Attemped assault reported on campus
Campus Security is advising students to use the Walkhome service or walk home with friends after a female student walking on campus escaped a male assailant.
Campus Security Director Dave Patterson said the student was walking alone on campus at 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 7.
“We were ed on the seventh of October approximately half past the hour, one o’clock in the morning that a female student was walking near Mac-Corry and Jeffrey Hall. He was pacing in front of her and as she walked past him, he reached out and grabbed her arm.”
Patterson said the student immediately ed Campus Security, but they were unable to locate the individual. He said Campus Security has increased foot patrols on campus.
The suspect was described as being Caucasian, approximately 5’11” tall and wearing blue jeans and a black sweatshirt.
Patterson said students walking on campus late at night should exercise caution and report suspicious individuals.
“We’d like to continue to encourage students to use the AMS Walkhome service; walk with friends,” he said. “If you see suspicious actions, trust your instincts and Campus Security.”
—Lauren Miles
Statement on responsible investing released
The University’s statement on responsible investing has been released four months after it was originally scheduled to be presented to the Board of Trustees, but is still unavailable for public viewing on the University Secretariat website.
The purpose of the document is to set down the principles that govern investments at Queen’s and to provide details on the process under which non-financial factors will be considered in making investment decisions. The document states that Queen’s has sought legal advice regarding the non-financial factors in making investment decisions, resulting in the suggestion that responsible investing policies aren’t consistent with the University’s fiduciary duties of loyalty and prudence to the Pension Fund, Pooled Endowment Fund and the Pooled Investment Fund.
The document states that in exceptional circumstances, Queen’s can take special action with respect to a specific investment or series of investments if “social injury” to the University’s reputation can be proven. Social injury is defined as having an “injurious impact which the activities of a company are found to have on consumers, employees or other persons, particularly including activities which violate, or frustrate, the enforcement of, rules, of domestic or international law intended to protect individuals against deprivation of health, safety or basic freedoms.”
The document states that expressions of concern about the University’s investment policies must be initiated by of the Queen’s community. A documented submission identifying the social injuries Queen’s would sustain in its investment decisions. The submissions must be accompanied by a petition of at least 300 individual signatures, with a minimum of 25 signatures made up of at least three of five constituencies: faculty, istrative and staff, students, retired Queen’s employees and alumni.
For a copy of the Queen’s University statement on responsible investing, Lee Tierney, associate secretary of the Board of Trustees and convocation co-ordinator at (613) 533-6092.
—Jane Switzer
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