All Posts Tagged With: "Queen’s University"

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Jon Elmer slams Canadian policy on Israel-Palestine

As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2010, freelance journalist Jon Elmer spoke at Queen’s about Canada’s role in Israel’s continued oppression of the Palestinians.

6Mar2010 | Matt Gardner | 1 comment | Continued
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Mouthy Features Local Stories, Storytellers

Mouthy provides a forum for guests to dabble in engaging storytelling by featuring a different theme each month. On Tuesday night, the group met at The Artel to share compelling tales with a Kingston flavour.

25Feb2010 | Matt Gardner | 0 comments | Continued
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Queen’s TEDx Provides Food for Thought

They’re in the business of ideas…and business is booming.

10Feb2010 | Matt Gardner | 3 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

TGIF!  It’s been hectic week around the Limestone City thanks to Reelout and a slew of events associated with Feb Fest.  Earlier on in the week I wrote about my encounter with the Stanley Cup, which is the only Feb Fest event I’ve made it to thus far.  Luckily, some other folks posted a few [...]

5Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 2 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

Today’s photo was taken yesterday afternoon during my visit to CRFC’s Open House – check out the full set on Kingstonist’s Flickr.  The event was hosted to celebrate their 50th year in the basement of Carruthers Hall. It is worth noting that 2010 also marks the 88th year that CFRC 101.9FM has been on [...]

8Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Out With the Old

Late last December, Kingstonist presented you with our top 5 posts from 2008.  With your help, we intend on ringing in the New Year by celebrating our best stories and topics of conversation from 2009.  Did KFL&A Public Health’s management of the swine flu vaccination clinic get your attention?  Will Fauxcoming, the over budget Queen’s [...]

23Dec2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 3 comments | Continued
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Rural Alberta Advantage brings Hometowns to the small town

Rural Alberta Advantage played an intimate and enthusiastic set to a packed, drunk Grad Club this past Saturday. Kingstonist caught their nostalgic and soaring indie-folk tunes before Rolling Stone did — but it won’t be long now.

17Nov2009 | Andrea McPherson | 0 comments | Continued
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Robo Billiards

In case you thought Kingston was immune to enslavement by robotic overlords, think again. The guys in the RCV Lab at Queen’s University have developed Deep Green, a robot that plays pool. By the looks of it, Deep Green could school the best the Pool Hall has to offer. In addition, they [...]

23Sep2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 2 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

Every city has a seedy, wart infested underbelly of ugly issues that are capable of dividing and disgusting the local population.  For Kingston, a short list includes the ongoing third crossing saga, Block D development, K-Rock Centre location/finances/naming rights/etc, dog parks, bike lanes and waterfront paths, and the grand daddy of them all, Aberdeen.  The [...]

18Sep2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 19 comments | Continued
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As Queen’s University’s frosh week comes to a close, purple people with strange hairdos, as well as random groups of spirited and cheering frosh are about to fade into the ether of academia.  The week long orientation session wraps up tonight at the K-Rock Centre with a private concert featuring Canadian alt rock super group, [...]

11Sep2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 2 comments | Continued
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