March 3, 2006

Letters to the Editors

Mohammed cartoons about spreading hate Dear Editors, RE: “Depicting Prophet the real issue” (Journal, Feb. 14, 2006), “AMS’s motion 14 censorship” (Journal, Feb. 10, 2006). One of the most intriguing things about the fallout from the cartoon riots is the fact that both sides of the argument have …

March 3, 2006

Team USA lacked sportsmanship at Torino

Following Team USA’s loss in the quarterfinals of Olympic men’s hockey, forward Mike Modano had some choice words for the top administrators of USA hockey. Although Modano has since apologized for …

February 17, 2006

Letters to the Editors

Weight room attire questionable Dear Editors, It was a typical Thursday night: bodies were sweating around me, liquid was flowing down my throat, music was playing in my ears. When she walked in, I…

February 17, 2006

Torino 2006: does anyone really care?

I skipped class yesterday just to see Canada dismantle “zee Germans” in ice hockey. Most interesting to me wasn’t anything in the game, but afterwards, when the guys with whom I was watching the ga…

Letters to the Editors

February 14, 2006

Sustainable living in Sci ’44 co-op Dear Editors, RE: “Locally grown food an important issue” (Journal, Feb. 7, 2006). In your Feb. 7 issue, a letter to the editor expressed the need for Queen’s t…

Accepting existing diversity key to improvement

February 14, 2006

I come from many places. I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and grew up in Jeddah and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, after which my family moved to Buckingham, England, and later, Toronto. So when I arrived i…

Letters to the Editors

February 10, 2006

AMS’s motion 14 censorship Dear Editors, I would hope (though I dare not expect) that the student leaders of the AMS recognize their own attitudes in the uproar over the Mohammed caricatures. As th…

Freedom of speech no justification for cartoons

February 10, 2006

Often ironic and satirical in tone, cartoons have long served as a medium for critique and commentary, sometimes with devastating effects. Nazi publications, for example, routinely portrayed Jews a…

Letters to the Editors

February 7, 2006

Fair trade about making ethical choice Dear Editors, RE: “Fair trade campus unfair to consumers” (Journal, Feb. 3, 2006). In his letter to the editors, Cory Bloor has made several illogical argumen…

Hamas holds appeal in face of Fatah’s corruption

February 7, 2006

As I sat in the back of a taxi headed west on an Ottawa freeway on Saturday, my friends and I discussed the recent electoral success of Hamas with our Palestinian driver. Born in Nablus, educated i…

Letters to the Editors

February 3, 2006

Sexism has no place in Queen’s elections Dear Editors, The other day I sat in class, admittedly uninterested in the spiel being delivered by a pair of wide-eyed candidates for the ASUS exec. The pa…

Will you be voting HML, HPR, MBT or SHT?

February 3, 2006

FOR HML By Jimmy English ArtSci ’06 With the annual AMS executive campaign entering the home stretch, students across campus are choosing which team they will support on Feb. 7 and 8. We, as member…

Letters to the Editors

January 31, 2006

Candidates’ respect for ASUS clubs lacking Dear Editors, After being involved with ASUS for two years, I was very disappointed to walk into Ontario Hall on Jan. 23 and find that a poster for the AS…

Let’s talk about what deregulation really means

January 31, 2006

Make no mistake, I am opposed to deregulation. The AMS is also opposed to deregulation—in fact, they are constitutionally mandated to oppose deregulation. Despite the existence of the regulation/de…

Letters to the Editors

January 27, 2006

Student disgusted with administration Dear Editors, Re: “Students jam-pack ceilidh to talk tuition,” (Journal, Jan 20, 2006). I would like to express my disgust with the administration’s style of e…

Conservative minority a welcome change

January 27, 2006

One of my favourite episodes of South Park is the one where the elementary school has an election to vote on a new school mascot. This being South Park, of course, the two competing candidates are …

Letters to the Editors

January 24, 2006

Editorial too critical of AMS sustainability coordinator Dear Editors, RE: “Need for sustainability coordinator unclear,” (Journal, Jan. 17, 2006). I found it rather disappointing that of all the d…

Some friendly advice to AMS exec candidates

January 24, 2006

It’s January, and that means it’s time again for the annual AMS Executive vetting, where teams of candidates will try to sell you on their merits for the privilege of assuming the ninth through ele…

Letters to the Editors

January 20, 2006

Impressed with AMS’s sustainability initiative Dear Editors, RE: “Sustainability new focus for AMS services” (Journal, Jan. 17, 2006). I was impressed with the attention given to the environment an…

Choosing the next federal government

January 20, 2006

For the Conservatives By Chris Green, Comm ’06 One consequence of this extra-long winter campaign is that Canadians have been blessed, or perhaps cursed, with even more time to absorb the conflicti…

Letters to the Editors

January 17, 2006

NDP signs vandalized Dear Editors, On Jan. 14 my friend and I took time away from studying to brave snow, wind, and freezing temperatures to canvass part of the Ghetto for local NDP candidate Rob H…

On Jan. 23 vote anything … except Liberal

January 17, 2006

What would you think of a boss who stole company funds, cut benefits for higher profits, and consistently went back on his word? You’d probably expect him to be fired. And yet after four consecutiv…

Letters to the Editors

January 13, 2006

Lululemon strips customers of dignity Dear Editors, One cold Saturday in December I ventured out down Princess Street to run a few errands. It was early in the morning and the streets were fairly e…

No boys allowed: a female-friendly weight room

January 13, 2006

With students determined to maintain their New Year’s resolutions, you won’t see the dungeon that is the PEC this busy any other time of the year. As a student who regularly makes it to the gym abo…

Letters to the Editors

December 1, 2005

Why one student will vote Liberal Dear Editors, I’m nervous. I’m nervous about where our country is heading and I’m nervous that fewer and fewer people want to acknowledge the importance of the dec…

Kashechewan tragedy greater than water crisis

December 1, 2005

Every child dreams. In Canada we try to indulge the dreams of each child equally. Publicly funded education, universal health care and other social services draw people to Canada from every corner …

Letters to the Editors

November 25, 2005

Poverty found in our own backyards Dear Editors, RE: “White bracelets little more than shallow activism” (Journal, Nov. 18, 2005). The launch of the Queen’s Make Poverty History campaign this week …

Students should engage with University’s future

November 25, 2005

So Principal Hitchcock has plans for “Engaging the World.” The thing is, we don’t exactly know what those plans are. Her series of poorly-advertised town meetings to allow members of the Queen’s co…

Letters to the Editors

November 18, 2005

Union Gallery a ‘forum for ideas’ Dear Editors, RE: “Results in for fall referendum” (Journal, Nov. 4, 2005). The Union Gallery is the University’s student-run art gallery. It is the only student-r…

White bracelets little more than shallow activism

November 18, 2005

At the outset of the Make Poverty History campaign I was happy to jump on board. First hearing Erin Simpson from the Canadian Council for International Cooperation promote the campaign at Queen’s U…