Next year’s frosh leaders might be in store for a more inclusive hiring and training process after a
workshop ended prematurely for some frosh leaders this year. The incident began when the
Queen’s Committee for Racial and Ethnic Diversity (QCRED) was speaking to physical education and
commerce students.

Vice-Principal (Advancement) George Hood, who has raised more than $300 million for the University, will retire at the end of December.
“I’ve always had this date in mind,” Hood said. “I decided that this was great timing.”

Although some Canadians may disagree with sending troops to Afghanistan, the country’s ambassador to Canada said people need to understand the situation better so they can have a concrete idea with educated solutions.

You’re just over the panic mode that was mid-terms when you realize you’ve got three research papers and a lab to write and weeks of readings to catch up on. Add to that the time commitment of extra-curriculars and social events, and you realize that time is going to be a bit tight for the next few weeks.
Chances are, just thinking about tackling the long to-do list ahead stresses you out.
But what, exactly, does that mean? What is stress?

The decision by 22 Canadian universities to opt out of the Maclean’s university ranking survey didn’t hurt the rankings said Tony Keller, managing editor of special projects.
“I think the fundamental goal was to try to put Maclean’s out of business, and they didn’t succeed,” he said. Queen’s was rated second in this year’s medical-doctoral category.

After being involved in municipal politics for 15 years—nine years as a city councillor and six as a school board trustee—Rick Downes was faced with a difficult decision: would he retire from political life
or aim higher and run for mayor? “I thought quite seriously about it, and I guess … the responsible thing would be to let the people decide that in elections,” the 48-year-old said.

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith wants to be making the decisions, rather than having them made for him. After the ArtSci ’07 faced bureaucratic challenges trying to start a gourmet panini business this summer, he decided to run for city council. Since then, Erskine-Smith said he has become aware of other issues that reaffirmed his decision to run.

On a rainy Saturday, about 100 anti-war protesters marched from Queen’s campus through downtown Kingston to express their disapproval of Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan, an hour after the CFB Kingston garrison marched to City Hall to show support for Canadian troops.
The City of Kingston organized a Freedom of the City ceremony to show appreciation of and support for Canadian troops and their families.

When campus security responded to an active fire alarm at the JDUC last week, they found that property had been burnt at three separate locations–one being the Ramadan banner hung outside the Queen’s University Muslim Students Association’s (QUMSA) club space.
On Oct. 23 at 1:09 a.m., campus security received notice of a fire alarm at the JDUC.

If all goes according to current plans, the University will enlarge Tindall Field to regulation size—about 100 metres–and convert it to artificial turf and add an underground parking to the neighbouring lot this spring.
The field’s location would be moved east to where the parking lot now lies, and the parking lot would be rebuilt on the field’s old site.

The JDUC’s second floor is getting a makeover, with a new wheelchair accessible washroom, a religious ablution space and renovations to the Robert Sutherland room.
JDUC Director Bob Burge said the JDUC council has wanted to renovate the space for a while, but it wasn’t until August that it obtained the funds from the University to do so.