast online ballots using their Queen’s NetID and a password sent to their webmail accounts, AMS Internal Affairs Commissioner Lucas Anderson said.
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From West to the west
Saed Abu-Hijleh almost didn’t make it past Pearson Airport officials to get into Canada. After arriving in Toronto this week, the Palestinian geography professor was held for four hours and questioned about his intentions for visiting.
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AMS fall referendum statements
The Journal provides this free space for parties on the ballot. All statements are unedited.
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News in Brief
Last night, Queen’s faculty, students and family of Leslie Doucet gathered in Wallace Hall to celebrate her life. Doucet, a graduate student and teaching assistant in global development studies, died on Oct. 16.
