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Big show set up for season finale

Written on October 23, 2015. Posted in Sports.

With the first sellout game of the season set for the Homecoming football match-up against the Laurier Golden Hawks, fifth-year fullback Justin Gleben isn’t too caught up in the fanfare of the event. “It’s really not much different than any other week,” he said. “We have to prepare the same as we...

Queen’s Solar Design Team to shine at Homecoming

Written on October 23, 2015. Posted in News.

The Queen’s Solar Design Team (QSDT) will show off their solar-powered house as it nears completion at their first-ever Homecoming event this Saturday. The event, scheduled for Oct. 24 at 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., will be a tour of the team’s Solar Education Centre and a networking session intended to secure...

Packed Weekend

Written on October 23, 2015. Posted in Sports.

For those who were unable to secure football tickets on Homecoming weekend, there are four Gaels’ teams in action at home on Saturday. With some of these seasons winding down, these games have huge implications when it comes to the playoffs. For sports that are just starting, the Gaels are looking...

Kingston Police prepare for Homecoming weekend

Written on October 23, 2015. Posted in News.

As Queen’s gears up for Homecoming, so are the Kingston Police (KP), who hope that tickets issued and arrests made during the weekend continue to decline this year. Since 2008, the police have seen a “qualitative and quantitative” reduction in calls for service along with the number of tickets and...

A guide to Homecoming style

Written on October 23, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

With Homecoming fast approaching, students and alumni are mentally preparing themselves for what to wear. Whether you’re in first year and new to Queen’s festivities or an experienced upper year awaiting the endless partying, we’ve got your back (literally, so) with a few tips to show your Queen’s...

Live Feed: Homecoming 2015

Written on October 23, 2015. Posted in News.

Friday Afternoon | Saturday Morning | Football Game | Saturday Night/ ReUnion St. Festival Saturday Night/ ReUnion St. Festival A Collection on Twitter Football Game A Collection on Twitter Saturday Morning A Collection on Twitter Friday Afternoon The Homecoming festivities...

Several steps forward, one step back

Written on September 22, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

I’ve never been so happy to see a downpour on a Saturday night. At that point, I knew we were in the clear. Over the last few weeks, it’s felt like Kingston has forgotten how far we’ve come. After all, our public perception has drastically changed over the last few years. But by taking over a street,...

What would help homecoming run smoothly this year?

Written on September 22, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

ReUnion Street Festival fee passes, after a fight

Written on March 13, 2015. Posted in News.

A mandatory $12.50 ReUnion Street Festival fee and a $24.43 Tricolour Yearbook and Studio Q opt-out fee passed at Tuesday’s AMS Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM — which was held at Grant Hall and attended by over 100 people — is an annual meeting of AMS Assembly at which any undergraduate student...

AMS to seek $12.50 festival fee

Written on February 12, 2015. Posted in News.

The AMS is asking for a $12.50 mandatory student fee to help cover the costs of next year’s ReUnion Street Festival, intended to become an annual event. The fee proposal will be voted on by members of Assembly on Thursday and, if passed, will go to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 10, to...

Admin, support ReUnion

Written on February 6, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

It’s in the University’s best interests to help establish the ReUnion Street Festival as a new Homecoming tradition. The inaugural festival — held in October — proved to be a great success, with roughly 5,000-6,000 people attending. 94.3 per cent of students who participated in the AMS fall referendum...

AMS lobbies Queen’s for ReUnion Street Festival funding

Written on February 3, 2015. Posted in News.

Though Principal Daniel Woolf expressed hope last fall that the ReUnion Street Festival would become a new Homecoming tradition, the University is refusing to provide the AMS with funding to support the festival. AMS Assembly decided last week to send an open letter to Principal Woolf in an effort...

Letter to the Editor for Tuesday, Feb. 3

Written on February 3, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

Principal Woolf, I am writing this letter as the Speaker of the Alma Mater Society Assembly, the highest legislative body in the undergraduate student government. This body, which is comprised of representatives from 10 faculty societies representing over 16,000 undergraduate and professional students,...

Treasured tales

Written on October 24, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

At 4 p.m. last Saturday, I opened my door to five eager faces, all of which were attached to women sporting shirts that read “Aberdeen Alumni”. I had just met the former tenants of my house. Excitedly, they rushed in and took my housemates and I on a tour of our own house, explaining how our kitchen...

Homecoming deemed a general success

Written on October 22, 2014. Posted in News.

Despite a rise in arrests and tickets, various stakeholders in Homecoming said they consider this year’s event to have been a success, owing in part to the inaugural ReUnion Street Festival that took place Saturday night. Statistics released by the Kingston Police Force (KPF) show that officers issued...

Alumni spotlight: Queen’s connections in Canada’s capital

Written on October 20, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

The sense of camaraderie that comes with being a student at Queen’s is so strong that “classmate” just doesn’t quite cover it — we often refer to being a part of the “Queen’s family”. It can be hard to get a firsthand account of what it’s really like to leave Queen’s until you have to do so yourself. This...

Homecoming remains controlled

Written on October 19, 2014. Posted in News.

The second year of Homecoming’s return saw a Saturday night comparable, in terms of arrests and tickets, to the two 2013 Homecoming weekends. As of 1:15 a.m., the Kingston Police Force (KPF) had reported 31 tickets laid throughout Saturday. 46 were laid on Friday night, with 45 of them for violations...

Queen's Homecoming 2014

Written on October 18, 2014. Posted in News.

Oct. 17-19 marks Queen’s second consecutive Homecoming weekend after a five-year, University-imposed ban. We’ll be updating this story continuously throughout Saturday night. Follow along here or on Twitter. [View the story “Queen’s Homecoming 2014” on Storify]

Men's rugby rolls through Mustangs

Written on October 18, 2014. Posted in Sports.

Alumni were treated this afternoon as men’s rugby dominated the rival Western Mustangs at Nixon Field. The Gaels (6-1) came out on top in a crucial late-season game, winning 33-8 off the back of an impressive second half. Queen’s got off to a slow start, as the men struggled for ball control...

York snuffed on Homecoming

Written on October 18, 2014. Posted in Sports.

An all-around dominant display made for a large margin of victory at Homecoming. In their final home game of the 2014 season, the Gaels (2-5) walloped the York Lions (0-7) to the tune of 57-10, extending their winning streak to two games. Queen’s excelled in all aspects of the game as they put forth...

Pumpkin plummet

Written on October 17, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

Homecoming invites back to campus some of our beloved Gaels and with them some of our strangest traditions. We paint ourselves purple and sing in Gaelic. And now, we smash pumpkins. For the first time, the Pumpkin Smash, hosted by Engineers Without Borders in partnership with Queen’s Gives Back and...

Aberdeen to be cleared

Written on October 17, 2014. Posted in Features.

A police camera is currently installed on the corner of Aberdeen and William Streets, ready to be activated for Homecoming weekend. The camera, mounted on a telephone pole, is part of the Kingston Police Force’s (KPF) strategy for keeping the peace on Aberdeen St. during Homecoming, which runs from...

Queen’s gears up for second Homecoming

Written on September 9, 2014. Posted in News.

From Oct. 17-19, Queen’s will celebrate the second year of Homecoming after a five-year ban. Unlike last year, this year’s Homecoming will be held over one weekend. New programming, including the ReUnion Street Festival and the Art Crawl, will also be featured. The ReUnion Street Festival, organized...

Darts and laurels 2013-14

Written on April 3, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

Darts Men’s Issues group poisons debate: If the Men’s Issues Awareness Society hoped to foster intellectual dialogue on gender issues, they failed. The speaker MIAS invited, Janice Fiamengo, misrepresented feminism and only served to polarize debate and inflame tensions. The Underground rebrand: The...

Homecoming change for the best

Written on January 24, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

Queen’s administration has decided to switch back to a one weekend format for next year’s Homecoming celebration. The two weekend format only existed for one go-around; it was shelved because it was a strain on university resources, according to Queen’s Principal Daniel Woolf. The administration made...

Frown due to Homecoming shakedown

Written on November 28, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

The University’s plan to pay the City of Kingston $100,000 a year for the next three years in order to cover “policing costs” is a mistake. While the City and local residents have legitimate concerns about street parties, the payments set a bad precedent and were determined in an unfortunate political...

Homecoming liveblog 2

Written on October 19, 2013. Posted in News.

A Homecoming musical showcase

Written on October 18, 2013. Posted in Arts.

This weekend, two important events will coincide for the School of Music. The School’s annual showcase performance is set to take place this evening, and is featured as one of the University’s official Homecoming events. Returning alumni will see the efforts of the newest generation of musicians here...

Toss the costs

Written on October 10, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

The first Homecoming weekend has brought on yet another debate about policing costs and student behaviour. While the weekend’s celebrations triggered many students to gather on Aberdeen St., and Queen’s has contributed to policing costs in the past, renewing such an agreement would be unjust. It doesn’t...

The weekend in two words: just fine

Written on October 10, 2013. Posted in Opinions.

Daphne Hendsbee, ArtSci ’13 I first heard about Homecoming and the car flipping incident that led to its cancellation in 2010, when I was in second year and returning from two semesters abroad at the Castle. That year, some friends and I dropped by Aberdeen St. during the Fauxcoming celebrations and...

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