The Queen's Journal, Volume 141, Issue 32

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J THE OURNAL QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY — SINCE 1873

TOWN-GOWN

University District concept approved Crime

ARC thievery thwarted page 4

Inside this issue:

Town-Gown

Residents outcry over proposed student housing page 2

Feature

Queen’s at the Olympics

page 3

Arts

Kingston’s public installation art

page 11

Postscript The reasons why we wax

page 20

City passes proposal to implement street signage to make rebrand official B Y S EBASTIAN L ECK Assistant News Editor

to propose a smaller area for the initial implementation of University District street signs, and this is how City Council passed a motion this we came to negotiate a phased Tuesday in support of an AMS approach,” she said. The signs will be implemented project to erect “University District” signs throughout the student in phases. Phase 1 will be bound by Division St. to Brock St., Barrie St., housing area. The signs are part of an effort King St. West, Collingwood St. and to rename the student housing along Nelson St. until it meets with area previously known as the Johnson St. Phase 2 will extend the area “Student Ghetto” and as the up to Princess St. and into the “Student Village”. The project will cost West Campus area. The second approximately $10,000, which will phase will be assessed for feasibility be evenly split between the City in 2015, according to the motion passed by Council. and the AMS. Now that the motion has been The project was first presented by AMS Municipal Affairs approved, Wright said, the AMS Commissioner Catherine Wright to and the City will design the street the Near Campus Neighbourhoods signs and plan for their installment. Sydenham District Councillor Advisory Committee (NCNAC), Bill Glover, who is the chair of before it was taken to Council. Both bodies voted unanimously the NCNAC, said he wasn’t in favour of the idea when previous in favour of the project. “This initiative aims to improve Municipal Affairs Commissioners the attractiveness and cleanliness had brought it up. “Why did I change? I think it’s the of the area, and foster a sense of belonging for all residents,” Wright quality of work, the presentation of the AMS, it’s the degree to told the Journal via email. She sits on the NCNAC, which which they’d gone out to solicit includes representatives from four community support,” Glover said. He said the project will go back district associations: the AMS, St. Lawrence College, Queen’s to working groups like the Quality University and the Kingston Rental of Life Working Group and the NCNAC for further study now Property Owners Association. The NCNAC had a public that it’s been approved. “The word district is a point meeting on Dec. 4 to discuss the of contention that needs to be initiative with Kingston residents. Wright said there were resolved” Glover said. “Is it a initially some concerns from district, an area or a region?” Williamsville District Councillor the Williamsville Community Association about the boundaries Jim Neill said he personally voted for the measure because of Wright’s of the University District. See It’ll on page 6 “We agreed that it would be best

Men’s Basketball

Life in the OUA East:

Profiling the Gaels’ best and newest opponents page 16