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Make Your Homecoming Tradition

Written by Jumphost on February 10, 2015. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life, Tricolour Spirit.

The ReUnion Street Festival was the epitome of what Homecoming is all about: spirit, community, and tricolour pride. Students and alumni were offered a venue to come together in celebration of their alma mater and Gaels of all ages attended the event to toast the place where it all began. At a meeting...

Queen’s University Announces A New Mascot

Written by Jumphost on April 1, 2013. Posted in Tricolour Spirit.

Queen’s University and the AMS are proud to announce that after months of deliberation and consultation Queen’s has decided to replace Boohoo the bear as the official mascot! The decision to adopt a new mascot came shortly after university administrators and the AMS were informed that Boohoo was not,...

Homecoming: Its Return & Your Thoughts

Written by Jumphost on December 11, 2012. Posted in Community Issues, Tricolour Spirit.

If you haven’t already seen it, check out our homecoming video. This video was released as engineers kicked their GPAs in front of the JDUC, and a bagpipe played in the background. In other words, an awesome morning at Queen’s. After months of deliberation and nearly four years since our last...

Fraternities & Sororities at Queen’s: Your Thoughts

Written by Jumphost on October 5, 2012. Posted in Community Issues.

In the early 1930s the AMS and the University banned fraternities and sororities on campus. This ban, which is reflected in AMS Constitution Section 7, precludes AMS members from “be[ing] an active member of any fraternity or sorority, that is, any organization composed of students and former students...

The Many Memes of Queen’s

Written by Jumphost on September 27, 2012. Posted in Tricolour Spirit.

Some sassy, many awesome, here are some memes from the last year at Queen’s. (Aug. 2012, AMS Facebook) (Via the Queen’s Memes Facebook Page) (via the Queen’s Memes Facebook Page) “Let us celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday, for obvious reasons. Cha Gheill!” (May 2012, AMS Facebook) (via...

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Make Your Homecoming Tradition

Queen’s University Announces A New Mascot

Homecoming: Its Return & Your Thoughts

Fraternities & Sororities at Queen’s: Your Thoughts

The Many Memes of Queen’s