Queen's Cancels Homecoming

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Originally Posted by Table 5

I didn't even know Canadian schools had "homecomings" ?

Some of the older schools in the east have them. Queen's has an enormous alumni and a school spirit that is very different than most Universities in Canada. I have some friends that are REALLY pissed that homecoming is cancelled the next couple of years as it is their "homecoming year" (five years after graduation).

The thing with Queen's and Kingston is that is a true "College-town" kind of feel. The "Queen's ghetto" is the neighbourhood immediately surrounding the school that is basically 100% students. It really is a ghetto. And since everyone that goes to Queen's is from somewhere other than Kingston you can imagine what that is like. Very different than any school in a large city where there is a large commuter presence and the university population doesn't dominate the town.

I attended Queen's for grad school from 2005-2007 in the height of homecoming madness. Cars being flipped over and torched and 10,000 people on 2 blocks of Aberdeen Street partying. It's just nuts.

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Originally Posted by josh white

Some of the older schools in the east have them. Queen's has an enormous alumni and a school spirit that is very different than most Universities in Canada. I have some friends that are REALLY pissed that homecoming is cancelled the next couple of years as it is their "homecoming year" (five years after graduation).

The thing with Queen's and Kingston is that is a true "College-town" kind of feel. The "Queen's ghetto" is the neighbourhood immediately surrounding the school that is basically 100% students. It really is a ghetto. And since everyone that goes to Queen's is from somewhere other than Kingston you can imagine what that is like. Very different than any school in a large city where there is a large commuter presence and the university population doesn't dominate the town.

I attended Queen's for grad school from 2005-2007 in the height of homecoming madness. Cars being flipped over and torched and 10,000 people on 2 blocks of Aberdeen Street partying. It's just nuts.

Hmmm.... Do I know you...? I was there from 2004-2006 for grad school.

I lived in the ghetto and loved Aberdeen St at homecoming. I stood by and watched the ol' flipped over burning car of '05. That was fascinating.

I am not too distressed about Homecoming being cancelled for the next couple years as I have no intention of going there. But trust me, homecoming will still happen whether the University sanctions it or not.