Final approval on the city of Kingston’s $6-million contribution to the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts has been delayed until Apr. 6.
The $63 million centre will provide recital, theatre, screening and rehearsal space. Isabel and Alfred Bader donated $18 million to the project and attended the Oct. 1 groundbreaking ceremony.

Eight hundred and six graduate teaching assistants and teaching fellows voted in the Teaching Assistant and Fellow Association’s (TAFA) Union drive on Tuesday, with 454 students voting in favour, 351 voting against and one spoiled ballot.

Two students are trying to eat three meals for less than $7.50 a day for almost three weeks to draw awareness to problems with the Ontario Student Assistance Program’s (OSAP) standard living allowances.
The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is running the “Food for Thought” campaign from March 8 to 23.

A new report by the Queen’s Child Care Working Group aims to address how to implement suggestions that have been made to improve childcare and daycare services at Queen’s.
The information in the report is being compiled by an expert in childcare from outside the University. It’s set to be released by the end of the term.

About 20 students paraded down a makeshift runway in the Queen’s Centre yesterday afternoon to promote alternative, and more inclusive, forms of fashion.
The fashion show, which the organizers dubbed “Rogue,” was inspired by a similar event that occurred at York University a few weeks ago, Katrina Keilhauer ArtSci ’10, said.

Two racist incidents that occurred on and around campus last week prompted online reaction from Principal Daniel Woolf and Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane.
Woolf and Deane jointly signed a statement condemning the incidents.

Queen’s may lose its law library if cuts to the University’s library system continue, Head Law Librarian Nancy McCormack said.
The Lederman Law Library personnel size is the same as the smallest law library in Canada, which is at the University of Moncton, McCormack said.

Most Student Constables are expected to be licensed this week after unsent paperwork was discovered in the Student Constables Office on Feb. 19.
AMS Vice-President (Operations) Leslie Yun said she’s expecting most of the licences to come in this week.

Three students were inducted into the Tricolour Society on Sunday for their extracurricular involvement during their time at Queen’s.
Each year, the Tricolour Award is presented to students for making an impact through their non-athletic and non-academic activities.

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The federal government’s 2010 budget promises for post-secondary education are getting mixed reviews from faculty and students.
The government announced $32 million for research grants and $20 million for the Pathways Program, which helps economically challenged groups reach post-secondary institutions.

The men’s volleyball team refused to settle for a third-straight OUA silver medal last weekend.
After losing the previous two OUA finals, the Gaels completed two comeback victories to earn their first provincial gold since 2007. The wins earned the team a trip to Kamloops, B.C. to compete at the CIS Championships at Thompson Rivers University.