Underage students haven’t violated the AMS’s revamped All-Ages-Access program since it began in September, according to Head Student Constable Sean Kershaw and AMS VP (Operations) Ian Black. “I can’t think of single one this school year,” Kershaw said.

Foodbank usage dropped significantly this year from more than 1500 visits in 2003 to approximately 50 so far this year. Tara Tran, ArtSci ’07 and AMS Foodbank manager says broader patterns outside of the Queen’s community may be the answer.

In January 2004, the University Aboriginal Council created a policy that would allow for 10 aboriginal students to be admitted to the Faculty of Arts and Science under a separate admissions process. The council was aware that aboriginal students were under-represented and hoped to provide more opportunities for students of aboriginal heritage.

Vibrant, dynamic, upbeat, passionate, and genuine are some of the words that have been used to describe Queen’s University Professor Jacalyn Duffin. Last spring, Duffin was nominated by Ahmed Kayssi, Meds ’09, and Michel Shamy, Meds ’06, to submit a videotaped lecture to TVO’s annual Best Lecturer Competition. The submitted lecture discussed historical patterns of various plagues, spanning from the Plague of Athens in the fifth Century BC to current crises such as AIDS and SARS.

When Anthony Harris got off the plane on Sunday morning, he was greeted by at least 15 people, ranging from members of the SWAT team, to paramedics, firemen, airport officials and nurses. On his way back to Toronto from Miami after ten days in Costa Rica, Harris’ American Airlines plane was about to land when he felt something on the back of his left leg.

While most of the Queen’s population was on winter break, an estimated $60,000 worth of computers was stolen from Jeffery Hall. This was the highest-valued theft from campus since Campus Security started keeping statistics on reported thefts eight years ago, said Campus Security Director Dave Patterson. “It’s now estimated at 62 computers–the estimated value is at $60,000,” he said.

Students wondering how their tuition dollars are spent have their work cut out for them. Glenda Kaye, director of financial analysis and budget, said the budget isn’t designed to be able to track how much of a student’s tuition goes to what aspect of operating costs.

Kimberley Mosher, Comm ’08, was supposed to go to Thailand on Jan. 2, but on New Year’s Day, the Centre for International Management, which organizes exchanges for the Queen’s School of Business, asked her to delay her trip to Bangkok for about a week in order to assess the safety of the situation.

Much of the Arab indignation focused on the timing of Saddam Hussein’s execution, which coincided with the holy Muslim festival of Eid-Ul-Adha. The day following the execution, Egyptian newspaper Al-Wafd’s front-page headlines were “Bush slaughters Saddam in Eid-Ul-Adha,” and “America mocks Muslim sensitivities.” Traditionally, the Muslim festival of Eid-Ul-Adha—one of two main Muslim holidays of the year, the other being Eid-Ul-Fitr at the end of Ramadan—is considered a joyous occasion in which people are urged to reconcile their differences and make peace.

Of the 12 promises team MBT made during last year’s AMS election campaign, five are more or less complete, four are in progress and three have fallen by the wayside.
The AMS executive—President James Macmillan, Vice-President (Operations) Ian Black and Vice-President (University Affairs) Meghan Teuber—revealed a campaign featuring one promise for each month of their term in the AMS government should they be elected. Eight months into that term, the results of these promises have been hit and miss, but MBT say they wouldn’t have changed a thing.

With the theme, “Get Cold to Keep Others Warm,” the Queen’s Helping Hand Association’s
Polar Bear Dip Fundraiser for the Ryandale Shelter for the Homeless took place last Saturday at 2 p.m.

A professor is suing Queen’s for $1 million while still working for the University, the Journal has learned. Dr. David Strum is seeking damages from the University and Kingston General Hospital for continuing breach of contract; misrepresentation and/or negligent misstatement and/or deceit; constructive wrongful dismissal; defamation; breach of the duty of good faith; and punitive, exemplary and aggravated damages.

Queen’s uses a variety of animals for research in medicine, biology, neurosciences and other fields, but won’t disclose how many animals they have, what species they are or where exactly they’re kept.