the journal Vol. 146, Issue 21
Queen’s University
Friday, February 8, 2019
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men’s hockey takes devastating loss at carr-harris cup • Queen’s falls to RMC 5-1 in 133rd Carr-Harris Cup • Gaels outshoot RMC 47 shots to 30, rack up 18 penalty minutes to Paladins’ 8 • Game sees record attendance of 3,888 fans
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Goaltender Justin Fazio made 18 saves before being pulled in the second period.
AMS grapples with ‘significant damage’ after Student Choice Initiative ‘We are very disheartened to see our Government do this,’ Society VP Munro Watters says R aechel H uizinga & J asnit P abla Journal Staff On Thursday, the AMS held an emergency assembly to discuss the future of the Society in its current form. The meeting was held after the province released a presentation to university administrations across Ontario. The presentation revealed essential fees will pertain to “athletics and recreation, career services, health and counselling, academic support, student ID cards, transcripts and convocation processes, financial aid offices, student transit passes, walksafe programs, and student buildings.” Students can opt-out of the remaining fees, spelling a significant cut to funding student unions and services.
At Queen’s, the AMS opt-out rate is usually 30 to 35 per cent, according to an email Vice-President Munro Watters (University Affairs) sent to AMS staff on Wednesday. The Society anticipates this rate could increase with the new provisions. In Thursday’s three-hour Assembly, members discussed which student fees should be considered essential and how the AMS might save the revenue lost to student opt-outs. The Board of Directors is projected to enact these changes within 48 hours after the meeting. “We are currently working with the AMS Board of Directors and AMS Assembly to determine what changes we can make to ensure the AMS can carry on at all as an organization,” Watters wrote in her email on Wednesday. She added the Ministry of Training, College, and Universities has tasked universities with overseeing fee categorization. “If Universities were to incorrectly categorize fees with the Ministry’s given framework, they risk
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