Rachel Kuper

Volume 138 (2010-2011) – Managing Editor
Volume 137 (2009-2010) – Assistant News Editor

Stories

According to Psychotherapist and Eating Disorder Specialist Heidi Mack, negative body image can affect a person’s social life, love life and confidence.
January 28, 2011
Body issues
October 26, 2010
Women can’t win
October 22, 2010
Questioning climate change claims
October 19, 2010
Assuring quality academics
Getting involved in political initiative during university can mimic real world experiences.
September 28, 2010
Rules of engagement
Although it’s arguably the best place to be productive, the library has also become one of the most interesting places to study people and what can happen when boredom hits.
September 24, 2010
Mannering library mischief
May 18, 2010
A reminder to be kinder
Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane says mandating certain courses is one way of ensuring that all Queen’s graduates have a certain level of base knowledge.
April 8, 2010
Requiring an education
AEPi President Daniel Zimmerman says he has met with the AMS and the administration to discuss fraternities on campus.
April 1, 2010
Fraternities skirt school ban
‘People are normally looking for cash, booze or electronics, and that’s all normally in a student house,’ professor says.
March 26, 2010
Break-in stories rampant on campus
The bus route will take students directly from campus to the VIA Rail station. The current route stops at the Kingston Centre.
March 26, 2010
New bus route to VIA Rail station
Principal Daniel Woolf says City Council’s decision to postpone approval of a donation was unexpected.
March 26, 2010
City stalls arts funds
AMS Vice-President (Operations) Leslie Yun, pictured right, says Student Constables will receive a pay raise from $9.50 to $11, effective next year.
March 19, 2010
StuCon licences expected by end of week
Vice-Principal (Research) Kerry Rowe says he thinks Queen’s stands a good chance of securing research funding under the federal government’s $32-million contribution to three major granting councils.
March 12, 2010
Federal budget bolsters research
February 12, 2010
Break-in near campus rattles three students
Society of Graduate and Professional Students Vice-President (Finance and Services) Amir Nosrat says he thinks the University should put more focus on graduate students’ issues.
February 12, 2010
SGPS must pay up, principal says
Black History Month Co-ordinator Anna Thomas and cultureSHOCK! Managing Editor Christina Hermanns relax in cultureSHOCK!’s art installation in the JDUC. Hermanns designed the installation.
February 9, 2010
Black history goes contemporary
Vice-president (operations)-elect Ben Hartley, president-elect Safiah Chowdhury and vice-president (university affairs)-elect Chris Rudnicki celebrate their AMS victory last night. Team CHR learned at 11 p.m. that they won 54.5 per cent of the vote.
February 5, 2010
CHR wins by 9 per cent margin
February 2, 2010
Polling the graduates
AMS Team PNF presidential candidate Mitch Piper and Team CHR presidential candidate Safiah Chowdhury spar at Wednesday’s debate in the JDUC.
January 29, 2010
PNF and CHR talk green initiatives
January 26, 2010
Vice-president (operations) candidates focus on big picture
Sean Abraham
January 26, 2010
Four vie for Engineering Society spot
Kasmet Niyongabo, Davina Finn and Mitch Piper of Team PNF give a class talk in Etherington Hall auditorium yesterday.
January 26, 2010
Teams talk deficit woes
AMS vice-president (university affairs) candidate Chris Rudnicki, presidential candidate Safiah Chowdhury and vice-president (operations) candidate Ben Hartley say solar panels are one of their initiatives for environmental and financial sustainability.
January 22, 2010
Team CHR ready for tall order
Tammy Babcock, pictured above in her most recent trip to Haiti, has been to the country once every two months since 2007.
January 22, 2010
Haiti quake shakes Queen’s
ASUS President Jillian Evans says she hopes to hire a new equity commissioner in March.
January 19, 2010
ASUS equity commissioner resigns
Tom Harris, vice-principal (advancement) says advancement activities have raised $31 million for the University in the last nine months.
January 15, 2010
Advanced placement
Students jump into the 14-lane pool in the new Athletics and Recreation Centre early Tuesday morning.
December 3, 2009
Gym, food court open
Director of Campus Planning and Development Audrey Kaplan says the University’s getting better and more complete information about what the campus has in place for accessibility.
November 27, 2009
Access denied
Queen’s Student Alumni Association President Colin McLeod says this was QSAA’s first videoconferencing event.
November 20, 2009
Winter Games come home
Incoming Vice-Principal (Finance and Administration) Caroline Davis will take up her post on Jan. 4, 2010.
November 20, 2009
New financial vice-principal starts January
John Fisher, physiology department head, says he thinks the quality of education can be preserved.
November 10, 2009
Budget cuts a year later
AMS Vice-President (Operations) Leslie Yun says the Advantage Fund promotes long-term financial sustainability.
November 6, 2009
Advantageous investments
Senate Educational Equity Committee Chair and history professor Adnan Husain says the University needs more dialogue on issues of racial discrimination.
October 30, 2009
Equity report shows challenges, promise
A person receives an H1N1 flu shot at Kingston’s vaccination clinic at Frontenac Mall yesterday afternoon.
October 30, 2009
Swine flu hits residence
October 27, 2009
School amends QAAP courses
Society of Graduate and Professional Students Vice-President (Campaigns and Community Affairs) Steve Osterberg says the average student loan debt is more than $20,000.
October 23, 2009
Ontario tuition highest, study says
October 20, 2009
Swine flu outbreak probable, doctor says
Alistair MacLean, dean of arts and science, says his office decided not to replace Enrichment Studies Unit Director Lise Alban after a human rights complaint was filed against her office.
October 20, 2009
Faculty revamps summer program
Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane will become McMaster University’s new president on July 1, 2010.
October 16, 2009
Deane claims Mac post
Laura Garner, Sci ’12, says she’s never felt out of place in engineering despite women making up a quarter of the class.
October 13, 2009
More women choosing engineering, faculty says
Gauvin Bailey lectures in Colombia, where he spent a year conducting research on German influence in Colombian art.
October 2, 2009
Roughing it for art history
First-year students are more likely to drop out than upper-year students, academic counsellor Joyce Hunter says.
September 25, 2009
Queen’s posts high student retention rates
Lauren McCormick, ArtSci ’12, is a member of the Facebook group “Aberdeen Street Party.”
September 22, 2009
Fauxcoming, or going away?
Queen’s Pride Project social co-ordinator Andrea Chan overheard a Gael make an inappropriate comment about their booth at the Queen’s in the Park event last Wednesday.
September 15, 2009
Frosh Week fumbles on inclusion issues
AMS President Michael Ceci, Vice-President (University Affairs) Adam Zabrodski and Vice-President (Operations) Leslie Yun say they’re ready to deliver on six major campaign promises.
September 11, 2009
Six steps to success
David Walker, dean of the School of Medicine, says the medical school has raised more than $11.5 million in donations over the last decade.
June 23, 2009
School of Medicine gets new home
Guy Tegomo, PhD ’09, (right) is one of two students who will continue to be supervised by Professor Eugène Nshimiyimana (left) after he begins his position at McMaster this fall.
May 26, 2009
Supervisor loss leaves students in academic limbo

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