The “Committee to Restore Order” is looking for a student living on or near Aberdeen Street to join their new team.
Kingston city council has approved the framework for an 11-member committee to seek ways to prevent future illegal activity such as that which occurred during Homecoming.
At council’s Tuesday night meeting, it was announced that 10 of the committee members have already been named.

An underage student who failed to retrieve his student card from bar staff when leaving Alfie’s was sanctioned by the AMS Judicial Committee (JComm) last week for breaking All Ages Access (AAA) policy. According to a release, JComm met on Oct. 13 to rule on Andrew Y.C. Kong’s case. Kong had been charged with an alleged violation under Section 9 “AMS Access Sticker Policy” of the AMS Policy Manual, which stipulates that underage students who fail to retrieve their student cards from bar staff when leaving AAA events will have their privileges immediately revoked.

A student is facing a drug trafficking charge after Kingston Police executed a search at a house in the University Avenue area on Oct. 7.
The student will appear in court in mid-November to face the charge. Police also seized Canadian currency amounting to $3,000, he said.
Sharpe said the student is facing charges because of the amount of drugs seized

Called the Ghetto Green-Up, the event—-organized by the Municipal Affairs Commission—attracted 35 to 40 student volunteers and even some permanent residents.
The clean-up targeted Clergy, Earl and Aberdeen Streets, where participant picked up garbage on streets, lawns and sidewalks. Naomi Lutes, AMS municipal affairs commissioner, said she was satisfied with the volunteer turnout, especially considering that many students were busy with midterms and the weather was overcast.

The AMS Pub Services (TAPS) Head Manager Ian Anderson was suspended from his duties for a week earlier this month, after accumulating multiple internal disciplinary warnings for what he said were “problems of a personal nature.” Anderson’s suspension occurred from Oct. 1 to 8. TAPS is the combined service of QP and Alfie’s, which merged in 2004.

Hundreds of students were stranded in Scarborough Thanksgiving Monday, waiting hours for Tricolour Express buses to arrive and whisk them back to school. Three of the seven buses scheduled to arrive at the Scarborough City Centre at 7:50 p.m. came within a reasonable amount of time, but the majority of students were still waiting three hours later, when more buses finally showed up. It wasn’t until midnight that the last of the students left for Kingston, along with Destinations Head Manager William Howe and Student Services Director Ashik Bhat, who came to help coordinate the mix-up.

Adèle Mercier continued to draw fire at the Oct. 7 AMS Assembly meeting for her letter published in the Sept. 28 edition of the Toronto Star.
Members of Assembly approved a motion to take a stance against comments made by the Queen’s philosophy professor in a letter she penned regarding the Aberdeen Street party.
The motion, which was brought forth by Alex Loubert, ArtSci ’07, and seconded by AMS president Ethan Rabidoux, was passed with 25 votes for the approval, six abstentions and one vote against.

AMS clubs who feel a need to limit their membership in order to fulfill their mandate can now do so under an amendment to the AMS constitution.
AMS Assembly passed the amendment at their Oct. 6 meeting.
According to Commissioner of Internal Affairs Adrienne Smith, the amendment was made not only to clean up “outdated” policy, but on the advice of the Queen’s Human Rights Office.

Principal Karen Hitchcock is on a mission to “engage the world.”
In an e-mail addressed to members of the Queen’s community on Sept. 29, Hitchcock outlined her plan for the University to embark on a strategic planning process. She’s also published a discussion paper titled “Engaging the World” that outlines her vision.

In a Sept. 30 speech delivered at Carleton University, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the end of the current tuition freeze, originally set in September 2004.
Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane told the Journal this means there is a “strong potential” that domestic tuition fees at Queen’s will rise.

The Arts and Science Undergraduate Society executive welcomed a few new faces this week.
Elections for ASUS representatives to the AMS, ’07 and ’09 year society presidents and vice presidents were held on Oct. 2, 3 and 4.
Stephanie Kenny, Jeffery Nichols, Radha Tailor and Sarah Whitmore were the four candidates who ran unopposed and were confirmed as ASUS representatives.

An upswing in students eager for a homecooked Thanksgiving meal has prompted Destinations to search out alternate means of transport.
The service has chartered two school buses to Toronto to transport students in order to accommodate greater demand over Thanksgiving weekend.