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TAPS will remain closed until further notice

Written on April 8, 2021. Posted in News.

When the AMS hired its Senior Management team for the 2021-22 year, one service was missing from the list of new hires: The AMS Pubs Service (TAPS). “TAPS will remain closed until further notice,” Alex Samoyloff, AMS vice-president (operations), wrote in a statement to The Journal. TAPS, which operates...

TAPS to remain closed during 2020-21 year

Written on September 3, 2020. Posted in News, Student Politics.

This week, COVID-19 claimed another local business: The AMS Pub Services (TAPS). The AMS announced Tuesday that TAPS won’t be reopening in the 2020-21 academic year due to current COVID-19 public health regulations and University restrictions which prevent the JDUC from opening to the public. While...

QP drink tasting leaves behind a sweet taste

Written on September 4, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

In honour of their updated menu, the Queen’s Pub (QP) hosted a drink tasting on August 31 so students could sample their new beers and cocktails. Having spent every Monday and Tuesday evening of the summer at QP watching 25 twenty-somethings find love on The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise,...

The future of TAPS after the Student Choice Initiative

Written on April 4, 2019. Posted in News.

Despite an approximated $200,000 TAPS deficit, the Underground will operate as usual next year. Queen’s pub services (TAPS) is comprised of the Underground—the campus nightclub—and Queen’s Pub, the on-campus bar. Following the Ford government’s Student Choice Initiative, the AMS restructured how TAPS...

AMS holds annual corporate general meeting

Written on March 23, 2018. Posted in News.

On Mar. 15, the AMS held their annual corporate general meeting to update students on the state of the corporate side of the AMS. The meeting included various presentations on budgets and risk and ended with the election of four students to the AMS Board of Directors. Board of Directors report On...

AMS Corporate General Special Meeting evaluates budgets for coming year

Written on November 11, 2016. Posted in News.

On Nov 11, heads of the various AMS services gathered for their annual Corporate General Special Meeting. During the event in Goodes Hall, the budgets of each sector were opened up and explained for all in attendance to discuss. Hospitality and Safety Services TAPS Pub Services The Queen’s Pub hopes...

Special committee to begin AMS service TAPS investigation

Written on October 25, 2016. Posted in News.

In response to the TAPS training week incident labelled as ‘hazing’ that occurred in late August, the TAPS Special Committee tasked with investigating has finalized their terms of reference for conducting its investigation. “Our Special Committee is on schedule to deliver an interim report by the...

AMS appoints new TAPS head manager following training week incident

Written on September 27, 2016. Posted in News.

After this year’s TAPS training week took a turn for the worse, the pub service’s head manager exited her position, and the AMS was left with the task of finding a suitable replacement. On Monday, the AMS Executive told The Journal that Brandon Kim, ArtSci ’16, (pictured below) will be leaving his...

AMS Assembly addresses TAPS debacle and workplace harassment

Written on September 23, 2016. Posted in News.

“Dave, Carolyn, and I have learned more about ourselves these last few weeks than we did all summer,” AMS President Tyler Lively said, kicking off this year’s first AMS Assembly on Thursday evening. Following this introduction, he began to address the recent circumstances around the AMS Pub Service...

Letters to the Editors: September 20

Written on September 20, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

Re: TAPS services to be locked for HoCo Dear Editors, I was not surprised to hear allegations of hazing coming towards the TAPS management. Many of the steps taken by the AMS Board of Directors in this matter are reasonable. Cancelling socials and requiring...

AMS Board reverses Homecoming decision, TAPS manager leaves position

Written on September 20, 2016. Posted in News.

On Sept. 19, the Alma Mater Society Board of Directors reversed a decision they made days before to close the AMS Pub Services (TAPS) during Homecoming and Frost Week due to a social event where a list was provided to staff to complete that included binge-drinking and dangerous activities. In the...

TAPS services to be locked for HoCo

Written on September 16, 2016. Posted in News.

For the weeks surrounding Homecoming and Frost Week this year, Queen’s Pub and The Underground will have their doors locked shut, following a hardline decision by the AMS Board of Directors. On Wednesday, the Board called a special meeting to address the “workplace culture” of the AMS Pub Service,...

Accountability in actions, not just words

Written on September 13, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Although the AMS is commendable for their willingness to take accountability for the hazing that sent two AMS Pub Services (TAPS) employees to the hospital, the real test of their accountability will be the actions following. Since TAPS falls under his portfolio, AMS Vice President (Operations) Dave...

Campus service hazing results in student hospitalizations and vandalism

Written on September 9, 2016. Posted in News.

Sitting in his office in the AMS bunker on Wednesday morning, Vice President (Operations) Dave Walker held a list in his hands. “I mean, if we’re going to address the elephant in the room, this was disgusting, and it was hazing,” he said. Walker’s comment comes hard on the heels of a workplace social,...

Policy to review workplace safety

Written on November 18, 2011. Posted in News.

The first AMS injury incident report of this academic year was presented to the Board of Directors on Nov. 3. The report coincides with the creation of the AMS’s first official policy statement on health and safety, set to be finished in January. AMS officials say details of the injury can’t be released...

Surplus expected for the first time since 2007

Written on October 4, 2011. Posted in News.

If high sales continue, Common Ground will beat its budget and come in at a $2,000 surplus by the end of the year. This would be the first year since 2007 that the AMS food service has had a surplus. Despite this, Common Ground incurred a $58,000 over the summer — a figure that’s $16,000 better than...

Tag: TAPS

TAPS will remain closed until further notice

TAPS to remain closed during 2020-21 year

QP drink tasting leaves behind a sweet taste

The future of TAPS after the Student Choice Initiative

AMS holds annual corporate general meeting

AMS Corporate General Special Meeting evaluates budgets for coming year

Special committee to begin AMS service TAPS investigation

AMS appoints new TAPS head manager following training week incident

AMS Assembly addresses TAPS debacle and workplace harassment

Letters to the Editors: September 20

AMS Board reverses Homecoming decision, TAPS manager leaves position

TAPS services to be locked for HoCo

Accountability in actions, not just words

Campus service hazing results in student hospitalizations and vandalism

Policy to review workplace safety

Surplus expected for the first time since 2007

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