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Protesters show solidarity with Ferguson

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Cities across North America are seeing protests and demonstrations following a grand jury’s decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Posters reading “Black Lives Matter”, “Race is not a weapon” and “No Justice No Peace” lined Market Square, where...

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MPP calls for inquiry into missing Indigenous women

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Liberal MPP Sophie Kiwala spoke to a Queen’s Religious Studies class Wednesday about issues of violence facing Aboriginal women in Canada unaddressed by the federal government. Kiwala, who was elected as MPP for Kingston and the Islands in June, is fighting to create awareness surrounding these issues,...

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Boycott divides students

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The Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) is distancing itself from a recent vote by the Ontario branch of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. CFS Ontario represents more than 300,000 university students through its...

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Walk comes on heels of controversy

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The third annual SlutWalk took to the streets of Kingston last Sunday afternoon. The walk began in City Park at 2 p.m. with speeches and spoken word poetry. Organizers Danielle Freeman and Shelley Murphy, members of the organizing group Sexy Queen’s U, were among those who gave speeches, discussing...

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Small-time complaints unwarranted

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The Queen’s students and faculty who protested in order to express displeasure with conditions at the soon-to-be-opened Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts need to give it a rest. Last Friday, a group of Queen’s students held a protest hoping to pressure Queen’s administration into creating...

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Students should focus on the bigger picture

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It’s time for Queen’s to look past Alexander Prescott’s individual actions and focus on the bigger picture. On Feb. 25, Prescott, who is an ASUS rep to the AMS, made a comment on Facebook regarding his views on rape. Specifically, his comments, where he claimed that some of the onus should be placed...

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