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Students vying to become MuchMusic’s next heartthrob got their big chance Tuesday in the JDUC, when the 32-stop “MuchMusic VJ Search: The Series” audition process visited the University.

AMS Student Centre Officer Andy Singh said MuchMusic contacted him in July about holding auditions on campus and plans for the event were finalized in early November. He said he thought the weather contributed to the lower turnout, as fewer people were passing through the JDUC in general.Continue...

Anyone attending the latest forum discussing issues surrounding Homecoming’s unsanctioned Aberdeen Street party may have noticed a distinct lack of journalists busy scribbling notes.

The forum, entitled “Aberdeen: Moving Forward,” was designated as student-only and media-free. Student ID cards were required for anyone wishing to enter the forum, which took place Tuesday evening in Grant Hall.Continue...

Before friends of Jordan Morelli, Comm ’06, were contacted by the AMS Judicial Committee to face alleged breaches of the Queen’s Code of Conduct, none of them had any idea students could be prosecuted for something they’d done off campus.

Morelli said his friends were surprised to learn that it was other students—not professors or the principal—who would be investigating their cases.Continue...

For one Commerce 351 Leadership team, skipping a meal is about more than just avoiding calories and trans fats.

Katie Elder, Comm ’06, and her four teammates have created a class project aimed at encouraging students to tackle hunger within the community. To accomplish this goal, the group has teamed up with Meal Exchange, a not-for-profit registered charity based in Toronto.Continue...

Principal Karen Hitchcock held her first student-specific “Engaging the World” forum at the Common Ground on Monday.

The forum was attended by approximately 30 students, including a large turnout from the executives of various faculty societies.Continue...

International students’ voices came to the fore Monday night at a forum run by the AMS Ad hoc International Student Issues’ Committee.

Moderated by Shiva Mayer, VP (university affairs), the forum drew a gathering of about 25 students to discuss matters such as residence life, tuition fees and international student representation on campus.Continue...

Queen’s has held steady in Maclean’s annual university rankings, and administrators and students say the University could be doing better.

The University held its fifth place overall ranking from last year in the medical/doctoral category, behind tied first-place winners McGill University and the University of Toronto, followed by the University of Western Ontario in third place and the University of British Columbia in fourth place.Continue...

More than 100 Girl Guides clamoring to become space explorers filled the third floor of the ILC last Saturday to participate in action-packed activities held by Women in Science and Engineering (WISE).

Girls aged nine to 11 participated for the second time in the annual event, which was organized by the University’s WISE chapter and Kingston District Girl Guides of Canada. The event’s purpose is to expose girls to science and engineering and encourage their interest in these fields.Continue...

Hurricane Wilma may have postponed an international conference on Cuban development by one day, but it didn’t affect the event’s outcome. Lisa Mickleborough, ArtSci ’06, who is one of four Queen’s students who spoke at the three-day event, said the conference, held Oct. 25 to 27 in Havana, Cuba, was a great opportunity.Continue...