A person receives an H1N1 flu shot at Kingston’s vaccination clinic at Frontenac Mall yesterday afternoon. (Christine Blais)
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Swine flu hits residence
About 20 students have been diagnosed with H1N1 flu virus as of last Sunday, Housing and Hospitality Services Director Bruce Griffiths said. Griffiths said housing and hospitality services is monitoring cases and has implemented additional precautions to clean doorknobs and surfaces in residences this week.
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AMS ‘procedural error’ costs plebiscite question
AMS Assembly breached its own policy when striking down a potential plebiscite question for the fall referendum, AMS Internal Affairs Commissioner Lucas Anderson said. Plebiscite questions have to be approved by AMS Assembly before they appear on the ballot.
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Posters raise questions on adjunct roles
The timing of this year’s Fair Employment Week couldn’t be better, Roberta Lamb, Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) political action and communication committee co-chair, said. Arts and Science Dean Alistair MacLean sent a memo to all department heads this week asking them to plan their 2010-11 budgets and curricula without using term adjunct professors, Lamb said.
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Surveillance the centre of attention
Surveillance and privacy research is ready to go public at Queen’s. The Surveillance Project was renamed the Surveillance Studies Centre on Oct. 22 after being granted provisional approval by Principal Daniel Woolf.
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Equity report shows challenges, promise
The Senate Educational Equity Committee (SEEC)’s annual report shows the University was more reactive than proactive with equity issues in the past year, committee chair and history professor Adnan Husain said. The committee presented the report to University Senate on Oct. 22.
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AMS fall referendum results
AMS fall referendum results
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From comics to cell chaperones
Ask Kazutoshi Mori, one of the laureates of this year’s Canada Gairdner International Award for biomedical research, and he’ll tell you comic superheroes inspired his career in biophysics. “As a child, I liked to read comics,” he said to an audience of about 40 students and faculty at Queen’s Cancer Research Institute on Tuesday.
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News in Brief
Queen’s is one of eight universities in Canada competing to become PETA2’s most vegetarian-friendly campus. The competition, which takes place over three rounds, ends with a winner who will be announced on Nov. 23.
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