• Events
• Services
• Membership Card
• Front Desk Rentals
• Corporate Partnerships

Main Campus Residents' Council - Services

Overview

As a student living in residence on main campus, you have access to a large number of services that are provided for your benefit and use. These variety of services are all geered towards making your stay in residence enjoyable and fun. Some services are provided directly by and funded by the MCRC, others are provided by Residence Administration and funded through your residence fees.

MCRC Services

All of the major services provided directly by the MCRC each have their own respective pages on this website. A brief overview of each is provided below:

Non Academic Discipline

As is Senate policy at Queen's, all non-academic discipline issues are handled by your peers, in other words, other Queen's students. Given that residences are a unique community of its own, the MCRC has specific authority to enforce non-academic issues within residence (on main campus, the JRHC administers West Campus and Harkness Hall).

Representation

Within the MCRC are a number of elected representatives, from the Floor Representative at the local level, right up to the President of the Society. These representatives work to represent your interests at a variety of forums including Residence Administration, the AMS and the Senate.

Events

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, that's why the MCRC has various individuals dedicated to providing fun and interesting social event programming within residence. These events could be small such as a floor dinner right up to multi-building or cross-campus competitions. Keep your eye on the events calendar to learn more.

Membership Card

As a resident of main campus, you automatically get issued a unique membership card. This card gives you access to exclusive services and offers.

Front Desk Rentals

Possibly the service you'll appreciate the most, your membership card gives you access to movies and various games equipment for free!

Games Tables

Related to the above service, every residence building has access to a number of games tables ranging from foosball to ping pong to pool.

Corporate Partnerships

The MCRC is constantly on the lookout for Kingston, regional or even international organizations that we could partner with and provide a mutually beneficial arrangment for both our members and the organization.

Residence Services

Through the residence fees you pay at the beginning of the academic year, Residences provides a number of services for your use.

TVs and VCRs

Although the vast majority of TVs and VCRs in residence were actually purchased by the MCRC several years ago, their maintenance and security are provided by Residences. Every floor should have access to a common room, which includes a TV and possibly a VCR (hooked up to cable TV). Many buildings also have a central common room which may have a big screen TV for watching those Sens vs. Leafs games.

ResTel

Every room is equipped with a phone jack and basic phone complete with local phone service. You can optionally sign up with a long distance provider (the University's partner is Primus).

ResNet

Every room also comes with an ethernet jack and ethernet cable for connecting your computer to the Queen's network and accessing the internet. This service is optional, however, so you can choose to opt out of the fee at the beginning of the academic year. (See the residence fees schedule for the current ResNet fee).

Vending Machines

Every building has access to vending machines serving soft drinks, juices and water, and snack food items. Most Coke machines also accept Convenience Cash from your student card (see the Food Services Meal Plan site for details on how much Convenience Cash is included with each meal plan).

Laundry Facilities

Each building has at least one laundry room, with machines that accept Coinamatic smart cards (you receive a free smart card when you move in). As a wash cycle costs $1.60 and a dryer cycle costs $1.55, you will want to load your smart card up with cash at one of the machines located in Victoria Hall, Gordon-Brockington, Waldron Tower or Leggett Hall. If you lose things easily then you better not load your card up with too much money, because if you lose the card, not only do you lose its value, but you will have to pay for a replacement card at the cost of $5.

Meal Card

Use your student card as your meal card (you will have a temporary meal card for the first week or so until you get your student card). Every time you enter a cafeteria, your card will be swipped and a meal deducted. Most meal plans also include Flex dollars, which can be used at all the food retail locations on campus (such as the Lazy Scholar in Victoria Hall or the cafeteria in Mackintosh-Corry Hall).

Keys

Naturally, you will need keys to access your residence building and your room. These keys will be provided to you when you check in. You may also be provided with a mail key. Do not lose your keys! Tie them to your wrist if you have to, because once lost, you will have to pay $125 to replace the room key (the lock cylinder will be changed) and $10 to replace your mail key.

Common Rooms and Kitchens

If you feel like staying in tonight, cooking yourself a gourmet meal of Kraft dinner and watching some TV, feel free to use the provided pots and pans in the nearby kitchen or store your food in the fridge. Just remember, after cooking remember to clean any items you used and return them to their storage location. Also please try to keep the noise down to respect anyone in nearby rooms.

Study Rooms

In the basement of most buildings are one or more study rooms. Theses rooms have several desks and possibly a chalkboard to help you study in a quiet location or plan that group project. Please be respectful and remain quiet for anyone else who may be studying in the room as well. Additionally, some buildings have a Music Room as well (you're specifically allowed to be loud in this room - provided you're playing an instrument).

Bank Machines

There is currently a single ATM in main campus residence located in Victoria Hall. However, there are many others on campus, located in the JDUC, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Botterell Hall, Biosciences Complex and West campus.

Phone Cards

If you make a lot of long distance cards, you may wish to consider buying a long-distance card. They can be purchased in the lobby of Victoria Hall

Parking Permits

If you have a car and live on main campus, you're fresh out of luck because you aren't eligible for a parking pass (unless you have special needs). You can choose to seek a permit for West Campus, but you would be better off trying to "rent a driveway" from a nearby house. More information about obtaining a permit can be found on the Queen's Parking Services website.