The Queen's Journal, Issue 19

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Never forget Holocaust Education Week starts Nov. 8 By Jessica Fishbein Assistant News Editor

Queen’s faculty since 1991 and has been Dean of the Faculty of Law for the past five years “Students are very interested in federal politics,” he said. “But also in education and issues that effect youth.”

The Holocaust marked one of the worst tragedies in human history, and in order to ensure that victims aren’t forgotten, Queen’s Hillel is participating in Holocaust Education Week on campus from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11. Next week’s initiatives will mark the 30th year Holocaust Education Week has taken place in Canada. Holocaust Education Week was initially organized around the Nov. 9 anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, when The Nazi government had Jewish homes and business ransacked and hundreds of Jews killed and taken to concentration camps. Since it began in 1980, it has grown from being various small community sponsored events to a major forum for international speakers. According to the Canadian Jewish News, last year about 30,000 people attended programs across the country. In recognition of the anniversary, this year’s theme, entitled “We Who Survived” focuses on survivor testimony and the importance of documenting it now, before there are no more survivors left. On Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 7:30

Please see Liberal on page 4

Please see Raising on page 5

photo Illustration by justin tang

Kingston and the Islands MP Peter Milliken will leave office in the next federal election. Candidates (clockwise from top right) Ted Hsu, Harvey Rosen, Bill Flanagan, Bittu George and Phillip Osanic.

Riding the Liberal wave The Journal talks with candidates running for the Liberal nomination on Nov. 7 Bill Flanagan By Clare Clancy News Editor Bill Flanagan said as MP of Kingston and the Islands he would work to promote the importance of international involvement. “I’ve worked with a number of international projects, in Russia, China and Brazil, specializing in HIV prevention and care,” he said, adding that Canadians are proud of their international involvement. “I think Canadians have a long record of involvement in international affairs and

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Op-Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

A&E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

InFocus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Referendum . . . . . . . . . 8

Postscript . . . . . . . . . . 20

Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . 10

international development,” he said. “We have a commitment to those in the world who are less fortunate than us.” Between 1998-2004, Flanagan was a part-time executive director of the Canada AIDS Russia Project which was spondored by a $3.3 million grant from the Canadian International Devlopment Agency. The project centred around HIV research and training in Russia. Flanagan said he’s running for the federal Liberal nomination in Kingston and the Islands because he wants to help change the direction of Canada’s current government. “I want to be part of offering a positive and compassionate alternative to the Harper Conservative government,” he said. “Like many people I’m concerned about the direction of the Harper government.” Flanagan has been heavily involved with the prison farms controversy in Kingston. He said it shows that Kingston needs an MP who can speak for its electorate. “[The prison farms closure]

is one example of how Harper’s Conservatives are not in tune with Kingston voters,” he said, adding that the community has been protesting the closure of Canada’s six prison farms since 2009 when Corrections Canada made the announcement public. Flanagan has been a member of

Queen’s still in the red University ran a $14.7 million dollar deficit in the 2009-10 fiscal year By Tyler Ball Editor-in-Cheif Every April, Queen’s releases a financial statement outlining the revenues and expenditures of the University’s operating budget. The 2009-10 Financial Statement is a seemingly impenetrable 30-page document, so the Journal spoke to Carolyn Davis, vice-principal (finance and administration), to clarify some of its concepts. For the 2009-10 fiscal year,

Queen’s totalled a $14.7 million operating deficit. “There’s a few components in there,” said Davis. “If you go back in time, salaries and benefits have been rising at a faster rate than revenues have. Much of that deficit is due to that.” The operating deficit is an improvement on last year’s $64.9 million loss, but less stable than $9.7 million in 2008 and healthy surpluses during the three years previous.

The report attributed much of the losses to rising salaries and pensions. Davis said administration is advocating a conservative fiscal strategy to accommodate for the rising salary expenses. “What we’re doing is budgeting very carefully these days,” Davis said. “We’re asking faculties to find a way to accommodate any increases in salaries from within their budget.” Please see Salaries on page 3


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