The Queen's Journal, Volume 141, Issue 26

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F R I D AY , J A N U A R Y 1 7 , 2 0 1 4 — I S S U E 2 6

J THE OURNAL QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY — SINCE 1873

SMH vs. WRL #AMSVOTES

PHOTOS BY SAM KOEBRICH

B Y O LIVIA B OWDEN S EBASTIAN L ECK Journal Staff

Pakalnis and John Patrick Stanley dropped out of the executive race, after it became known that one of team members wasn’t an AMS member. According to AMS policy, Two teams were ratified for the 2014 executive candidates must be a member AMS Executive election ballot, but a third of the society in order to run, Mark team was left out after they failed to meet Godin, deputy speaker and chief electoral nomination requirements, according to the officer, said. “I made a ruling in consultation with the AMS Elections Team. Team SMH was ratified, and is comprised Elections Team that the team in question had of Scott Mason, Mark Asfar, and Hasina therefore not completed [the] nomination Daya. They are running for President and process, and thus were not permitted Vice-President (Operations and University to continue the election,” he said. The AMS Elections team is comprised Affairs), respectively. Allison Williams, Justin Reekie, and of the Chief Electoral Officer, the Philip Lloyd make up Team WRL. Williams Chief Returning Officer and Deputy is running for President, Reekie Returning Officers. To be allowed on the ballot, Teams must for VP (Operations) and Lloyd for VP (University Affairs). garner a minimum of 750 signatures from Williams is currently the AMS Academic students, and complete all the components Affairs Commissioner, Reekie is currently of the nomination package, including Hospitality and Safety Services Director and writing a description of the team as well as Lloyd is currently on the Student Faculty signing a bonding agreement. Kanivanan Chinniah told Relations Committee. Journal following Assembly Daya is currently President and CEO of the night that the team the Residence Society., Asfar is the AMS Thursday Student Life Administration Manager and decided not to run after meeting with team WRL, consisting of Williams, Reekie Mason is currently ASUS President. Three candidates were ratified for the and Lloyd. “After talking to team WRL, we realized Rector ballot: Aman Partap, Mike Young, we shared common values and they are and Marcus Threndyle. See Teams on page 7 The team of Kanivanan Chinniah, Peter AND

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Discipline defended Student Affairs allegedly violates Code of Conduct B Y VINCENT B EN M ATAK News Editor The AMS is advising students to be wary if they receive emails from the Office of Student Affairs requesting to meet. Around October, an unspecified number of students were allegedly contacted by Student Affairs as part of a “fact-finding” process, after receiving reports of a hazing incident that took place earlier in the year. The names of the students and the exact incident in question have remained undisclosed, due to confidentiality reasons. . A screenshot of an email sent to a student from Student Affairs, which was provided to the Journal by a student who requested to remain anonymous, asks the student to meet after their classes. The nature of the meeting wasn’t relayed to them. “I am writing to request a meeting with you,” the email states. “I see from your timetable you have classes until …. would

THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY

you be free after that?” Eril Berkok, AMS president, said the emails, which were sent by Student Affairs, violate students’ rights as stipulated in the Queen’s Student Code of Conduct. He added he’s unsure how many students were contacted by Student Affairs, as only a select few came forward expressing their concerns. The Student Code of Conduct, a University document which outlines regulations for non-academic discipline at the University level, states that students have the right to “know the nature of the hearing in advance of the proceedings,” the right to “representation” and to “disclosure of evidence.” “We were notified of this [by a student] and we got in touch with anyone who had received that email to inform them of their rights, which the email didn’t explicitly do,” Thomas Pritchard, AMS vice-president (university affairs), said.

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