Ongoing Queen’s Centre construction will continue to affect vehicle and pedestrian traffic across campus throughout the fall semester.
The intersection of Union Street and University Avenue will reopen at the end of September.
University Avenue north of Union Street will reopen in late November.

The influx of students to campus for fall semester has prompted the University to heighten security measures at construction sites. This decision came after a man was injured at a construction site near Ellis Hall.
He gained access to the site at about 1:15 a.m. Aug. 16, and was transported by regional ambulance service to Kingston General Hospital for observation, said Campus Security Director David Patterson.

Brian Sterling remembers a time when the biggest problem Clark Hall Pub had was running out of beer.
Sterling was social development convener for the Engineering Society in 1972, when Clark Hall Pub first opened.
On opening night, Sterling said, the new staff tried to provide an incentive for faculty to join students for drinks on Friday afternoon.

The Engineering Society executive closed Clark Hall Pub in June. EngSoc President Charlie Scott and Vice-President (Operations) Rob MacNamara cited budget inconsistencies and liability issues as reasons for the closure.
Erin Hall, the pub’s former business manager, said the practice of employees borrowing money from the pub, referred to as the “Bank of Clark”, has been going on for years.

The cell phone sounds its wake-up call at 7 a.m. as I rub my eyes and survey my dusty elephant-patterned mattress. I assess last night’s sweat factor and am thankful that tomorrow night I will get my turn in the fan rotation—it’s part of a deal that I have with my three project partners.

Queen’s psychology professor Brian Butler, accused of assaulting his neighbour, Andrew Hyett, with a ladder on Oct. 3, 2006, has received a conditional discharge. This means he receives no punishment on the condition that he does not contact Hyett, Hyett’s family or any visitors to the house either directly or indirectly. He also received a two-year probation.

The student code of conduct just got longer. The Senate Committee on Non-Academic Discipline (SONAD) released the draft of a revised student Code of Conduct. The committee is accepting feedback from students and faculty. Wendy Griesdorf, last year’s SONAD chair said the changes follow up on a recommendation of the Principal’s Task Force on Community Relations two years ago, suggesting the code of conduct be reviewed.

A security breach on a search engine at McGill University in late April made a number of former students’ marks public. It could happen anywhere, says Yolande Chan, a Management Information Systems professor at Queen’s School of Business.
Chan, who conducts privacy-related research for the Globalization of Personal Data Project, said she wasn’t surprised to hear about the incident at McGill.

The Engineering Society executive closed Clark Hall Pub indefinitely as of June 29, ending all employee and supplier contracts. Rob MacNamara, EngSoc vice-president (operations), said financial discrepancies, concerns about the pub’s operation and concerns from Clark’s insurers and liquor license holder led him to close the pub.

Amiri Baraka is the reason the state of New Jersey has no poet laureate.
He was named poet laureate of New Jersey in 2002. He was asked in September of that year to resign after one of his poems, titled Somebody Blew Up America, was criticized as being anti-Semitic.

Before Ottawa took over the title, Kingston was Canada’s capital from 1841 to 1844—and Kingston’s still excited about it.
Those three years when Kingston was the centre of Canadian commerce and politics were unforgettable. Or they should be, according to members of Kingston’s First Capital Day Committee.

A faulty desk fan caught fire around 2:30 p.m. June 13 in AMS General Manager Claude Sherren’s office.
The heat and flames destroyed almost everything in Sherren’s office and left the rest of the AMS wing clogged with smoke and ash. Fire Inspector Delbert Blakney, who investigated the office after the fire was extinguished, confirmed the cause was Sherren’s desk fan. He said the fan motor overheated, causing the fan’s plastic base to ignite.

The University is establishing a sustainability office it hopes will facilitate campus-wide environmental initiatives. With increasing concerns over the level of environmental sustainability at Queen’s, vice principal (operations and finance) Andrew Simpson says the University must adapt its practices to accommodate concerns over issues such as energy use and waste management. He said sustainability is multi-dimensional, and more research will be generated on issues such as waste management and energy use within campus buildings.

On the corner of Princess and Wellington streets you can find a workers’ co-operative, eclectic customers, local artwork and vegan dessert all packed into one place called the Sleepless Goat …