CFRC
Radio’s station management under scrutiny B y Vincent M atak Staff Writer A motion passed at AMS Board of Directors last night postponed discussions on the management restructuring of Queen’s radio station CFRC. CFRC Operations Officer Kristiana Clemens said proposed restructuring would result in a deterioration of programming content and loss of revenue for the station. “We are not going to be able to recruit and train new volunteers, and we are not going to be able to have grants to fund as many special projects,” she said. “Those opportunities will decline
because … at the management level [we won’t have] as experienced and qualified staff to carry out those tasks effectively.” Currently CFRC has three equal managerial positions that are available to full-time or parttime students and can be held for multiple years. If management is restructured, these three positions will become available only to full-time students for a one-year term. There would be a newly-created AMS Board of Directors tabled a motion to change CFRC’s management structure last night. photo by corey lablans head manager position which would assume the responsibilities programming, music programming 40 per cent come from student form of deficit coverage. CFRC is budgeted to run a fees, including a $4.93 mandatory of the business manager, while and music resources. $10,000 deficit this year. Clemens Currently, 60 per cent of AMS fee. overseeing and assisting the The AMS provides CFRC with said this could double in future three new assistant management CFRC revenue comes from nonpositions for spoken word AMS sources, like grants while an additional 10 per cent in the See Structure on page 7
F r i d ay , F e b r u a r y 1 0 , 2 0 1 2 — I s s u e 3 2
j the ournal Queen’s University — Since 1873
Three emergencies at Wednesday Alfie’s
dialogue
Arts
Sports
A first-year’s account of getting caught drinking in residence. Page 9
BFA students present Prologue after losing location for BFA Select. Page 10
Queen’s Track and Field struggles to overcome demotion to club status. Page 15
Politics
Three Young Liberals resign Former executive members cite philosophical and personal reasons B y A sad C hishti Assistant Photo Editor
you came on his bus, you went to his party, on his coin. He raised the money for all this, therefore Three members of the Queen’s you have to vote for him,’” Young Liberals have resigned, Prescott said. Pegolo won the election citing philosophical differences and on Jan. 14. academic over-extension. “They were trying to The resignations came in the two weeks that followed the National overshadow what was going on, Liberal Biennial Convention, held which is clamping down on privacy, clamping down on free thought, in Ottawa from Jan. 13 to 15. Queen’s University Liberal clamping down on free speech, Association (QULA) sent 12 and I can’t stand an organization delegates on a bus that also had that does that,” he said. “My issue non-QULA liberal supporters. The with this is the fact that we were election for a new Young Liberals treated so poorly because we were Association executive was held on questioning. It seems like they’ve wanted in the subsequent weeks for Jan. 14. Of all the positions, only one me to keep my mouth shut. They was contested, the rest required a don’t want this getting out.” QULA Executive Vice-President vote of confidence. This position was contested between Josh Kyle Richardson denied that QULA endorsed Pegolo. He said the free Hutchinson and Eric Pegolo. According to their websites, both bus wasn’t tied to an endorsement. “This bus had been arranged and candidates received endorsements from several individuals and provided by the Pegolo campaign representatives from Young and people who took the bus up were supporters,” Richardson, Liberals chapters across Canada. Alexander Prescott, ArtSci ‘14 ArtSci ’12, said. “He asked if we was one of the three students could have a bus here and we were who resigned from QULA. The thrilled to have another way to get former events director on the to the convention.” Pegolo was unable to be reached QULA executive board, said the members of QULA who attended for comment. On Feb. 2, Prescott resigned the convention were instructed to vote for Pegolo by members of from his events director position. Richardson said the resignations the association. “We were told, ‘You know you’re are “completely unrelated” to the supposed to be voting for this guy, biennial convention. Scott Mason,
the former communications director for QULA, said he resigned for personal reasons. “I just have a whole bunch of different things going on and ultimately I felt like I wasn’t able to fulfil my responsibilities of QULA while I had these things going on,” Mason, ArtSci ’14, said. Wesley Cohen, the former executive vice-president said he resigned because he had other commitments within the party. “I decided it would be better for me to focus on those rather than choosing priorities and balancing schoolwork,” Cohen, ArtSci ’13, said.
Three women outside Alfie’s nightclub were taken to hospital early Thursday morning. According to a Campus Security alert, they exhibited “levels of intoxication that appeared in excess of their actual consumption,”. “There were no definitive signs of any drinks that were drugged,” said Campus Security Director David Patterson. “That would be a medical determination.” Patterson said officers were on patrol at 1 a.m. when they came across a woman lying on the sidewalk outside of Alfie’s. “She told our staff that she couldn’t move her legs,” he said. All three women were coming out of Alfie’s nightclub. “There were three individuals that passed along the same information,” he said. Patterson couldn’t comment on the medical condition of the students. He said the next step would be to speak to staff at Alfie’s. “That’s part of our follow up,” he said. Patterson said it’s important to be self-aware. “If you or a friend feel dizzy or confused, or experience any symptoms [like] memory loss get to a safe place immediately.” See Students on page 5
ARC thief caught A curl-up bar and barbell weights stolen from the ARC were recovered Wednesday at 3 p.m. A fourth-year Queen’s student had stolen the items last Friday. Constable Steven Koopman, media relations officer for Kingston Police, said the student used force to break into the building at 5 a.m. on Feb. 3 “He stole a curl-up bar and what looked like 45 pounds worth of weights on each side,” he said. Kingston Police released a social media alert on Facebook on Wednesday afternoon with surveillance pictures of the student stealing the curl-up bar. The police asked for tips to help identify the thief. “Within one to two hours we got verification of the individual’s name and address through an anonymous email,” Koopman said. The police arrested the student, who was charged with one count of breaking and entering and one count of theft. A curl-up bar retails for about $200. “He was co-operative with detectives and they decided he didn’t pose a risk to the public,” he said. “He was released on a PTA, which is a promise to appear,” he said. Koopman added that the student will have his first appearance in See Equipment on page 5
Mental health
Anti-stigma position created Bell Canada gives $1 million in funding to Queen’s for research B y S avoula S tylianou Assistant News Editor Bell Canada has given Queen’s $1 million for mental health research, establishing the first-ever mental health and anti-stigma research chair. The new initiative on mental health comes after seven students died at Queen’s last year, which Principal Daniel Woolf said is
“partly coincidence.” “We were already doing stuff in this area well before last year’s tragic events,” he said. “We’ve had the Mental Health Working Group since 2007. The funding was announced at a ceremony on Tuesday at the new medical school building. The chair position will be going to Heather Stuart, a professor of community health and
epidemiology at Queen’s. It will exist for the next five years at which time Bell’s funding expires. “Stigma was one area that is, I think, pretty unique and is a major part of the problem that wasn’t being addressed and we happen to have one of the world’s experts on it right here,” Woolf said. Woolf said the University will provide Bell with a report to detail See Chair on page 7