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Nuisance party bylaw due for final reading on March 6
Official open letter about Jordan Peterson event released
Bylaw addresses street party safety concerns
Several professors signed open letter criticizing the event, Woolf responds at Senate
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S arina G rewal Assistant News Editor
Kingston City Council will meet on March 6 for the final reading of a bylaw that, if passed, will put street partygoers at risk of facing hefty fines. The proposed Nuisance Party Bylaw is aimed at controlling large social gatherings within the municipality by instating a minimum fine of $500 for individuals who throw or attend a party that fits the description of a “nuisance party.” As provided in an earlier draft submitted to City Council in November, the term “nuisance party” is defined as a gathering that isn’t contained entirely within a dwelling and occupies a public space, possibly impeding on the deliverance of emergency services in the process. The purpose of the bylaw is to provide police with a mechanism to control behavior that impedes on the safety of the community and party goers themselves. A nuisance party can only be declared by officers who are on duty but not present at the scene. These officers will be in communication with those
A number of Queen’s professors have released an official written statement, entitled “An Open Letter in Response to Principal Daniel Woolf’s February 20, 2018 Statement, ‘Informed Respectful Debate is Central to Academia.’” The statement expresses their concerns regarding the lecture event featuring Jordan Peterson on March 5. In a Feb. 20 blog post, Principal Woolf defended the lecture despite criticism from students and faculty. “Expressing one’s affront to an idea or position is completely acceptable in an academic environment ... blanket calls for censorship, however, are intellectually lazy and are anathema to scholarly pursuits,” he wrote. Open letter officially made public by professors
See Proposed on page 5 Jordan Peterson will speak in Grant Hall on March 5.
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Professors send official open The untold stories of 50 letter to Principal Woolf Black medical students about Jordan Peterson at Queen’s
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Featuring approximately 130 signatures, the letter was officially sent to Principal Woolf on Feb. 28. See Principal on page 2
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