News
  • 1 week 1 day ago

Court summons now permanent for students ticketed during street parties

City Council voted Tuesday night to make the University District Safety Initiative (UDSI) permanent. The vote passed 11-1 in favour, with Councilor Peter Stroud, Sydenham District, casting the only dissenting vote.Continue...
  • 1 week 4 days ago

Student Wellness Services introduces new model of care

In response to a significant surge in students seeking care over the past five years, Student Wellness Services (SWS), will introduce a new model for counselling over the summer.Continue...

July 8, 2019
News in Brief
July 8, 2019
Promising more action in the fall, sexual violence task force has slow start
July 8, 2019
Queen's LGBTQ+ Archives aim to preserve historical records
July 8, 2019
Journal staff recognized for Best Campus Feature Story

Features
  • 1 week 4 days 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...
  • 1 month 2 weeks ago

How Queen’s rejected the rise of fraternities

In the early 1930s, the AMS banned fraternities from campus. Now, nearly 90 years later, Kingston is home to three fraternities—all predominantly made up of Queen’s students. To understand the University’s long and complex relationship with fraternities and sororities, The Journal spoke to Queen’s historian Duncan McDowell.Continue...

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
March 29, 2019
Inside Queen's unpublished foreign investments

Editorials

  • 3 days 16 hours ago

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

On Friday, we learned Sydenham District Councillor Peter Stroud—who represents Queen’s students at the municipal level—was the man identified and charged by police for blocking a Kingston Transit bus last month using not only his bicycle, but also a child.Continue...
  • 1 week 4 days ago

Attacks on student journalism only reinforce its necessity

Covering difficult campus issues will always put a damper on student publications’ popularity—but they shouldn’t be attacked for doing their job.Continue...

July 8, 2019
Campus print operations shouldn’t be quick to fold
June 3, 2019
Patrick Deane should champion fossil fuel divestment as Queen’s principal
June 2, 2019
Young Canadians deserve better access to birth control
May 21, 2019
Cartoon: For senior faculty, Ford crashes the party

Opinions
  • 1 week 4 days ago

Workplaces are becoming the new closet for LGBTQ+ individuals

For as long as I can remember, I have identified as a gay man.Continue...
  • 1 week 4 days ago

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

“The Staples back-to-school ad.” Sarah...Continue...

June 3, 2019
Talking heads: What's the best thing about summer in Kingston?
June 3, 2019
Confusing coercion with consent
April 4, 2019
Letter to the Editor: Mar. 23
April 4, 2019
Talking heads: what will you miss most about The Journal?

Arts
  • 1 week 4 days ago

Therese Greenwood retraces Fort McMurray wildfire in new memoir

Three years after the Fort McMurray wildfire, local author Therese Greenwood keeps the fire alive in the minds of Canadians with her new memoir.

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  • 1 week 4 days ago

Cirque du Soleil skates through Kingston

The circus arrived in Kingston with the scrape of skates as Cirque du Soleil performed Crystal, their first-ever ice show.Continue...

July 8, 2019
FoldA blazes a new trail for digital theatre
July 8, 2019
Union Gallery accused of mistreating student artists
June 3, 2019
Tom Savage’s personal evolution through his musical career
June 3, 2019
Giselle brings death-defying love story to Grand Theatre stage

Sports
  • 1 week 4 days ago

Golden Gaels: Queen’s rowers are going places

Queen’s Rowing has found raucous success over the past year, enjoying win after win in regatta after regatta. On the personal as well as team level, the rowers have been able to do no wrong.Continue...
  • 1 week 4 days ago

Following Forsyth, DeGroot aims even higher

Coming off an exceptional season—their best since 2011-12—the men’s volleyball team is preparing for another shot at the national championship.Continue...

July 8, 2019
News analysis: going pro with Fazio
July 8, 2019
Women’s soccer aiming for return to form
June 3, 2019
Crivello conquers concussion
June 3, 2019
Varsity summers: how athletes are training in the offseason

Lifestyle
  • 1 week 4 days ago

Restrictions on safe medical abortions don’t help anybody

Until the day I needed one, I’d never planned to get an abortion in my life.Continue...
  • 1 week 4 days ago

High expectations: the best ways to enjoy legal weed

With all of its strains, concentrates and taboos, trying cannabis—the term for weed or marijuana used by the Canadian government—for the first time can be daunting.Continue...
July 8, 2019
What the evolution of coming-of-age movies means for representation
July 8, 2019
Chasing Happiness is an honest celebration of brotherhood
July 8, 2019
A thrifty guide to summer fun
July 8, 2019
Vegan, gluten-free cranberry chocolate chip cookie recipe

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