Kerri Macdonald

Volume 135 (2007-2008) – Assistant News Editor
Volume 136 (2008-2009) – Features Editor

Stories

Daniel Woolf, who will assume the principal’s duties Sept. 1, said he believes the University’s budget problems are cyclical.
April 2, 2009
Woolf in Queen’s clothing once more
April 2, 2009
Travel wise to sleep safe
With the Wolfe Island wind farm nearing completion, site supervison Mike Jablonicky says each turbine will generate enough power to run 800 homes.
March 13, 2009
Testing the winds
March 6, 2009
Change of (plastic) heart
CBC Radio 3 sent the out call for the best concert venue in Canada and The Grad Club’s friendly living room stage made the top ranks.
March 6, 2009
Top of the charts
Online dating is a relatively new trend in today’s ever-expanding technologically-based world.
February 11, 2009
Dating in the digital age
2008 Giller Prize winner Joseph Boyden performs at the Sleepless Goat Friday.
February 2, 2009
Telling stories in different voices
Dr. Ann Croy (middle) with University veterinarian Andrew Winterborn (right) and staff member Valerie Barrette.
January 29, 2009
The best laid plans of mice and men
ASUS president-elect Jill Evans and vice-president-elect Josh Michelson celebrate their win last night. The team won with 1,547 votes, or 68 per cent of the vote.
January 28, 2009
Josh and Jill climb ASUS hill
AMS Municipal Affairs Commissioner Paul Tye left a May town-gown symposium in Oshawa early because he felt it was a waste of student dollars.
January 23, 2009
AMS no longer tripping
Town-Gown Relations Co-ordinator Joan Jones says students can negotiate with landlords.
January 19, 2009
Landlords and the law
Christopher Bowie (left) and Jeremy Stewart (right) test out an electroencephalogram. Bowie was awared $74,500 for his research project on neurocognitive impairment in individuals suffering from schizophrenia. For full story, see page 5.
January 9, 2009
Chartering the right to healthcare
Adding a dash of colour to your plate’s palette is good for your health, says Lee Fisher-Goodchild, co-ordinator of health education and health promotion programs at Health, Counseling and Disability Services.
November 27, 2008
Colour code your appetite
Economics department undergraduate chair Lorne Carmichael says some students have expressed interest in learning more about the current financial crisis.
November 21, 2008
In the market for answers
Recent nominees for Rookie of the Year on CBC Radio3, Plants and Animals are diving back into writing material now that it has turned cold.
November 21, 2008
A Parc full of Plants and Animals
Frances Henry says the term “culture of whiteness” isn’t unique to Queen’s.
November 14, 2008
Confronting a culture of silence
October 31, 2008
Walking scared
In 2003, Philip Jessop was named Research Chair in Green Chemistry and his work has been featured in Canadian Chemical News as one of the top-20 Canadian discoveries of the last century.
October 31, 2008
The friendlier side of CO2
Patrick Brazeau, national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, says he was disappointed by Canada’s recent election campaigns.
October 21, 2008
National chief talks transparency
Faculty Support and Recruitment Co-ordinator Monica Stewart helps profs adjust to Queen’s.
October 17, 2008
Making new faculty feel at home
Incumbent Member of Parliament Peter Milliken talks to the press after learning of his impending victory.
October 15, 2008
Milliken is ‘seven times lucky’
Kingston Penitentiary is one of five prisons with which the Queen’s Students for Literacy Prison Literacy Initiative volunteers.
October 14, 2008
Reading behind the bars
Queen’s Computing Science professor David Skillicorn says campaign advertisements are harder to analyze than speeches because they’re more staged.
September 30, 2008
Queen’s own spin doctor
Career Services Career Information Co-ordinator Debbie Mundell says students applying to master’s programs should spend time working on applications every day.
September 23, 2008
Graduate admissions get personal
Carleton University procrastination researcher Tim Pychyl says most students who think they work best under pressure work only under pressure.
September 16, 2008
The pathology behind procrastination
Textbook costs have increased at 278 per cent of the rate of inflation over the past 12 years.
September 12, 2008
A price tag for the books
Students try out for the Queen’s Sailing Team on Lake Ontario Thursday. The team recently purchased 10 new boats with the Kingston Yacht Club’s help.
September 9, 2008
Knot your average sport
Queen’s geography professor Betsy Donald has been studying the local, organic food movement for 10 years.
September 5, 2008
Moving ‘from field to fork’
Kerri Macdonald
September 5, 2008
Cookies and other monsters
Isra Rafiq, Venera Sejdiu and Samaa Khan show off some halal-friendly fare.
July 29, 2008
Satisfying students’ diverse stomachs
June 24, 2008
Williams Sticking to His Principles
Incoming Chancellor David Dodge will lead the University’s search for a new principal.
June 24, 2008
From Hitchcock to headhunters
April 3, 2008
Teachers honoured
Tricolour Outfitters is projected to lose more than $100,000 this year, says AMS Vice-President (Operations) John Manning. Overall, AMS services are expected to post a loss of $48,412.
April 3, 2008
AMS services come up short
AMS Media Services Director Gillian Wheatley says the honoraria grid will be reviewed yearly.
March 28, 2008
AMS setting standardized honoraria grid
The University signed a fixed-bid contract for Phase One of the Queen’s Centre project just before Christmas, but won’t reveal the amount it’s paying.
March 20, 2008
High-cost tenders prompted switch to fixed bid
Kerri MacDonald
March 14, 2008
Non-athlete of the week
Vice-President (Operations) John Manning (right, with AMS President Kingsley Chak) says the fee last increased in 2004.
March 14, 2008
$9 AMS specific fee increase passes at AGM
AMS Vice-President (University Affairs) Julia Mitchell went through each invoice in the Orientation Round Table account to verify the cost of Frosh Week for each faculty society.
March 7, 2008
Report calls for Frosh Week checks, balances
The University has revised its contract for the Queen’s Centre construction project with PCL because of increasing costs.
March 7, 2008
Fix tried for Queen’s Centre
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Janice Deakin says the new scholarship will attract international grad students.
February 29, 2008
Budget gives grants to graduate students
English professor Rosemary Jolly says she doesn’t have time to teach in new departments.
February 15, 2008
Professors pressed for time
Vice-Principal (Advancement) David Mitchell reviews the day’s messages with his assistant.
February 15, 2008
‘Oh! Schmoozing!’
The new AMS council was announced Sunday night.
February 12, 2008
Presenting AMS council 2008-09
Former ORT Co-ordinator Adam Mielczynski, ArtSci ’08, says Ryan Shoemaker never contacted him for help over the summer.
February 12, 2008
ORT’s job involves ‘a lot of responsibility’
February 8, 2008
STIs on the rise
Commerce Society President Dave Waugh was taken aback by the bill ComSoc received for Frosh Week 2007.
February 1, 2008
Frosh Week finances faze faculty societies
Talia Radcliffe, Stephanie St. Clair and Ken Wang are overwhelmed with surprise just before 7 a.m. The team won by a single vote in a second-round recount.
January 31, 2008
RWS wins by one vote
Students walk by the Engineering Society office in the Integrated Learning Centre in Beamish-Munro Hall.
January 29, 2008
Engineering Society, Incorporated?
Team WCW said the AMS needs to create five to 10 year strategic plans.
January 22, 2008
Unpeeling AMS platforms
Jacob Mantle
January 18, 2008
Two ASUS teams take their marks
Team RWS hopes to ‘foster engagement with the student body.’
January 18, 2008
RWS campaigning to target ‘real’ students
January 18, 2008
ASUS to introduce online polling
The original projected budget for the Queen’s Centre’s of $230 million is still realistic, according to Ann Browne, associate vice-principal (facilities).
January 15, 2008
Queen’s Centre project starts taking shape
The tenants of a University Ave. house sit in their now-bare living room.
January 11, 2008
Holiday break-in ravages home
John Dixon, vice-principal (international), says Queen’s needs to increase the number of opportunities available for international experience.
November 29, 2007
Where in the world is Queen’s going?
University of Toronto’s Rewire program wire-cutting opening ceremony in 2006.
November 23, 2007
Earth education
Matt Dylag, Law ’08, has OSAP and a student line of credit.
November 16, 2007
Paying the price for loans
Ali Shaikh, Sci ’10, says Queen’s students should be concerned with the human rights violations happening in Pakistan.
November 9, 2007
Martial law silences families
Maia McCarron, Tea Room operations manager, says sustainabilty doesn’t depend on money.
October 30, 2007
Low grade for sustainability
A Kingston Youth Shelter volunteer accepts food from Sheri Krell, co-chair of Soul Food, on Monday night.
October 23, 2007
Students serve up Soul Food
October 19, 2007
City wants Queen’s to foot the bill
CFRC host Rick Jackson says Kingstonians connect to the campus radio station.
October 16, 2007
CFRC celebrates its 85th birthday
Panel member Harry Smith said last night’s meeting will help inform some University decisions on the Code of Conduct.
October 16, 2007
Students raise Code of Conduct concerns
Film studies professor Dorit Naaman says Queen’s should offer more Middle Eastern instruction and engage in more discussion concerning academic freedom.
October 12, 2007
British schools back out of boycott
John Rapin awaits election results at his campaign office.
October 11, 2007
A sad night for Tories
Beneteau says family is the building block of society.
October 9, 2007
Chris Beneteau: valuing the family
Peter Raymont, left, films a scene with Gen. Romeo Dallaire in Rwanda.
October 2, 2007
Emmy award-winner to teach film at Queen’s
Julia Mitchell, AMS vice-president (university affairs) hopes the peer counselling service will be an extra resource for students.
September 25, 2007
Peer counselling in the works
Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre manager Georgina Riel says now is a good time for an aboriginal awakening.
September 21, 2007
Powwow to promote education, community
David Patterson, Campus Security director, says security is everyone’s responsibility.
September 18, 2007
Queen’s may expand campus surveillance
September 14, 2007
Screens to broadcast updates across campus
22 new screens will be used to alert students in emergencies.
September 14, 2007
Digital signs to improve security
Andrew Traficante, ArtSci ’08, will no longer be able to read the Toronto Star for free on campus.
September 11, 2007
Free Toronto Star program cancelled at Queen’s
Margaret Bedore is a student suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. She says construction makes it harder for her to navigate campus.
September 11, 2007
Construction roadblock to campus accessibility
Rebecca Mezciems says Queen’s stores its students’ transcripts indefinitely.
September 7, 2007
Personal details given on need-to-know basis
Erik Akaoka, ArtSci ’07 and a former TA, says TAs can bridge the gap between students and professors.
July 31, 2007
University ate my homework
Associate Dean of Law Arthur Cockfield said new technology increases security risks.
July 31, 2007
Technology poses new challenges for security
June 26, 2007
School of Business expands borders
May 29, 2007
A little less conversation
Two passersby peer into a pit outside Gordon Hall. Union Street west of Clergy is closed for the rerouting of services.
May 29, 2007
Queen’s Centre contract review to save millions
Denise Stockley is chair of the hiring committee for the University’s new service-learning co-ordinator.
March 30, 2007
New position to link service and studies
March 23, 2007
Engaging Kingston before the world
286 Queen St., which houses five Queen’s students, has a fly-infested fan and an exposed radiator.
March 16, 2007
Second Cockroach for Lam
March 9, 2007
University divests from high offenders
February 13, 2007
JComm drops four Homecoming cases
February 8, 2007
Tim Ginn wins COMPSA election
From left to right, Chi Yan Lam, Hillary Smith, Nigel Chapman, Stephanie Kenny and Michael Ceci are running for student trustee.
January 26, 2007
5 vie for student trustee spot
Dave Wilkinson is a candidate to replace Tom Harris.
January 19, 2007
Search narrows for new dean
Jessie Masskant and Aynsley Young, both Nurs ’07, aren’t planning on staying in Kingston after they graduate.
January 16, 2007
Wanted: 100 nurses
November 30, 2006
Carleton may go pro-choice
November 10, 2006
Going the distance Step by Step
Principal Karen Hitchcock is holding open office hours.
October 27, 2006
Hitchcock holds open office hours
Students took a 25-hour vow of silence this weekend to raise money for JHR.
October 24, 2006
Lowering voices to raise money
October 17, 2006
The trouble with transfer credits

Photos

Adding a dash of colour to your plate’s palette is good for your health, says Lee Fisher-Goodchild, co-ordinator of health education and health promotion programs at Health, Counseling and Disability Services.
November 27, 2008
Colour code your appetite
Queen’s football head coach Pat Sheahan (left) accepts the Frank Tindall Trophy Friday.
November 27, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 23.
Tricolour Outfitters is projected to lose more than $100,000 this year, says AMS Vice-President (Operations) John Manning. Overall, AMS services are expected to post a loss of $48,412.
April 3, 2008
AMS services come up short
April 3, 2008
Images from vol. 135, issue 40
Beneteau says family is the building block of society.
October 9, 2007
Chris Beneteau: valuing the family
Students and residents will go to the polls tomorrow to elect Kingston and the Islands’ MPP.
October 9, 2007
Images from vol. 135, issue 12

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