Residence
  • 8 years 6 months ago

Residence price tag too high for some

In her first year at Queen’s, Elysha Roeper found herself staring down a bill for over $10,000 — to be paid immediately. She decided the residence experience wasn’t worth the price.Continue...

Dons often face undue stress put on them by their employer, Queen’s Residence Life.
  • 9 years 2 months ago

ResLife requires rethink for residents’ sake

I have the utmost respect for the work Residence Life (ResLife) at Queen’s does.Continue...
  • 9 years 3 months ago

Dons dissent, discuss unionization

Residence dons are rallying against changes made to their workloads, with talks of unionizing in the future. Some have even threatened to walk off the job.Continue...

Construction of two new campus residences will commence shortly, impacting students living in Chown, Leggett, Watts, McNeill and Morris. Demolition work will take place on Stuart St. between Albert St. and St. Lawrence Ave.
  • 9 years 5 months ago

There's no place like res

Soaring first-year enrolment may be preventing Queen’s students from getting the residence experience they desire.Continue...
  • 10 years 1 month ago

Hidden camera found in Victoria Hall

A small hidden camera was discovered in a Victoria Hall washroom on Feb. 13, according to an email sent to residence staff.Continue...

People don’t fully understand what the ResRules do for the building of a community.
  • 10 years 1 month ago

For the 57 per cent

When I was in first year, I was documented for having a screaming contest on my floor with two other friends. I did it because our floor was too quiet and I know it sounds silly now, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. Three years later, I am still living happily in residence partly because of the rules — not in spite of them.Continue...

Both Watts (top) and Leggett Hall residences were built to accomodate an influx of students entering Queen’s.
  • 10 years 5 months ago

Building up a conversation

In the early 2000s the Government of Ontario announced the elimination of Grade 13 in Ontarian high schools. The announcement held significant implications for post-secondary institutions in the province — both the Grade 13 and Grade 12 classes were graduating in the same year.

Queen’s was among those expected to increase their admittance for the double cohort, amounting to 3,000 new students over four years.

A recent Board of Trustee’s decision places Queen’s in a similar situation today.Continue...

The JDUC will begin housing undergraduate students this fall as a response to increased enrolment.
  • 10 years 10 months ago

Senate approves first-year residence in JDUC

As a result of increased undergraduate enrollment, 98 first-year students will move into the JDUC in September after plans to turn the building’s graduate spaces into undergraduate rooms were approved.Continue...

According to the Main Campus Residents' Council's (MCRC) rules handbook, students aged 19 or over are allowed to have up to 24 cans of beer in their residence room.
  • 11 years 1 month ago

Sanctions go too far

It's inevitable that students will drink alcohol during their first year of university. The residence rules system should recognize this.Continue...

Students admitted to the Campus Observation Room must be able to walk alone or with little help from others as well as form semi-coherent answers to basic questions.
  • 11 years 4 months ago

Res citations increase

Drunk students can end up in either the Campus Observation Room, Emergency Room or Detox CentreContinue...

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