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Flanker Matt Kelly (left) and hooker Matthew Wolfe celebrate a try during the men’s ruby team’s win over the McMaster Marauders on Sept. 24. See page 15 for full story.
Academics
Fine Arts returns students to building Classes back to normal for third years impacted by over-enrolment B y B randon P asternak Staff Writer Third-year students in the Fine Art program have returned to Ontario Hall after an administrative error forced their removal from the building last year. An unanticipated number of students accepted an offer to the Queen’s Fine Art program in spring 2010. Instead of the target number of 30 students, the department accepted 46 students for admission that fall. “We kind of got shafted into Macgillivray-Brown Hall, which has insufficient space and supplies got stolen and what not,” Harmony Kan said, adding that the error impacted everyone enrolled in the mandatory second-year studio art class. “A lot of students were not impressed with how the second years were moved … without notice. Everything was delayed, information was kept from us.” Though the over-enrolment affected the class’ quality last year, this year things have returned to normal, Kan, BFA ’13 said. “This year they so far have figured out everything,” she said. Twelve students from the class of 2014 dropped or switched out of the Fine Art program. Kathleen Sellars, Fine Arts program director, said that while this is a higher attrition rate than normal, she can’t attribute it to anything specifically. While the class of 2014 is now closer to normal numbers, there’s still challenges. “We have to see this group
all the way through now, so we will continue to address the need for additional space, teachers, technical support and equipment,” Sellars said. “There are lots of positives, but I don’t want to minimize the challenge it has made and that it is something we want to make sure doesn’t happen on a regular basis.” Sellars said the number of students who register in September
usually varies. Though a similar situation occurred about 10 years ago, it’s not often that more students are accepted than the department has room for. Extra costs incurred by the over-enrolment in 2010 included the salaries of additional adjunct professors, and the extra cost for materials, equipment and technical support, Sellars said. After faculty members receive
hundreds of applications to the program, they rank them and review applicants’ portfolios. It’s then Queen’s Undergraduate Admission that is responsible for sending out a specific number of offers to prospective students. “When students apply they indicate where they rank Queen’s in terms of which university they expect to accept. Based on that, See Twelve on page 5
campus construction
New med building opens The $77-million medical facility will foster team-learning B y C atherine O wsik Assistant News Editor The Queen’s School of Medicine completed a new $77-million home at the corner of Arch and Stuart Streets. The building had its grand opening on Sept. 22, with approximately 400 alumni, students and faculty in attendance. The four-storey building will support a new patient-focused curriculum. Students will be taught in small groups to learn how to deal with patients directly. Dr. Richard Reznick, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine, said the new building will give the medical students at Queen’s a true home. “Our nursing students and our rehabilitation students will be coming for various classes here as
well, and I imagine other students across campus,” Reznick said. “When we’re not using the facility, it’s a Queen’s facility.” The building was funded with $57.6 million given from the provincial and federal governments through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, over $17 million from donors and $500,000 from medical students through an opt-outable fee of $100. The building has 124,000 square-feet of teaching and learning space including two large lecture theatres, a clinical education centre, simulation laboratories, basic hands-on laboratories and 28 small meeting rooms that encourage team-based learning. Research won’t be conducted in the building. The Anatomy Museum, previously in Botterell Hall, has been relocated onto the third floor
of the new facility. Reznick said the 20-room clinical education centre within the building will allow medical students to work on community patients while supervised by qualified doctors. To be used exclusively by medical students, the clinic will eventually open as a working clinic to treat patients. During flu season the clinic will serve the community, for example. It has not yet been finalized where patients will be coming from, but Reznick said the School will likely partner with a Kingston hospital. “We don’t run patient facilities,” he said. “Likely one of the hospitals will run the clinic in our building. “At the end of the day this building is purpose-built,” Reznick said, adding that the new building See Flu on page 5
Photo by Justin Chin
Inside graduate expectations More students are choosing to continue education over entering a narrow job market. page 3
don’t be that guy Kingston celebrated Take back the Night on Sept. 22. page 4
What’s in a name? Dialogue examines the university district rebranding effort. page 9
homework hatred Singer/songwriter Peter Elkas discusses his turbulent relationship with social media. page 10
soccer slip-up Men’s soccer team loses to the Toronto Varsity Blues 1-0. page 15
Exploring hypnosis Postscript looks at what it’s like to be hypnotized. Page 20