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Update: Team CSG appeal denied

Written on February 9, 2016. Posted in News.

The AMS Judicial Committee has denied an appeal by Team CSG to disqualify Team LWT and declare CSG the incoming AMS executive. Although it was a public hearing, the AMS Judicial Committee failed to inform The Queen’s Journal, as mandated in their policy, until the decision had been made. Team LWT...

Cam Yung continues the Y(o)ung Rector legacy

Written on January 29, 2016. Posted in News.

Cam Yung had difficulty finding the right words to address his crowd of supporters after current Rector Mike Young announced that he had won the election as the 35th Queen’s Rector. “I want to thank all of you — all of you for everything because this has been amazing,” Yung, ArtSci ’16, yelled over...

Team LWT wins AMS executive election by a close margin

Written on January 28, 2016. Posted in News.

Team LWT has officially been elected as the new AMS executive for the 2016-17 school year by a close margin. AMS officials made the announcement at roughly 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday night. Team LWT consists of Tyler Lively for president, David Walker for vice president (operations) and Carolyn Thompson...

UPDATING: 2016 Student Election Results

Written on January 27, 2016. Posted in News.

The Journal will update this article as results for the AMS executive, Rector and faculty society elections are released. AMS l Rector l ASUS l COMPSA l EngSoc l ResSoc l CESA l ComSoc AMS At roughly 11:20 p.m. AMS officials announced that Team LWT has been elected as the new AMS executive for the...

Q&A with Team CSG

Written on January 27, 2016. Posted in News.

As part of the endorsement process, Journal staff sat down with each of the teams running for AMS executive for a Q&A period. The Journal chose questions that hadn’t been asked, or fully answered, throughout the campaign. The following transcript has been condensed. Team CSG: Colin Zarzour,...

Q&A with Team LWT

Written on January 27, 2016. Posted in News.

Recap: Engineering Society presidential candidates debated society direction

Written on January 22, 2016. Posted in News.

A crowd packed the atrium of the Integrated Learning Centre on Wednesday as Engineering Society (EngSoc) presidential candidates debated over issues facing their faculty. Candidates Sam Anderson and Taylor Sawadsky, both Sci ’17, focused on student resources and the role of the society in the faculty. The...

Recap: EngSoc VP Debate

Written on January 22, 2016. Posted in News.

Engineering Society (EngSoc) Vice President candidates discussed topics ranging from engineering traditions to their mental math skills at a debate on Monday night. The debate was held in the Integrated Learning Centre (ILC) atrium. Attended by an audience of about 50 people, the crowd dwindled...

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,...

Rector debate draws full crowd

Written on January 21, 2016. Posted in News.

Not a seat could be found in Wallace Hall for the Jan. 20 Rector debates. During the relatively friendly debate, candidates highlighted their plans for the Office of the Rector. The Queen’s Rector, who serves for a term of two to three years, represents students at the Queen’s Board of Trustees and...

Zac Baum announces resignation from Rector election prior to debate

Written on January 20, 2016. Posted in News.

Rector candidate Zac Baum announced his resignation from the 2016 Rector election just hours before he was set to join four other Rector candidates in a debate on Wednesday. Baum, CompSci ’17, made the announcement resigned publicly on his campaign Facebook page. Yesterday morning, I made the...

Recap: AMS executive candidates' debate

Written on January 20, 2016. Posted in News.

While the first half of AMS Executive debate was relatively tame, the second period became more contentious as candidates disagreed on matters of the environment, pay scales and services. During the Jan. 19 debate, which was held in Wallace Hall, Team LWT and Team CSG discussed issues as serious as...

Campaign period begins

Written on January 15, 2016. Posted in News.

AMS assembly ratified five Rector candidates and two AMS executive teams on Thursday night: Team CSG headed by Colin Zarzour and Team LWT headed by Tyler Lively. Team CSG is made up of Colin Zarzour for president, Sarah Anderson for vice president (operations) and Gregory Radisic for vice president...

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Update: Team CSG appeal denied

Cam Yung continues the Y(o)ung Rector legacy

Team LWT wins AMS executive election by a close margin

UPDATING: 2016 Student Election Results

Q&A with Team CSG

Q&A with Team LWT

Recap: Engineering Society presidential candidates debated society direction

Recap: EngSoc VP Debate

Recap: COMPSA executive candidates’ debate

Rector debate draws full crowd

Zac Baum announces resignation from Rector election prior to debate

Recap: AMS executive candidates' debate

Campaign period begins

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