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Accessibility and the broader learning environment are just two of the major issues raised by faculty societies in response to Principal Karen Hitchcock’s discussion paper, “Engaging the World.”

Several of the responses were submitted to Hitchcock following her address to AMS Assembly last Thursday about the vision statement, which was released last October and outlined a tentative long-term plan for the University.Continue...

After a five-year love affair with CFRC, Eric Duncan has made a permanent commitment.

On Friday, he had the CFRC logo tattooed onto the back of his neck in front of station volunteers, friends, and a handful of curious spectators in the JDUC. Duncan, CFRC’s programming manager, had vowed to take the plunge if the campus radio station’s first funding drive raised $5,000. The drive was held from Jan. 27 to Feb. 8.Continue...

After many years of separation, Canada’s first prime minister will be reunited with his first wife in the small Ontario city where they began their life together.

A combined purchase by the University, the city of Kingston, the Kingston Economic Development Corporation, and private citizen Diane Weatherall has ensured that one of two known portraits of Isabella Clark Macdonald will be displayed alongside that of her nationally renowned husband in his hometown of Kingston.Continue...

Riding on a Team MBT victory, a sleep-deprived Louis Plamondon, ArtSci ’06, delivered a resignation letter to the current AMS executive yesterday afternoon, effectively making him the fifth senior AMS staffer to quit his post this academic year.

Plamondon returned yesterday morning to his position as the AMS Campus Activities Commissioner (CAC) after taking a two-week leave of absence to work as one of Team MBT’s campaign managers.Continue...

The results for the most question-heavy referendum in recent memory came in at 9:30 p.m. last night, one day after the final ballot counting began.

Out of the 31 binding referendum questions and two non-binding plebiscite questions, everything passed but one of two plebiscite questions. Voter turnout was 32.3 per cent of eligible voters. Because turnout was more than 19 per cent, questions needed 50 plus one per cent to pass.Continue...

Little did Ghetto landlord Phil Lam know that when he planted a couch on the porch of 288 Earl St., as his tenants allege, he would find himself the recipient of a cockroach in exchange.

But Lam was a no-show for the transaction, which took place yesterday afternoon in the JDUC.

More than 250 students filled the Upper and Lower Ceilidhs to hear stories and view photos of alleged property standards violations in the houses he leases, during the first-ever presentation of the Golden Cockroach and Key to the Ghetto awards.Continue...

With AMS executive elections taking place today and tomorrow, the relationship between students and their student government representatives has never been more relevant. Queen’s has a higher voter turnout for student elections than most Canadian universities, with a near-record turnout of 35.9 per cent last year—more than double that of schools such as the University of Ottawa and the University of British Columbia. However, when the participation of one-third of students is deemed a success, is it fair to say that students really care about their student government?Continue...

The University announced last week that Queen’s University Against Killer Coke (QUAKC), received a $2,000 grant from the University’s Cold Beverage Exclusivity Fund (CBEF), as part of the Cold Beverage Exclusivity agreement with the University.

QUAKC runs the “Killer Coke” campaign, which spreads awareness about the business practices of Coca-Cola, and aims to pressure the University to break its 10-year exclusivity deal.Continue...

On the final day of campaigning for this year’s AMS elections, the executive teams were up to some crazy antics, including jumping in Lake Ontario and enlisting a bear to endorse their campaign.

Members of Team HPR waded into the lake at 1 p.m. yesterday from the beach at the foot of Lower Albert, something they had promised to do if they received 2,000 responses to a student-input survey on their website. The team took the plunge despite receiving only 900 surveys back.Continue...