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Uncontested COMPSA presidential candidate discusses platform

Written on March 2, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

Sanindie Silva, CompSci ’23, is running uncontested for President of the Computing Students Association (COMPSA). Silva spoke with The Journal to discuss her goals for the Association. After wanting to be involved in student government since elementary school, Silva jumped at the opportunity to...

Uncontested COMPSA presidential candidate takes questions at open forum

Written on March 2, 2021. Posted in Elections, News.

The Computing Students Association (COMPSA) hosted a virtual question and answer period for Presidential candidate Sanindie Silva, CompSci ’23, on Feb. 23. A small group of students came out to the virtual event to ask Silva questions about her candidacy. Uncontested in this year’s race, Silva presented...

COMPSA to hold Town Hall meeting on remote learning

Written on November 26, 2020. Posted in News, Student Politics.

After a full semester of online learning, the Computing Students Association (COMPSA) will be holding a Town Hall meeting this Friday at 5 p.m. over Zoom to reflect on the remote student learning experience. The Town Hall will overview students’ experiences after the fall term, to find ways to improve...

Computing Student’s Association to survey students on fall reading break

Written on November 22, 2019. Posted in News.

The Computing Student’s Association (COMPSA) will send out a survey to gauge student opinion on the fall term break, according to COMPSA President Nana Boateng. Following the rejection of the 2021-22 academic calendar at the Arts and Science Faculty board meeting due to concerns over the structure...

COMPSA vice-president (operations) candidate Shreyansh Anand talks entrepreneurship

Written on January 26, 2019. Posted in Elections, News.

Shreyansh Anand, CompSci ’21, is pushing to fill the gaps in the computing experience at Queen’s, starting with mentors and entrepreneurship. The second-year biomedical computing student, running for vice-president (operations), is currently the start-up coordinator on the COMPSA Executive—a position...

Vice-presidential candidate wants COMPSA to “regain trust of students”

Written on January 26, 2019. Posted in Elections, News.

Danielle Edward, CompSci ’21, aims to rebuild COMPSA from the ground up as the vice-president of operations for the 2019-20 academic year. Through the position, the second-year software development specialization student told The Journal she wants to be closer to the Association’s daily responsibilities,...

COMPSA executive debate recap

Written on January 26, 2018. Posted in News.

The Computing Students’ Association Executive debates on Monday night prompted discussions about the faculty society’s lack of visibility among other faculty societies. The debates were relatively uneventful with the only contested position being Vice-President (University Affairs). The event was...

COMPSA 2018 elections see only one contested position

Written on January 26, 2018. Posted in News.

This year, only one of three executive Computing Student’s Association (COMPSA) positions will be contested in a race of all second-year students. The Journal met with the four candidates running to hear about their platforms, prior leadership experience and visions for the future of COMPSA. President Max...

JBP to succeed LWT as AMS Executive

Written on January 31, 2017. Posted in News.

Just after 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday night, a boisterous crowd of blue-clad supporters were interrupted by the sudden arrival of the current AMS Executive: the signal that Team JBP had won. Leading the way through the chanting crowd, Vice President (Operations) Dave Walker was the first to embrace President-elect...

Introducing the first tenure-track computing professor in 10 years

Written on January 17, 2017. Posted in News.

As the first tenure-track professor hired into the School of Computing this decade, Farhana Zulkernine’s appointment has been a long time coming. “I know what the students are going through,” she said, referring to the ten-year hiring hiatus in the School of Computing. “I knew the program was lacking.”...

School of Computing to hire first tenure-track professor in 10 years

Written on September 27, 2016. Posted in News.

Max Garcia loves the Denver Broncos, and earlier this year he watched them win the highest accolade in the NFL. For him, that kind of joy isn’t easily topped. However, in early September, Garcia — the former president of the Computing Students’ Association (COMPSA) — told The Journal he’d received...

Computer Science is here to stay

Written on February 11, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

Take 10 seconds to look around you. What do you see? I bet your smartphone, tablet or laptop are within arm’s reach. Magical though they may seem, these products are not the result of the supernatural or divine. They’ve mostly originated in the last 20 years thanks to the hard work of people with...

Recap: COMPSA executive candidates’ debate

Written on January 22, 2016. Posted in News.

Mental health, council transparency and student engagement were hot topics at the COMPSA executive debate on Tuesday. Computing students gathered in Goodwin Hall for the debate, where students asked questions of each of the candidates. The position of President has two candidates, Colin Bingham,...

COMPSA has confidence in new executive

Written on January 29, 2015. Posted in News.

As a second-year Logics test let out at 9:30 p.m., Max Garcia, Mareena Mallory and Zachary Baum embraced in a long hug after learning they were all ratified as the new COMPSA executive. The uncontested candidates were acclaimed with a 36 per cent voter turnout — a lower number than last year. Mallory,...

All positions uncontested in COMPSA executive race

Written on January 23, 2015. Posted in News.

This year, the races for COMPSA President, Vice-President of University Affairs and Vice-President of Operations are all uncontested. After being involved in COMPSA for the past two years, Max Garcia plans to take the next step by becoming COMPSA President. “I want to continue contributing to the...

Purba wins COMPSA presidency

Written on January 31, 2013. Posted in News.

Sahib Purba, CompSci ’15, was elected as president of the Computing Students’ Association (COMPSA) Wednesday night. Purba awaited the news with friends at the Queen’s Pub. After receiving the call notifying him of the results, he pumped a fist in the air and his friends erupted into a cheer as they...

Computing Science victory

Written on February 3, 2012. Posted in News.

Though she was told it was “in the bag” for her, Computing Students’ Association (COMPSA) president-elect Elizabeth Lappin was surprised by her win. “You never know,” she said. “It is still up to the students.” Lappin, CompSci ’14, was acclaimed with 80 per cent of the popular vote on Wednesday night. She...

Candidate wants focus on resources

Written on January 24, 2012. Posted in News.

The only contender for the president of the Computing Students’ Association (COMPSA) hopes to make the society more visible on campus. Elizabeth Lappin, CompSci ’14, said she isn’t overly confident about the election even if she has no competition. “I still have to get a vote of confidence, so there’s...

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Uncontested COMPSA presidential candidate discusses platform

Uncontested COMPSA presidential candidate takes questions at open forum

COMPSA to hold Town Hall meeting on remote learning

Computing Student’s Association to survey students on fall reading break

COMPSA vice-president (operations) candidate Shreyansh Anand talks entrepreneurship

Vice-presidential candidate wants COMPSA to “regain trust of students”

COMPSA executive debate recap

COMPSA 2018 elections see only one contested position

JBP to succeed LWT as AMS Executive

Introducing the first tenure-track computing professor in 10 years

School of Computing to hire first tenure-track professor in 10 years

Computer Science is here to stay

Recap: COMPSA executive candidates’ debate

COMPSA has confidence in new executive

All positions uncontested in COMPSA executive race

Purba wins COMPSA presidency

Computing Science victory

Candidate wants focus on resources

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