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This past week, residence dons received sensitivity training on how to handle the holiday season while causing the least amount of offense. The outcome—designed to make students feel less excluded by prohibiting dons from putting up Christmas lights or organizing group viewings of Christmas movies—will end up causing all students to miss out on the spirit of the season.Continue...

The Conservative government is in the process of preparing their 2007 Budget, and one of the proposed changes is a complete overhaul of the Canadian taxation system. The proposed change involves income splitting—where income differences between married partners are evenly distributed, or more simply, the income of partners is averaged for tax purposes.Continue...

As exams creep up, we cram our time full of books and marks and coffee; it’s threw this experience that I have learnt a bit about geography but, thankfully, more about how important it is to take a step back and a deep breath to think about everything else that matters more in my life than a percentage.Continue...

What was most surprising about Monday’s municipal election results was incumbent mayor Harvey Rosen’s 1.93 percent victory over Rick Downes. Although Rosen ultimately garnered the most votes, he received a much needed wake-up call from thousands of voters.Continue...

On Monday, Nov. 13, Kingston residents will vote in the municipal election to elect a mayor, as well as representatives to city council. It’s important that students don’t neglect this chance to vote as the elected candidates will have a significant influence over the areas in which we live, work and play over the next four years. We offer our endorsements for mayor and in the wards where most students live: Sydenham, Williamsville, King’s Town and Portsmouth.Continue...

Last week, The Globe and Mail released its 2006 University Report Card magazine, with rankings based on student satisfaction. Maclean’s magazines university issue comes out today. Although the articles are informative, realistically, most people buy these magazines for the rankings. Unfortunately, the surveys are only based on student opinion and cannot be looked at as objective.Continue...

I woke up Sunday morning with a start. A quick look at my alarm clock confirmed what I had feared—I had overslept. That ambitious plan of showing up at Stauffer as soon as the doors were thrown open to eager keeners such as myself was clearly thwarted. No, the pop-up wasn’t a warning of embarrassing photos already posted and tagged. It was a kind little reminder that, hours previous, the clock had shifted from 2:00 a.m. to 1:01 a.m.Continue...

The AMS has decided to endorse candidates in the municipal election this year—the first time in recent memory that they have thrown their support behind a group of candidates at the municipal level.

In a meeting at Kingston city hall last Thursday, AMS Assembly voted to endorse Harvey Rosen for mayor and Ed Smith for Williamsville, but decided against endorsing a candidate in Sydenham, the district the University belongs to.Continue...

It has recently come to the attention of many students that their professors are spending more time on research, and less on teaching. It’s not only the fault of the school or its professors; it’s a systemic problem of universities becoming more research-intensive and less focused on undergrad education, mainly for the purposes of funding.Continue...