
Construction Update
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.
As roadwork is completed along University Avenue, sidewalks will be available for pedestrians.
Paths have been constructed across University Avenue. Pedestrian traffic will not be permitted access to the construction site. Trespassers will be charged if found within construction areas. Crossings will be monitored by Campus Security to ensure the safety of all students, faculty and staff.
Detailed information on road closures, project updates, and a campus map can be found on the Queen’s Centre website at: queensu.ca/pps/roadclose/roadclose.html.
—Jane Switzer
Tricolour Market, Greenroom revamped again
After spending two years as the Greenroom, the Used Book Store is back. The store, located in the bottom floor of the JDUC, will continue to offer the same services offered by the Greenroom: used books, course packages and school supplies.
The Tricolour Market has also been re-named: to highlight its focus on clothing merchandise, the store is now known as Tricolour Outfitters.
Both name changes were made to make it more obvious to students what the services offer, said Alvin Tedjo, AMS retail services director.
Tedjo said he doesn’t expect the name changes to confuse students.
“If anything, it will only increase the number of people who are aware of what they are,” he said. The two services are managed under The AMS Merchandise Services.
The “knick-knack” products sold at the Tricolour Market last year, Tedjo said, will be sold at-cost until supplies run out, but store managers won’t order new merchandise in order to focus on their clothing lines instead.
The clothes sold by Tricolour Outfitters will be similar to what the Campus Bookstore sells, including brands such as American Apparel.
Tedjo emphasized that at neither store are services being reduced. “We’re just focusing [the services],” he said.
The AMS TV station, Studio Q, is changing its name to Queen’s Television, said Gillian Wheatley, AMS media services director.
“It better explains to students what the service does for them,” she said. The television station’s programming will also feature more news, as opposed to their entertainment based programming in the past.
—Lisa Jemison
AMS hires new TAMS manager
Julia Scott is the new head manager of The AMS Merchanise Service, replacing Hillary Smith, ArtSci ’08, who resigned in August.
Though she has assumed the head manager’s position, as former assistant manager, Scott will keep her portfolio of clothing and school supplies.
TAMS is hiring a new assistant manager who will be responsible for human resources and marketing.
Smith said the decision was a mutual one, made in consultation with retail director Alvin Tedjo.
“I went on vacation and I just re-evaluated what I wanted,” she said.
Smith, last year’s Campus Activities Commissioner, said the manager’s position was much different than she expected.
Applications for the assistant manager position have closed and interviews will take place over the next few days, Tedjo said.
—Erin Flegg
Queen’s Athletics strikes deal with the city
Queen’s hockey and skating teams will spend the next few years dividing their time between rented rinks in Kingston and Napanee. The recommendation to allow Queen’s varsity hockey teams, the varsity skating team and intramurals to use city-owned ice surfaces passed at a city council meeting Thursday.
The teams will be hosted primarily at the Memorial Centre but will also use the Cataraqui Arena, Centre 70 Arena and the Wally Elmer Arena.
The men’s and women’s hockey teams will hold all their practices and half of their games in Kingston, traveling to Napanee for the remaining 19 games.
The skating team will train only in the city and won’t host the annual Queen’s Open this winter.
Hockey intramurals will be played in the city.
Queen’s will pay $12,540 for ice time in Napanee for the 2007-08 season.
Queen’s will rent 1,016 hours of city-owned ice time during for the 2007-08 season at a rate of $200 per hour for prime time ice and $120 per hour for non-prime. The following year, Queen’s will become the primary user of the Memorial Centre for the next two years with the option of renewing the agreement for the subsequent two years.
—Erin Flegg
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