Tag: Vandalism

Chinese New Year couplets torn down in Victoria Hall

On the first night back from their winter holiday, Cindy Liang, Comm ’23, and her roommate decided to hang posters in celebration of the Lunar New Year.  Minutes after they finished decorating their door in Victoria Hall on Jan. 5, Liang’s roommate heard papers being torn down in the hall, followed...

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Nazi graffiti found in student housing district

On Thursday Nov. 17, graffiti depicting Nazi symbolism was found on a fence in a backyard near Earl and Victoria Street.  According to Kingston Police Media Relations Officer Steve Koopman, the report from the incident stated that “the graffiti was an unrecognizable word with a German SS symbol.” The...

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Queen’s Socialists hold affordable tuition event

When AMS President Tyler Lively walked into the AMS offices on Saturday morning, he noticed that “there were stickers and posters everywhere”. After reading their messages, he labelled it an act of vandalism. The stickers were placed by supporters of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), and...

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Spray can aimed in the wrong direction

Accusatory vandalism has no place in promoting body positivity. Last week, a subway rider in Toronto pulled a dry-erase marker from her purse and added to what someone had already written across an ad for the Toronto Cosmetic Clinic — “you don’t need this.”   Ads like this one reinforce the normalization...

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Attention drawn to local historical legacy

While vandalism may not be the most moral method of protest, it certainly has raised awareness about Sir John A. Macdonald’s legacy in Kingston. In the past few weeks, the statue of Sir John A. has been spray-painted with words such as “colonizer” and “murderer,” while two historic plaques in front...

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