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June

JUNE 6

Corby quietly says goodbye after promising start Joseph Cattana Sports Editor Just weeks after training with the NFL’s New York Giants and getting drafted by the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos, former Gaels wide-receiver Doug Corby has officially retired from professional football.

JUNE 27

Tick, tock Victoria Gibson News Editor

JUNE 6

Professor claims Queen’s owes over $11.5 million for expropriation Settlement unlikely between psychiatry professor and University JUNE 27

Queen’s counters $11.5 million expropriation case claims

University filed statement of defense against professor

As convocation season carries on, the limestone clock tower on Grant Hall strikes 12. And 1:30.

And 6:30, and 1:00. None of these times are correct to Kingston.

The clock tower, which has stood on campus since the turn of the century, displays different times on each of its four faces and has for an indeterminate amount of time.

JUNE 27

Exchange misadventures

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Victoria Gibson News Editor

Come with me,” she mouthed out, as her hand gestured me to walk towards her. Puzzled and slightly intimidated, I followed her to just outside the cockpit.

“The old man sitting directly next to you,” she said, in a concerning tone. “He wet his pants. We have already perfumed the area and did our best to clean up.

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JUNE 27

— Chloe Chan Aarhus, Denmark | Comm’ 17

Celebrating the King’s birthday in Amsterdam

Orange clad partiers fill the city streets for Kings Day

Persevering through vaginismus

How I didn’t give up on a healthy sex life

July JULY 14

Board of Trustees approves over $100 JULY 27 million in capital projects, conditionally Kingston to live stream The V G can be secured before their respective Hip’s farewell concert News Editor construction begins. ictoria

ibson

On July 14, the Queen’s Board of Trustees approved two major capital projects totalling over $100 million, provided that the funding

The first project was the proposed Innovation and Wellness Centre, located in what is now the Physical Education Centre (PEC).

City of Kingston proclaims August 20 as “The Tragically Hip Day”

August

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August AUGUST 2

Is the University drinking ban for Orientation Week effective?

Kingston hot spots

One of the best parts of going to school at Queen’s is the town it’s in

Shivani Gonzalez Features Editor

Orientation Week is a time to “introduce new students to the

university, but inclusion shouldn’t depend on whether or not you’re willing to do a keg-stand.

— Alex Green, Contributor

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The University needs to understand “that preventing drinking in residence is a fantasy but creating a healthier culture doesn’t have to be.

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— Nick Pearce, Staff Writer

AUGUST 2

Queen’s suspends professor for a month after insubordination investigation

SEPTEMBER 20

OCTOBER 14

Shirkhanzadeh fired

won’t proceed to

Whistle-blower Morteza Shirkhanzadeh firing further arbitration

Morteza Shirkhanzadeh is suspended for the third time by University administration. He’s warned that further discipline may result in dismissal

Being the one in four

AUGUST 2

Opinions: Comic book fans respond to new Iron Man, Riri Williams controversy surrounding creating Peter Parker in “theTheannouncement “theWhen of Riri 60s, Stan Lee was told to scrap Williams isn’t about her race, age or gender; it’s about poor character development at the expense of an already good character.

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the idea because it was a common argument that teenagers couldn’t be super heroes. Spider-Man has since gone on to be one of their most beloved heroes.

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Michelle Allan Journal Staff Illustration by Ashley Rhamey

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woke up in my room, naked, disoriented and in incredible pain. To this day a lot of the details remain hazy, but I still remember some sort of heavy weight on top of me,

AUGUST 2

Brexit: an immigrant's perspective Ramna Safeer Editorials Editor

According to the BBC, several mosques in London were sent a suspicious white powder

with “Paki filth” scrawled on the envelopes. Britain’s National Police Chief’s Council reported a

500 per cent rise in hate crime incidents just before and after the referendum.

As a daughter of two proud immigrants, who planted their Pakistani roots in Canada a few years after their marriage, I can’t help but feel targeted.

While dozens of post-Brexit

and saying “no” over and over again as I slipped in and out of consciousness. You know how these stories go, so I’ll spare you the graphic details. comments on my social media attempted to steer attention away from the anti-immigrant focus of Campaign Leave, I couldn’t help but wonder what the “take back control of our borders” rhetoric and its violent aftermath must look like to Britain’s many immigrants.

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AUGUST 2

Hitting the runner’s wall

The Hip Files

A rare bone condition gives Gaels runner Alex Wilkie a 30 per cent chance of returning to competitive running

Joseph Cattana Sports Editor

Dropping the microphone and closing his eyes, shoulders shaking, Gord Downie was no longer a performer, musician or a Canadian poet, but just a man facing the overwhelming evidence of his life’s work.

He brought the pain that hides from his fans into the light for all of us to see. When the music ended, the show moved from a homecoming to a final goodbye.

Nobody wanted the show to end.

September SEPTEMBER 9

Queen’s breaks Guinness World Record for largest human letter... and spends thousands on it SEPTEMBER 9

Following my mother’s SEPTEMBER 9 footsteps to Mount Campus service hazing results in Everest, 29 years later

student hospitalizations & vandalism Victoria Gibson News Editor

as TAPS. On the night of Aug. 30, a list of tasks was provided by the managerial staff to freshly-trained student employees, Sitting in his office in the AMS bunker to complete in one hour. on Wednesday morning, Vice-President The result was that two students were (Operations) Dave Walker held a list hospitalized, both for excessive alcohol in his hands. “I mean, if we’re going and one also sustaining injuries to his arm to address the elephant in the room, after smashing through an establishment this was disgusting, and it was hazing,” window. As yet, according to the AMS, he said. the establishment owner hasn’t pressed Walker’s comment comes hard on the charges, but to Walker, the student in heels of a workplace social, organized by question wasn’t to blame. the AMS Pub Services known on-campus

SEPTEMBER 10

Eleven years after blowing the whistle

CAYLA WOLEVER Contributor As I stood on the upper flanks of Kala Patthar, a mountain in the Nepalese Himalayas, at nearly 18,500 feet above sea level, gasping for air, I thought of my mother who traced her way up my exact path 29 years before me.

I felt warmth on my neck and turned around in time to see a brilliant sun break the horizon over Mount Everest. I stood in awe as I gazed across the valley, clouds nearly obscuring Everest Base Camp below. A lifetime of dreaming led to this moment.

Victoria Gibson & Mikayla Wronko Journal Staff “It’s lonely.”

After eleven years, these were the first two words that Morteza Shirkhanzadeh chose to describe the complex academic and legal case, which has handled serious allegations of research misconduct, violated academic freedom, workplace harassment, and institutional non -compliance, and enveloped the past decade for the Queen’s professor.

The case has had repercussions in the academic sphere internationally, as well as personally. Shirkhanzadeh has faced multiple suspensions and holds to his pay if he didn’t desist from pursuing the case. Now, he faces the possibility of termination.

September

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Opinions: A scheduling conflict with commitment

Best of talking heads ... around campus

Kasey Caines Contributor

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Without face-to-face contact, the ability to truly get to know one another slips further and further into the realm of artificial connectedness where we are constantly logged in, but never truly connecting.

SEPTEMBER 16

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Editorial: Accountability in actions, not just words AMS has a responsibility to “The do much more than just mop up the

mess. They have a responsibility to make sure they take their own words to heart and make sure this mess isn’t made under the AMS’s watch again.

decision, TAPS manager leaves position OCTOBER 25

Special committee to begin AMS service TAPS investigation DECEMBER 19

Decision to cancel all TAPS socials for the year reversed

“Unsettling.”

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Board decision comes with sanctions to address drinking culture

AMS Board reverses Homecoming

Stanford sexual assault trial in one word?

Journal Editorial Board

TAPS services to be locked for HoCo SEPTEMBER 20

Can you sum up your thoughts on the

SEPTEMBER 13

SEPTEMBER 16

Doug Hargreaves

“Disgusting.”

remembered

Gaels pioneer left a lasting impact on his players and Queen’s football legacy

“He was a quiet leader but he knew how to lead. ” — George Jackson, former Gaels football player from 1981-85

“Unsurprising.”

SEPTEMBER 20

Gaels fall to Mustangs in much anticipated home opener 0-3 record sees team in “must-win” scenario

Sebastian Bron Contributor

fans’ disliking, a fair bit of rain.

A 27-13 loss at the hands of the fifth -ranked Western Mustangs leaves the Early buzz at the revitalized Richardson winless Gaels struggling mid-season, Stadium was met by a disappointing picking up their third loss in a row. output from the Gaels, and, much to the

SEPTEMBER 20

The benefits of journalling for your mental health When talking isn’t enough, write it down

SEPTEMBER 23

Reading the under-rated & under-read

An English major’s personal literary canon of books that go ignored

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SEPTEMBER 23

Take Back the Night 2016

Stories of sexual violence and messages of resilience in Confederation Park

Julia Balakrishnan and Jessica Gibson Journal Staff

has ever been expelled from “Nobody Queen’s for sexual assault. ”

—Rebecca Benson

SEPTEMBER 23

isn’t women against men. It’s all If you build it, “ofThisus against violence against women, which is more powerful. ” will they care?

— Tyler Snook

Staff writer debates the positives and negatives of the revitalized Richardson Stadium

Look at my balloon!

“There’s a light in it. ”

— Aria

SEPTEMBER 30

Second Grocery Checkout location to open in JDUC SEPTEMBER 30

Spencer Belyea Staff Writer

Dean Woodhouse stepping down

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nfortunately, many of the problems that plagued Queen’s Athletics before still exist. As the grand-opening game approached, I had hoped that the new stadium would be the catalyst for overhauling student apathy when it came to university sports — especially football.

This was the chance to hit the reset button — to use a time of natural excitement and interest as the jumping-off point to re-engage large swathes of the student population and make athletics matter at Queen’s.

As a student body, our support and engagement with our teams has been disappointing.

Looking back at the last home playoff football game in 2013, the student section wasn’t even half full.

That all could’ve changed this year, but unfortunately — yet unsurprisingly — it hasn’t.

At last the students showed up, and I guess that’s half the battle. We filled the 300-plus seat section that was allocated to us, plus a good portion of the endzone seats. But while students made an appearance visually, that was the only way you could tell we were there at all.

SEPTEMBER 30

The future of fashion

Jia Zhang, Founder of Queen’s Fashion Photography finds a voice behind the lens Nick Pearce Staff Writer When I first met Jia Zhang, I had an epiphany about the cargo shorts I was wearing.

Zhang, ArtSci ’17, had just returned from New York Fashion Week and looked like it. His perfectly groomed hair, designer clothes and polite mannerisms put my pizza-stained shorts and t-shirt combo to shame.

SEPTEMBER 30

Paradiso pizza challenge serves up a humble pie

The Dean of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s will be stepping down after her second five year term in office as of June 30, 2017

SEPTEMBER 30

Queen’s receives $3.7 million in funding towards cancer research

A brightly-coloured tumour shown during the Richardson Laboratory tour.

SEPTEMBER 30

NAM contract signed after a month long delay Victoria Gibson News Editor

The non-academic misconduct (NAM) system has been under review for the past year and in its For 118 years, Queen’s has given place was an interim protocol that disciplinary and judicial power expired on Sept. 1, leaving the AMS of its students, to their peers, with no authority in the system for through the country’s sole peer- a month as they waited to sign an lead non-academic disciplinary Agency Agreement. system. For the past year, the “I haven’t seen it, no one has University’s Intake Office has seen it,” Judicial Affairs Manager limited the student government’s Ryan Pistorius told The Journal on power by overseeing all cases Sept. 29. “As I understand it, it’s brought to their judicial system. currently still being drafted. As far

as I know, the only people who have seen it are the AMS executive and a few select members of the administration.

Both Pistorius and The Journal were informed shortly after the interview that AMS President Tyler Lively had signed the agreement, on the evening of Sept. 28.

October

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October OCTOBER 6

The hidden gender disparity in ECE Female engineering students discuss their experiences in male dominated disciplines Erika Streisfield Arts Editor “I took a class in third year where there were more Michaels than girls in my class,” said Emily Townshend, a sixth-year engineering student.

Queen’s Faculty of Engineering boasts one of the highest percentages of female students enrolled in engineering in Canada

Best of talking heads ... around campus What are you going to be for Halloween?

OCTOBER 14

A long way from home From Syria, to Jordan, to first-year engineering at Queen’s

— 31 per cent of students in the class of 2020 are women. By comparison, McGill and Waterloo’s engineering programs have 27 per cent and 28 per cent, respectively.

But the 31 per cent doesn’t account for the uneven distribution among the disciplines within engineering, and specifically in electrical and computing engineering (ECE).

For Townshend, Sci ’15, the overall numbers don’t reflect her experience in computer engineering where women make up approximately 14 per cent of the disciplines’ student body.

“Though we are overall as a [faculty] 30 per cent, and that’s a statistic that we love to quote, when you actually get down to it and break into your disciplines, it’s not 30 per cent across the board,” Townshend said.

OCTOBER 13

An artistic icon meets an artistic ignoramus Mikayla Wronko Features Editor

Walking into the Agnes “with a genuinely open

“A moose on the loose.”

Victoria Gibson News Editor

“Kim Possible, one day.

Shrek, the next.”

“Spongebob. I have a suit.”

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aman Alankar’s childhood home may no longer exist.

Tucked into the Syrian suburb of Zamalka, on a Friday morning the house would fill with the smell of cooking fūl, a bean breakfast dish simmered together with tomatoes, lemons and sauces.

Alankar is the baby of his family. Two older brothers, three older sisters, and more relatives than he could easily count would cook together amid the scents of shawarma and falafel.

It’s been just over a month since he arrived in Canada without any of them by

his side. Sitting in The Journal’s office at Queen’s, Alankar shook his head.

“My village is destroyed now. I don’t know if my home still stands or not.”

Home has been a transient idea for Alankar since those days in Zamalka. After the war began in Syria, he moved to the capital of Damascus only to escape the violence by fleeing to Jordan. Now, years down the line, home is in Victoria Hall.

“I feel my life has entirely changed, once I came here.”

Now a first-year engineering student, a bag filled with notes was tucked to the side of his chair as he tells stories of his postlife.

OCTOBER 18-21

mind, I feel comfortable saying that I don’t vibe well with the sullen self-importance of a Rembrandt exhibition. But I can also say that I went and saw for myself.

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OCTOBER 21

A bright future ahead for women’s basketball Tindall Invitational Tournament shows promising success for the 2016-17 season

Homecoming through QJ’s lens

OCTOBER 21

Women videotaped speak out about Drunk Times Homecoming video

Student leaders condemn video for infringements on consent

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OCTOBER 21

Camaraderie & community: A look at the Queen’s ultimate program Men’s and women’s ultimate frisbee teams sweep the National Championships Sarah O’Flaherty Assistant Sports Editor

OCTOBER 25

it to grow. I think the way we do things is a “bitI justof awant model for how I want people to live their lives ...

Understanding that it’s okay to put in work and do things that no one pays attention to for a while with a little bit of reward at the end.

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Fashion for the falling leaves

OCTOBER 28

Opinions: Read between the lines

Jenna Zucker Lifestyle Editor Photos by Emma Sewell

Kylie Dickinson Contributor

take a moment to “lookIf weoutside of our Queen’s

bubble the literacy problems that persist in Kingston are glaringly obvious. Part of the onus falls on us as students to help solve the problem.

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November NOVEMBER 4

The artists behind the lyrics

NOVEMBER 4

Queen’s Socialists hold affordable tuition event Morgan Dodson Assistant News Editor The stickers were placed by supporters of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), and covered the walls of the AMS offices, across the JDUC and into the Queen’s Centre on Friday night.

The timing lined up with the CFS’ National Day of Action on tuition increases, which was held on campuses across the country on Nov. 2.

The Queen’s Socialists group had signed up to organize the day’s events, despite some controversy around the CFS and their mandate.

A closer look at the performers from QNSA’s Hip-Hop and Poetry Night: Steven Wu, Beatrice Li and Chris Reid

NOVEMBER 11

Reactions to the American presidential election

Migrating to Canada

Ideas don’t stop at

When campaigning

What Trump

is no joke

the border

goes awry

really represents

Tegwyn Hughes, ArtSci ’20 Contributor

Vishmayaa Jeyamoorthy, ArtSci ’18 Staff Writer

Junaid Indawala, ArtSci ’17 Contributor

Orlaith Croke-Martin, ArtSci ’18 Contributor

November

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NOVEMBER 18

Men’s rugby:

Queen’s releases updated Sexual Violence Policy for feedback Maureen O’Reilly Assistant News Editor

OUA Championship streak ends at four Nicholas DeLallo (left) passes to Dylan Young (centre) during

Updates to the policy include a new section Sunday’s game. dedicated to providing examples of when sexual activity is non-consensual, listed as when a person is incapacitated by drugs or alcohol, asleep, unconscious or otherwise lacking the capacity to consent, under threat or coercion, or subject to an abuse of power or authority.

In one of the longest and most intense games the league has ever seen, the 2016 men’s rugby OUA Championship went to the undefeated Guelph Gryphons, leaving a silver medal for the defending Gaels champions.

NOVEMBER 18

Contemplating the co-op

Queen’s programs limited in comparison to other universities Shivani Gonzalez Features Editor

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NOVEMBER 18

North Korean defector tells her story at Queen’s Advocate Audrey Park escaped totalitarian regime as a child Jasnit Pabla Staff Writer Audrey Park was 10 years old when she escaped on foot from North Korea.

The journey was rigorous and emotional.

Her mother was by her side, painfully aware of the fate they had faced the last three times they attempted to escape. Threats of deportation back to North Korea and labour camps lingered in her memory. But the two walked on.

Editorial: Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself Ghazal Baradari-Ghiami Video Editor

I was a child, I was “solemn.”

“WhenWhen I was a teenager, I was “temperamental.” After my second year of university, I was diagnosed with depression.

Using coded language to discuss mental illness does more harm than good. Initially, it may have been a comfort for those around me to use vague and inoffensive language to lighten the tone of a weighty subject — but lightening it doesn’t do it justice.

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Students in the biochemistry co-op are pretty much on their own but that benefits them well because they get their own freedom in their work and studies as well as actually being on their own.

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I think co-ops/ internships should be something highly prioritized by faculties of Queen’s and faculties should continue to improve, fund, and develop the programs they already have.

— Alex Amos, Sci ’18

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Claire Sumner (centre) wins the individual gold medal at the National U Sports cross country tournament in Quebec.

NOVEMBER 18

Open forum addresses cancellation of Othello Students and faculty discuss issues of inequality within drama department

On Tuesday afternoon, the Dan School of Drama and Music hosted just fewer than 200 students and faculty members in an open forum in Convocation Hall regarding Queen’s Vagabond’s cancellation of their Othello production.

Originally set to open this month, Queen’s Vagabond’s production of Othello was cancelled after backlash from the Queen’s community over the theatre group’s decision to cast a white, female student in the role of Othello.

Low-traffic study spots on campus

Vincent Lin Editorials Illustrator

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NOVEMBER 4

Once in a lifetime

Queen’s student Ben Rudson finishes 14th in division at Iron Man Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii Joseph Cattana Sport Editor During the race, Rudson would complete a 3.86 km swim, a 180.25 km bicycle ride and run an entire marathon (42.2 km) in 46.1

degree Celsius weather without a break. In total, he’d travel 226.31 km in a time of 10:18:07, good for 14th in his division of runners.

NOVEMBER 25

Former BISC students discuss incidents of sexual misconduct

NOVEMBER 25

‘Racist party’ attracts national attention AMS to hold forum on racism

Victoria Gibson & Maureen O’Reilly Journal Staff

Admin response and clear policy at satellite campus lacking,students say Victoria Gibson News Editor

The Journal spoke to three female students who reported instances of sexual assault and harassment that year, along with student leaders and Queen’s administration, to document the reporting of and responses to sexual violence at Queen’s satellite campus.

Mail reported on Tuesday online photo albums from the group’s previous events depicting Queen’s students “holding chopsticks and squinting their eyes.”

Early this week, photos from a ‘Beerfest’ party The albums have since been removed. last Saturday at a house in the University However, in a Twitter post on Tuesday District appeared on Facebook, subsequently evening, former ComSoc President Ana Lopez gaining national attention. noted that the AYS event typically took place in The photos show party-goers dressed October and was not hosted this year. up in costumes based on racial or cultural An unaffiliated group with the same acronym, stereotypes. Costumes included Arab sheikhs, All Your Schoolmates, has faced accusations Buddhist monks, Mexicans in sombreros and of organizing Saturday’s event, however, prison coveralls, and Viet Cong soldiers. Since party-attendees say it was organized by Tuesday, the story has been picked up by CBC, individual students. The group took down The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Buzzfeed, their Facebook account on Tuesday. The page and VICE Canada. previously read that they plan “everything fun A group called All Year Social (AYS), which in Commerce,” and has posted similar albums of is a Commerce Society (ComSoc) committee, events in the past. hosted a similar party last year. The Globe and

This semester, I’ve December felt more like a minority than ever Senate votes to take How Beerfest, Othello and Trump work together to alienate students of colour immediate action DECEMBER 1

DECEMBER 1

Ramna Safeer Editorials Editor

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wo years ago, my shoulders didn’t automatically hunch when walking down Union St., my eyes didn’t immediately trail to the ground, and I didn’t feel quite so alone when caught in a group of mostly white Queen’s students. Two years ago, I walked through campus feeling like this place loved me as much as I already loved it.

Almost two weeks ago, when photographs of the ‘Beerfest’ party surfaced and Overheard at Queen’s started flooding my Facebook timeline with fiery debate — one comment talking about “all the other universities you could transfer to” after a student of colour said she felt unsafe at Queen’s — I thought of my 12th grade history teacher.

Tuesday’s meeting mostly focuses on an appropriate response to diversity concerns

The student who came back to life Mikayla Wronko Features Editor “I had died around 3 or 4 a.m. and they found my body at 8:30 a.m.”

On January 15 of this year, Tayyab Jafar died of hypothermia in the snow somewhere near Queen’s campus.

Jafar’s body was found by his housemate, something he learned later on.

December

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Pass the eggnog

DECEMBER 1

Life’s short, talk fast

Journal Staff

One man’s take on a cult classic brought back to life

The holidays are finally upon us and families and groups of friends are each celebrating with their individual traditions. Pull up a chair and grab a warm beverage as Journal staff share their favourite holiday traditions.

Joseph Cattana Sports Editor

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After we set up our Christmas tree, my brother pulls out his Polar Express model train set and sets it up around the entire living room. The sound of the engine wakes me up every Christmas Day.

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— Kayla Thomson, Production Manager

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My sisters and I have a snowman competition, in which I’m the biggest and the oldest. Therefore, I make the biggest snowman. Therefore, I win. My family goes out to dinner because most restaurants are deserted on Christmas Eve, and we’re Muslim.

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— Ramna Safeer, Editorials Editor

DECEMBER 1

From darkness, finding light Former football player Jesse Topley speaks on his struggles with mental health Sean Sutherland Staff Writer Jesse Topley didn’t want to say out loud that he was thinking of killing himself.

Instead, he slid his phone over to the nurse speaking to him.

Written on it were the words he couldn’t say. For him it was hard

enough to say to himself, let alone to another person.

That was last January. Now, nearly 11 months later, the former Queen’s linebacker for the Gaels’ football team speaks candidly about his struggles with mental illness and post-concussion syndrome.

DECEMBER 19

Eligibility alteration for AMS Speaker divides student leaders

January JANUARY 13

Why are male nurses outnumbered?

Motion to render Lockridge eligible for AMS election leads to debate in Assembly

Male nurses discuss whether they see their rarity as a concern Mikayla Wronko Features Editor

JANUARY 13

Palmeri first to serve three terms as Nursing Science Society President Student becomes “special exception” to policy dictating a two-term maximum

JANUARY 13

Justin Trudeau holds Q&A in Kingston as part of cross-country tour Iain Sherriff-Scott Staff Writer

Trudeau enters Kington City Hall.

When Justin Trudeau walked into Kingston City Hall on Thursday Jan. 12 under a gold-tinted spotlight, a media flurry followed his every move. But before the glitz, while the Prime Minister’s aides hurriedly set up for his appearance, one of their stories set the tone for the afternoon’s discussion.

The individual — a member of the

technology team who’ll be hurrying around the country in coming weeks with Trudeau, as part of his open-forum tour — only began in the tech field when she was forced to work night shifts to pay for her university education.

The demands of pursuing an education were frequent topics throughout Trudeau’s visit, as he addressed questions of mental health, post-secondary funding and Indigenous learning.

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January JANUARY 19

Best of talking heads ... around campus

What campus issues do you take into account most when voting for your AMS execs?

JANUARY 17

All the right moves AMS executive Varsity athletes share their signature moves disband Commission on Environmental Affairs Vincent Lin Editorial Illustrator

Blake Canning Assistant News Editor

the Commission of Environmental Affairs (CEA).

The news, which came along with a 9-page plan, was a surprise to anyone who wasn’t involved in the team of planners and executives consulted within the AMS, namely many students currently working in the CEA’s many sub-groups.

A motion to dissolve the Commission of Environmental Affairs was passed during AMS Assembly on Jan. 19.

In a 41-page agenda released before Assembly, one paragraph was included in Vice President (University Affairs) Carolyn Thompson’s report, noting the sudden dissolution of

“Inclusivity in hiring practices.”

JANUARY 24

Opinion: Dissolution of the CEA unrealistic and irresponsible “Accessibility around campus.”

JANUARY 17

Introducing the first tenure-track computing professor in 10 years Farhana Zulkernine to focus on Big Data in the School of Computing

As the first tenure-track professor hired time professor in 2014, but otherwise into the School of Computing this decade, hiring halted from 1995 until this year.

Farhana Zulkernine’s appointment has Faculty retirements began to affect the been a long time coming. school in 2007. Seven out of 28 faculty “I know what the students are going members departed Queen’s from 2007 to through,” she said, referring to the ten-year 2015, with another seven expected by this hiring hiatus in the School of Computing. year. None had been replaced, while the “I knew the program was lacking.” student-to-faculty ratio rose from 11:1 to Zulkernine isn’t wrong. One faculty 19.5:1 from 2011 to 2014. member was hired in 2006, with a half-

Team LWT’s sustainability plan lacks practicality in the long term Charlotte Heller , Monique Ling & Amy O’Rourke

When there is a problem, we usually form a “committee to address the issue, not dissolve

the only governing body trying to implement solutions. Although the current commission has been tasked with creating a long-term strategy, with no specific leadership to oversee its development moving forward the future of sustainability in the AMS and at Queen’s remains on thin ice.

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JANUARY 20

Exception made for Lockridge prior to final Assembly decision JANUARY 17

A tired student’s guide to wake-up songs

What campus issues do you take into account most when voting for your AMS execs?

For the person who needs to ease into their mornings: ‘Goodness Gracious’ by Ellie Goulding.

For the person loves winter: ‘Winter Wonderland/Don’t Worry Be Happy’ by Pentatonix, featuring Tori Kelly.

For the person who can’t stand other voices in the morning: ‘Porcelain’ by Moby.

For the person who could sleep through a zombie apocalypse: ‘Berzerk’ by Eminem.

For the person with no storage left on their phone: ‘Constellation’.

“Encouraging more hands-on learning strategies.”

“Addressing the culture of whiteness on campus.”

January

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Finding herself back in the net Matt Scace Staff Writer Stephanie Pascal turns her head.

Head coach Matt Holmberg taps her on the shoulder and tells her that she’s going in. It’s the first game of the season for the women’s hockey team, playing against Nipissing, and it’s early in the third period. The Gaels are down 5-2.

It’s been 377 days since Pascal last stepped into the goalie’s crease during a competitive

game, yet that’s the last thing on the third year goaltender’s mind. “Where’s my stick?” she recalls thinking to herself, spotting it at the opposite end of the bench after a short moment of panic.

For the next 18 minutes and 28 seconds, the past year is forgotten, as Pascal stops all seven shots that come her way.

And while the Gaels dropped the season opener, the game marked a major turning point for Pascal.

JANUARY 27

Living with an invisible disability

JANUARY 31

JBP to succeed LWT as AMS Executive

Team JBP wins with 52.61 per cent of the vote Journal Staff Li led the way to the front porch of the house where herself, Lockridge and MacKay delivered their acceptance speech, cigars in hand and shivering in the snow. Lockridge implored the crowd of AMS representatives, club leaders, and supporters of their slogan, “let’s do this together!”

Through tears, Li thanked campaign manager Andrew DiCapua as well as her teammates. MacKay beamed throughout the announcement, receiving embraces from all directions.

Danielle Ruderman Two weeks ago, I saw my rheumatologist, and he went through his usual routine. He checked my hands and continued with his ultrasound. All of a sudden I heard a “hmm.” Then he casually said, “Well, I see some inflammation here.” He wiped my hands off and nonchalantly told me “you have palindromic rheumatism or arthritis.”

Vigil held in Market Square sends message: ‘power to the peaceful’

JANUARY 31

Getting my nuts cracked

One man’s journey at The Nutcracker

Joseph Cattana Sports Editor I have to be honest — I’m no ballet expert. Before I walked into The National Ballet in Toronto, I had to ask my girlfriend, “Are there words in The Nutcracker?”

To which, if you know ballet at

all, she replied no. I was doomed.

When the lights faded to black, I was sure I was going to fall asleep at some point to the sound of classical music and a bunch of ballerinas jumping around on stage.

But to my surprise, I was more than awake. It was amazing.

JANUARY 31

FEBRUARY 3

Winter poetry slam brings the heat Mikayla Wronko Features Editor Billie Kearns, a.k.a. Billie the Kid, a regular slammer, delivered the same piece she spoke at last season’s poetry slam called Things My Mother Told Me. Clearly, it was still as palpable and entertaining at her last performance. What stood out to

me about the poem wasn’t just the verses’ ability to describe a nuanced mother-daughter relationship and Indigenous identity, but how she used her hands to tell the story.

From strongly gesturing out the verses, to conveying just a little more expression, Billie’s hands added grace to her storytelling. Her movements gave the delivery a new dimension that made me emotional thinking about my own relationship with my mother.

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February FEBRUARY 3

Gaels fall to Paladins at 31st CarrHarris Cup

‘World’s oldest hockey rivalry’ ends on a sour note for the Gaels Sarah O’Flaherty Assistant Sports Editor

Darcy Greenaway (right) at the face-off circle in the Gaels 3-2 loss.

FEBRUARY 3

FEBRUARY 3

Principal Woolf speaks out on US travel ban

PhysEd program closure approved by Faculty Board

When rivalry games are played, it brings out the best in both teams. Often, deep historical ties and bad blood boils over, with anything possible over the course of 60 minutes.

Leading up to the game, Queen’s was a for-sure favourite. Currently, Queen’s is ranked seventh in Canada, while RMC has only managed five wins on the year.

But when the final whistle had blown, RMC pulled off the improbable, beating the heavily favoured Gaels 3-2.

Closure process to continue during Senate Committee on Academic Development meeting on Feb. 8

FEBRUARY 3RD

We have remarkably little impact on what “another country chooses to do. What we can

do is stand up for what we think is morally correct and speak out where we see human rights or discrimination taking place, and that is what a number of us have felt over the last few days.

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—Principal Daniel Woolf

The stories behind the structures: McIntosh Castle: 14 Sydenham Street.

FEBRUARY 10

Breaking a Queen’s record: a long journey for Singh

After tearing both his hip labrums, Sukhpreet Singh reaches 1,345 career points

FEBRUARY 10

Opinion: No real way to #DressLikeAWoman In redefining womanhood, we perpetuate the same problem we’re trying to solve Kelsey Caines Contributor “Although the hashtag emerges from the good intention of eradicating a standard model of what it means to be a woman, it fails to acknowledge that defining “womanhood” itself is problematic. Instead, it seems to do little more than shift the view of what womanhood entails from that of a traditional woman to a

working female.

This poses additional issues in a day-and-age where gender restrictions are rapidly collapsing. A woman can no longer be defined by the physiological capacity to bear children, and is now a term that encompasses a wide demographic in the LGBTQ+ community where womanhood is embraced as a quality of being, not of physical body.”

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FEBRUARY 10

Veteran leadership leads undefeated Gaels Eric Gallo-Miscevich Staff Writer

Often in sports, the strength of a group is defined by the strength of their leaders. For the women’s basketball team, it’s no different.

During the women’s basketball team’s historic 16-0 run to start the season, the Gaels have been led by fifth year veterans Emily Hazlett and Robyn Pearson. To discuss their unprecedented streak and the program’s highest ever national ranking, third in Canada, The Journal sat down with Hazlett, Pearson and head coach David Wilson.

always been a very competitive “I’veperson … we’ve set such high

expectations for our team this year that I don’t think there’s anyone that goes out on the floor that would be okay with a loss.

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— Emily Hazlett

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After the Black History Month: Delving into ‘glass ceiling’ breaks Canada’s first all-Black battalion Lessons from the election season, equal representation doesn’t seem that far away

Shivani Gonzalez Features Editor

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ext year, Jennifer Li will be the first woman AMS President in three years and the first female AMS President of Asian descent in at least the last 28 years.

While having a woman president in the AMS is nothing new, this year’s election was unique for two reasons. For one, regardless of which team won, the AMS president would not only be a woman, but a woman of colour. Additionally, the unsuccessful team, MTW was made up of two women of colour — presidential candidate, Aniqah Mair and Julie Tran — and one man, Landon Wilcock.

In the last 28 years of leadership in the AMS, nine presidents have been women and 19 have been men, making roughly 32 per cent of the last 28 presidents women.

Once Li takes office it will be 35 per cent.

Kyle Gonci Contributor

This Black History Month is particularly special for me as it’s the first time I’ve explored the wonders of Black history on my own.

At the beginning of World War I, there was a vast wave of patriotism felt across Canada and like everyone else, many African-Canadians felt it was their obligation to fight for Canada and the British Empire. Canada wasn’t secretive about its discrimination towards African-Canadians and often times outright rejected those who wanted to volunteer for the war.

With the exception of a few volunteers who enlisted into select units, the vast majority of African-Canadians weren’t accepted into the Canadian military. It was only agreed upon later in the war that a segregated unit would be made on the

condition that enough African-Canadians filled the entirety of its ranks. This led to the making of the No. 2 CB, which was officially established on July 5, 1916 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

I started my research knowing nothing about the No. 2 CB and enjoyed every moment I uncovered something new. In general, this is only a snippet of the historic undertakings the No. 2 CB underwent, but even knowing this much does these soldiers a service.

This Black History Month, I encourage everyone to learn and share in the history of African-Canadians and carry on the legacy of the No. 2 CB. Even beyond that, I encourage everyone to explore subjects that they’re unfamiliar with. Perhaps then, each and every one of us could learn something new and eventually we could all find subjects that drive us towards our passions.

MARCH 3

March

Senate approves Fall Term Break for 2018-19 academic year Changes to Orientation Week will allow for a two-day break in Week Seven

MARCH 7

Opinion: Queen’s far from Canada’s “best employer” Leslie Jamieson Contributor

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ast week, Queen’s was cited as Canada’s best employer by Forbes magazine.

This assessment may ring true for some workers at Queen’s, however for many others it sounds like a Beaverton headline.

While Queen’s may provide stable and dignified work for some, many others are still personally experiencing the alarming state of precarious work in Ontario. This is work which is low-wage, insecure and lacking in basic benefits like paid sick days.

Right now in Ontario, attitudes about what decent work ought to look like are shifting.

The Fight for $15 and Fairness Campaign is demanding that the provincial Liberal government make dramatic reforms to

both the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act to create higher minimum standards for all workers. The Kingston chapter of this campaign is making the case that no worker should be making poverty wages in Ontario, that workers should have the power to take care of their own health, and that workers should be able to have the security and benefits of permanent, full-time positions wherever possible.

If the Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign succeeds, life as a Queen’s employee would change dramatically for many people.

In the meantime, we need to face facts: precarious employment is a major issue in Ontario, and Queen’s is a part of the problem.

MARCH 24

Queen’s battles for the puck against St. Mary’s as they play for fifth place at the U Sports Championships, hosted by Queen’s in Napanee.

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March MARCH 10

Editorial: ‘Single’ doesn’t mean ‘waiting for a relationship’ Julia Balakrishnan Assistant Photo Editor While people acknowledge I have the right to make my own choices, they often struggle to believe me when I put them into words. I can say that I’m happy being single but this is often interpreted as “I’m lying to myself about how unfulfilled I feel.” My resolve is seen as impermanent and my singlehood a problem to be fixed.

The idea of marrying and having children has never appealed to me, nevertheless, I’m told constantly by my family members that’ll change when I “meet the right guy.” After 21 years with no hint of domesticity on the horizon, the “right guy” is going to have quite

MARCH 24

Fighting for control in reporting sexual assault

a job ahead of him in changing my whole worldview.

In my experience, people are often asked to defend their life choices, particularly in the relationship area, with the expectation that the right person is needed to put you on the typical life path.

But that implies that our current lives are somehow atypical or strange if we aren’t in a conventional relationship heading towards the altar.

The comfortably single person shouldn’t be viewed a subject of pity, but as a person — a person who’s capable of going in their own direction and loving themself first, before anyone else.

From report, to conviction to advocacy: the story of a sexual assault survivor at Queen’s

Conservative leadership hopefuls visit Queen’s MARCH 10

Conservative Party candidate speaks at Queen’s town hall

Michael Chong addresses student’s concerns over the environment, employment and the future of the Conservative Party

MARCH 17

Kevin O’Leary draws crowd to Grant Hall O’Leary’s address continued despite attempted protest

MARCH 24

At Conservative candidate events, Kellie Leitch met with protests while Lisa Raitt sees small turnout

Organizers and protestors debate freedom of speech while speakers discuss immigration and refugees

MARCH 31

Small but supportive turn out for CPC hopeful Chris Alexander campus talk

Alexander hopes to lead the way to a less divisive Conservative Party Kevin O’Leary speaks to a crowd in Grant Hall.

MARCH 24

Queen’s Truth & Reconciliation MARCH 31 Commission Task Force Top 10 things I’ll miss after reveals final report graduation — or will I? One year after national commission’s calls to action, Queen’s committee answers

Nabeela Jivraj Staff Writer

MARCH 31 1. The false sense of productivity

Giller Prize-winner Madeleine Thien visits Queen’s need to live differently “Ithan me. I need to live outside of myself.

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— Madeleine Thien

found at CoGro

The best way to feel better about all the work you’ve been putting off is to grab a coffee and bagel at CoGro and get shit done. This often translates into 10 minutes spent trying to find a table, 45 minutes (minimum) running into every person you’ve met in the entire history of your undergrad, 12 minutes wondering whether QueensuSecure_WAP2 or eduroam will serve you better today, five minutes wishing that dog you pet was yours; 40 minutes on Instagram, and an impressive total of two new emails in your outbox.

3. Getting called “exotic” at the club

I’m really flattered that you like my hair and my nose ring! Yes, I’m sure I’m from here. I’m really glad we had this conversation. I’m also really glad bar rail is $2.75 so I can spend the rest of this evening forgetting this ever happened.

4. One hundred million Facebook notifications. Per. Day. 5. Coming downstairs to a full house on the Sunday of HOCO

Nothing says family quite like every square inch of your living room floor being taken up by your slumbering friends, surrounded by solo cups and general debris. As the sweet sound of TSwift and/ or ‘Closer’ by The Chainsmokers echoes through the University District, you feel like this is maybe what true happiness feels like.

6. Home

My LifeSci degree taught me that Aristotle once said, “the whole is greater than the sum of all its parts.”

There are way more than 10 things I’ll miss about my time at Queen’s and all these little parts have made up a place I’ll still be calling home well after graduation (sorry, Mom).

Thank you, Queen’s.