President Answers
1) In what year did Queen’s first admit women?
1869.
2) What is the job of the provost? Who is it and what other title does s/he hold?
Bob Silverman; vice-principal (academic). The provost is in a sense the chief operating officer for the University. S/he would manage the University’s operating budget and focus on internal University affairs as opposed to the more externally focused Principal.
3) Name two Queen’s landmarks which share the same name?
Bader Lane, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts and Bader International Study Centre; Ban Righ Hall and Ban Righ Centre for Mature Women; Etherington Hall and Agnes Etherington Art Centre; Richardson Hall and Richardson Stadium and/or Richardson Laboratory; Gordon Hall and Gordon-Brockington Hall.
4) Who was the starting quarterback in 2010?
Justin Chapdelaine.
5) Who was Robert Sutherland?
Queen’s first black graduate gave Queen’s a $12,000 bequest in 1878. At the time, this amount was equal to the University’s operating budget. The Policy Studies building was renamed Robert Sutherland Hall in October 2009.
6) What is your favourite TV show and why?
N/A.
Vice-President (Operations) Answers
1) How many full-time undergraduate students are there at Queen’s?
14,491 (enrolment as of fall 2009).
2) Who is Georgina Moore?
University secretary
3) What is TAPS projected revenue for 2011?
1.394 million
4) Which service ran the largest deficit last year?
Common Ground with over $90,000
5) How many people sit on Board of Directors?
15 directors and 10 have voting privileges
6) If you were given a million dollars tomorrow, what would you do?
N/A
Vice-President (University Affairs) Answers
1) How many committees are there under the Municipal Affairs Commission?
8.
2) How much did this past year’s September Fauxcoming cost the City of Kingston?
$325,000
3) Who is director of Campus Security?
Dave Patterson
4) What was the original name of the Queen’s Pub?
The Quiet Pub
5) Name the four districts that encapsulate Queen’s and the ghetto? Bonus points if you can name the city counsellor for each district.
Williamsville: Jim Neill
Sydenham: Bill Glover
King’s Town: Hutchison
Portsmouth: Liz Schell
6) If you could be anyone else (fictional or real), who would you be and why?
N/A
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