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Grocery Checkout sees substantial decrease in traffic during remote term

Written on October 2, 2020. Posted in News.

Grocery Checkout, the grocery store located inside the Queen’s Centre, is navigating unusual circumstances during the pandemic. Due to diminished student presence on campus and limited capacity in campus buildings, Nathan Felder, owner of Grocery Checkout, said the store’s volume of business is “down...

KCVI high school students asked to avoid JDUC after complaints

Written on February 4, 2020. Posted in News.

Signs requesting Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI) students refrain from entering the JDUC were posted on Jan. 30. The signs, posted on doors to the JDUC, indicated the request was “due to a high number of complaints regarding behaviour.” The signs had no explicit author. After reaching...

JDUC revitalization set for completion by Orientation Week

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in News.

Construction has been underway on the $1.2-million JDUC revitalization project since January. Now, according to Student Life Centre Managing Director Sam Anderson, the end is in sight. “This will definitely be done before school starts,” Anderson, Sci ’17, said. Last year, students chose three projects...

JDUC vital to Queen’s

Written on November 7, 2014. Posted in Opinions.

Allison Williams, ArtSci ’14 Four years after its construction was halted, the incomplete Queen’s Centre project continues to have a lasting impact on the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC) and its ability to enhance student life. The long-standing resistance on the part of students and the university...

Queen’s Centre gets some colour

Written on September 7, 2012. Posted in Arts.

Amidst the hustle and bustle of the Queen’s Centre, patrons can now enjoy the original artwork of the Ban Righ Centre situated on the first floor near the vending machines. The artwork is one of two installations that have been put up inside the Queen’s Centre. The mural on the first floor, a detailed...

No plans for arena

Written on April 5, 2012. Posted in Sports.

The men’s and women’s hockey teams are still waiting for their arena. In the spring of 2007, the 55-year old Jock Harty Arena, located at the corner of Division and Union Streets, was torn down. Since then, the hockey teams have played home games everywhere from Napanee to Strathcona to the Memorial...

Campus pharmacy opens today

Written on March 16, 2012. Posted in News.

After a two-week delay, Drug Smart Pharmacy will open today in the Queen’s Centre. It’s one of two new retailers to occupy Queen’s Centre space — Grocery Checkout Fresh Market opened on Feb. 14. Suzanne Kerr is a partner in the new pharmacy, which originally planned to launch on March 1. “One of our...

Administration owes explanation

Written on January 27, 2012. Posted in Editorials.

Since 2005, Queen’s students have paid a mandatory annual student fee of $70 to pay for the construction of the Queen’s Centre Phases 1, 2 and 3. Construction on Phases 2 and 3 has been stalled since the 2009 opening of the ARC. On Jan. 19, AMS Assembly passed a motion in reaction to the uncompleted...

Mixed message

Written on January 24, 2012. Posted in News.

The future of Phases of 2 and 3 of the Queen’s Centre remains ambiguous. On Jan. 19, AMS President Morgan Campbell told the Journal that the Queen’s Centre phases had been cancelled and the AMS wouldn’t be contributing the $25.5 million in student fees that were collected as an AMS contribution to...

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Grocery Checkout sees substantial decrease in traffic during remote term

KCVI high school students asked to avoid JDUC after complaints

JDUC revitalization set for completion by Orientation Week

JDUC vital to Queen’s

Queen’s Centre gets some colour

No plans for arena

Campus pharmacy opens today

Administration owes explanation

Mixed message

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