Student Life

Growing up in Northern Ontario and exercising in crazy weather has taught me a thing or two about handling cold, snowy winters.

Second semester has started, and along with it comes application season. Whether you’ve applied to law, medical, graduate, or more undergraduate school, it can be a nerve-wracking time.

The line to get into a Kingston bar can be a desolate, hopeless landscape. People shiver in skimpy clothes, overenthusiastic drinkers vomit in the streets, and impatient sneaks try their best to butt in line.

In the age of a reinvented conservative shift, it’s no wonder that new and creative ways to be racist are created each day.

It’s safe to bet most Queen’s students have had at least one experience with a ghost—just not the paranormal kind.

If you’re looking for a showstopping New Year’s resolution, toss those gym shoes aside and pick up a new language in 2020.

Are you a person with a cervix who’s 21 or older and has been sexually active in the past?

This week, The Journal’s Sports editors teamed up with Queen’s Fencing to try out one of the swankiest combat sports around. While they didn’t transform into pros after one lesson, they did learn a couple of great moves and some fun and fancy footwork.

In recent weeks, the cold weather might have you wondering if the warmth of hand-holding could be a solution to winter’s chill.

No matter how a relationship ends, whether it’s amicable or one-sided, breakups suck.

Chances are, you probably met more people on Aberdeen St. during Homecoming than you have in the last two months combined.

The second half of the academic term is always stressful. The strain of final essays, projects, and tests can start to weigh on us, giving us no choice but to buckle down and work harder than ever.

Thinking about the future right now might be daunting.

It’s difficult enough to be a feminist, regardless of your skin colour. You’re policed and dismissed. Your frustration is interpreted as rage, and you always seem to be ‘asking for too much.’ 

From costumes to candy to carving pumpkins, Halloween festivities can be full of single-use products that aren’t so sustainable.  

As university students, we’ve long traded trick-or-treating for costume parties and themed get-togethers. Now, the only thing scarier than ghosts and goblins is pulling together last-minute costumes and figuring out what to bring to Halloween potlucks.