On March 26, Jeffrey Simpson, Arts카지노 게임 컬렉션71, LLD카지노 게임 컬렉션05, will receive the 2014 Agnes Benidickson Award from the Ottawa Branch of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 Alumni Association, in recognition of his distinguished work as a journalist and his volunteer contributions to both Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and the Ottawa community.
The national affairs columnist of The Globe and Mail and author of eight books, Jeffrey카지노 게임 컬렉션s interests in politics and journalism were honed at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, both inside the classroom and out. A student of political science and history, he was also active in campus activities, including the Debating Club.
Knowing he wanted to pursue journalism as a career, in first year, Jeffrey approached The Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Journal to volunteer. He was rebuffed.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I was deemed not good enough for The Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Journal,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he laughs. 카지노 게임 컬렉션[At the time], the Journal was under the control of something called the Free Socialist Movement, a group of Marxist-oriented students카지노 게임 컬렉션. And I didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t fit the mold, as it were, so I was actively discouraged from continuing my association. So, I marched down to the CFRC studio in the basement of Carruthers Hall, waltzed in, and introduced myself.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Thus began four years as an on-air broadcaster for CFRC Radio. Jeffrey co-hosted a weekly news show on international and national affairs and then started calling the Gaels football games, making a name for himself as 카지노 게임 컬렉션The Voice of the Golden Gaels.카지노 게임 컬렉션
카지노 게임 컬렉션In 1970 -71,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션there were only two campus radio stations in the country that had licenses to broadcast over the public airwaves카지노 게임 컬렉션.Ryerson and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s. Many campuses had radio stations but they were in-house; they only broadcast inside campus buildings. So you couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션t turn on your radio as an ordinary citizen and listen. But Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s had been given this radio license back in the mists of time, so as a consequence, you had to try to keep the standards up, because you were being listened to by the broader Kingston public. So we tried, in our very imperfect and amateurish way, as the football broadcasters, to do as good a job as we could. We sat up in the old rickety George Richardson stadium broadcast booth, and every time the students would do an Oil Thigh, the whole stands would shake.카지노 게임 컬렉션.We had a great time!카지노 게임 컬렉션
Jeffrey also got involved in campus governance, becoming one of the first elected student representatives on 카지노게임사이트 Senate. He was a member of Senate for three years, 카지노 게임 컬렉션dealing with all the big issues,카지노 게임 컬렉션 including the politically charged Chuck Edwards case of 1970-71.
Jeffrey's Queen's yearbook photo
Those experiences in university governance as a student, says Jeffrey, 카지노 게임 컬렉션planted seeds of interest in my head about how institutions operate. I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve always had a tremendous respect for universities. I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve been able to teach and lecture at many of them. And I find them fascinating and difficult places to govern. They are really hard places to govern.카지노 게임 컬렉션
As an alumnus, Jeffrey continued to contribute to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 governance, sitting first on 카지노게임사이트 Council, then on the Board of Trustees. And while he sees his past role on the Board as one of a 카지노 게임 컬렉션back-bencher,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he is proud of two contributions he made. The first was during a time of intense budget constraints in the 1990s. Jeffrey, with fellow Board members, made the case for Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s administration to refrain from making across-the-board budget cuts. Instead, they advised, the university needed to identify its strengths and weaknesses, and make budget decisions accordingly. The committee had modest success with this approach. While Jeffrey feels their work didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t achieve all it could have, he draws on the governance lessons learned for his current volunteer work, on the Board of Governors of the 카지노게임사이트 of Ottawa.
His other contribution was his work, in 1993, to find Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s next principal. Jeffrey was recruited by Chancellor Agnes Benidickson for a working committee. 카지노 게임 컬렉션It was a 20-person group, with Agnes chairing it, and we worked pretty damn hard over a long period of time. We ended up unanimously selecting Bill Leggett, and that proved to be a good choice!카지노 게임 컬렉션
Jeffrey began writing for The Globe and Mail in 1974, first covering the city hall beat in Toronto, then moving on to Quebec politics. In 1977, he became a member of the paper카지노 게임 컬렉션s Ottawa bureau. Still based in Ottawa, he has been the newspaper카지노 게임 컬렉션s national affairs columnist since 1984. He카지노 게임 컬렉션s writing, in spring 2014, on the very same topic - Quebec elections and the notion of sovereignty for Quebec -- that he wrote about for his very first Globe assignment in 1973 (and many times since.) So, does he get tired of covering the same political issues year after year?
카지노 게임 컬렉션There are some issues which keep coming back like Wack-A-Mole,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Jeffrey says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션but when I first took this job, I phoned the man who, in effect, started this column, George Bain. He gave me a lot of sage advice. He said, 카지노 게임 컬렉션When you ever get depressed, remember, this job is like being given two tickets in the front row of the best show in town.카지노 게임 컬렉션 And I think that카지노 게임 컬렉션s true. There is an endless cavalcade of issues, challenges, problems, and drama. The whole of the human condition is on display, which is why I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve always loved writing about public affairs and politics.카지노 게임 컬렉션
And would he ever consider entering public service himself? 카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션m a born observer,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Jeffrey. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I think if I had gone into public life, I could have been effective to a certain extent, but I think the imposition of the party discipline on a guy like me 카지노 게임 컬렉션 I think I would have chafed against that. So I카지노 게임 컬렉션m very happy to have made a modest contribution as an observer, rather than as a participant.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The Chuck Edwards case
In 1969, Chuck Edwards, a PhD student and member of the Free Socialist Movement, charged he was forced out of his Chemical Engineering program because of his political activities. 카지노 게임 컬렉션This became a great cause célèbre on campus for the FSM, so the university set up a special tribunal to investigate this,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Jeffrey. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션t on the tribunal but I used to go and listen to all the testimony.카지노 게임 컬렉션 The tribunal, chaired by the Faculty of Law카지노 게임 컬렉션s Bernie Adell, found that Mr. Edwards카지노 게임 컬렉션 allegations were without merit. 카지노게임사이트 Senate then had to decide how to deal with Edwards. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I remember really wrestling with this hard, because I was a student rep,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Jeffrey. 카지노 게임 컬렉션The issue was sufficiently high profile that they moved the meeting when this matter was going to be discussed from Richardson Hall over to the Student Union building, to the large dining hall there, so that more people could attend. CFRC was broadcasting the thing live; it was pretty big stuff. I gave a long speech and said that on balance, the Adell report got it right from the testimony that I heard and, in fact, these allegations were without foundation, but I think I argued for clemency. I don카지노 게임 컬렉션t think I won that argument [Edwards was censured by Senate for failing to use the appropriate channels for his grievance] but I remember [fellow student senator] Brian Scully, who was a law student, coming up to me and saying 카지노 게임 컬렉션Are you going to be a lawyer?카지노 게임 컬렉션 and I said, 카지노 게임 컬렉션No,카지노 게임 컬렉션 and he said 카지노 게임 컬렉션Well, we learn these things in advocacy class, and you just laid out the textbook case for clemency!카지노 게임 컬렉션
The Edwards case brought to light the fact that Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t have clear procedures on grievances. Jeffrey was recruited for a Senate Committee on Grievance, Discipline and Related Matters for the university, which in 1971, published a detailed report with recommendations for formal handling of grievances. Chuck Edwards was invited to re-apply for admission as a student, but declined.
