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A Trudeau Foundation Scholarship just made Bob Huish’s, MA ’03, flights to social activism a little easier.
The Pierre Trudeau Foundation selected Huish, who is now attending graduate school at Simon Fraser University, as one of 14 scholarship winners on June 30, 2004.

The Foundation grants scholarships to outstanding doctoral candidates in the social sciences and humanities whose work falls under one of the foundation’s four themes: human rights and social justice, responsible citizenship, Canada and the world, or humans and their natural environment.Continue...

Mother Nature made waves for physical plant services on July 16 by drenching the campus with enough rain to cause major drainage backups.

Mac-Corry was one of the buildings worst hit. Gerald Plunkett, an area maintenance manager at physical plant services, said the rain began at 2:30 p.m. and lasted approximately an hour. Flooding occurred 15 minutes after the rain had subsided.Continue...

Starting this September, underage students who forget to pick up their student card after a night out at a campus bar could face a tri-pub ban, meaning they would not be allowed inside Alfie’s, the QP or Clark Hall Pub for at least three years. Last year, the AMS access program allowed underage students to go to campus bars provided they showed an access sticker on their student card at the door.

The Student Constable retained their card for pick up when they left the bar and marked their hand to let bar staff know which students were not allowed to drink.Continue...

Kasra Nejatian, Comm ’05, is asking Elections Canada to charge controversial filmmaker and U.S. citizen, Michael Moore.

Nejatian and his lawyer, Jonathan Denis, filed a formal complaint with Elections Canada last week regarding comments made by Moore while visiting Canada during the federal election campaign in June.Continue...

Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College have joined forces to form a unique program for students with learning disabilities.

On-Line to Success aims to help students gain a firm understanding of their disability as well as the technologies available to assist them in an academic setting, before they arrive on campus in the fall. The program also provides an opportunity for re-assessment before the school year.Continue...

Blair MacLean, the Conservative candidate, finished with 22 per cent of the vote when ballots were counted yesterday. MacLean first entered his campaign party at around 10 p.m. to chants of “Blair, Blair,” that soon faded into handshakes and quiet congratulations. He left shortly afterwards to deliver a concession speech at Peter Milliken’s gathering, returning to Whiskey Willy’s to address his supporters around 11:30.Continue...

On May 14, Queen’s students, Mike Maggrah, Erik Zufelt and Ryan Zufelt began Tour for the Cure, a cross-Canada bike trip created to raise $25,000 for cancer research and awareness. Contributor Andrew Norman caught up with the trio at a rest stop in Bowmanville.Continue...

Golden Gael football fans may not have to wait until alumni weekend to enjoy a few beers at Richardson Stadium.

AMS Campus Activities Commissioner Dave Homuth has submitted a proposal to Queen’s Administration that, if approved, would allow the commission to apply for a Special Occasion Permit from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission.Continue...

For the fifth consecutive election, Liberal Candidate and current Speaker of the House of Commons Peter Milliken won the riding of Kingston and the Islands by a wide margin of 52 per cent. Milliken, a Queen’s graduate, said his interest in politics was piqued while completing his undergraduate degree at the University.

He said he would continue to lobby the federal government for research and infrastructure funding for Queen’s.Continue...