Rick Lawley arrives at 300 Barrie St. with a blower fan about half the size of a house door, a ladder and a package of information about saving energy.
On the busy corner of Brock and Barrie streets, the two-storey Ghetto house, has an open space for the living room and kitchen and a rickety, narrow staircase that leads up to three bedrooms upstairs.
Lawley has been a certified energy auditor at Amerispec for five years. He’s conducting an environmental audit on the house to assess its energy efficiency level.

Andrew Cameron was put in the unusual position yesterday of speaking for himself and his two running-mates, presidential candidate Allison Williams and vice-president (university affairs) candidate Yanique Williams, both of whom were in Ottawa at Queen’s Model Parliament.
The vice-president (operations) candidate said his team wants to focus on four As: advocacy, accountability, advancement and approachability.

Two years ago, in February 2006, Talia Radcliffe became Campus Activities Commissioner when Louis Plamondo resigned amidst controversy over an ice rink that was paid for but never built.
Radcliffe, who had previously been deputy commissioner, said she felt she was thrown into the position and it taught her how to keep cool under pressure.

Holly Archer, head manager of the P&CC and a fourth-year drama and English student, has only been involved with the AMS for two years but she doesn’t think that will hurt her campaign for AMS president. On the contrary, she believes her diverse experiences in those first two years at Queen’s make her an ideal fit for the job.

At the top of a flight of stairs, inside a small office across the stairwell from the locked doors of Clark Hall Pub, sit about 10 cardboard boxes stuffed with paperwork, dating from the late 1970s to 2007. The boxes, overflowing with rolls of receipts and handwritten IOUs, along with a set of Quickbooks software and some Excel spreadsheets, comprise Clark Hall Pub’s financial records. It was those dishevelled boxes and computer records David McConomy, an assistant accounting professor with Queen’s School of Business, examined in August 2007, at Rob Macnamara’s request.

Cosmetic lawn pesticides will have to leave Kingston for greener pastures—they’re no longer welcome here.
City Council voted last month to ban cosmetic pesticides starting October 2008.
Cosmetic pesticides are chemical or biological substances used to destroy insects, plants and fungi, in order to maintain the appearance of a lawn or garden.

In November, Macleans reported that last year one in three Canadian students relied on a federal student loan or line of credit issued by a major financial institution to help fund their education.
With over 350,000 students relying on financial assistance worth over $1.9 billion, defaulting on loans is a grim reality when it comes to the repayment process.
Defaulting means being unable to make payments on a student loan, line of credit, grant or bursary in the designated time frame.

Some of Clark Hall Pub’s former staff are disappointed with an Engineering Society report on the pub’s future.
The report, written by EngSoc Vice-President (Operations) Rob Macnamara, lists recommendations for better accountability, permanent staff, standardization of contracts and training and new marketing strategies.
2006-07 Clark Hall Pub Manager Chris Hannon, Sci ’06 and MSc ’08, said he questions the report’s effectiveness.

Queen’s Centre construction is on schedule and on budget, said Ann Browne, associate vice-principal (facilities). “We’re still looking towards all of our dates as they were,” Browne said. Phase One of the Queen’s Centre project is projected to be completed in September 2009. For the construction work currently underway, Browne said, the project is ontrack.
“Right now we’re still basically in a situation where weather could be against us. But overall we’re working to our schedule of September ’09,” she said.

On Sunday morning, six second-year students trudged up the steps of a potential house only to be faced with an all-too-familiar disappointment.
With low ceilings, unkempt carpets—which, the landlord eagerly pointed out, will soon be tiled—and a lingering smell of marijuana, the girls couldn’t leave the Brock Street residence quickly enough. Once outside, the frustrated group discussed their impressions.

Thirty-three Queen’s students were charged with violating the Liquor Licence Act during Homecoming weekend this year.
Charges include unlawfully keeping liquor for sale, unlawfully offering liquor for sale and unlawfully selling liquor.

The AMS prosecutor’s office received 105 complaints related to incidents that happened over Homecoming weekend.
AMS Director of Judicial Affairs Jeff Warshafsky said they’re able to pursue 93 of the cases. Of those, 57 are still pending and 36 have been passed through the Judicial Committee (JComm) through closed hearings.