Katherine Fernandez-Blance

Katherine Fernandez-Blance
About

Katherine is one of the Journal's two Editors in Chief this year and is a fifth-year Global Development Studies major interested in international and human rights-based reporting. She's spent a summer reporting for the Kingston Whig Standard and is a reporting intern with the Toronto Star this summer.\r\nFollow her on Twitter @katherine_fb.

Stories

April 4, 2013
Last words
March 8, 2013
Reclaiming words
March 8, 2013
Crimes and lullabies
Dustin Bentall says his favourite song from his band’s new EP is the titular track “Orion.” He says the audience loves the song and the spark that it creates with the musician.
January 22, 2013
Living and working ‘on the move’
Mother Mother played Ale House on Sunday night to a packed crowd. They covered songs from their previous albums along with new material from their latest album The Sticks.
November 29, 2012
Solitary ecstasy
Kingston’s one per cent vacancy rate is among the lowest in the province.
September 21, 2012
Bottles for change
Sean McNab says the psychobilly genre is a lot more popular in Germany and the rest of Europe than it is in North America.
September 14, 2012
Do the creep, Kingston
September 7, 2012
Label me this
June 14, 2012
Queen's student faces multiple charges
Greenroom is a living room set partially made of hollow fibreglass.
May 28, 2012
Creating a spectacle
May 6, 2012
Going on exchange?
May 6, 2012
Check back in September
Monica Stewart, co-chair for the annual Campus Community Appeal, says much of the $1 million raised during last year’s campaign was donated to campus mental health resources.
March 30, 2012
Fundraising campaign targets employees
March 18, 2012
Police car hits male in Student Ghetto
March 16, 2012
Voting process questioned
Participants in the Kony 2012 Cover the Night event recieve posters like the one above which they will use to plaster their towns in an effort to raise awareness about Joseph Kony.
March 9, 2012
Kony 2012 hits campus
The Mahones are known as an Irish-punk band.
March 9, 2012
More than drinking songs
University Secretary Georgina Moore says her job provides institutional memory to the University.
March 8, 2012
University Secretary to retire
Co-chairs Jenny Carwana, ArtSci '12 and Meagan Hamilton, ArtSci '11, prepare for the gala on Saturday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of QHO.
March 2, 2012
Health outreach for over 25 years
Campus Security officers attended to three Alfie’s patrons on Feb. 8 who all exhibited “intoxication that appeared in excess of their actual consumption.”
February 16, 2012
No confirmed druggings in case
February 14, 2012
German major cancelled
OPIRG plans to appeal the referendum results that end their $4 AMS student fee.
February 3, 2012
OPIRG to appeal fee
The new EngSoc executive was announced at Clark Hall Pub on Wednesday night.
February 3, 2012
Incoming EngSoc executive celebrate at Clark
Elizabeth Lappin (centre), CompSci'14, celebrates at Queen's Pub with incoming vice-president of academics Jennifer Andrea, CompSci '14 and campaign manager Eric Rapos, CompSci '10 and MSc '12.
February 3, 2012
Computing Science victory
Sixty-four per cent of voters cast ballots against the $4 opt-outable OPIRG fee.
February 2, 2012
OPIRG fee voted down in referendum
Stuart Clark, ArtSci ’14, wants OPIRG to lose its opt-outable student fee.
January 31, 2012
NOPIRG plans to stop student fee
MyBar first opened in the summer of 2002. It will close for good on Saturday.
January 27, 2012
MyBar to close after a decade
The University hasn’t officially cancelled the construction of Phases 2 and 3 of the Queen’s Centre.
January 24, 2012
Mixed message
Kink Crusaders will play on Thursday night, revealing a behind-the-scenes look at the annual Mr. Leather competition.
January 24, 2012
Family-friendly reel
Joy Mighty says the Focus on Diversity training program is adding online modules to become more available to educators.
January 20, 2012
Diversity training to expand
January 20, 2012
QUASR gets boost
Co-chairs Daniel Farewell and Katherine Wong Too Yen say the Queen’s Entreprenurial Competition has a top judge-to-competitor ratio.
January 17, 2012
Savvy students head to Toronto
Co-ops offer four or eight month leases.
January 13, 2012
Alternative housing options
Researchers at the Fuel Cell Research Centre have been granted funds from the Ontario Research Fund in the past.
January 13, 2012
Queen's needs new funding
January 13, 2012
Safeguards in place for tenants
Corey Sands, a Kingston public works employee, clears Bouchard Park after the Occupy Kingston protestors left this morning.
December 10, 2011
Occupy Kingston looks for new space
The current empty spaces in the Queen's Centre will be transformed to a grocery store and a pharmacy. They are set to open by the spring of 2012.
December 10, 2011
Grocery store and pharmacy to be installed in Queen's Centre
Queen’s Bands cheerleaders perform during halftime at the Queen’s football game against the Western Mustangs on Oct. 22 at Richardson Stadium.
November 18, 2011
Bands banned for term
Smita Misra looks to the audience in the opening scene of Dust. She plays Bibi, a widowed Pakistani woman and mother of a Taliban soldier during the play’s dress rehersal on Wednesday night.
November 11, 2011
War re-experienced
November 10, 2011
Fine Art to suspend admissions
Construction for Science Formal is in its final week. The event takes place Saturday night.
November 4, 2011
Sell-out costs students
Two consecutive classes of HIST 283, the History of the Third World, were cancelled. On Friday, the class reconvened for an announcement made by the department chair of history James Carson.
November 4, 2011
Concerns about professor
October 28, 2011
E-ballots re-sent
October 28, 2011
Lawsuit filed against Queen's
Nick Francis, ArtSci '13, celebrating with his supporters after being declared the 33rd rector of Queen's University on Wednesday.
October 27, 2011
Nick Francis wins rector race
Squirrels have been a nuisance to buildings like Ontario Hall for years, though officials say this year has seen a particular rise in squirrels nesting in campus buildings.
October 25, 2011
Squirrel problem in Ontario Hall
Louise Bark says she hasn’t been able to return to her volunteer position at CFRC, located in the basement of Carruthers Hall, because it isn’t wheelchair accessible.
October 25, 2011
Volunteer can’t access campus building
John Gerretsen, member of provincial parliament for Kingston and the Islands was sworn into his cabinet position as Attorney General on Thursday.
October 21, 2011
Back in cabinet
Connor Edington, ArtSci ’12, says he hopes the Occupy Kingston movement that begins tomorrow will educate people about global injustices and bring about tangible changes.
October 14, 2011
Plans for Occupy Kingston protest
The quartet was friends at Western Canada High School in Calgary, where the idea for Braids bloomed over a blueberry muffin in the school’s cafeteria.
October 7, 2011
Pushing sound boundaries
October 7, 2011
Wedded miss
Liberal MPP for Kingston and the Islands John Gerretsen (left) won the riding with 48.8 per cent of the vote last night. New Democratic Party candidate Mary Rita Holland (centre) came in second and Progressive Conservative candidate Rodger James finished third.
October 7, 2011
Gerretsen claims fifth-straight election
October 4, 2011
Rector election policy revised
Participants at the fifth-annual Educational Powwow on Saturday at the Agnes Benidickson field celebrated diversity amongst Aboriginal communities.
October 4, 2011
Powwow points to problems
The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre were told by the AMS on Sept. 28 that they would remain in the Grey House for another year. The future of the other groups in the space has not yet been decided.
September 30, 2011
OPIRG and Levana to remain in Grey House
AODA 800 is mandatory for all new graduate students. The course is also required for all Queen's members that interact with the public domain.
September 30, 2011
Training mandatory for new graduate students
September 23, 2011
Commission to survey mental health
September 20, 2011
Others reallocated
September 16, 2011
Grey House groups re-ratify with AMS
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN is a constantly evolving group for artists of Asian and Idingenous identities to creatively compose as a collective.
September 16, 2011
Radical audio
September 13, 2011
Rector resignation planned since April
The Grey House at 51 Bader Lane is a joint-space between the AMS, the SGPS and the University. It contains office space for OPIRG, EQuIP and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre.
September 9, 2011
Grey House groups face removal
September 9, 2011
Groups say space has historic importance
September 6, 2011
Groups to be moved from Grey House
September 2, 2011
Rector resigns
August 30, 2011
Agreement between faculty union and University is ratified
August 19, 2011
Public employees union approves agreement with University
August 15, 2011
Faculty union and administration take break from mediation to consider offers
August 7, 2011
Settlement reached between University and public employees union
July 29, 2011
Late-night talks extend strike/lockout deadline
July 28, 2011
Principal's letter leaked to Facebook
July 26, 2011
Ready to strike
The AMS will decide what goes into the former location of the Royal Postal Outlet in the JDUC.
July 26, 2011
Outlet closure leads to new fees
July 26, 2011
Deadline looms for union
Stars’ 2010 release The Five Ghosts was released internationally by Vagrant Records, but in Canada it was released by the band’s own record label, Soft Revolution.
July 26, 2011
From pesto to pop playlists
July 26, 2011
The Jack Project
July 19, 2011
Internet services down on campus
June 28, 2011
Student health services grow
Members of the Municipal Heritage Committee worried that the glare from the proposed stainless steel siding would create a safety haazard for drivers.
June 28, 2011
Art centre steels attention
Principal Daniel Woolf announces plans to review how the University deals with alcohol-related issues at a press conference on Tuesday.
June 1, 2011
Coroner wants change to alcohol approach
May 12, 2011
Crows attack pedestrians on campus
Liberal Ted Hsu talks to reporters after being elected MP for Kingston and the Islands on Monday night.
May 3, 2011
Ted Hsu takes Kingston and the Islands
Nick Day during the SGPS council meeting on April 12.
April 16, 2011
SGPS to hold referendum on Day
Queen’s Pub (QP) is $26,585.88 ahead of its year-to-date budgeted food sales.
April 7, 2011
Services adapting to expansion
March 18, 2011
Students vote to recommend Day's impeachment
AMS President Safiah Chowdhury, ArtSci ‘11, and AMS Vice-President (Operations) Ben Hartley have been working towards the Operations and Management agreement since June 2010.
March 18, 2011
Student Life Centre faces new challenges
The Cold Beverage Exclusivity contract has given Queen’s $5.8 million since 2000 and grants Coke exclusive rights to sell on campus.
March 11, 2011
Coke controversy
Rector Nick Day faces possible impeachment following a letter he wrote to Michael Ignatieff.
March 11, 2011
Rector's actions questioned
AMS Sustainability Coordinator Jodi Rempel, ArtSci ’11, says the movement to ban bottled water sales on campus has been student led.
March 4, 2011
Banning bottled water on campus
February 17, 2011
Age of Rage
Monogamy is a historically constructed concept and is not as normal and natural as some believe it to be, History prof says
February 11, 2011
Making sense of monogamy
Student-Friendly Easy Oreo Truffles (above), are one of many recipes to make for a get together or as a Valentine’s Day gift.
February 11, 2011
Seductive sweets
25 per cent of Canadians regularly get the flu vaccine.
February 8, 2011
Fewer fighting flu with vaccines
Team CES celebrates their electoral victory last night for AMS executive.
February 3, 2011
Say yes to CES
January 28, 2011
Candidates running for AMS executive weigh in
Presidential candidate Morgan Campbell (centre) , vice-presidential (Operations) candidate Ashley Eagan (left) and vice-presidential (University Affairs) candidate Kieran Slobodin (right) of Team CES say they want to encourage students to support Queen’s athletic teams.
January 28, 2011
Serving student needs
Presidential candidate Sacha Gudmundsson (centre) , vice-presidential (Operations) candidate Dan Szczepaneck (right) and vice-presidential (University Affairs) candidate Lara Therrien Boulos (left) of Team SDL say they want to have a progress report platform page online to keep their team accountable.
January 28, 2011
Electing a student approach
Presidential candidate Morgan Campbell (left), vice-president (Operations) candidate Ashley Eagan (right) and vice-president (University Affairs) candidate Kieran Slobodin (centre) want to bring a pharmancy and fresh-produce grocer to the Queen’s Centre.
January 25, 2011
CES for AMS
Cenk Ayitmur, Sci ’11, says being undercharged on tuition has made things tougher financially. Ayitmur is one of 770 engineering students required to pay additional tuition fees, due in June.
January 21, 2011
Unpaid tuition
ASUS Student Senator Rico Garcia, ArtSci ’13, says the 10 per cent international student tuition increases may affect future enrollment rates of international students at Queen’s.
January 14, 2011
The price of internationalization
December 2, 2010
Volunteer voluntarily
Janet Brooke, Director of Queen’s Agnes Etherington Art Centre wants to see an increase in federal and individual funding of Canadian museums.
December 2, 2010
Kingston’s museums could receive boost
November 26, 2010
Gender struck from AMS applications
Organizers of the panel to discuss the decriminalization of prostitution brought together five experts to debate the ramifications of the Sept. 28 court decision.
November 19, 2010
Debating the merits of decriminalization
AMS Vice-President (Operations) Ben Hartley and Student Centre Officer Stephen Pariser piloted the project.
November 12, 2010
Student life centre gains new management
Daniella Dávila, AMS social issues commissioner said that the Sexual Violence Action Network will create workshops that address issues of sexual consent.
November 9, 2010
Needs filled by network
Assistant Dean of Students at Queen’s Law Jane Emrich said Queen’s students had a higher rate acceptance to Ontario Law Schools than other schools surveyed.
November 2, 2010
The currency of a Queen’s grade
Speaker of the House and MP of Kingston and the Islands Peter Milliken will leave office after an election is called.
November 2, 2010
Little red riding
Jacket patches are commonly sewn onto Queen’s Faculty Jackets.
October 26, 2010
Memorializing Cameron
25 per cent of students in Queen’s School of Computing are female, Queen’s professor says.
October 22, 2010
Shrinking the gender divide in Computing
David Thompson, Cara Fabre and Krystle Maki are three organizers of Instigate 2010 Anti-Poverty Rant-In, which was held from Oct. 14 to 17
October 19, 2010
Starting a dialogue
Mohamed Bayoumi, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, has been involved with Islamic History Month since its creation in 2007.
October 12, 2010
Islamic history in focus
Caroline Davis (left) and Bob Silverman (right) say that talks with campus unions may play a role in Queen’s students education.
October 5, 2010
Queen’s employees face financial hurdles
Ben Jennings, ArtSci ’13 (left) and Daniella Dávila ArtSci ArtSci ’11 (right) say they are currently looking for an editorial staff for Able.
October 1, 2010
Able’s premier
Vogue looks for models and dancers who are confident, co-presidents Nicole Emmett and Jessica Lancaster said.
September 28, 2010
Vogue recieves healthy makeover
Tracy Maracle, MPA’10 (left) said that the PMPA program was personally relevant and the only one she found that suited her needs.
September 24, 2010
Program focuses on indigenous community
Kasigo I. Dintwe, Sci ’14, says he likes the new learning experience at Queen’s.
September 24, 2010
Engineering global citizens
Hope the cow, symbolic of the fight to save prison farms, was brought in front of City Hall.
September 24, 2010
Prison farms in peril
Students eat together in Ban Righ cafeteria. Eating at university is a largely social experience, students say.
September 21, 2010
For students, food is more social than savoury
Kingston Police investigate the scene of a deceased student behind Victoria Hall yesterday morning.
September 14, 2010
First-year student found dead outside Vic Hall
International Student Coordinators Amir Nosrat and Becky Pero want to increase the SGPS’s communication and engagement with International students on campus.
September 10, 2010
Initiative to address international students’ needs
The AMS Executive team will use bi-monthly video blogs to update students on their progress.
September 10, 2010
CHR is up to par
Stooley’s is one of the best cheap food options near campus and has great fries, student says.
July 27, 2010
Welcome home
The Loved Ones Special allows friends and family to stay in Victoria Hall for only $32 a night for a single room.
July 27, 2010
Debate over discount
June 29, 2010
Kathryn McAlindon honoured by Queen’s
Jill Scott, Undergraduate Chair of Linguistics said that the world language studies minor is the direction students want to go in.
June 29, 2010
Budget cuts create new options
MP of Kingston and the Islands and Speaker of the House Peter Milliken says that he is not resigning, and that he will serve until the end of his term.
June 29, 2010
Speaker of the House steps down
From left to right: Michael Ceci, Leslie Yun and Adam Zabrodski.
April 8, 2010
Assembly to vote on CYZ’s salaries
Sarah Baker, Mus ’10, is participating in the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance’s “Food for Thought” campaign.
March 19, 2010
OUSA questions OSAP
November 27, 2009
Clinic opens Monday
Annette Bergeron says the AMS General Manager position was recomended to her by another faculty member who thought the position suited her experience.
November 13, 2009
AMS hires general manager

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Vogue looks for models and dancers who are confident, co-presidents Nicole Emmett and Jessica Lancaster said.
September 28, 2010
Vogue recieves healthy makeover

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