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The April 2006 death of Sukaina Mohsin Ali and the October 2003 death of Liz Tremblay, both
first-year students in residence, have highlighted the potential for unforeseen crises that dons
may face.Continue...

At their May 27 meeting, the AMS Board of Directors in favour of switching the locations of the Greenroom and the Tricolour Market. The Greenroom will sell academic supplies and the Tricolour Market will sell retail items and gifts in the upcoming year.Continue...

Street parties by Aberdeen residents generate dissent amongst community members. It’s that attitude from some Aberdeen residents that has Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane concerned. Deane told the Journal that the reaction following an Aberdeen Street party on April 30 is a sign that the Kingston community has lost its patience with students.Continue...

Sukaina Mohsin Ali, who died in her residence room on West Campus on April 10, struggled with an eating disorder and depression before she left Karachi, Pakistan to come to Queen’s. Both Ali’s uncle and her cousin said that at the time of Ali’s admission to the University, her family in Karachi sent the University a letter from Ali’s psychiatrist informing the admission office of the first-year student’s struggle with anorexia.Continue...

Non-academic discipline will remain in students’ hands—at least until Nov. 30.

The motion by seven deans to revoke the student-run system and place its judicial power into the hands of the Principal’s office was tabled after Senate unanimously passed a motion made by Dean of Arts and Science Robert Silverman at the May 24 Senate meeting to shelve the motion until the Nov. 30 Senate meeting.Continue...

If the City of Kingston agrees to a recent proposal made by the University, the School of Music could have a facility its faculty members say it’s needed for 70 years: a concert hall.

More than 150 community members gathered in City Hall Monday evening to hear the University’s proposal for the J.K. Tett Creativity Centre. It is one of three proposals for the space being considered by the City of Kingston which is seeking to sell the property.Continue...

"We had concerns about the referendum versus the AGM process, and those were genuine concerns. But by the time we got into office, you have to realize, the AMS had been heading down this path for two years, so us coming in and saying ‘Nope, we’re not going to do this, we’re going to work against the AGM process,’ would be like a car going 180 mph towards a brick wall and slamming on the brakes three feet before you hit the wall."Continue...

Campus Security’s Student Patrol staff may find themselves working fewer shifts, in different uniforms and under a new name next year, depending on regulations arising from the recently passed Bill 159.

On March 23, Campus Security Director David Patterson met with all Student Patrol staff, emergency response operators and supervisors to inform them of changes that may arise due to the provincial bill which was passed on Dec. 15 2005.Continue...

Citing unfair treatment by the AMS Judicial Committee (JComm), the University Student Appeal Board (USAB) has overturned a tri-pub ban imposed on Kelsea Fitzpatrick, ArtSci ’09, in late November.

Fitzpatrick, who had originally received the ban for violating the All Ages Access (AAA) program when she did not retrieve her student card from StuCons at Alfie’s, said she was ecstatic about the appeal board’s decision.Continue...