News Archive: 2011

6 years 7 months ago

ArtSci faculty members at odds with admin over Fine Arts suspension

Arts and Science Faculty Board vote to reinstate admissions to the Fine Arts program for next academic year, but administrators say vote won’t affect the suspension decision.Continue...

Corey Sands, a Kingston public works employee, clears Bouchard Park after the Occupy Kingston protestors left this morning.

6 years 7 months ago

Occupy Kingston looks for new space

Occupy Kingston was evicted from Bouchard Park after moving there from Confederation Park on Wednesday night.Continue...

The current empty spaces in the Queen's Centre will be transformed to a grocery store and a pharmacy. They are set to open by the spring of 2012.

6 years 7 months ago

Grocery store and pharmacy to be installed in Queen's Centre

Negotiations for the final lease between the University, AMS and the two tenants are still ongoing.Continue...

6 years 7 months ago

Fine Arts students protest at Summerhill

BFA students to present motion at Board of Trustees tonightContinue...

Queen’s Bands has been suspended for the semester by the AMS and University administration because of internal publications.

6 years 7 months ago

Bands members report assault

An off-campus attack on a Queen’s Bands member was reported to Campus Security last week.Continue...

Andrew Dean (second from right), head manager of the Tea Room, with other staff members (from left to right) Sarah Ferguson, Dorothy Yu and Allister Smith.

6 years 7 months ago

Café produces zero consumer waste

Tea Room officials say the campus coffee shop is now the only café in Canada with zero
consumer waste.Continue...

Construction on MacGillivray-Brown Hall included tearing out cubicles in the gym and refinishing the floor.

6 years 7 months ago

AMS to announce retailers in Queen’s Centre

The AMS will finalize the two retailers to fill the empty spaces in the Queen’s Centre at a Board of Trustees meeting Friday.Continue...

6 years 7 months ago

Visits increase this year

Visits to the Queen’s Peer Support Centre have drastically increased this year.Continue...

6 years 7 months ago

News in brief

News in brief.Continue...

6 years 7 months ago

Campus catchup

Campus catchup.Continue...

Alex Neve, Canadian Secretary General for Amnesty International, spoke to students about Canadian human rights activism.

6 years 7 months ago

An era of ‘disappointment’

Canada has been regressive with human rights in recent decades, says the Canadian Secretary General for Amnesty International.Continue...

Steve Gillies, PheKin ‘13, says the loss of the PACT 338 course would be detrimental to the ways in which Physical Education and Kinesiology students interact with each other.

6 years 7 months ago

PhysEd students fundraise to save course

Physical Education (PHE) students held a Camp Day fundraiser on Nov. 25 in an attempt to save a half-credit course.Continue...

6 years 7 months ago

News in brief

News in briefContinue...

Chris Oldfield, a Sleepless Goat staff member, says the co-operative has struggled with competition like Starbucks and David's Tea.

6 years 7 months ago

Fundraisers planned for Sleepless Goat

The Sleepless Goat, a local destination for fair trade coffee and homemade food, is planning multiple fundraisers to address the business’s current financial challenges.Continue...