Last week, Queen’s No Sweat obtained documents showing that not all pieces of Queen’s Athletics apparel are made in Canada, contrary to the University’s claim when it signed a contract with adidas in September.
It’s 2:26 a.m. and I’m sitting, red-eyed and sleep-deprived, in front of a fluorescent monitor, typing out the last words of what is to be my final editorial for the Journal.
Queen’s exclusivity agreement with Coca-Cola ends next August, when the University can either re-sign with Coke or seek a new contract with another cold beverage company.
Last Sunday, a Vatican newspaper published an article naming the washing machine the greatest contribution to Western women’s liberation in the 20th century, the Globe and Mail reported Mar. 10.
During their referendum Feb. 25 and 26, members of the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) voted down the proposed Athletics and Recreation fee increase of $120 spread over three years.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a CNN interviewer that Canadian troops and their NATO allies can’t defeat the Taliban, the Globe and Mail reported Mar. 2.
Last week, after learning the University won’t receive any year-end operating money from the provincial government, Principal Tom Williams announced further cuts to Queen’s operating budget in his three-year plan.
According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s (HSF) new report, the price for healthy foods varies widely across Canada, the Globe and Mail reported Feb. 10.
Last Thursday, AMS Assembly voted to allocate undergraduate students’ $25.5 million contribution to the Queen’s Centre to specific phases of the project.
You can’t pick up a newspaper or turn on a TV these days without being faced with a grave fact: The world’s in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Depression.
Steve Coll, who spent 20 years working at the Washington Post, proposed introducing a non-profit model for newspaper operation in the ideas section of the New Yorker Jan. 28.
Tenured professor Denis Rancourt was suspended by the University of Ottawa in December after promising to give all the students in his fourth-year physics class an A+ as their final grades, the Globe and Mail reported Feb. 6.
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