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First-time food drive donates first batch

Written on October 8, 2013. Posted in News.

Despite the heavy rain, the Queen’s Gives Back initiative collected 276 cans of food on Sunday, as they took to the streets in a food drive for the United Way. The organization collected cans of non-perishable food items to donate to the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Kingston, a United Way agency,...

Issue 13: Darts & Laurels

Written on October 8, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

Darts Mayor Mark Gerretsen’s behaviour on Twitter While we have criticized Mayor Gerretsen’s immature behaviour on Twitter before, he reached new lows in the past week. Gerretsen could have used what was a relatively smooth Homecoming weekend to improve town-gown relations. Instead, the Mayor put...

Gaels rally on Homecoming

Written on October 8, 2013. Posted in Sports.

On Homecoming weekend, Queen’s completed a furious comeback on a crazy, but heads-up play in overtime. The Gaels downed the stingy Laurier Golden Hawks 40-34 on Saturday at Richardson Stadium, averting disaster in front of 9,037 raucous fans. After Dillon Wamsley’s overtime field goal was blocked,...

Mayor takes issue to Principal over Homecoming

Written on October 8, 2013. Posted in News.

Kingston Mayor Mark Gerretsen is calling for the University to cover the City’s policing costs following Saturday’s unsanctioned Aberdeen St. party. Hundreds of students gathered on Aberdeen St. Saturday night, while the Kingston Police Force (KPF) deployed 103 officers to police the area. The KPF...

Homecoming returns to Aberdeen

Written on October 6, 2013. Posted in News.

Kingston police were out in full force Saturday night, deploying up to 80 officers on Aberdeen St. and the surrounding area. Officers, who were seen driving a paddy wagon around the Student Ghetto, arrested 10 students for public intoxication and disrupting public peace by 12:30 a.m., out of approximately...

What We're Listening To: Homecoming Edition

Written on October 6, 2013. Posted in Arts.

If you’re in need of a playlist to get the adrenaline flowing for Homecoming, it’s your lucky day.

Homecoming 2013 Live Blog

Written on October 6, 2013. Posted in News.

Wary Woolf goes door to door

Written on October 4, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

Last Saturday, Queen’s Principal Daniel Woolf went door-to-door on Aberdeen and Earl Streets discouraging residents from participating in street parties or hosting keggers this weekend. Woolf passed out literature which contained information about official Homecoming events and the history of the...

Queen’s sporting chance

Written on October 4, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Five years and one week since Queen’s last reunion game, Richardson Stadium will once again be full for Homecoming. Student and alumni tickets for tomorrow’s football game against the Laurier Golden Hawks sold out earlier this week, while only a smattering of field seating remains for the Gaels’ Oct....

Homecoming: Stylish Spirit

Written on October 3, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

Signs of Homecoming are everywhere you turn. Parties are being prepped, tickets are selling out and there isn’t a mattress in your house that hasn’t been claimed by a friend from out of town. With all these arrangements in place, it’s time to start planning the weekend’s most important element: your...

Queen's college colours we are wearing once again

Written on October 1, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Sandy Campbell was stunned. It was October 1977, and her husband, a PhD candidate at Carleton University, had taken her to Ravens Field in Ottawa to see the Carleton football team face his alma mater. Though he preferred basketball to football, Duncan McDowall developed an affinity for the gridiron...

Police to take preventative measures for Homecoming weekend

Written on October 1, 2013. Posted in News.

The Kingston Police Force (KPF) is taking a preventative approach to this year’s Homecoming celebrations, with a special focus on using social media. Steve Koopman, media relations officer for the KPF, said that the police will monitor events in the areas around campus, football games and on social...

Woolf goes door-to-door asking for self-discipline

Written on October 1, 2013. Posted in News.

Principal Daniel Woolf went door-to-door last Saturday asking students to exercise restraint during the two approaching Homecoming weekends. Woolf knocked on doors along Earl and Aberdeen Streets, and gave out Homecoming pamphlets and newsletters to students who answered their doors. He was accompanied...

Second batch of Homecoming tickets released

Written on September 30, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Athletics announced today that a new round of student tickets will be up for grabs for both Homecoming football games, after originally selling out both contests this morning. Four thousand student side tickets were originally released at 6 a.m. today, selling out by 7:30 a.m. The second batch of...

A new home-coming

Written on July 30, 2013. Posted in In Focus.

It’s hard to predict what the homecoming weekends this fall will look like. The annual event is scheduled to return to campus over two separate weekends: Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 18-20. Homecoming had been banned from 2009 until last year due to highly-publicized cases of unruly behaviour. Parties during...

Homecoming celebration details revealed

Written on May 27, 2013. Posted in News.

After a four-year ban on Homecoming, the University’s administration is envisioning the return of a celebration of community. The tradition, split up between the weekends of Oct. 5 and 19, will see over 90 events aimed to reconnect alumni and provide networking opportunities for students. Some of...

Letters to the Editor

Written on January 15, 2013. Posted in Opinions.

Welcome return Re: “Homecoming to return in 2013” Dear Editors, I was happy and excited to announce in December that Queen’s Homecoming would be reinstated in the fall of 2013. But I thought it worthwhile to point out that this decision was about much more than “good student behaviour last October,”...

Homecoming to return in 2013

Written on January 11, 2013. Posted in News.

After a four-year ban on Homecoming, the annual tradition will see an official return in the fall. Principal Daniel Woolf’s announcement on Dec. 11 was met with optimism from student leaders and alumni. The decision came after 16 months of planning between the University, the City and Kingston Police. Discussions...

Homecoming to return for 2013

Written on December 11, 2012. Posted in News.

Homecoming will return next fall, Principal Daniel Woolf announced at a news conference this morning. The decision comes after 16 months of consultation with the City, alumni, students and administration, Woolf told the Journal following the announcement. “The discussions were first and foremost how...

‘Some things never change’

Written on September 18, 2012. Posted in Features.

Last Friday and Saturday, Jack Neary stood on the corner of William and Aberdeen Streets distributing two cars full of “Keep Calm and Stay Golden” t-shirts to students on campus in anticipation for the football game. The distribution, which started at 3 p.m. on Friday saw over 80 people in line initially....

Students deserve a genuine Homecoming

Written on May 28, 2012. Posted in Editorials.

The University Council’s recent decision to recommend the restoration of Homecoming is long overdue. It indicates an important shift in the University’s treatment of its students. Woolf’s decision to extend Homecoming’s cancellation until 2014 in 2010 set a patronizing tone, sending a message to students...

Possible fall 2013 reunion in the works

Written on May 28, 2012. Posted in News.

Conversations about Homecoming’s future are in the works after University Council voted to recommend Principal Daniel Woolf reinstate the event next year. The motion called for Woolf to restore Homecoming for fall 2013, rather than in 2014 as initially planned. The motion passed at University Council...

Majority of Council vote in favour of 2013 fall Homecoming

Written on May 8, 2012. Posted in News.

Queen’s is one step closer to having a fall Homecoming after a motion recommending the event be restored passed at University Council on Saturday. Approximately 130 Council members voted in favour of the motion to re-establish the event in 2013. Three opposed and seven abstained. As a result of the...

Councillors want Homecoming back

Written on May 4, 2012. Posted in News.

Homecoming isn’t scheduled to return until 2014, but two University councillors want to bring it back sooner. Michael McNair, ArtSci ’03, and former Rector Michael Kealy, will present a motion to the University Council tomorrow to restore Homecoming by fall 2013. University Council is one of three...

Street stays tame

Written on September 20, 2011. Posted in News.

At its peak on Saturday night, Aberdeen Street had approximately 500 revelers — a much smaller turnout than in previous years. Kingston Police Chief Stephen Tanner said he hopes Fauxcoming festivities will be confined to the last weekend. Even so, Kingston Police officers are preparing for a possible...

Gaels score seven touchdowns in first win

Written on September 18, 2011. Posted in Sports.

The Gaels tallied their first win and first touchdown Saturday, beating the Laurier Golden Hawks 58-35 in front of a raucous crowd at Richardson Stadium. The Queen’s offence registered only eight points in their first two games, but exploded for seven touchdowns against the Golden Hawks. Receiver...

Home game drought

Written on September 16, 2011. Posted in Sports.

Since 2005, Queen’s Athletics has submitted a scheduling request for a home football game to coincide with Homecoming (or Fauxcoming) weekend. This year, they didn’t. The team hosts the Laurier Golden Hawks at Richardson Stadium on Saturday and won’t return until they play the Waterloo Warriors on...

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