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Credit:  Journal File Photo Students who aren’t showing symptoms of COVID-19 can now get tested at the centre in Mitchell Hall. As of Jan. 25, Student Wellness Services is offering voluntary, asymptomatic COVID-19 testing. The move comes as Queen’s supports Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health’s plan to implement asymptomatic testing in the region. Students who have traveled outside of the region—beyond Hastings, Prince Edward, Leeds, Grenville, or Lanark...

Photo:  Queen’s reported one new case of COVID-19 in residence on Thursday.  The University marked all other cases of COVID-19 in the Queen’s community resolved, according to its COVID-19 tracker. There has been a total of 88 cases identified since Aug. 31, including 10 in residence.  Students looking to get tested for COVID-19 can book an appointment at Queen’s Satellite COVID-19 Assessment Centre in Mitchell Hall through Student Wellness Services (SWS).  The service, which is open M...

The WIAC is releasing schedules this week for the February return of winter sports for UW-La Crosse. It marks the return for basketball, wrestling, indoor track, and the swim team. The fall semester has been especially difficult for the swimmers, with their Mitchell Hall poll shut down since August, with no advance warning or reasoning from UWL administration. And to get their pool open again for this upcoming season took a complete team effort. “There wasn’t a whole lot of communication fr...

Joe Biden as a Blue Hen Article by Diane Stopyra Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and Evan Krape | Illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase January 19, 2021 America’s 46th president will bring the values of a UD education to the White House In November of 2016, Fred Sears visited the White House to see his longtime friend and former University of Delaware classmate, Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Sears brought his grandchildren along for the tri...

Credit:  Journal File Photo As the winter term begins in the midst of a province-wide lockdown, the Queen’s COVID-19 Satellite Assessment Centre in Mitchell Hall is once again open for students looking to get tested. The Centre, which re-opened this morning, is now offering appointments between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Students who are experiencing symptoms, have travelled outside Canada in the last 14 days, or need testing for contact tracing purposes can book an appointment...

CAMH Research Centre WINNER OF A 2020 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE “This is a big building that seems comfortable, with qualities of delicacy and softness. It brings something quiet, even if it’s busy from a programmatic point of view. It’s well-detailed in its sustainability aspects. The facade moves in and out, allowing the park to terrace through the building. It is also the most successful integration of mass timber that we saw among the entries. It’s the whole package, in...

For the 37th year, the Delaware Dance Company will mark the Christmas season by performing the popular holiday ballet, “The Nutcracker,” but, like so many things in 2020, it will look a bit different this year. Instead of performing four shows in Mitchell Hall for a combined 1,800 people, the Newark-based dance company will turn to the wonders of technology to broadcast the annual performance online. Artistic Director Sunshine Latshaw said DDC briefly considered canceling the performa...

Queen’s has reported a total of 54 cases since Aug. 31, with 28 of those cases resolved. Since the pandemic began, KFL&A has reported a total of 375 cases.  The Queen’s Satellite COVID-19 Testing Centre in Mitchell Hall was set to close on Dec. 10 for the winter break, however, it remained open for limited hours on Thursday and Friday in response to the spike in student cases. It will re-open for regular hours on Jan. 10.  Students can get tested at the Kingston community Beechgrove lo...

>> we want to thank the american cancer society cancer action network for their support making this debate possible. >> lets go through some of the rules so the ground rules for this 90-minute debate. its divided into two parts following a two-minute opening statement from each candidate. nancy and i will pose questions. responses to that initial question limited to two minutes with a one-minute rebuttal from the other candidate. and then there will be an opportunity for all of us to g...

coons, welcome. and republican christine odonnell. welcome. >> thank you. >> we also want to thank aarp delaware and the american cancer society, cancer action network for their support making this debate possible. >> lets go through some of the rules, some of the ground rules for this 90-minute debate. its divided into two parts, following a two-minute opening statement from each candidate nancy and i will pose question, responses to that initial question limited to two minutes with a...