Tyler Ball

Volume 137 (2009-2010) – Photo Editor
Volume 136 (2008-2009) – Assistant Photo Editor, Volume 138 (2010-2011) – Editor in Chief

Tyler Ball
Email: 
journal_photos@ams.queensu.ca
About

I was the Editor in Chief of the Journal for Volume 138. I also build the current version of the queensjournal.ca.

Stories

March 18, 2011
Arcane obstructions
March 11, 2011
AMS Assembly Live Blog
March 10, 2011
Rector Round-up
February 17, 2011
Stackhouse on the future of print media
February 3, 2011
2011 AMS Election Night Live Blog
January 27, 2011
AMS President & CEO Debate Live Blog
January 25, 2011
AMS Vice-President (Operations) Live Blog
January 24, 2011
Who casts the first stone...
January 21, 2011
Go Ricky
November 5, 2010
Queen's still in the red
Waka Flocka Flame manages to defy stereotypes, hitting a high note with the track “Hard In Da Paint.”
October 22, 2010
Flock to the Flame
October 19, 2010
I don’t get the message
October 8, 2010
Mayoral Debate Live-Tweet Recap
September 24, 2010
Fauxcoming 2010 Live Blog
July 27, 2010
Guide to Queen’s acronyms
June 29, 2010
Journalism 2.0
January 22, 2010
Dinosaur Jr. Web Gallery
January 22, 2010
Give Twitter a chance
September 11, 2009
Cycling the hard road
Tyler Ball
September 30, 2008
Coming home to apathy
September 9, 2008
Good gosh, it’s frosh
Winter Gloves about a girl Paper Bag Records
September 5, 2008
Rock & Roll Report Card
June 24, 2008
In Focus

Photos

Spencer Evans on keys.
December 2, 2010
Express to a jazz rock funk utopia
The Education Library in Duncan McArthur Hall was evacuated following the incident at approximately 7:30 p.m. last night.
December 2, 2010
Tragedy on West Campus
Cameron Bruce, Sci ’14, was found dead below his sixth-floor residence window in Victoria Hall (pictured above) on Sept. 13.
September 21, 2010
Death still shaking campus
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
The QUASR server in Dupuis Hall (above) is part of a multi-million dollar update to the existing 30 year old set of IBM servers (below). Associate Registrar Andrew Ness said the old IBM servers aren’t broken, they just aren’t meeting the needs of the University.
July 27, 2010
Queen's gets up to speed
Incoming Tricolour Outlet Head Manager Katrina Keilhauer (left) and AMS Retail Services Director Allison Hockin say the new service will reduce operating costs by about $60,000.
April 8, 2010
Tricolour Outlet set to open for business
April 8, 2010
Opening up to the world
April 8, 2010
Reconnecting with campus media
John Burge
April 8, 2010
Queen’s must rise to its artistic reputation
April 8, 2010
We’re here, we’re queer ... now what?
April 8, 2010
Less labelling, more dialogue needed
April 8, 2010
Who’s top of the class?
Kristen Martin, Dani Kostrich and Lauren Jackson hustle and flow.
April 8, 2010
Down on Skid Row
April 8, 2010
Issue in Photos
The football and women’s rowing teams take top honours as the best male and female teams.
March 26, 2010
First-annual Journal Sports awards
‘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
Drew Moore, Artsci ’11, stars in Blue Canoe’s production of Guys and Dolls at The Firehall Theatre, 1000 Islands Playhouse in Gananoque. Bus trips are avalible tonight and April 1. Tickets are $18 and are available at Destinations.
March 26, 2010
Out on the town
March 26, 2010
Issue in Photos
Popular fan fiction websites include Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and Twilight.
March 19, 2010
The literary minds of ultimate fans
Crystal Wong, ArtSci ’10, is an avid reader of the Twilight series, which has sold more than 85 million copies worldwide.
March 19, 2010
The undead have come alive
Chris Barrett starred for the rugby and basketball team this season. He’s decided to concentrate on basketball next year.
March 19, 2010
From rucks to rebounds
Katrina Keilhauer, ArtSci ’10, says the Rogue fashion show is modelled after a similar event at York University.
March 19, 2010
Fugitive fashions
March 19, 2010
Issue in Photos
March 12, 2010
Female Athlete of the Week
March 12, 2010
Male Athlete of the Week
Gaels’ scrum-half Liam Underwood scored 42 points during the men’s rugby season this year and was selected for the Canadian U-20 team.
March 12, 2010
Rugby rookies selected for Team Canada
Wheeler Winston Dixon, author of A History of Horror and a film studies professor at the University of Nebraska, said horror films tend to reflect the times in which they are made.
March 12, 2010
I still know what you did last era
Patrick Welsh, Paula Mosbrucker and Christina Clare are this year’s Tricolour Award winners.
March 12, 2010
Three claim Tricolour
March 12, 2010
Issue in Photos
The Perk Station first received funding in March 2008.
March 5, 2010
The ‘perks’ of augmented reality
Aescupalian Society President Taylor Lougheed says Queen’s is on track for implementing the report’s recommendations.
March 5, 2010
Report cures medical school shortcomings
“The Children of Palestine,” an Israeli Apartheid Week exhibit featuring Jon Elmer’s photos, is showing in JDUC room 142 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week.
March 5, 2010
Israeli Apartheid Week ‘turning up the heat’
March 5, 2010
Issue in Photos
Guard Brittany Moore drives to the hole during the women’s basketball team’s 82-74 win over the Gee-Gees last weekend.
February 18, 2010
Gaels end season with loss
Gaels’ point guard Baris Ondul begins a layup in the Gaels 72-59 loss to the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees last Friday.
February 18, 2010
Capital punishment at home for Gaels
Left to right: Sarah Kwong, Hilary Windrem, Mitch Piper, Ashley Eagan, Lara Therrien Boulos, Daniella Dávila, Calum MacBeth and Kieran Slobodin are the incoming AMS Council.
February 18, 2010
Introducing the AMS Council 2010-11
Drama professor Tim Fort reads an excerpt from Thornton Wilder’s character drama, Our Town, as part of Freedom to Read week at Queen’s.
February 18, 2010
Campus figures, local authors talk censorship
Jeff Welsh, former Society of Graduate and Professional Students president, says he thinks Queen’s needs to learn from Ryerson University’s comprehensive report on racism.
February 18, 2010
Issue in Photos
The sight of a taxicab waiting on University Ave. besides the JDUC is a familiar one for Queen’s students.
February 12, 2010
Servicing the students
Transitioning can entail everything from physical changes to your body or mental adjustments in order to take on a new gender identity or sexual orientation. Matt, ArtSci ’13, transitioned to being gay.
February 12, 2010
The transition to a new identity
Stele De Fazio, Men’s hockey
February 12, 2010
Male Athlete of the Week
Kelsey Thomson, Women’s hockey
February 12, 2010
Female Athlete of the Week
Scientists attempt to explain love in more concrete neurological terms, moving away from older, poetic concepts like that of love at first sight.
February 12, 2010
How do I love thee?
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
February 12, 2010
Issue in Photos
Many university professors are noticing a recent downward trend in students’ proficiency of basic spelling and grammar rules.
February 9, 2010
We don’t need no education
Actors performing the piece “Cunt.”
February 9, 2010
These lips don’t lie: 10 years of The Monologues
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
February 9, 2010
Issue in Photos
Although procrastination often gets a bad reputation amongst educators, new research shows there might be a case to be made for the ancient practice.
February 5, 2010
The ‘pro’ in procrastination
Social media has a growing impact on student elections, film studies professor Sidney Eve Matrix says.
February 5, 2010
Growing e-battle for student votes
Laura Sullivan, Thea Pel and Anna Pfeiffer are the incoming CESA executive-elect with 250 out of 257 votes.
February 5, 2010
95.28 per cent for CESA team
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 5, 2010
AMS Election Coverage Gallery
Vogt B uses all student-written work this time around. Its four plays are entirely student-written, directed and acted.
February 5, 2010
Issue in Photos
2009 Giller Prize winner Linden MacIntyre has won eight Gemini awards as well as an International Emmy for his journalistic work.
February 2, 2010
The Giller man
Forward Jess Cone moves around a sprawled Ridgeback defender during the Gaels’ 4-3 overtime win on Saturday at the Memorial Centre. The Gaels also beat UOIT on Sunday.
February 2, 2010
Gaels fly past Ridgebacks
Journal Features Editor Emily Davies at the Kuluta Buddhist Centre on Wellington St.
February 2, 2010
Om is where the heart is
Mark Green, Queen’s Aboriginal Council co-chair, says about $700,000 of the $1 million investment will go towards the Four Directions Aboriginal Centre.
February 2, 2010
$1 million for Aboriginal studies
Dave Kemp, Data Collection (detail), 2009.
February 2, 2010
Issue in Photos
Kristin Smith, Women’s hockey
January 29, 2010
Female Athlete of the Week
John & Jen features only two actors: Katie Bell (left) as Jen and Edward Larocque as John.
January 29, 2010
The ballad of a brother and sister
Ryan Low, Sci ’10, says he wants to improve the TA training program.
January 29, 2010
Ryan Low knows services
Nick Francis, ArtSci ’13, says he wants to get feedback from students.
January 29, 2010
Nick Francis young, but not naïve
Nick Day, ArtSci ’09, says he wants to focus on equity concerns.
January 29, 2010
Nick Day runs on broad experience
AMS Sustainability Co-ordinator Claire Nelischer (left) and assistant geography professor Jamie Linton. Linton says residences seem to be the biggest producers of bottled water.
January 29, 2010
Group proposes water bottle ban on campus
Vagabond’s Richard III combines The Sopranos and Shakespeare in a murder-filled bloodbath.
January 29, 2010
Issue in Photos
Kevin Wiener, ArtSci ’12, and Rory Johnston, ArtSci ’11, are running for ASUS executive.
January 26, 2010
Team Wiener-Johnston not ‘the status quo’
Robyn Laing, ArtSci ’11, and Doug Johnson, ArtSci ’12, are running for
January 26, 2010
Team Johnson-Laing to raise ASUS profile
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
January 26, 2010
Issue in Photos
Jonathan Kong participated in the program last semester.
January 22, 2010
A prize-winning exchange experience
Receiver Scott Valberg is tackled after receiving a catch during the Gaels’ Yates Cup victory against the Western Mustangs on Nov. 14.
January 22, 2010
Gaels go up a level
Athletic therapy rooms in the Queen’s Centre’s ARC are one of the features of the $165-million facility.
January 22, 2010
ARC attracts athletes
Modern Fuel main gallery.
January 22, 2010
Art ad hoc
Shaljan Areepattamannil, Faculty of Education PhD candidate, says he thinks the public school system should cater to the needs of immigrant students.
January 22, 2010
Highs and lows of immigrant education
Jeff Heenan, P&CC head manager, says he thinks the sales-pitch approach described in Cathy Keates’s book isn’t effective.
January 22, 2010
Avoid sales pitch in job search, author says
AMS presidential candidate Mitch Piper, vice-president (university affairs) candidate Davina Finn and vice-president (operations) candidate Kasmet Niyongabo say they will provide bursaries for people who need accessible spaces on campus.
January 22, 2010
Team PNF to break ‘clique’
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
January 22, 2010
Issue in Photos
January 22, 2010
Dinosaur Jr. Web Gallery
Queen’s Model Parliament, seen here in 2007, has been as known for its after-parties as much as its political parties.
January 19, 2010
Model behaviour?
Forward Jeffery Johnstone attempts to manuever past a Nippissing defenceman at the Memorial Centre on Friday night.
January 19, 2010
Gaels go 3-2 in new year with new goalie
Food’s depiction in popular media has transformed the act of eating into an aesthetically-oriented cultural activity, rather than the age-old mantra “eat to live.”
January 19, 2010
The other F-Word
Ann Walski, QUASR communications and change management project manager, says the University’s new finance system will make administrative work more efficient.
January 19, 2010
Overhauled QCARD in the works
ASUS President Jillian Evans says she hopes to hire a new equity commissioner in March.
January 19, 2010
ASUS equity commissioner resigns
January 19, 2010
Issue in Photos
Sports staff Amrit Ahluwalia and Jake Edmiston outline their expectations for winter-term teams. For the end of year report card, pick up Issue 39 of the Journal on April 2.
January 15, 2010
Expectations are high for the new year
The School of Business unveils a plaque in honour of the renaming of the Goodes Hall Atrium to the BMO Financial Group Atrium. BMO announced a $2 million donation to the business school’s financial project on Thursday.
January 15, 2010
News in Brief
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
The School of Kinesiology’s teaching spaces will open for use next Monday.
January 15, 2010
School of Kinesiology open for use
January 15, 2010
Issue in Photos
A person may develop an increased tolerance to sleeping aids within a week of initial use.
December 3, 2009
Resting easy?
Journal Staff Writer Sierra Yanush recorded her daily activities to see if students complete the recommended 10,000 steps a day in their day-to-day hussle and bustle.
December 3, 2009
The pedometer diary of a student
HCDS Director Mike Condra in front of the La Salle Building, where students can speak with counsellors on a triage basis. Counsellors see an average of 60 to 70 students per day collectively and six per day individually.
December 3, 2009
Meeting the demands of our mental health
Loading up on yogurt and selenium and vitamin C found in vegetables and fruit juice can help fight bugs this flu season.
December 3, 2009
Easy ways to fight the flu
The new Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) in the Queen’s Centre opened on Tuesday with much fanfare. The facility features two large cardio rooms and a massive stretching and strengthening room with lots of new equipment.
December 3, 2009
Gym junkies get a new playground
The Journal sports editors break down this fall’s Gaels in the annual fall-term report card
December 3, 2009
The Gaels of November remembered
Rum Raisin Apple Pie
December 3, 2009
Decked out desserts for dummies
AMS Vice-President (Operations) Leslie Yun says Tricolour Outfitters is making more in clothing sales than its budgeted figures.
December 3, 2009
Mid-year check on AMS services
Students jump into the 14-lane pool in the new Athletics and Recreation Centre early Tuesday morning.
December 3, 2009
Gym, food court open
December 3, 2009
Issue in Photos
November 30, 2009
Historic comeback caps Vanier Cup win
November 30, 2009
Vanier Cup Photo Gallery
Offensive linemen Jonathan Koidis, Dan Bederman and Vince De Civita sit in the stands of Richardson Stadium before leaving for Quebec City on Tuesday.
November 27, 2009
Clearing a path to the final
The Queen's Gaels celebrate their Vanier Cup victory after a comeback 33-31 victory over the Calgary Dinos in Quebec City on Saturday.
November 27, 2009
Vanier Cup champs
Gaels forward Brock Ouellet avoids the challenge of Windsor defenceman Jeff Broderick during Friday’s 7-5 loss at the Memorial Centre.
November 27, 2009
Unhappy homecoming for men’s hockey
The Athletics and Recreation Centre’s upper-level gym facilities will open on Dec. 1. The lower gym, which suffered damage from a flood on Aug. 11, will open in January.
November 27, 2009
All aboard Queen’s ARC
November 27, 2009
Issue in Photos
The Gaels celebrate their 33-30 win over the Laval Rouge-et-Or in today's Mitchell Bowl at Richardson Stadium. They face the University of Calgary Dinos next Saturday in Quebec City.
November 20, 2009
Queen's upsets Laval for berth in Vanier Cup
November 20, 2009
Male Athlete of the Week
The men’s rugby team crowds around the Turner Trophy after their 23-19 finals win over the Western Mustangs on Saturday.
November 20, 2009
Queen’s finally wins its rugby crown
Like a Disney cast themselves, the Queen’s Players are an adorable bunch.
November 20, 2009
A sobering surprise
November 20, 2009
Yo, is this The Wizard of Oz?
Queen’s Student Alumni Association President Colin McLeod says this was QSAA’s first videoconferencing event.
November 20, 2009
Winter Games come home
November 20, 2009
Issue in Photos
November 20, 2009
Rugby Gallery
A veteran places a wreath on a monument at Kingston’s Royal Canadian Legion branch.
November 13, 2009
Legion keeps veterans’ memories alive
Scrum-half Liam Underwood pushes through a Mustang tackle during the men's rugby team's 23-19 Turner Trophy victory at Fletcher's Field on Saturday.
November 13, 2009
Men's rugby wins Turner Cup
Running back Marty Gordon dives for a touchdown during the Gaels’ 32-6 win over the McMaster Marauders last Saturday.
November 13, 2009
Gearing up for Yates Cup
Donald Chan (left) and Carlyn Bezic’s artistic chemistry is evident in their works of decontruction and reconstruction.
November 13, 2009
artist in profile
Tabloid culture, noise rock, love and artistic self-exploration are inspiring for Bezic and Chan.
November 13, 2009
Beautiful monsters
Fraser MacPherson, Olympic Awareness Week event organizer and ArtSci ’12, says the group’s goal isn’t to stop the Olympics.
November 13, 2009
Olympic-size protest
David Walker, Health Sciences dean, says most of the faculty are physicians, which means their salaries are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health.
November 13, 2009
Schools trim costs
You Say Party! We Say Die!’s gig tonight at The Grad Club will showcase their latest synth-pop indie rock record, XXXX.
November 13, 2009
Issue in Photos
H1N1 concerns have impacted all sports, including curling. Post-game handshaking is forbidden at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club.
November 10, 2009
OUA takes action on preventing swine flu
Gaels’ running back Jimmy Therrien gets pulled down during Queen’s 36-6 OUA semifinal win over the McMaster Marauders on Saturday at Richardson Stadium. Therrien picked up 89 total rushing yards and a touchdown in the game.
November 10, 2009
Football topples Mac in semifinal
Concurrent Education Students’ Association Communications Director Vanessa Powell Carvell says her major, gender studies, isn’t considered a teachable subject.
November 10, 2009
New courses ‘needed for a long time’
Main Campus Residents’ Council Sustainability Co-ordinator Yan Yu says there are 11 vermicompostors across residences.
November 10, 2009
Residences venture into vermicomposting
John Fisher, physiology department head, says he thinks the quality of education can be preserved.
November 10, 2009
Budget cuts a year later
AMS President Michael Ceci says the Queen’s Student Centre Working Group is looking at what to use empty spaces for when services move out of the JDUC.
November 10, 2009
Group plans Queen’s Centre move
Born in the 80s, Think About Life are inspired by all things 90s.
November 10, 2009
Issue in Photos
Former Alliance Atlantis executive chairman Michael MacMillan addresses an audience at his “The Academic Cloister Reconsidered” lecture held at Ellis Hall on Tuesday night.
November 6, 2009
Film schools students on education
Mechanical engineering professor Joshua Pearce says with support from the Ontario Power Authority, Queen’s could stand to profit 60 to 70 cents per kilowatt hour of energy used by switching to solar power.
November 6, 2009
Queen’s could profit from solar panels
Era Modern Vintage manager Karli Heeney says shopping vintage saves money and helps the planet.
November 6, 2009
Helping the planet one clothes pony at a time
While some people leave computers on hibernate thinking it saves power, turning them off saves more electricity.
November 6, 2009
Environmental mythbusters
November 6, 2009
The Green Extra
AMS Vice-President (Operations) Leslie Yun says the Advantage Fund promotes long-term financial sustainability.
November 6, 2009
Advantageous investments
Phil Sparks, Sodexo resident district manager, says each new compostor can process up to 300 kilograms of organic waste in about 14 hours.
November 6, 2009
New compostors cut organic waste
Phil Sparks, Sodexo resident district manager, says each new compostor can process up to 300 kilograms of organic waste in about 14 hours.
November 6, 2009
Issue in Photos
With new name variations and fewer social boundaries, individuals are now testing the limits of their creativity in naming their kids.
November 3, 2009
Playing the name game
Queen’s Hillel members Madyln Axelrod and Samantha Dunnigan organized this year’s Holocaust Education Week.
November 3, 2009
Walk-through exhibit remembers Holocaust
Jamie Gray, Sci ‘09, says he thinks the university lifestyle gives way to the manifestation of mood disorders and mental illness among students.
November 3, 2009
Destigmatizing mental health issues
November 3, 2009
Issue in Photos
Student caseworkers and LAW 438 students Morgan Jarvis (left) and Yuliya Dumanska (centre) with Business Law Clinic director Peter Kissick during a class meeting at MacDonald Hall yesterday.
October 30, 2009
Pro-bonus for small businesses
October 30, 2009
Male Athlete of the Week
The men’s curling team ended fourth in the province last year.
October 30, 2009
Sweeping the competition
The curling team’s David Durant lets go of a rock as Mackenzie Dixon begins sweeping.
October 30, 2009
Sweeping the competition
October 30, 2009
Issue in Photos
A familiar site to many Queen’s students, the Bubba’s cash register rings in between 300 and 400 customers on a busy weekend night.
October 27, 2009
Whose poutine reigns supreme?
Gaels’ forward David Chubb fights through two Carleton defenseman to get a shot off during Saturday’s 5-3 win.
October 27, 2009
Gaels soar over Ravens after loss to UQTR
Daniel Woolf is installed as the University’s 20th principal in Grant Hall last night.
October 27, 2009
Woolf takes reins
Main characters Micah and Katie make Paranormal Activity feel a bit like a romantic comedy gone awry.
October 27, 2009
Issue in Photos
The consequences of binge-drinking aren’t all immediate.
October 23, 2009
Feelings mixed about student drinking
An ultimate frisbee player lets the disc fly during a practice at West Campus.
October 23, 2009
To ’bee or not to ’bee?
Feministing editors speak in Humphrey Hall on Tuesday to kick off their North American tour.
October 23, 2009
Feministing 101
The new student centre has three gyms, a bigger Common Ground coffeehouse, a food court, a fireside lounge and club space.
October 23, 2009
Queen’s Centre set to open in December
An ultimate frisbee player lets the disc fly during a practice at West Campus.
October 23, 2009
Issue in Photos
Gaels’ forward Alana Smith tries to avoid pressure from Badger forward Kristen Dewsbury.
October 20, 2009
Women’s hockey success continues at home
Fullback Karlye Wong tries to break through the Excalibur forward line during Saturday’s quarter-final win over Trent.
October 20, 2009
Gaels put quarter-final ghost to rest
October 20, 2009
Zeus bring lightning
Gaels’ quarterback Danny Brannagan scans the defence to make a pass during Saturday afternoon’s game against the Western Mustangs at Richardson Stadium. Brannagan became the second quarterback in CIS history to pass for 10,000 yards.
October 20, 2009
Issue in Photos
Queen’s tight end Chris Ioannides celebrates a touchdown during last year’s 43-16 Homecoming win over the Western Mustangs at Richardson Stadium.
October 16, 2009
Football sweeps Warriors aside, prepares for Western
Former national chief Phil Fontaine says he thinks the main issue for the new national chief is to create a working relationship with the federal government.
October 16, 2009
A Fontaine of knowledge on campus
October 16, 2009
Issue in Photos
October 13, 2009
Hang up or get off the road
Alfie’s gets one step closer to offering something for everyone on campus with their newly debuted Jazz Lounge.
October 13, 2009
Hepcats at Alfies
According to spokesperson Daniella Macri, Vitaminwater provides 100 per cent of the daily reccomended dose of Vitamin C.
October 13, 2009
Issue in Photos
The original Silver Dart in flight. Canada’s first powered plane, its inaugural flight was in 1909.
October 6, 2009
Golden Hawk helps history take flight
Queen’s striker Adrian Rochford goes in for a tackle against Rams midfielder Alex Bratelic Sunday at Richardson Stadium.
October 6, 2009
Men’s soccer draws one, gets rained out of other
Art is often considered a high-class commodity, but it can take nearly any shape or size.
October 6, 2009
Wake up and smell the proses
Sudanese-born Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik speaks at the public library on Monday. Earlier, he spoke to a law class in Macdonald Hall about the United Nations’ no-fly list.
October 6, 2009
Finding justice on the road
Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Woody Harrelson team up to school some zombies and make it to the West Coast in one piece.
October 6, 2009
Issue in Photos
Said Madi Sci ’10, hopes to find success in the burgeoning software development market in Dubai.
October 2, 2009
Crouching tiger, hidden opportunity
Increases in oil prices kickstarted the recent recession, but filling up at the pump is bound to get more expensive as oil becomes scarcer, according to Jeff Rubin’s book.
October 2, 2009
The good old days will return
Brian Lipsin, owner of Brian’s Record Option on Princess St. says his business has prospered despite the economic downturn.
October 2, 2009
Economic bubble shields Kingston businesses
October 2, 2009
The New Economy
October 2, 2009
Male Athlete of the week
The water polo team sets up the offence during practice in the PEC’s pool.
October 2, 2009
Issue in Photos
Gaels’ guard Kendra Walker-Roche blows past an Eagles defender during Saturday’s overtime nailbiter win.
September 29, 2009
Basketball teams pull out wins against King’s College
Queen’s wide receiver Blaise Morrison makes a leaping catch to set the Gaels up for another touchdown on Saturday’s Fauxcoming win over the York Lions.
September 29, 2009
Football demolishes Lions to go 4-0
A collaborative exploration from a handful of artists with varying backgrounds, Chronotopic Village provokes and inspires.
September 29, 2009
Welcome to the village
Riot police line Aberdeen Street, keeping students off the street, on Saturday night
September 29, 2009
Aberdeen attracts smaller turnout
Queen’s wide receiver Blaise Morrison makes a leaping catch to set the Gaels up for another touchdown on Saturday’s Fauxcoming win over the York Lions.
September 29, 2009
Issue in Photos
Riot police line Aberdeen Street north of William Street at about midnight.
September 27, 2009
Rainy weather, police presence curb Aberdeen Street party
8:30 p.m. - Empty Aberdeen
September 27, 2009
Aberdeen Street Photo Gallery
The first 24 students enrolled in the program at both the PhD and Masters students share the same core CUST 800 Cultural Studies Theory course, a prerequisite for their degree.
September 25, 2009
So... what’s cultural studies?
September 25, 2009
For the good of the team, please keep those butts in the seats
Cat Ladies chronicles the lives of four women, two of whom share their home with more than one hundred cats.
September 25, 2009
Catwomen return to the big screen
Chen Liang, Sci ’07 and MSc ’09, says the GreenCentre will help promote the work of green chemistry students whose efforts might otherwise go ignored.
September 25, 2009
PARTEQ brings science ‘into the real world’
Jignesh Patel, John Mould, Jeannette Comeau and Jon Abela, all Sci’04, enjoying their time at Homecoming.
September 25, 2009
Issue in Photos
Professor Robert Ross will head a team to conduct the three-year, $1.8-million exercise study.
September 22, 2009
Healthy science
Queen’s student Nat Fried commits a random act of reading outside the JDUC to celebrate Kingston WritersFest.
September 22, 2009
Festival finds its footing in Kingston
Vice-Principal (Research) Kerry Rowe says he has nearly tripled research funding since taking on his position nine years ago.
September 22, 2009
Kerry on the legacy
Lauren McCormick, ArtSci ’12, is a member of the Facebook group “Aberdeen Street Party.”
September 22, 2009
Fauxcoming, or going away?
Queen’s alumnus Michael Crummey draws inspiration from his hometown of Buchans, Newfoundland.
September 22, 2009
Issue in Photos
The Queen’s Baja team fills flower pots with the amount of dirt they clean off their annually-built car after competition, said project manager and driver Dave Adams (above). Their next competition takes place in April in South Carolina.
September 18, 2009
The secret of the Baja
NDP leader Jack Layton gives a talk in Ellis Auditorium to a roomful of students, faculty and community members.
September 18, 2009
Jack came back
September 18, 2009
Issue in Photos
Queen’s midfielder Cathleen Brennan tries to take advantage of Toronto goalkeeper Mary-Anne Barnes against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues during the Gaels’ 0-0 draw at Richardson Stadium on Sunday. For full game story, visit us on the web at queensjournal.ca and click on “Sports”.
September 15, 2009
Stalemate for women’s soccer
Popular culture often gets intertwined with the concept of cliché.
September 15, 2009
These days, it’s hip to be cliché
Cian O’Neill-Kizoff, Sci ’12, captures the tam at the Grease Pole on Saturday.
September 15, 2009
Grease Pole an ‘all-faculty event’
Saquib Siddiqui, ArtSci ’13, waits for his OSAP loan in Gordon Hall. He’s opting out of a meal plan and working part-time to pay for school this year.
September 15, 2009
Not a-loan in feeling the squeeze
Michael Cera with Portia Doubleday in his latest angsty flick Youth in Revolt
September 15, 2009
Issue in Photos
September 15, 2009
Greaspole Gallery
Sci ’73 students fear the pit as they climb the grease pole during frosh week in 1969.
September 11, 2009
Frosh week’s forgotten folly
Scott Kyle and Ryan Kruyne haul down an RMC player during Queen’s 72-0 shellacking of RMC.
September 11, 2009
Rugby run roughshod over regional rivals
Jimmy Allin
September 11, 2009
Athletes of the week
Wide receiver Mark Surya sprawls to make a catch that would have added to Danny Brannagan’s 495 pass yards on Monday’s 52-49 win over Guelph.
September 11, 2009
Queen’s wins tight offensive battle
The Journal’s sports editors tee up the upcoming season for the fall-term Gaels.
September 11, 2009
Gaels’ great expectations
A strong glass of spirits accompanies the digitized world of Michael Davidge.
September 11, 2009
Artist pays tribute to times gone by
Film studies professor Sidney Eve Matrix’s Twitter page has 2,826 followers.
September 11, 2009
Social media put to the test in classrooms
Sci ’73 students fear the pit as they climb the grease pole during frosh week in 1969.
September 11, 2009
View all images from vol. 137, issue 4.
September 11, 2009
Football Photos
An empty building is all that remains of the S&R department store, which called 27 Princess St. home for 40 years.
July 28, 2009
Everything must go: S&R closes its doors
About half of students arriving at Queen’s can expect to gain two to six pounds in their first year of university.
July 28, 2009
Balanced lifestyle key to fighting freshman 15
Textbooks can cost a fortune, but there are many ways for students to cut down on their textbook spending.
July 28, 2009
Textbook shopping made cheap and easy These resources can help you lessen the dent in your
Queen’s Musical Theatre, which put on Man of La Mancha in April, offers triple-threats the opportunity to take center stage.
July 28, 2009
Meet the Queen’s extracurricular matchmaker
July 28, 2009
Frosh Extra
Former Gaels captain Billy Burke will play for the International Hockey League’s Port Huron Icehawks in the fall.
July 28, 2009
Sports in Brief
The men’s hockey team hopes Payton Liske, who amassed 45 points last season with the Saint John Icedogs in the QMJHL, will be the cure to their offensive woes.
July 28, 2009
Rookie to fill Gaels’ goal gap
Former Gael Adam Simac visited his alma mater along with the Canadian men’s volleyball team to play Australia last week.
July 28, 2009
Clash of the hemispheres
Outdoor patios like the Duke of Wellington’s are a popular destination for Kingston’s summer residents.
July 28, 2009
Letters to the Editors
Jamie Swift
July 28, 2009
S&R closing a great loss to Kingston
The new swimming pool
July 28, 2009
View all images from vol. 137, issue 3.
Kingston Employment and Youth Services Program Manager Gillian Watters says Kingston’s struggling tourism industry is primarily to blame for few job openings this summer.
June 23, 2009
’Tis the summer of discontent
According to a study by researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, participants found a computerized slideshow of male and female faces 10 per cent more attractive after consuming just one alcoholic drink.
June 23, 2009
Drinking your way from glasses to goggles
School of English professor Elaine Armstrong says she thinks this program will attract more international students.
June 23, 2009
QBridge reaches out internationally
Moroccan-born Montrealer Adil Charkaoui spoke in Dunning Hall on June 16.
June 23, 2009
‘I’m living under a crazy law’
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
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
View all images from vol. 137, issue 2.
Dee Sterling, seen here in a Sept. 27 game against the Western Mustangs, is the highest drafted Queen’s player since 1993.
May 26, 2009
Football Gaels selected to go pro
Jacob’s destabilizing and transformative exhibit has a new home on the walls of Union Gallery.
May 26, 2009
Video voyeur
A protester outside Stauffer Library demonstrates on Monday against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's declaration of victory in Iran's elections.
May 26, 2009
'This is not an election; this is selection'
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
May 26, 2009
View all images from vol. 137, issue 1.
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
Laundry Kingston was voted second best for women’s clothing.
April 2, 2009
The votes are in for the Best of Kingston
The former Prison for Women (above) and the Tett Centre are two buildings purchased by the University that won’t be ready to develop until adequate funding is availble.
April 2, 2009
Queen’s Centre steals the spotlight
ASUS President Jacob Mantle was denied approximately $1,400 of his honorarium after the ASUS Honorarium Review Committee underwent an 11-hour review process.
April 2, 2009
Dollars and sense
John Burke, director of Odyssey Travel, says Eurail passes are a great option for rail and ferry travel in Europe.
April 2, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 40.
Queen’s Improv makes a scene at their weekly Monday-night practice. Last evening, they performed “Improv Forever” at Alfie’s.
March 27, 2009
Whose team is it, anyway?
Kimberly Sakkal steps into the heroine’s sassy role.
March 27, 2009
Living after death
March 27, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 39.
March 27, 2009
The Journal at Queen's Improv
Gaels’ defensive lineman Osie Ukwuoma celebrates a defensive play during the Nov. 1 semifinal against the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees.
March 19, 2009
Gaels prepare for the CFL draft
Former Queen’s receiver Rob Bagg is entering his second full season with the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.
March 19, 2009
Bagg rides again in Regina
Jian Yuan Huang and Jerry Ropson explore and deconstruct what it means to come from “the East”—China and Newfoundland respectively—in their art.
March 19, 2009
Montreal metamorphisis
Vogt C features three flamboyant and poignant one-act plays such as Chekhov’s Drama (above).
March 19, 2009
A must C
Anti-Coca-Cola organizers Andrea Jones, ArtSci ’11, Claire McDougall, ArtSci ’09 and James Douglas, ArtSci ’08, put forward a motion at Tuesday’s AMS Annual General Meeting for the University to end its exclusivity contract with Coca-Cola.
March 19, 2009
Students want Coke off campus
March 19, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 38.
The Travelers, War and Peace, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Book of Negroes and Leonard Cohen’s Selected Poems are five books that come strongly recommended by key Queen’s individuals.
March 13, 2009
Queen’s Reads
To avoid dealing with total strangers when it comes to publishing your work, just do it yourself.
March 13, 2009
The ins and outs of self-publishing
On Mar. 6, members of Queen’s Action Backing Climate Change staged a “die-in” in front of the Board of Trustees meeting to bring attention to Queen’s carbon footprint.
March 13, 2009
Students play dead for climate change
March 13, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 37.
A group of Queen’s students stand in front of Victor Hall boarding house in 1901.
March 6, 2009
The story of a neighbourhood
Kyle Topping and Julia Stephens question the objects and intimate details that compose our public and private lives.
March 6, 2009
Objectified items and identities
Matt Sajn playing a live show at The Grad Club in January.
March 6, 2009
From Niagara to Kingston, Sajn on
Director Kim Renders’ bold choice of casting all women works with the production’s destabilized generic conventions.
March 6, 2009
A cursed comedy?
March 6, 2009
News in brief
AMS President Talia Radcliffe says she doesn’t regret calling for Mantle’s resignation.
March 6, 2009
AMS president apologizes
Director of Recreation and Athletics Leslie Dal Cin says she was surprised SGPS students voted down the proposed Athletics and Recreation fee increase of $120 spread over three years.
March 6, 2009
SGPS rejects athletics fee increase
History department undergraduate chair Jeff Brison says he doesn’t think the trend of academic entitlement is a new phenomenon.
March 6, 2009
Great expectations
March 6, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 36.
Todd Stelmach, Rehab ’00, could face up to three months in prison and a $300 fine for refusing to fill out his 2006 census form.
February 26, 2009
Objection to census could land alumnus in jail
A computer virus circulating around Queen’s Webmail with the subject line ‘You have got a new E-card from your friend!’ has created a backlog of computers to be cleaned up by Queen’s IT Services.
February 26, 2009
Queen’s e-mail plagued by virus
February 26, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 35.
The Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC) offers abortion information and an abortion accompaniment service where an SHRC staff member will escort you to the Women’s Clinic.
February 11, 2009
Abortion and you
Many common fetishes include leather, feet, hair and clothing.
February 11, 2009
Find your fetish
Dr. Sonya Nobbe, a naturopathic doctor in downtown Kingston, says hormonal birth control impacts the body in ways scientists and doctors are only starting to understand.
February 11, 2009
Get to know the Pill
Acting Vice-Principal (Advancement) Sean Conway says his office has raised $15.3 million of the initial target of $130 million for the Queen’s Centre.
February 11, 2009
Fundraising in the recession
Coraline
February 11, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 34.
Gaels’ forward Brandon Perry battles for the puck with a Royal Military College defender in the Carr-Harris Cup match Saturday at the Memorial Centre.
February 9, 2009
Carr-Harris Cup champions
Members of the African and Caribbean Students’ Association will profile black Canadians such as Michaëlle Jean, the country’s first black governor general and Queen’s alumnus and donor Robert Sutherland.
February 9, 2009
Presenting Black History Month
Chivers showed subjects videos of bonobos mating. To increase their “pornographic” nature, she added sounds to the videos.
February 9, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 33.
Director of Athletics and Recreation Leslie Dal Cin says the department needs more funding to maintain their programs.
February 5, 2009
Athletics fee increase indeterminate
Atmosphere combines beautiful choreography and costume.
February 5, 2009
Three’s company
Queen’s Interactive Crisis Simulation Director Paul Hershaw says the main task of the conference will be to debate domestic and foreign policy.
February 5, 2009
Climate change, compromises and crises
Professor Ana Siljak has been shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction for her book Angel of Vengeance: The ‘Girl Assassin,’ The Govenor of St. Petersburg and Russia’s Revolutionary World.
February 5, 2009
Professor nominated for Charles Taylor Prize
Queen’s law professor Kathleen Lahey says the current government is reinforcing the gender gap in Canada.
February 5, 2009
Federal budget leaves women behind, professor says
Last night’s Queen’s Centre town hall meeting presented students with two new options for moving forward with the project.
February 5, 2009
A change of plans
February 5, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 32.
2008 Giller Prize winner Joseph Boyden performs at the Sleepless Goat Friday.
February 2, 2009
Telling stories in different voices
Gaels’ forward David Chubb tries to fight off a hook from Ryerson’s Peter Drikos Friday night. Queen’s beat the Rams 4-3.
February 2, 2009
Men’s hockey picks up two wins
AMS Academic Affairs Commissioner Matthew Lombardi says he thinks CASA will be a good fit for Queen’s because of its advocacy style.
February 2, 2009
AMS votes to align federally
The QUBS complex spans nearly 7,000 acres.
February 2, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 31.
Male athlete of the week Brady Morrison prepares to make a shootout save against the Royal Military College’s Paul Bradley last Friday at Constantine Arena. The Gaels won 4-3.
January 29, 2009
Athletes of the week
Queen’s forward Elizabeth Kench stickhandles with York’s Mandy Cole in pursuit Jan. 17. The Gaels face the Guelph Gryphons at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Memorial Centre.
January 29, 2009
Doing the splits
Thinking Inside the Box is in line with Modern Fuel’s experimental mandate.
January 29, 2009
Illusion in the everyday
The 2009 Federal Budget has allocated money for deferred maintenance projects at Canadian universities. Queen’s has a deferred maintenance backlog of about $145 million.
January 29, 2009
Federal budget gives $2 billion to infrastructure
Daniel Robert Woolf’s appointment as Queen’s 20th Principal was announced at a press conference on Wednesday. Woolf, ArtSci ’80, currently serves as the Dean of Arts at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
January 29, 2009
Queen’s appoints new principal
January 29, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 30.
Gaels’ forward Brock Ouellet (27) tries to stay on his feet Friday while shooting the puck in past RMC’s Logan Oversby as teammate Brandon Perry (17) looks on. Queen’s beat the Paladins 4-3 in a shootout.
January 26, 2009
Men’s hockey snaps losing streak
Free Whisky doesn’t disappoint with their diverse and range of instruments, playing with and spicing up country sounds.
January 26, 2009
Whisky and Kings bring time warp to Clark
January 26, 2009
Hockey Photo Gallery
Gaels’ forward Brock Ouellet (27) tries to stay on his feet Friday while shooting the puck in past RMC’s Logan Oversby as teammate Brandon Perry (17) looks on. Queen’s beat the Paladins 4-3 in a shootout.
January 26, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 29.
Alistair MacLean, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, says the individual departments haven’t been given exact figures regarding how much they’ll have to decrease their budgets.
January 23, 2009
Getting creative in the face of budget cuts
Team CYZ wants to promote student involvement in Queen’s financial decisions.
January 23, 2009
CYZ and MAP talk cash
As consumers world-wide scale back on “luxury goods,” how will Starbucks, purveyor of $5 coffees, fare?
January 23, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 28.
Town-Gown Relations Co-ordinator Joan Jones says students can negotiate with landlords.
January 19, 2009
Landlords and the law
Queen’s left-side hitter Louise Hamill goes for a kill against Lakehead’s Karla Brayshaw (8) and Courtney Felske Sunday.
January 19, 2009
Women’s volleyball defeats Lakehead
Gaels Cassie Sparks (37) and Victoria Kaufman (27) fight for the puck against York’s Courtney Unruh Saturday.
January 19, 2009
New year, new problems
Fourth-year student Katie Underwood settles in for a night in the JDUC.
January 19, 2009
Spending a hard day’s night on campus
Presidential candidate Colin McLeod, vice-president (operations) candidate Ellen Allwright and vice-president (university affairs) candidate Suhail Panjwani speak to AMS Assembly on Jan. 15.
January 19, 2009
MAP leaning on three pillars
Kim Purton, community education co-ordinator at Sexual Assault Centre Kingston, says alcohol is the most common date-rape drug.
January 19, 2009
Date rape drug use on the rise
Queen’s forward Victoria Kaufman (27) battles York defender Michelle Daniels for the puck Saturday. The Gaels lost 4-1.
January 19, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 27.
Queen’s wrestling coach Jamie Macari (right) looks on as two of his athletes practice Wednesday in the PEC.
January 16, 2009
The Wrestler
Presidential candidate Michael Ceci, vice-president (operations) candidate Leslie Yun and vice-president (university affairs) candidate Adam Zabrodski knew each other for two years before deciding to run together for AMS executive.
January 16, 2009
CYZ running gimmick-free
January 16, 2009
Issue in photos
Gaels’ outside hitter Jeff DeMeza goes for a block against McMaster Saturday at Bartlett Gym. Queen’s won in five sets.
January 13, 2009
Marauders stumble against Gaels
Queen’s outside hitter Lorna Button goes for a kill Saturday.
January 13, 2009
Two close battles, one solid victory
Liam Karry cites Kingston’s DIY work ethic as fuel for his vision of engaging theatre.
January 13, 2009
Threads of theatre
PSAC Regional Organizer Christopher Wilson says voting for unionization is an important expression of workers’ democratic rights.
January 13, 2009
TAs, TFs vote ‘no’ to union
January 13, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 25.
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
Nat Fried plays Aaron in a play that packs so much kick it will leave you speechless.
January 9, 2009
Carnage, cruelty and catharsis
January 9, 2009
Images from vol. 136, issue 24.
An estimated 10 million Canadians say they have used marijuana at least once in their lives.
November 27, 2008
Weeding out anti-drug attitudes
Sarah Leroy, public health inspector for the KFL&A Public Health Unit, says by keeping the house clean, students can lower the risks of mice, mould and even common colds.
November 27, 2008
Health and home
Ivan Mackeen, business manager of Physical Plant Services, decided to have 20 Purrell hand sanitizer dispensers installed around campus.
November 27, 2008
The sensation over sanitization
MHAC Co-Chairs Courtney Brennan, ArtSci ’09 and James Hayward, ArtSci ’10, say students should seek help when they’re feeling too stressed to cope.
November 27, 2008
Lowering stress is key to success
Spice up your winter with these cinnamon-infused latkes and zippy black bean salad.
November 27, 2008
’Tis the season for festive feasting
Gnu Ground throws a wrench in the suburdan family unit in The Last One to Bed.
November 27, 2008
Group breaking Gnu ground
Goodes Hall has one commissionaire on duty to do rounds on a continual basis. They patrol classrooms, meeting rooms annd bathrooms.
November 27, 2008
Late-night study safety
Queen’s football head coach Pat Sheahan (left) accepts the Frank Tindall Trophy Friday.
November 27, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 23.
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
The Journal sports editors evaluate the fall term teams’ seasons.
November 21, 2008
Fall term grades for the Gaels
Principal Tom Williams said he doesn’t expect alumni donations to decrease as a result of moving Homecoming from September to May.
November 21, 2008
Spring reunion planned for May
Economics department undergraduate chair Lorne Carmichael says some students have expressed interest in learning more about the current financial crisis.
November 21, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 22.
Kevin Doe plays a young Albert Einstein in Chaos Theory’s latest production.
November 14, 2008
The science of retrospect, the staging of histories
TAFA organizer Amanda Wilson says if TAs at Queen’s are successful in unionizing, any strike that occurs would be a last resort.
November 14, 2008
Strike at York teaches Queen’s a lesson
Principal Tom Williams announced at a press conference Tuesday morning that fall Homecoming for the next two years will be cancelled.
November 14, 2008
Fall Homecoming cancelled
Rachel Kucharzuk, ArtSci ’09, says this is the first time she has been the victim of anti-Semitism during her time at Queen’s.
November 14, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 21.
Brad James, United Steelworkers distrcit representative and Comm ’83, says the Queen’s administration has restricted the ability of staff to exchange information and assemble.
November 7, 2008
Support staff struggle to unionize
Last night’s ASUS Special General Assembly in Wallace Hall was filled to capacity with students. Around 7:44 p.m., it was cut short by a fire alarm.
November 7, 2008
‘I will not be stepping down’
November 7, 2008
Issue in Photos
November 7, 2008
Football Photo Gallery
October 31, 2008
Walking scared
Nuno da Silva encourages individuals to use generic carbon calculators to reduce their carbon footprints.
October 31, 2008
Shrinking your ecological imprint
October 31, 2008
Nocturnal percussions
ASUS President Jacob Mantle says he has yet to make up his mind about whether or not he’ll resign.
October 31, 2008
AMS asks Jacob Mantle to resign
October 31, 2008
Queen’s responds to discrimination
ASUS President Jacob Mantle says he has yet to make up his mind about whether or not he’ll resign.
October 31, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 19.
Former Prime Minister John Turner speaks at a tribute event at Grant Hall on Friday.
October 28, 2008
Talking trade with John Turner
Lee-Ann Taras, Andrew Sims and Bruce Kauffman divulge and dive into memories at The Artel.
October 28, 2008
Re-creating and remembering
The Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin merchandise runs the gamut from serious to saucy, trucker hats to T-shirts.
October 28, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 18.
Translation fallacy at work?
October 24, 2008
C’est what? Tackling language problems
Sex! The Musical is a hilarious high school sex education romp that infuses refreshing energy into the Vogt studio series.
October 24, 2008
Vogt A strikes a sexy pose
Sex! The Musical is a hilarious high school sex education romp that infuses refreshing energy into the Vogt studio series.
October 24, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 17.
Queen’s Justin Wood takes on Toronto’s Tristan Scott.
October 21, 2008
Home isn’t where the wins are
Gaels’ midfielder Erin Smith slides to clear the ball against Ryerson’s Susanne Briggs Saturday.
October 21, 2008
Late goal spoils homestand
Football head coach Pat Sheahan speaks at the memorial service for famed former player and coach Hal “Moose” McCarney at Grant Hall yesterday.
October 21, 2008
Saying goodbye to a legend
October 21, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 16.
October 21, 2008
Spiral Beach and The Constantines flick off
The CBC reported this year’s voter turnout was the lowest in Canada’s history.
October 17, 2008
Fulfilling their civic duty... if they have to
AMS Academic Affairs Commissioner Matthew Lombardi says joining CASA would give the AMS a stronger voice to lobby the federal government.
October 17, 2008
AMS seeks out new alliance
Students have been paying 10 cents more per page when photocopying reserved readings at the P&CC since Sept. 26.
October 17, 2008
P&CC ‘misunderstood’ copyright laws
You Say Party! We Say Die! tour Canada with revamped songs and their typical dancy, energetic concert etiquette.
October 17, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 15.
Incumbent Member of Parliament Peter Milliken talks to the press after learning of his impending victory.
October 15, 2008
Milliken is ‘seven times lucky’
Queen’s right back Sara Buckham competes for a header with Paladins’ striker Laura Gray Wednesday at Richardson Stadium.
October 14, 2008
Gaels knock off Paladins
Not registered to vote? No problem. Just bring photo ID and a piece of mail with your address on it to your local polling station.
October 14, 2008
And the riding goes to...
Vice-Principal (Facilities) Ann Browne says moving the arena will integrate west campus with main campus.
October 14, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 14.
Queen’s political studies professor Jonathan Rose says the emergence of online vote-swapping is a reflection of perceived problems with Canada’s electoral system.
October 7, 2008
Voting virtually redefined
Queen’s midfielder Braden Hergott guards the ball from Bishop’s midfielder Jackson Gair Sunday at North Field.
October 7, 2008
Gaels gutted by Gaiters
Queen’s Carley Miller avoids a stick lift from Western’s Adrianna Clapp Saturday.
October 7, 2008
Communication breakdown
New Democratic Party candidate Rick Downes says he wants to bring corporate welfare money back into programs such as health care.
October 7, 2008
Rick Downes: Working for the common good
Student Trustee Michael Ceci, ArtSci ’09, says every dollar spent on the Queen’s Centre must be earned back.
October 7, 2008
Queen’s Centre budget increased again
October 7, 2008
Weekend in review
October 7, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 13.
MCRC vice-president Jessica Cha says she’d like to see a stricter discipline system in residence.
October 2, 2008
Peer-based discipline ‘more fair’
Dave Coon of the Kingston Jazz Society hopes to raise the profile of the eighth annual Kingston Jazz Festival.
October 2, 2008
All that local jazz
October 2, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 12.
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
Toronto attack player Will Dunlop sends Queen’s middle Stephen Bathe head over heels.
September 30, 2008
Gaels edge Varsity
Queen’s Computing Science professor David Skillicorn says campaign advertisements are harder to analyze than speeches because they’re more staged.
September 30, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 11.
September 28, 2008
Homecoming 2008 Photo Gallery
Home to the highest indoor climbing wall in the country and only 20 minutes away from campus, the Boiler Room is a viable fitness option for any student.
September 26, 2008
Work up a sweat outside the PEC
One of the best features of the Toucan is the cheap weekend breakfast.
September 26, 2008
Top Limestone city eateries
September 26, 2008
Welcome to Kingston
Gaels’ midfielder Mike Arnold clears the ball away from Carleton’s Matthew D’Angelo Wednesday. Queen’s lost 2-1.
September 26, 2008
Men’s soccer drops three more points
Queen’s midfielder Erin Smith heads the ball Wednesday while battling Carleton’s Diane Jodoin as Amanda Ngwafusi looks on.
September 26, 2008
Gaels clip Ravens’ wings
September 26, 2008
Queen's defeats Western in Homecoming battle
Members of Queen’s University Muslim Students’ Association serve up a meal after sundown.
September 26, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 10.
September 26, 2008
Fiddle Master Photos
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
Gaels’ striker Kelli Chamberlain tries to keep the ball in play against Laurentian’s Krista Pantin in Sunday’s game at Richardson Stadium. Queen’s lost 1-0, but beat Ottawa 2-0 on Saturday.
September 23, 2008
One step forward, one step back
Commerce Society President Matthew Price says ComSoc’s Core Fund fee goes towards items that will benefit one class of the Commerce program.
September 23, 2008
Breaking down faculty budgets
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
Images from vol. 136, issue 9.
Channelling Joy Divison on a happier day, D’Urbervilles entertained at The Grad Club last Saturday evening.
September 23, 2008
Uber Villains
Gaels’ midfielder Andrew Colosimo dribbles past RMC’s Alexi Ouellet as fellow Gael Steve Irish looks on.
September 19, 2008
Men’s soccer beats rivals
ComSoc President Matthew Price says there was no mismanagement of ICBC funds.
September 19, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 8.
The Gaels’ Torey Kohara is taken down by McGill defender Jonathan Zimmerman in Saturday’s lacrosse match at North Field. The Redmen beat Queen’s 9-8 on a last-second goal.
September 16, 2008
Sports in brief
Queen’s forward Victoria Kaufman (27) attempts a pass in Sunday’s game.
September 16, 2008
Aeros soar over Gaels Sunday
Queen’s running back Mike Giffin hurdles Laurier free safety Courtney Stephen Saturday as teammate Scott Stinson (83) looks on. The Gaels beat Laurier for the first time in five years.
September 16, 2008
Gaels taste revenge
The Federal Election is set for Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
September 16, 2008
Alienating the electorate
David Ross’s vibrant sculptures and quilts are autobiographical and relate to his experiences living in Japan.
September 16, 2008
A forest for the trees
The Student Relations Committee’s online survey runs online from Sept. 1 to Sept. 19 and seeks student input on city-run services such as recycling.
September 16, 2008
Online survey seeks student perspective
SONAG founder and former city councillor Don Rogers says in addition to photographs, he plans to add audio and video clips of student parties to his website.
September 16, 2008
Images from vol. 136 issue 7.
September 16, 2008
Football Gallery
September 16, 2008
Shad Concert Gallery
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
September 12, 2008
Gaels fall to Trent in regular-season opener
While QCARD is famously frustrating as a program, most will concede that it’s at least a necessary evil.
September 12, 2008
Why does it have to be so QHARD?
The Artel is home to an eclectic mix of visual art and concerts.
September 12, 2008
Get out there! A Kingston venue guide
Scott Arsenault plays the bumbling Felix Humble, haunted by his beekeeping father’s ghost.
September 12, 2008
Humble Bees
University Secretary Georgina Moore says the hiring of Queen’s next principal lies with the Board of Trustees.
September 12, 2008
Principal search goes public
September 12, 2008
Images from vol. 136 issue 6.
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 Breanne Sherwood is tackled in Sunday’s rainy exhibition match against the Carleton Ravens as teammate Catherine Foster looks on. The Gaels beat the Ravens 32-8.
September 9, 2008
Sports in Brief
Gaels’ striker Renee MacLellan battles Trent’s Marie-Michelle Sullivan for the ball Saturday.
September 9, 2008
A win and a loss for women’s soccer
Gaels’ midfielder Steve Irish goes airborne against Trent’s Andrew Knapp in Saturday’s season-opener at Richardson Stadium. Queen’s won 2-1.
September 9, 2008
Baptism by fire
Graphology suggests an individual’s handwriting provides clues to their personality.
September 9, 2008
Graphology gets more wrong than write
Sci ’44 Co-op General Manager Brent Bellamy says the 20 houses owned by Sci ’44 co-op are currently undergoing a $120,000 retrofit.
September 9, 2008
Students green up their act
Jo Hatt and her rommate, Nicola Gilkinson (not pictured), both ArtSci ’12, live in a converted common room on West campus with a full kitchen.
September 9, 2008
Images from vol. 136 issue 5.
September 9, 2008
Images of the Grease Pole
September 9, 2008
Images of the Frosh Concert
Queen’s guard Dan Bannister drives against two Bulls Sunday.
September 5, 2008
Gaels beat NCAA school
The summer vacation period provides much-needed recreation time for stressed out students.
September 5, 2008
A summer-y of current vacation theories
Local artist Rebecca Soudant, who works in a variety of media and often collaborates, poses with her latest piece, a metal sculpture titled A Knowledge Tree: Nature’s Own Story.
September 5, 2008
Finding art in community
Graduate students explore the information booths at the first-ever graduate student orientation on Sept. 2.
September 5, 2008
Graduate students sample the frosh life
A FREC gives a Sci ’12 frosh a custom cut during the annual “EngCut Palooza,” held at Agnes Benidickson Field Wednesday.
September 5, 2008
Images from vol. 136 issue 4.
By getting involved, students better understand what Queen’s is all about.
July 29, 2008
Redefining campus activism
Romance in residence can be as simple as a microwave, strawberries and some chocolate chips.
July 29, 2008
Micro-wave goodbye to bland caf food
July 29, 2008
The Ghetto: unplugged
ORT Coordinator Jeff Waite says a thorough safety protocol has been put in place for the off-campus concert.
July 29, 2008
Images from vol. 136 issue 3
Incoming Chancellor David Dodge will lead the University’s search for a new principal.
June 24, 2008
From Hitchcock to headhunters
The Brew Pub boasts two patios: this one on Clarence St, and a back courtyard terrace.
June 24, 2008
Sun and suds make for patio perfection
With Void, Union Gallery’s walls become home to cultural narratives.
June 24, 2008
Filling the Void in Union Gallery
June 24, 2008
Images from vol. 136, issue 2.
C. R. Avery
June 24, 2008
Skeleton Park Music Festival, June 19-21
As far as hangover cures go, your votes say Stooley’s serves up the best in Kingston.
April 3, 2008
Best of Kingston
BioSci complex
April 3, 2008
Campus in haiku
April 3, 2008
Images from vol. 135, issue 40
Carlyn Bezic’s “Distortions” is a fresh perspective on body image, a well-worn motif in feminist art.
March 28, 2008
Bringing feminism forward
Janina Sochaczewski is the first place winner of Postscript's short fiction contest.
March 28, 2008
Images from vol. 135, issue 39
Ashley Peoples stands out as Daisy McCabe in Vogt B’s staging of Timothy Findley’s story Losers, Finders, Strangers at the Door.
February 8, 2008
Off to a strong start
EngSoc President Charlie Scott listens to a presentation at an EngSoc Council focus meeting Tuesday night.
February 8, 2008
Images from vol. 135, issue 32
Rick Lawley, certified energy auditor from Amerispec, measures the basement ceiling of 300 Barrie St. He says basement insulation is a big factor in keeping heat in.
January 18, 2008
How efficient is your house?
English professor Laura Murray says engaging in literary criticism doesn’t prevent you from enjoying what you’re reading.
January 18, 2008
Images from vol. 135, issue 26
Sharon Muilwyk’s exhibit en route depicts the artist’s colourful interpretation of landscapes across southern Ontario in her oil painting pieces.
November 23, 2007
In-between being
Vice-Principal (Operations and Finance) Andrew Simpson says lighting retrofits are a practical way to go green.
November 23, 2007
Vol. 135, issue 22
Matt Dylag, Law ’08, has OSAP and a student line of credit.
November 16, 2007
Paying the price for loans
Since Brendan Fell’s friends named him Ajax for his height which compares to the mythological Greek warrior, he has taken on the name as a part of his identity.
November 16, 2007
Images from vol. 135, issue 21
Gab Kokas and Chris Saba’s portion of Inaugural Doodlezoo will double as their gallery space for the show’s duration.
November 9, 2007
Finding art in the process
Veteran John Ross Matheson fought in World War Two after graduating from Queen’s in 1940.
November 9, 2007
Images from vol. 135, issue 20
M.P. Tully started drawing sketches of musicians to keep from feeling restless at concerts.
November 2, 2007
Sketches bring life to fantasy
Stephanie Nolen, right, speaks to a child in Alexandra township, Johannesburg.
November 2, 2007
Images from vol. 135, issue 19

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