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The following is a submitted Op/Ed, with an explanatory foreword by the author, followed by excerpts from an interview between the author, a Queen’s University Professor, and some of her students. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. While it may be willful thinking that
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Update (Friday, Oct. 22, 2021) The plaque commemorating the Fifth Field Company that was seemingly stolen from Queen’s University Campus has now been returned, according to Kingston Police. Queen’s Campus Security initially noticed the plaque, which honours a group of Queen’s students and faculty who serves in WWI and WWII,
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While voters at many polling locations in Kingston cast their ballots within 15-30 minutes, the majority of Queen’s University students living on campus lined up for almost three hours during federal election day on Monday, September 20, 2021. From around lunch time onward, the MacGillivray-Brown Hall polling station located on
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Queen’s University is joining other universities and colleges in Ontario in implementing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements for all individuals (students, staff, faculty, contractors, and visitors) participating in university activities in person, either on Queen’s campus or other Queen’s property. The updated Mandatory Vaccination Policy indicates that Queen’s is implementing mandatory
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The already-saturated Kingston rental market – which is particularly short on listings in the downtown area – is about to see at least 360 students clamouring for a place to live after being turned away from residence buildings at Queen’s University. The University is offering residence spots to incoming students
Read moreWhat do 300 computer chairs, 500 bags of non-perishable food items, and a brand new Canada Goose jacket have in common? You might be shocked to learn they are all things thrown out last week by students departing Kingston for the summer. “The last couple of weeks it’s been crazy,”
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Kingston Police are currently investigating after an early morning report of six males with a rifle on Queen’s University campus. At approximately 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020, police received a call reporting six males with a rifle in the area of Bader Lane and University Avenue. According to
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A local man who is accused of stealing a backpack from Stauffer Library on Queen’s Campus has been arrested after the victim spotted him carrying the stolen backpack. The accused man entered Stauffer Library on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 and stole the backpack, which the victim had put down while
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Kingston Police have identified and charged a man who is accused of attempting to record a woman in a washroom on Queen’s University campus. The incident occurred on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 when the accused man entered a women’s washroom on Queen’s campus. While in the washroom, the female victim
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