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Frosh Extra
A special publication of the Journal
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Job hunt 101
Students are faced with many decisions upon the transition from high school to university. On top of choosing classes and deciding what extra-curricular activities to get involved with, many debate whether or not seek out a part-time job.
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Meet the Queen’s extracurricular matchmaker
Release your inhibitions by getting involved in local performance groups such as Shout Sister! women’s choir or Samba Kingston’s Wuawuanco Todos. Shout Sister! is open to all women, regardless of whether they read music.
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Textbook shopping made cheap and easy These resources can help you lessen the dent in your
Queen’s Campus Bookstore The Campus Bookstore has used copies of books available that you can buy at prices reduced by about 20 to 30 percent. A better option is to use the Campus Bookstore Classifieds, which allows you to buy and sell textbooks privately from other students.
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Meet the faces of Frosh Week
From purple people to caped heroes and video game vigilantes, the Journal takes a light-hearted look at the faces you’ll become familiar with during your first week at Queen’s
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West side stories
When I first accepted my admission offer from Queen’s more than two years ago, I thought I knew two important things about the school. First off, Western was now my enemy so I found myself joining Facebook groups such as “Western, isn’t that a type of omelette?” in an early effort to establish Queen’s pride.
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Creating a home away from home
One year ago this September, Tamar Mankassarian, ArtSci ’12, arrived at Queen’s from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates with nothing but her bags, a laptop that would become her main link to her friends and family and a belly teeming with butterflies. Afraid she would be left out and disoriented as an international student, Mankassarian soon realized most of her fellow first-years shared her apprehensions.
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Balanced lifestyle key to fighting freshman 15
Unbeknownst to many students, uprooting from home and starting university in a new town can have a surprisingly profound effect on your eating habits. This can lead to an upset in diet and exercise routine and a rise in consumption of calorie-rich junk food and alcohol.
