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3 weeks 4 days ago

In internal emails, administration called Student Choice Initiative a “significant risk” to Queen's

Members of the University’s senior administration expressed marked concerns about the Student Choice Initiative and its potential impact on Queen’s, according to dozens of emails obtained by The Journal through a freedom of information request.Continue...

3 weeks 4 days ago

Bursary applications surge after OSAP cuts

By the end of February this year, Queen’s had received more bursary applications from incoming students than it had in the entire admissions cycle the year before. A month earlier, the province announced it would cut $670 million from the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).Continue...

July 29, 2019

AMS food bank fee no longer mandatory

July 29, 2019

As move-in nears, equity groups prepare for new campus space

July 29, 2019

‘It’s still a very sad and painful story for the family’

July 29, 2019

Queen's Hyperloop Design Team reaches California

Features

3 weeks 4 days ago

University ordered to pay thousands for relocating professor

Since 1998, philosophy professors have occupied the third floor of Watson Hall. In 2013, one professor was forced to leave.Continue...

1 month 2 weeks ago

Students grapple with cuts to OSAP

Victoria Preston-Walker, Arts ’20, was prepared to graduate in the spring of 2020 with a degree in philosophy and psychology. In the wake of cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), she won’t.Continue...

June 3, 2019

How Queen’s rejected the rise of fraternities

May 7, 2019

As Student Choice Initiative threatens campus radio, CFRC pledges fight

April 25, 2019

The Student Voices on Sexual Violence survey, by the numbers

April 4, 2019

After a decade, Principal Woolf prepares to depart

Editorials

2 weeks 3 days ago

Letter from the editors: Our commitment to cover the climate crisis

Today, The Journal became a signatory to Covering Climate Now —an international coalition of more than 60 journalistic publications that have committed to covering the climate crisis with the language and urgency it deserves.Continue...

3 weeks 4 days ago

Digital textbooks shouldn’t leave print in the dust

Physical textbooks aren’t just a relic of past learning styles—they remain a valuable resource for post-secondary students faced with rapid modernization.Continue...

July 29, 2019

Without academic accountability, universities suffer

July 15, 2019

Letter from the editors: We expect better from our city councillor

July 8, 2019

Campus print operations shouldn’t be quick to fold

July 8, 2019

Attacks on student journalism only reinforce its necessity

Opinions

3 weeks 4 days ago

Queen’s offers students a chance to make their mark

When you return home after your first semester at Queen’s, you might struggle to describe why it feels so special to be part of the Queen’s community.Continue...

3 weeks 4 days ago

Talking Heads: What are you most looking forward to about the first week back at school?

“Probably Orientation Week." Callum Stephenson, Kin '20 “For all of my friends to come back to town." Olivia Doheny, ArtSci '20 “How peaceful Kingston is." Sophia Ku, ArtSci '20Continue...

July 8, 2019

Workplaces are becoming the new closet for LGBTQ+ individuals

July 8, 2019

Talking Heads: What's the first sign that school is starting up again?

June 3, 2019

Talking heads: What's the best thing about summer in Kingston?

June 3, 2019

Confusing coercion with consent

Arts

3 weeks 4 days ago

Northern Canadian artwork travels south to Kingston

Cape Dorset prints are famous for depicting Northern Canadian landscapes and lifestyle, but they’re rarely shown in their original form in Southern Ontario.Continue...

3 weeks 4 days ago

Kick and Push takes theatre on a tour of the town

In its fifth year alone, the Kick and Push theatre festival has taken off, expanding into a month-long celebration of Kingston’s vibrant culture and history.Continue...

July 29, 2019

Driftwood Theatre rolls into Kingston

July 29, 2019

Student’s documentary charts story of perseverance

July 8, 2019

Therese Greenwood retraces Fort McMurray wildfire in new memoir

July 8, 2019

Cirque du Soleil skates through Kingston

Sports

3 weeks 4 days ago

Graham departs university basketball with FISU swan song

Over the course of July, Queen’s Tanner Graham represented Canada and the Gaels in Naples, Italy, as he competed in the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer Universiade.Continue...

3 weeks 4 days ago

In conversation with Nate Hobbs

Nate Hobbs completed his fifth year at Queen’s this past spring and left the program as one of its best. He ends his tenure with the Gaels ranked second all-time in passing yards, third in passing touchdowns, second in completions, as well as holding the record for throwing the longest passing touchdown in Queen’s history—a 108-yard strike to Matteo del Brocco.Continue...

July 29, 2019

Sports in Brief: month of July

July 8, 2019

Golden Gaels: Queen’s rowers are going places

July 8, 2019

Following Forsyth, DeGroot aims even higher

July 8, 2019

News analysis: going pro with Fazio

Lifestyle

3 weeks 5 days ago

Overcoming inadequate feelings as a first-year student

One month into my first year at Queen’s, I wanted to drop out and go home. There wasn’t anything wrong with Queen’s. In fact, it was the opposite: there was something wrong with me—or so I told...Continue...