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Criticism should bring Young down

Written on January 17, 2014. Posted in Opinions.

Maria Stellato, ArtSci ’14 “Rock stars don’t need oil” and a comparison of Fort McMurray to Hiroshima are probably two quotes you’ve heard about Neil Young’s recent comments on Shell’s Jackpine oil sands expansion onto Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation territory. At the very least, they were the first...

Speech Wall resurrected

Written on November 8, 2013. Posted in News.

Queen’s Students for Liberty (QSL) erected another Free Speech Wall on Monday, despite a severe backlash from the AMS and the University that lead to its removal last April. Annie Orvis, AMS Student Life Centre (SLC) officer, said that SLC staff weren’t aware that QSL intended to erect another wall...

Campaign goes inward

Written on November 8, 2013. Posted in News.

The Women’s Worth Week Committee ran a photo campaign this week on campus in anticipation of its annual initiative, asking students what makes them “distinctly beautiful”. The photograph sessions took place in the JDUC. Each room had a whiteboard where students wrote their answers to two questions...

Fighting cancer at Queen’s

Written on March 28, 2013. Posted in News.

Seven Queen’s students are leading the charge to remove tobacco sales and tanning beds from campus. They’re under the direction of the Campaign to Control Cancer (C2CC), a nationwide movement to educate and create dialogue around healthy living and community. Tobacco is currently sold in Ye Olde Tuck...

News in brief

Written on January 15, 2013. Posted in News.

Idle No More rally draws large crowd The Idle No More movement arrived on campus last Friday with a rally outside of Stauffer library. The demonstration began at noon and lasted for about an hour, and at its peak it numbered around 200 attendees and curious onlookers. The rally involved banners, placards...

Idle No More gains local following

Written on January 11, 2013. Posted in News.

Idle No More, the protest movement that’s been gaining ground both nationally and internationally since it began in December, will hit Queen’s this afternoon. The movement “calls on all people to join in a revolution which honors and fulfills Indigenous sovereignty which protects the land and water,”...

A 'subdued' history of activism

Written on November 23, 2012. Posted in Features.

The heart of campus saw students protest yesterday in response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza strip. Almost 100 students and community members gathered to show their support for both sides of the conflict. The relatively small turnout, similar to other recent rallies that have occurred...

Students protest against pipeline

Written on October 23, 2012. Posted in News.

Last night around 80 protestors gathered in front of the JDUC to voice their opinions about the Northern Gateway Pipeline that’s set to transport an estimated 525,000 barrels of oil from Alberta’s oil sands to B.C.’s West Coast per day. Jessica Buttery, ArtSci ’14, started planning the hour-long protest...

Support dwindles

Written on September 25, 2012. Posted in News.

Twenty-two years after Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life started in Kingston, event organizers have seen a decrease in donations for the event. “When we first started them in the 90s we had 300 or 400 people out and would raise on average around $25,000 a year,” John MacTavish, executive director for...

Where will you draw the line?

Written on September 21, 2012. Posted in News.

Thursday’s annual Take Back the Night march featured the launch of the new Draw the Line campaign — a provincial effort to target bystanders in sexual assault prevention. “The Draw the Line Campaign looks at bystanders and asks them through a series of posters — when you see something where do you...

OPIRG presses on

Written on September 14, 2012. Posted in News.

The Kingston branch of the Ontario Public Interest Group (OPIRG) won’t give up on their mission to serve the community and the University despite their loss of funding, OPIRG Coordinator Kavita Bissoondial said. OPIRG lost their $4, opt-outable fee after 62 per cent of voters cast ballots against...

Green folder to facilitate mental health referrals

Written on September 14, 2012. Posted in News.

Identifying and supporting students with mental health issues could become easier for professors and staff thanks to a new initiative on campus. All professors and TAs received a Green Folder this week, a four-sided document that contains information on when and how to intervene with students in need,...

Protests come to Kingston

Written on June 25, 2012. Posted in News.

As the Quebec student protests continue to gain international attention, Queen’s students and Kingston residents have taken to the streets to show their support. Since May 30, Kingstonians have gathered in McBurney Park, also known as Skeleton Park, every Wednesday at 8pm and marched through Downtown...

11 participate in Queen’s Kony 2012

Written on April 21, 2012. Posted in News.

Over 1,100 people were confirmed as attending the Queen’s Does Kony 2012 event on Facebook, but only 11 people showed up on Friday night. Starting at 10 p.m. the group put up over 100 posters along Princess Street. By 2 a.m. many of the posters had been taken down or destroyed and only remnants were...

Random act of kindness

Written on March 30, 2012. Posted in News.

Last month, 49-year-old Debbie Wooldridge boarded a train to Montreal to undergo gender reassignment surgery. “Leading up was the hardest part. As it got closer, it seemed like the days were getting longer,” she said. Once aboard the train, Wooldridge noticed a Queen’s student sitting near her. The...

Politician pushes for student action

Written on March 23, 2012. Posted in News.

For Ralph Nader, power comes in numbers. “If one person says, ‘Who am I? I have no influence,’ nothing will get done. But, if 20 million people say this to themselves, they are not powerless,” Nader said. Nader, an environmental advocate and former U.S. presidential candidate, spoke at Grant Hall...

Homeless for five days

Written on March 16, 2012. Posted in News.

Once youths turn 16, the government of Canada is no longer obliged to provide them with financial aid. It’s one reason why 13 Queen’s law students have chosen to live outside without any resources to take part in the national campaign dubbed 5 Days for the Homeless. Twenty-four other Canadian universities...

Don't listen to Kony campaign critics

Written on March 16, 2012. Posted in Opinions.

“Tweet to save the Invisible Children of Uganda! Make Joseph Kony famous!” You’ve likely seen similar statements splashed on your Facebook or Twitter feeds over the last 10 days. In fact, the 30-minute Kony 2012 video, a documentary intended to raise awareness about Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony,...

Kony 2012 hits campus

Written on March 9, 2012. Posted in News.

Within 10 hours of its creation on Tuesday, more than 1,200 Queen’s students had joined a Facebook event that hopes to raise support for Joseph Kony’s arrest. It’s part of the global campaign Kony 2012, started by American non-governmental organization Invisible Children. Kony, the leader of the rebel...

Animal rights group rallies

Written on February 16, 2012. Posted in News.

The popularity of Canada Goose jackets on campus resulted in an anti-fur demonstration on Tuesday afternoon. The Kingston Animal Trust, a local animal rights advocacy group, staged the protest outside the JDUC. Participants gave out pamphlets with information about the trapping and killing of animals...

NOPIRG plans to stop student fee

Written on January 31, 2012. Posted in News.

A ‘no’ campaign has been launched against the Ontario Public Interest Research Group’s opt-outable student fee. It’s the first time in the organization’s history at Queen’s. The $4 fee has been in place since OPIRG was started at Queen’s in 1992. AMS student fees go up for renewal every three years. “The...

Activists stand trial

Written on January 17, 2012. Posted in News.

The trial for Kingston prison farm protesters began yesterday at the Frontenac County Court House. Twenty-four people were arrested during a protest at Frontenac Institution on Aug. 8 and 9, 2010 that saw activists temporarily block trucks from removing the Frontenac Prison Farm’s cattle herd. The...

Occupy Queen's movement in the works

Written on January 17, 2012. Posted in News.

Occupy Kingston was evicted from their space in Confederation Park last month, but the movement is moving to Queen’s. Last Thursday, Occupy Queen’s had its fourth general meeting in the Grey House on campus. Matt Shultz, former Occupy Kingston participant, is now part of the Occupy Queen’s movement. Shultz...

Protests progress

Written on October 25, 2011. Posted in News.

Though they’re in violation of a city bylaw, Occupy Kingston protestors continue to camp in Confederation Park. Mayor Mark Gerretsen said City Council has no plans to remove the protestors. “At this time I don’t think there’s place to do anything when it comes to removing anybody,” he said. Occupy...

Dissent declines

Written on October 18, 2011. Posted in News.

Protesters with the Occupy Kingston movement dwindled from over 100 to five yesterday. While most vacated Confederation Park after the first day of protest on Saturday, four camped overnight in a tent in the middle of the park. The movement began Saturday afternoon in protest of student debt and the...

Plans for Occupy Kingston protest

Written on October 14, 2011. Posted in News.

Tomorrow the Occupy Wall Street movement is scheduled to come to Kingston. Protestors plan to occupy Confederation Park at 1 p.m. Though there’s no official organizer for the Occupy Kingston movement, participants met over the past week to discuss occupation strategies. They plan to demonstrate against...

Annual conference doubles in size

Written on October 4, 2011. Posted in News.

For the first time, Queen’s Health and Human Rights Conference offered free admittance to its delegates after $16,650 in sponsorship by Queen’s departments, Schools and organizations was provided to the conference. This marks an approximate $4,000 raise compared to last year. The weekend-long conference...

Campus Catch -Up

Written on April 1, 2011. Posted in News.

Protesting tuition increases Dozens of Quebec students occupied the office of the Quebec Ministry of Finance on March 24 to protest a tuition increase. As of 2012, tuition for students studying in Quebec will increase annually by $325 per student. The increase will continue for five years.Quebec Minister...

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