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Sexual Violence Prevention at Queen's The consent centric approach at Queen’s needs an overhaul May 31, 2021 Credit:  Supplied by Ashleigh Allen I approach the writing of this report from the standpoint of a Queen’s alum. I have witnessed and experienced first-hand the pervasiveness of sexual violence and harassment on this campus.  I also must acknowledge the position of privilege from which I come to know and learn more about sexual violence—specifically as a white, heterosexual, cisgender, settler, middle-class, and able-bodied individual. The intersections of these privileges situ...

Medway-Sydenham residence at night, Nov. 22, 2020.Liam McInnis / GAZETTE Western will not offer residence spots to upper-year students next fall and will suspend all live-in residence soph positions. According to an email sent to students Tuesday, the move will allow the university to guarantee beds for all incoming first-year students as “uncertainty associated with the variants of concern and the rollout of vaccines” hampered their ability to predict the need for social distancing in buildings next fall. Western University said they still plan to run a residence orientation progr...

Field of study: applied archaeology Employer: Indiana University of Pennsylvania Job title: historic collections graduate assistant Job Responsibilities Assisting Indiana University of Pennsylvania's (IUP) Anthropology Department on various projects related to their historic artifact collections. How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation? I think that Dickinson has prepared me in enabling me to improve myself as a person and professional from when I came in as a first-year. I have been able to have so many positive experiences and learning moments, specifically with figuring o...

Former students on life in Vilnius: we were advised not to smile randomly in the streets The Orientation Week's inaugural conference was very striking for Aurora and Natalie. They both remember one piece of advice: do not smile randomly in the streets. Natalie sums it up: "A teacher told us that, when you smile at Lithuanians, sometimes they will think that you're crazy or that there is something funny about them…" Aurora almost found it scary at the beginning: she arrived in January, when there were few hours of light, the weather was cold, and no one was smiling in the streets, so she ...

Sophs storming UC Hill during Opening Ceremonies, Sept. 4, 2018.Liam McInnis / GAZETTE Changes to next fall’s orientation program were met with confusion and complaints at Wednesday’s University Students’ Council meeting, as student leaders raised concerns over  soph accountability, fatigue and student support. Earlier this week, Western University announced their decision to cancel live-in residence sophs for next fall, an announcement that coincided with USC’s plans to trim faculty soph contracts to just one week. Despite faculty sophs working one week contracts, USC ...