Anna Mehler Paperny

Volume 135 (2007-2008) – Editor in Chief

Stories

Karen Hitchcock was Queen’s first female principal.
April 17, 2008
Guarded reaction to Hitchcock’s departure
Principal Karen Hitchcock, shown here in an April 2007 vigil for victims of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shooting, announced she’s withdrawing her reappointment request in an e-mail yesterday morning.
April 17, 2008
Principal withdraws reappointment request; resignation takes effect April 30
April 3, 2008
Last Words
Outgoing AMS executive Kingsley Chak, Julia Mitchell and John Manning say the AMS-specific fee had to be passed at Annual General Meeting instead of by referendum.
March 28, 2008
Saying goodbye to CMM
AMS Vice-President (University Affairs) Julia Mitchell says the distance grant doesn’t do enough to promote accessibility.
March 28, 2008
Ontario budget fails to address ‘quality issues’
Vice-Principal (Operations and Finance) Andrew Simpson says the University has to weigh investing in socially responsible companies against needing to make a high return rate.
March 14, 2008
Investing in ethics
Vice-Principal (Advancement) David Mitchell says his $132-million fundraising goal is achievable.
March 7, 2008
Wanted: $132M
Phase One of Queen’s Centre construction has already cost the Unviersity $165 million, pushing the project $41 million over budget.
February 29, 2008
Queen’s Centre $41M over budget
The Faculty of Health Sciences currently operates out of Botterell Hall and other buildings on campus.
February 8, 2008
Health Sciences proposes new medical building
Arts and Science frosh are doused in shaving cream during Frosh Week 2007, whose went up 38 per cent this year.
February 8, 2008
‘Communication ... needs to exist’
Jessica Reaume was in her first year of a politics degree.
November 23, 2007
‘She was going to change the world’
Stephanie Nolen, right, speaks to a child in Alexandra township, Johannesburg.
November 2, 2007
The AIDS beat
Police made 54 arrests related to Homecoming this weekend.
October 14, 2007
Ontario’s street party
Two partiers take a detour for a refill on Aberdeen Street Saturday night. Police estimate between 4,000 and 6,500 people were on the street that night.
October 14, 2007
‘Homecoming lite’
October 9, 2007
Rhymes with moat
September 18, 2007
Building access a security issue
Vice-President (Operations) Ian Black, left, and President James Macmillan said they would have liked to engage faculties and students more outside the AMS.
April 5, 2007
Looking back at the year with MBT
April 5, 2007
Western student paper called sexist, homophobic
March 23, 2007
AMS condemns University’s keg-party e-mail
March 16, 2007
The benefits of co-operation
March 2, 2007
Volleyball proud of playoff push
March 2, 2007
The other side of security
Emily Longworth, left, ArtsSci ’03 and Lauren Kipic, right, met at Queen’s, where Lauren was an exchange student.
February 16, 2007
Former students die in hostel fire while traveling in Chile
Kate Whitelaw, ArtSci ’08, says Queen’s should adopt a designated suppliers program to ensure the companies with which it does business adhere to ethical labour practices.
February 16, 2007
The price of buying ethical
Forget the pastoral scenes from The Group of Seven: See you tomorrow's landscape paintings represent a more urbanized Canada.
February 13, 2007
A frightening but hopeful vision
February 13, 2007
Oxfam visits Queen’s
Queen’s signed a three-year contract with Russell Athletics last May, making it the University’s sole supplier of athletic apparel.
February 13, 2007
Russell’s exclusive contract revealed
February 13, 2007
Life sentence for Schwieg’s killer
February 9, 2007
Tree, fund planned in memory of Sukaina
February 6, 2007
Surveillance setup could be ‘complex’
Team TPC’s Vice-President (University Affairs) candidate Liz Craig, right, handed out cotton candy during the last day of campaigning yesterday. Voting takes place today and tomorrow.
February 6, 2007
AMS teams talk strengths and weaknesses
David Wilkinson and Saad Rashid both spend seven hours on patrol for Campus Security every Wednesday night. Together, the two check locks on campus buildings and keep an eye out for suspicious behavior.
January 30, 2007
Keeping the peace on campus
Rob Kempson as the Baker and Carly Heffernan as the Baker's Wife.
January 19, 2007
QMT cast makes it out of the Woods
Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane said it’s difficult to compare Queen’s to other institutions because cultural, social and economic variables factor into students’ performance.
January 19, 2007
Do marks matter in job hunt?
Quinlan-Keech
January 19, 2007
Changes to tenant-landlord rules will be in effect by month’s end
Source: www.fin.gov .on.ca and pa rl.gc.ca
January 19, 2007
A peek inside the payroll
Team MBT, left to right: VP (Operations) Ian Black, President James Macmillan and VP (University Affairs) Meghan Teuber.
January 12, 2007
Reviewing 12 campaign promises
Michael Blennerhassett conducts research with rats to learn more about inflammatory bowel disease.
November 30, 2006
Animal research kept quiet
Elie Wiesel spoke to around 60 students in the Fireside Reading Room at Stauffer Library this past Wednesday evening.
November 24, 2006
A lifelong battle against indifference
November 17, 2006
U.S. surveillance a threat to Canadian research
November 10, 2006
Your health in their hands
October 31, 2006
JDUC second floor gets diversity makeover
October 24, 2006
How to prevent it from happening again
October 20, 2006
AMS condemns hate e-mail
Michael McNeely, ArtSci ’10, who has Usher Syndrome, has someone help him take notes during lectures, and uses an FM system to hear to his professor speak.
October 20, 2006
Studying with a ‘hidden’ disability
Monture's “American Fill-Up” examines the space in modern consumerist society.
October 17, 2006
Students find their Place in exhibit
October 17, 2006
Queen’s taps into iTunes
Geography professor Audrey Kobayashi said renovations like this wheelchair lift make Mackintosh-Corry more accessible to people with physical disabilities.
October 17, 2006
Towards a more accessible campus
October 13, 2006
EnerGuide program cancelled
October 13, 2006
$340,000 for energy efficient lights
Campus Bookstore manager Chris Tabor said Queen’s is one of the few campus bookstores that tries to discount its textbooks seven to nine per cent.
October 13, 2006
Why your textbooks are so pricey
October 3, 2006
Selling Queen’s
Detail from Daniel Fowler’s potent and pastoral “Fallen Tree.”
September 29, 2006
Worthwhile after all
September 26, 2006
Queen’s asked to contribute to Homecoming bill
Police arrest a man for attempting to knock over a barrier.
September 18, 2006
Despite larger crowd and 58 arrests, AMS president calls party outcome ‘a first step’
PhD student Rula Salam said living in Beirut under Israeli fire was “like being in a trance.”
September 12, 2006
A summer spent in a war zone
Jessica Goldberg said being afraid to go to the Haifa mall for fear of rocket fire was “surreal.”
September 12, 2006
Jessica Goldberg recalls hours in a bomb shelter in Haifa
Keith Bennie and Mandy Doherty after the performance of Miss Julie.
September 8, 2006
Drama outside of the bubble
September 8, 2006
Wanted: a community-builder
Queen’s is one of 22 Canadian universities to opt out of Maclean’s annual university survey.
September 8, 2006
Queen’s drops out of Maclean’s
Alumnus Vinni Rebelo is forming a citizen task force to patrol the Ghetto during Homecoming.
September 8, 2006
Volunteers to ‘lend a sense of calm’ in Ghetto
The coalition for Racial and Ethnic Diversity will host a cultural awareness day in September for anyone to attend.
July 25, 2006
Diversity at Queen’s
Police Chief Bill Closs, pictured above, said it makes sense students want less police presence.
July 25, 2006
Some students want smaller police presence for Homecoming 2006
University faculties place varying emphasis on a student’s personal statement of experience when evaluating an application.
July 25, 2006
How you got here
John McFarlane, Chad Currah of Russell Athletics and Bob Haydon of PrimeTime Marketing seal the deal at Wednesday’s press conference.
June 27, 2006
Varsity athletics sign exclusive clothing deal
Players wanted Muller, seen here at FebFest 2006, to stay with the Golden Gaels.
June 27, 2006
Captain Kirk leaves for NHL
The Committee for the Safe and Legal Use of Public and Private Space will present its recommendations to city council in July.
June 27, 2006
Searching for solutions to Aberdeen
Rabia Khattak, centre, looks on as Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane speaks at a memorial service for Ali.
May 30, 2006
Friends question international student support
May 30, 2006
Family sent letter to University warning of prior health issues
Sukaina Mohsin Ali, a first-year student from Pakistan, died on April 10.
May 30, 2006
Ali’s enthusiasm and generosity remembered
May 30, 2006
NAD safe, for now
April 6, 2006
$190,000 approved for accessibility plans
Jenn Hirano, VP (Operations), is responsible for reviewing the annual AMS budget.
April 6, 2006
AMS services will post loss overall
March 31, 2006
Faculty call for provincial accountability
19 Aberdeen St. is one of two houses Queen’s is purchasing.
March 31, 2006
University to buy Aberdeen houses
Thursday nights in the Hub—the corner of Division and Princess Streets—are still packed one year after the death of Queen’s student Justin Schwieg at A.J.’s.
March 24, 2006
Student safety one year later
March 17, 2006
University pays Hitchcock lawyer $20,000
March 17, 2006
Students drum to protest ‘debt sentence’
March 10, 2006
Province sets tuition hikes in motion
All is not what it seems in The University Wits reverse-gender version of Taming of the Shrew.
March 3, 2006
Wits brush up on their Shakespeare
288 Earl St. is rented out by Golden Cockroach Award recipient Phil Lam.
March 3, 2006
Cockroach award ‘one-sided diatribe’
Canadian journalist Jon Elmer spent much of 2003 freelancing in the Gaza Strip. He spoke at Queen’s last night.
February 17, 2006
Journalist brings reports of Gaza to campus
Former rector Grant Bishop presents rector-elect Johsa Manzanilla with the rector gown.
February 14, 2006
Manzanilla wins rectorship by 17 votes
February 10, 2006
JDUC theft raises concerns
Dr. David Walker is the dean of the faculty of health sciences, which will receive funding for six new spots starting 2008.
February 10, 2006
Province announces six new med spots
February 10, 2006
Referendum results a slow count
February 7, 2006
Turning back time at Morrison’s
The newest Starbucks, at Johnson and Division Streets, opened in the fall of 2005.
February 7, 2006
Campus brews up Starbucks
David Homuth
February 3, 2006
Chatting with the AMS presidential candidates
David Canvin in a 1988 photo.
February 3, 2006
Canvin hearing set for Feb. 22
All four AMS executive teams answered questions during a debate held in the Lower Ceilidh.
February 3, 2006
AMS and rector hopefuls duke it out one last time
Mark MacGregor
January 31, 2006
Introducing the VP (Operations) candidates
January 31, 2006
Professor emeritus charged with murder
This week, Kingston police received the 30 new Tasers they requested after Homecoming.
January 27, 2006
Weighing the risks of Tasers
January 24, 2006
Chasing the dragon
HML
January 24, 2006
Meet your new AMS executive candidates
Newly re-elected Peter Milliken speaks to the media at his victory party.
January 24, 2006
As one election ends, another begins
Voters can send text messages to the four major political parties requesting information and receive a response within minutes.
January 20, 2006
The parties’ stances on education
Trinity College at the University of Toronto was one of the proposed locations for the special ballot.
January 20, 2006
Special polls pulled from U of T
Insp. Brian Cookman said that Tasers ordered by Kingston Police will not be used to control crowds like that which collected on Aberdeen Street Sept. 24.
January 17, 2006
Cookman: Tasers not for crowd control
Roman Andreichikov died of cardiac arrest after being Tasered by police.
January 17, 2006
Grieving mother speaks out on Tasers
Andy Singh resigned as AMS Student Centre Officer citing health reasons.
January 13, 2006
Fourth AMS senior staffer resigns post
Vice-principal (Advancement) George Hood, AMS President Ethan Rabidoux, interim Dean of Student Affairs Janice Deakin and VP (University Affairs) Shiva Mayer signed an historic agreement for student contributions to the Queen’s Centre Dec. 1.
January 13, 2006
Pledge to Queen’s Centre made official
Karen Hitchcock faced a New York State Ethics Commission inquiry when she was hired as Queen’s 18th principal. The University has hired a lawyer to re-open that inquiry.
January 13, 2006
Hitchcock seeks inquiry to clear her name
Students met with John Tory, provincial opposition leader, at a Conservative Party fundraiser.
December 1, 2005
Campus gears up for federal election
Jim Nicholson, ArtSci ’05 and Aron Seal, a masters candidate, placed first at the Central Canadian Debating Championship.
November 25, 2005
Debaters talk their way to the top
Ian Anderson, former ASUS vice-president, was responsible for finances last year when ASUS posted a loss of thousands.
November 25, 2005
ASUS budget reports $26,403 loss
November 18, 2005
MCRC vice-president resigns
November 18, 2005
Students advocate avoiding Aberdeen
November 11, 2005
Pro patria mori–neither sweet nor proper
November 11, 2005
Nominations open for Golden Cockroach Awards
Student apartments and a pizzeria suffered $100,000 damage.
November 11, 2005
Students smoked out by fire
November 4, 2005
Students give University mixed grades
MCRC is working with Residence and Hospitality Services to refurbish common rooms.
November 1, 2005
Res overcrowding policy scrutinized
About 100 people attended the first annual student-city forum to discuss municipal issues.
October 28, 2005
Students and city sound off
October 25, 2005
Campus expansion in the works
AMS Social Issues Commissioner Jennifer Holub and Kyle Brohman, ArtSci ’06, are trying to bring support to campus for students who suffer from addictions.
October 21, 2005
Addiction survivor plans campus outreach
Grade 7 and 8 girls made water filters while learning about the engineering world on Saturday.
October 18, 2005
Go Eng Girls get hands-on lesson
October 14, 2005
Tricolour strands students
October 14, 2005
Hitchcock outlines global vision
October 6, 2005
Turkey Tricolour buses stuffed
The home of Andrew Dobbin, Sci ’08 and Sarah Kerd, ArtSci ’08, was broken into on Sept. 24.
October 6, 2005
From Homecoming to empty home
Michael Gram and Alex Loubert, both ArtSci ’07, are organizing a fundraiser for Bob Hanson at the Elixir.
October 6, 2005
Students fundraise for torched car
October 4, 2005
Mixed reactions to Homecoming policing
September 30, 2005
Aberdeen revelers from near and far

Photos

BioSci complex
April 3, 2008
Campus in haiku
April 3, 2008
Images from vol. 135, issue 40
Residence and Hospitality Services Director Bruce Griffiths says he has spoken with the AMS almost every year about an expanded flex-dollar system.
February 2, 2007
Debit card system could be costly, complex
Hitchcock pre-records her radio show, “The Best of our Knowledge,” at CFRC every Wednesday. It’s broadcasted to over 125 countries from Albany, N.Y.
February 2, 2007
Images from vol. 134, issue 30
Hillel president Sheri Krell, ArtSci ’08, at the club’s headquarters on Centre Street.
January 30, 2007
Keeping the faith
Amelia Clarke speaks about the importance of campus environmentalism.
January 30, 2007
Images from vol. 134, issue 29
Caroline Baillie, DuPont Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development, says engineering remains patriarchal.
November 24, 2006
The gender gap
Caroline Baillie, DuPont Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development, says engineering remains patriarchal.
November 24, 2006
Images from vol. 134, issue 22
Trista Levere, ArtSci ’08, didn’t encounter complications applying for financial aid using her mother and step-father’s incomes.
October 27, 2006
Negotiating aid with a non-nuclear family
k-os performed at the Ale House on Wednesday night.
October 27, 2006
Images from vol. 134, issue 17
Michael McNeely, ArtSci ’10, who has Usher Syndrome, has someone help him take notes during lectures, and uses an FM system to hear to his professor speak.
October 20, 2006
Studying with a ‘hidden’ disability
About 136 students attended yesterday’s Econ110 lecture at 8:30 a.m. 317 people are registered in the course.
October 20, 2006
Why we skip
About 136 students attended yesterday’s Econ110 lecture at 8:30 a.m. 317 people are registered in the course.
October 20, 2006
Images from vol. 134, issue 15
The Faculty of Music’s Social History of Popular Music class, pictured above, has 100 more students registered than last year.
October 3, 2006
Images from vol. 134, issue 11
Roman Andreichikov died of cardiac arrest after being Tasered by police.
January 17, 2006
Grieving mother speaks out on Tasers
Roman Andreichikov died of cardiac arrest after being Tasered by police.
January 17, 2006
Images from vol. 133, issue 25

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