Student Life

Looking to lessen your environmental impact can be a daunting task—it’s hard to know what power you have to make a positive impact on the climate. 

Whether you’re a seasoned online learner or you’ve never taken a virtual class before, this semester is bound to be difficult for everyone in its own way. 

When arriving on Queen’s campus as a first-year, there are a few things you might notice: there’s always a line at Tim Horton’s, it’s almost impossible to get a spot at Stauffer during exam season, and everyone’s laptops are covered in stickers.

Fall is fast approaching, and even though online classes might have you ready to spend the next few months sitting at your laptop in your sweats, the cooler weather is a great excuse to revamp your wardrobe and start easing back into getting dressed and ready every day.

We all have a vague idea of what birth control is and what it does, but we don’t talk about it nearly enough.

Spain in early autumn is supposed to be sunny and warm. 

2020 has proven to be a year full of surprises—many of them not very good. 

For many students in relationships, maintaining a distance of two metres between themselves and others has, for the past four months, included their significant other.

When I think of an essential worker, I picture paramedics, nurses, and doctors—the people on the front line risking their lives every day. 

Inspired by the Ryersonian’s recent photo essay, in which four students were each given a disposable camera and had to document their day, the Lifestyle section sought to do the same at Queen’s. Then, the spread of coronavirus shut down the University and just about everything else.

For people in long-distance relationships, virtual communication isn’t just an alternative to a ‘real’ relationship—it’s the only connection to a loved one that happens to live far away.

For many students at Queen’s, the past few days have been a whirlwind of packing, moving, and self-isolating in the wake of Canada’s growing COVID-19 pandemic.

The first-year residence experience has come to an abrupt halt—residence is asking those who are able to leave by March 22 due to the spread of Coronavirus, and most students are already packing their bags and heading home.

As the year wraps to its close, here’s a Queen’s-themed crossword to shake the blues borne from COVID-19-related social isolation and the sudden departure of friends and peers from campus.

Women’s History Month always makes me think about my own womanhood. But this March, I’ve thought a lot about how my experiences as a brown woman differ from my white counterparts—specifically as a cis woman raised in a semi-conservative Muslim household.

Last March, then-coworkers Ally and Josh happily used their roles as Lifestyle editors as an excuse to skip around town in search of the best milkshakes in Kingston.