Facing Our Complicity Re: “Sign starts debate” I admit, I might have given a chuckle to the “Dads: Winter isn’t the only thing coming” sign recently posted in the Ghetto when I was an undergrad. It’s a clever play on words on a popular meme and immediately graspable to any young person who has the...

Research and time Re: “Leniency for limits” Dear Editors, I am writing in response to the editorial titled “Leniency for limits” that appeared in the March 22nd edition of The Journal. The editorial contains several misperceptions about the recently-revised policy on time-to-completion for graduate...

Defining “risky situation” Re: “Prescott censured” Dear Editors, I’d like to ask Alexander Prescott to define for us a “risky situation”. If they’re so obvious that any rape victim should have known better, this ought to be easy to answer. In the meantime, let me...

Resources and Aid available Re: “Surviving rape culture at Queen’s” Dear Editors, Thank you for printing “Surviving rape culture at Queen’s” in the February 11th issue of the Journal. The author was brave to come forward with their experiences and to start a conversation about sexual violence (and...

Safety in Pride Re: “Pride week undergoing expansion” Dear Editors, I would like to believe that in a university community as intellectually driven, accepting and home to such a diverse student population, that homophobia would have no place among our students here at Queen’s. However, I am...

Re: “Queen’s trails the rest” Dear Editors, In Tuesday’s Journal, you ran an editorial calling on Queen’s to create a co-op program similar to that of Waterloo. Queen’s already has an undergraduate internship/co-op program — QUIP (Queen’s Undergraduate Internship Program) — that serves the engineering,...

Re: “SciFormal policies come under fire” Dear Editors, I was disappointed in the portrayal of the conflict surrounding SciFormal hours reductions. The article quotes that “[Eric] Goldfarb, Sci’14 said the policy of reducing hours for students with on-campus jobs isn’t official and contravenes human...

Re: “Removing barriers” Dear Editors, As the Co-Chairs of Women’s Worth Week (WWW) we feel it is important to address some errors we perceived in the article written about our initiative, published on Friday November 23rd. We felt our event was misrepresented. The article framed it as a celebration...

President Carter Deserves Degree Re: “Critical eye on Jimmy Carter” Dear Editors, In last week’s Queen’s Journal, alumnus Michael Shafron argued that President Jimmy Carter’s honorary degree from Queen’s University should be revoked. What followed in the pages of this newspaper was nothing less than...

Examining fraternities Re: “From fraternity to beyond” Dear Editors, As the AMS reviews the current ban on Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs) at Queen’s I hope they will include the alumni voice in their deliberations. As alumni, we bring a “post-campus” perspective of the value of the Queen’s community...

Re: “Call for change” Dear Editors, I was disappointed in the way which you oversimplified the Lance Armstrong scandal and cycling’s current situation in regards to doping and I was also alarmed at the number of factual errors in the article. Firstly USADA launched the most extensive investigation...

On fraternities Re: “AMS revisits fraternity ban” Dear Editors, There is a group of men in Kingston who contribute hundreds of hours of volunteer services annually. They have raised thousands of dollars for diverse charities. They have increased involvement and awareness for numerous philanthropic...

Assisting Professors Re: “Policy in the works for undergrad TAs” Dear Editors, The absence of a “distinctive policy” governing undergraduate Teaching Assistants (TAs) is worrying, but should come as no surprise. This is symptomatic of the same conditions that led graduate TAs to vote for unionization...

Re: “Ethical purchases not guaranteed” Dear Editors, Thank you for publishing such an insightful article about on-campus ethical purchasing. It reminds students so clearly of the inspiring power that students can exercise to effect necessary change, but it also highlights the need for further determined...

Dear Editors, I’d like to congratulate you on your recent editorial titled “Twitter travesty,” which encouraged the media to focus messages on sexual assault and sexual violence towards initiatives that target perpetrators rather than victims. Student-organized events including last year’s SlutWalk...