Features Archive: 2009

Sci ’73 students fear the pit as they climb the grease pole during frosh week in 1969.
  • 8 years 11 months ago

Frosh week’s forgotten folly

Queen’s is known for its traditions, but it’s likely less known that hazing was once one of them.

In September of 1997, incoming Queen’s students and their parents were met with an early welcome to Queen’s along Hwy. 401. Large signs reading, “Queen’s fathers say goodbye to your daughter’s virginity!” and “Thank you Queen’s parents for dropping off your virgin daughters,” caused controversy on campus and in the national media, leading to widespread criticism regarding the orientation practices.Continue...

An empty building is all that remains of the S&R department store, which called 27 Princess St. home for 40 years.
  • 9 years 3 weeks ago

Everything must go: S&R closes its doors

As Queen’s students, it’s hard to picture downtown Kingston without many of its beloved shops and restaurants . But, many Queen’s alumni and long-time residents remember Kingston in the 1950s as a different city.Continue...

Kingston Employment and Youth Services Program Manager Gillian Watters says Kingston’s struggling tourism industry is primarily to blame for few job openings this summer.
  • 9 years 2 months ago

’Tis the summer of discontent

“I should have brought my resumé,” a frustrated Marc Li said while waiting in line to order at the Starbucks at the corner of Division and Johnson streets.

Li’s prolonged summer job hunt has become a full-time job in itself—without any breaks.Continue...

ESU students can enjoy shopping on Princess St., classes on campus and meals in the cafeteria.
  • 9 years 2 months ago

This summer, the kids are alright

“Oh my God!” my Grade 8 self squeals, “It says ‘ArtSci ’98’ had SEX in this room!”

This particular use of dormitory beds was one of many enlightening experiences—albeit less tasteful than most—I had as a 14 year-old student participating in the E=MC² program at Queen’s in 2002.Continue...

Daniel Woolf, who will assume the principal’s duties Sept. 1, said he believes the University’s budget problems are cyclical.
  • 9 years 4 months ago

Woolf in Queen’s clothing once more

Having spent time in Kingston as both an undergraduate student and a postdoctoral fellow, Daniel Woolf is no stranger to studying at Queen’s.Continue...

Wendy Crewson, ArtSci ’77, said working in the U.S. helped her make her name in Canada.
  • 9 years 4 months ago

Hollywood’s Canadian content

Wendy Crewson may not be a household name, but chances are you’ve seen her before.Continue...

Rui Resendes, GreenCentre Canada executive director, says the new centre has received about $3 million in industry funding in addition to the $9.1 million it received in government funding.
  • 9 years 5 months ago

Centring in on green technologies

One of the hardest parts of progress is getting new technology out of the ivory tower and onto the street.Continue...

With the Wolfe Island wind farm nearing completion, site supervison Mike Jablonicky says each turbine will generate enough power to run 800 homes.
  • 9 years 5 months ago

Testing the winds

But Erwin said she’s a big supporter of wind power, having spent time working on wind development in the 1970s and 80s.Continue...

A group of Queen’s students stand in front of Victor Hall boarding house in 1901.
  • 9 years 5 months ago

The story of a neighbourhood

Stumbling back to the 1840s and strolling across the land currently classified as Aberdeen Street would likely be an experience eerily similar to today.Continue...

Queen’s professors Dr. Karen Yeates and Gary Kibbins stand at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • 9 years 5 months ago

Moving mountains for health

Whether it’s scaling the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro or conducting research on global health from her office at Queen’s, Dr. Karen Yeates, a nephrologist at Kingston General Hospital and a Queen’s professor, is working to improve women’s health.Continue...

Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane in his office last February.
  • 9 years 6 months ago

Farm chores, finance and faculty relations

Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane loves his job and, after spending the day in his office, I do too.Continue...

New York Times Magazine featured the research of Meredith Chivers, an assistant professor in the psychology department who studies female sexuality.
  • 9 years 6 months ago

Arousing questions about female sexuality

If you met Meredith Chivers outside a professional function, chances are you’d have a skewed idea of what she does.Continue...

Constable Mark Aird says all Queen’s students he has arrested have talked themselves into jail.
  • 9 years 6 months ago

Riding with Kingston’s finest

It’s 9 p.m. and we’ve just met up with two other police cruisers in the Loblaw’s parking lot when the radio crackles and a frightened voice calls for help.Continue...

2008 Giller Prize winner Joseph Boyden performs at the Sleepless Goat Friday.
  • 9 years 6 months ago

Telling stories in different voices

Friday’s event also included a panel discussion about Canadian Indigenous writing featuring Boyden, Anishnabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Delaware poet and playwright Daniel David Moses.Continue...

Dr. Ann Croy (middle) with University veterinarian Andrew Winterborn (right) and staff member Valerie Barrette.
  • 9 years 6 months ago

The best laid plans of mice and men

From her ninth-floor office in Botterell Hall, Ann Croy has a bird’s-eye view of Queen’s campus.Continue...

Business professor Steven Moore says anyone can operate their own power system.
  • 9 years 6 months ago

Leading the (solar) charge

Economic times may be tough, but School of Business professor Steven Moore knows what to do.Continue...

AMS Municipal Affairs Commissioner Paul Tye left a May town-gown symposium in Oshawa early because he felt it was a waste of student dollars.
  • 9 years 7 months ago

AMS no longer tripping

AMS Vice-President (University Affairs) Stephanie St. Clair said the AMS has cut back attendance to student-dollar funded conferences across the board this year.Continue...

Town-Gown Relations Co-ordinator Joan Jones says students can negotiate with landlords.
  • 9 years 7 months ago

Landlords and the law

In the hunt for housing, many students worry about running into problems with their landlords.Continue...

Western’s $35 million recreation facility, financed mostly by students, opened last Monday.
  • 9 years 7 months ago

Construction left, right and Centre

With Phase One of the Queen’s Centre set to open in September and the layout of Phases Two and Three still undecided, the University will be finalizing the designs for the later stages of the project in the next two months.Continue...

The Kingston Street Mission Truck is open every night from 9 p.m. until at least midnight. On an average evening the truck has 15 to 20 visitors.
  • 9 years 7 months ago

Mission: warmth and community

Parked in the alley beside St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, at the intersection of Clergy and Princess streets, an inconspicuous white truck reaches out to those in need on Kingston’s cold winter nights.Continue...

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