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A student was found guilty of violating the All Ages Access (AAA) policy when she forgot to retrieve her student card from a charity event in early November.

Last Thursday, the Judicial Committee (JComm) met to decide the matter of AMS vs. Kelsea Fitzpatrick, Sci ’09. Alvin Tedjo was the StuCon on duty at the exit door at the time Fitzpatrick left the bar.

Tedjo said at the hearing that he was not more than two or three feet from the exit door at any time.Continue...

It’s for students like Catherine Payne, Comm ’09, that a new food and entertainment facility has been proposed for the lower common room in Victoria Hall. Payne, who lives on main campus, said that although she doesn’t plan on living in residence next year when the facility is scheduled to open, she thinks it’s a neat idea. The project, slated for groundbreaking on May 1 and opening next September, is currently in the design stages.Continue...

On Monday evening, a non-confidence motion passed in the House of Commons, officially beginning a federal election campaign. Only 17 months after the last federal election, candidates and politically-minded students alike are gearing up for the longest federal election campaign in more than two decades.

The timing of this campaign, which will span the holiday season, has been criticized by some observers.Continue...

There is a foolproof and easy solution to the Aberdeen Street Party: simply arrange for a torrential, frigid downpour to begin at 8 p.m. on Homecoming and last until 5 a.m. the following morning.

Barring this, however, there are no simple ways of preventing a repeat of the chaos and violence that marred this year’s Homecoming. We learned this lesson last month. Despite a year of preparation and consultation between the AMS, Kingston Police and the University, despite the heavy police presence and the well-attended alternate event, our efforts failed.Continue...

Queen’s students and community members gathered outside Grant Hall Monday evening for a candlelight vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Huddling in a circle holding flickering white candles, 34 people paid tribute to individuals who were slain as a result of anti-transgender hatred or prejudice in the past year.

The event was organized by the Education on Queer Issues Project (EQuIP), a group within the AMS Social Issues Commission that is dedicated to lobbying for and educating the public about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.Continue...

Several Queen’s students have reportedly been suffering from salmonella poisoning after eating contaminated bean sprouts in the last two weeks.

Public health officials have issued a warning to the public to avoid eating the vegetable, which has affected 15 Kingston-area residents, including an undisclosed number of students.Continue...

There was tension in the air at Wallace Hall on Monday, as Principal Karen Hitchcock met with students to discuss how they can improve relations with the Kingston community in the aftermath of the unsanctioned Aberdeen Street party.

The approximately 25 students who attended the meeting received an e-mail invitation from Hitchcock. According to the Principal’s Office, approximately 350 students were invited because of their positions of leadership with student government, faculty societies, clubs, DSCs, intramurals or intercollegiate sports.Continue...

Concerns raised last year about the religious affiliation of Operation Christmas Child—a charity that sends boxes of presents to children in developing countries—has prompted the AMS to stop distributing the boxes on campus this year.
However, the boxes appeared once again on campus after a group of students in a Commerce course approached Residence Life (ResLife) about helping to publicize and distribute the boxes. The group said they knew of the charity’s evangelical affiliations, but didn’t perceive a potential for students to be unwilling to participate because of that fact.Continue...

The Nursing Science Society will install a new president and vice-president next Thursday.

Nathan Duyck, Nurs ’07, and Alex Harris, Nurs ’08, were notified on Nov. 10 of their acclamation as president and vice-president, respectively. Each was required to collect 10 nomination signatures from nursing students.Continue...