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The much-anticipated Queen’s Centre opened on Tuesday morning, providing equipped workout spaces, common areas for study and a new and improved food court.
The pristine facilities are an exciting addition to Queen’s campus. The Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) improves upon the PEC’s fitness environment by leaps and bounds, offering state-of-the-art equipment with features like individual television screens installed on cardio machines.Continue...

Queen’s Computing Students’ Association (COMPSA) will have its Orientation Week autonomy put on probation in Sept. 2010. COMPSA will instead be integrated with the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS)’s Orientation Week.

Acting Faculty of Arts and Science Associate Dean (Studies) Hugh Horton said COMPSA lost its independent orientation week privileges due to past problems with the Academic Orientation Committee (AOC), a board made up of faculty, staff and students.Continue...

Jen Kwok’s “Date An Asian” may have been meant as a playful song, but its critique of mainstream North American culture rings true.

“Where my Punjabis at? Where my Filipinos at? Where my bubble tea-drinkers at?” Kwok croons in her self-described Mariah Carey-esque video.Continue...

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is planning to increase its fares starting in Jan. 2010, the Globe and Mail reported Nov. 16. If the fee increase is approved, individual adult fares will rise from $2.75 to $3.00.

The TTC is also putting forth a motion to extend discounted rates for high school students to include university and college students.Continue...

The Ontario Ministry of Education will introduce five new social sciences and humanities courses into the high school curriculum starting September 2011.

The courses include gender studies, world cultures, human dynamics, and separate equity studies classes for the college/university and workplace tracks.Continue...

As today is the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, I can’t help but remember everything the likes of Big Bird and company taught me in my early childhood years.

I really learned a lot from the folks on Sesame Street. After all, it was the Cookie Monster who taught me that the word “cookie” does indeed start with the letter C.Continue...

The Vancouver 2010 Olympics will be missing Canada’s head of state, the Toronto Star reported Nov. 8.

Queen Elizabeth II declined the Government of Canada’s invitation to open the Olympic ceremonies this winter. Governor General Michäelle Jean will do the honours instead.Continue...

Auditor-General Sheila Fraser’s report on immigration in Canada has exposed some flaws in the system, the Globe and Mail reported Nov. 3.

Fraser said responsibility for immigration decisions is being increasingly handed over to the provinces and employers, rather than being federally regulated.Continue...

If there’s one thing I look forward to when the Halloween season comes to a close, it’s discount candy.

But when you step into your local Shoppers Drug Mart or dollar store this November, you might just be greeted by one of the most terrifying and bewildering sounds—the Christmas carol.Continue...