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Housing concerns Developer proposes Johnson St. complex B y R osie H ales Assistant News Editor
Mattie Sergeant, PheKin ’13, is currently pushing for a spot on the Canadian national team. See page 23 for the full story.
InsIde Feature A look into the revitalization of upper Princess St. Page 3
Dialogue Debating the merits of tech in the classroom. Page 8
arts A conversation with Sam Roberts. Page 19
sports Calgary Stampeders visit Queen’s. Page 23
postscript Exploring the world of geocaching. Page 27
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A proposal to knock down five houses on Johnson St. to build townhouses for students has been met with mixed reviews from local residents. If given permission from the city Planning Committee, the buildings will be constructed and rented out for Sept. 2013. The proposed properties, which would be located between Toronto and MacDonnell Streets, will be built by Golden Dragon Ho, an Ottawa-based developer. Each townhouse building will have 27 units, with an average of four bedrooms each. The housing would bring an additional 108 students to the area. Johnson St. resident Corinne See area on page 7
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Council passes one garbage bag limit Final reading scheduled in August for bylaw that would force all households to comply B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor
well as the AMS front office. If it passes at the final reading, the limit will be effective Sept. 1, A new city bylaw limits each but residents will be permitted to household to one garbage bag per put out two bags on the garbage day after Labour Day, as well as collection day. The bylaw was passed 7-6 at New Year’s Day and Victoria Day. Kye Andreopoulos, ArtSci City Council on July 17 in its first reading and was put forward ’14, lived in a house of eight last in order to encourage recycling year and said he thinks the idea is and limit household waste. A third unrealistic. “It’s ridiculous, especially in the and final reading is scheduled for Aug. 14. The hope is that residents will Obituary further separate recyclable waste into green bins for food and blue bins for plastic containers. Prior to the motion passing, residents were allowed to put up to two bags on the curb without needing Flowers lined a makeshift memorial extra tags. to Emma Purdie in her hometown The bylaw will apply to all of Peterborough within a day of residents with access to green her death. Tea light candles were recyclable bins, but tenants and arranged in the infinity symbol, homeowners will be allowed to a reference to a tattoo on purchase tags for every extra Emma’s arm. garbage bag for $2 each. The tattoo was comprised of the Tags are currently available at a infinity sign and the word ‘young,’ number of convenience stores, as representing the phrase ‘forever
student ghetto area where there is a very dense population per household,” he said. “Even last year when houses were allowed two garbage bags, we had to store our extra garbage, that sometimes added up to six or seven bags, in the basement.” Andreopoulous said the stored garbage made the area unsanitary and led to a bug infestation later on in the school year.
On July 27, the AMS released a statement denouncing City Council’s decision to limit garbage bag use and asking City Council members to vote against the motion at the final reading. The statement criticized the policy’s flawed “practical considerations, its awareness initiatives and the undue burden it places on students, who often live in high-density housing.”
In memory of Emma Purdie young’; according to those who knew Emma, it was a phrase that perfectly characterized her. Emma, ArtSci ’15, died on July 13 after a fall from a parking garage in Peterborough. She was 20. Her mother, Barb Purdie, said Emma was always optimistic and was passionate about “anything that was fun.”
“She really loved dance and she loved theatre and she really liked to be involved, to be busy and doing something all the time,” she said. “She taught dance to really little kids and she loved that as well.” Emma took up dancing at age three and had tried many styles, including jazz, ballet, hip-hop See She on page 6