In first year, whenever I took the three-hour bus ride from Kingston to visit my family, I tried my hardest to avoid sitting with someone else.

Frosh Week festivities perked up this week when thousands of sober Gaels and ArtSci frosh danced to this year’s song, “Jerk It Out,” by The Caesars. The song choice raises the question of how the Orientation Round Table (ORT) perceives its responsibility to make Orientation more inclusive.

Last week, I had the opportunity to pick up a copy of US Airways’ “SkyMall” magazine. With excitement that could only have been induced by altitude, I found a voice-activated replica of R2-D2 for only $169.95! Also tempting was “The Marshmallow Shooter”—a mere $24.95 for what would surely be hours of fun, complete with “pinpoint accuracy.” But upon further perusal, I decided that “The Hollywood Cookie Diet” most definitely takes the cake. Four boxes for $59.99 and cookie dieters can (atypically) lose five pounds in just three days?

Ontario university presidents receive expensive perks, such as cars and monthly allowances, along with their six-figure salaries, the Hamilton Spectator reported July 12.

An OPP officer posed as a journalist
during last year’s Aboriginal Day of Action protests to get to the front lines, courts heard last week.

This is the summer of my discontent.

This fall, the AMS Social Issues Commission will introduce a religious issues committee.

I turn nineteen this week. Anyone who hears that immediately asks me where I will be going to celebrate
that night, and no one’s expecting me to say the name of a restaurant or that I have the party room booked at the local bowling alley or laser-tag joint—they’re waiting to hear which bar I’ve chosen.

According to Friday’s New York Times, the Bush administration has a policy of sending out mass e-mails when there’s a news report it doesn’t agree with or when a Democrat makes a comment it doesn’t like.

It’s the end of my second year of university, and I’m having an existential crisis. Okay, so I’m not exactly Simone de Beauvoir.
All right, I’m nothing like Simone de Beauvoir. Still, something hasn’t been sitting right lately. I’m restless, withdrawn and can’t shake the feeling that I’m missing out on something.

The Journal presents this year’s headline darts and laurels.

The RCMP has started concealing information on Taser use: they won’t reveal injuries related to Taserings, duration of shocks, whether the Tasered individual was armed, precise dates of the firings and what methods police tried before using the Taser.

Every year, Queen’s Telefundraising Services (QTS) calls thousands of Queen’s alumni, eliciting donations that go primarily towards services such as libraries, athletics and scholarships. QTS has a database of about 80,000 alumni and is aiming to raise $700,000 for the Annual Fund this year, which goes towards University operations.