Being single during the holidays is one cliché I’m ready to embrace.  After several years in relationships, I’m brushing the dust off my spinster calendar, because this year is my first single Christmas. From what I’ve seen in holiday rom-coms like Love Actually — I’m in for a wild ride. Being single during the holidays sounds pretty bad. Doesn’t it just paint a picture of a withering widow wearing a Santa hat, clutching mistletoe and cry-singing to “My Only Wish This Year” by Britney Spears?

Gift giving during the holiday season can be a major source of stress and confusion. As university students, we can end up in a giant web of present giving that can be quite damaging to our wallets.

With 2016 just around the corner, now’s the time to start thinking of New Year’s resolutions. But year after year, many of us find ourselves having trouble committing to the promises we set out to accomplish, whether it’s losing 10 pounds, getting better grades or quitting smoking.

One of my favourite things about baking is that you can make any recipe personal. Everyone has their own way of doing things, their own family recipes and secret ingredients. This holiday season use this simple chocolate cookie recipe and make it your own.

It may have slipped your notice, but Canadian theatre is in dire straits.

There are many things about this campus that make me fall in love with it over and over again.

Blackbird provides a powerful outlook on the human condition.

On Dec. 1, Principal Daniel Woolf announced that the Agnes Etherington Art Centre has received another Rembrandt painting to add to the Bader Collection.

Missed your period? Have nausea, swollen breasts or fatigue? These are just some of the symptoms that can lead someone to believe they’re pregnant.

Gallery owner David Dossett wants his new open-air gallery, Martello Alley, to be an experience his father would have loved.

It’s a warm November morning and I’m staying in bed as long as possible to avoid my first of multiple juices that I will be solely sipping on for the next week. As I drink my beet, apple, carrot, ginger liquid breakfast, I reflect on why I keep falling for health trends and put myself through this misery.

A friend once told me that when you visit China for a week you feel as though you can write an entire novel about it.

Eating farm-to-table means building a relationship with food that you don’t get with processed or take-out options.

Aspiring arts conservationist Mackenzie Higgins, BFA ’17, uses realistic painting to speak out about social issues that are important
to her.

If you aren’t feeling up to a trip to your local library, the Little Free Libraries project may be just what you need.

The Queen’s Campus Craft Fair has returned to campus for its second year to exhibit beautiful handmade crafts fashioned by Queen’s students and local Kingstonians.

With stunning moves and jaw-dropping feats, Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India brought the rich dancing culture of India to downtown Kingston.

Honesty, humility, love, wisdom, bravery, respect, and truth — these are the seven grandfather teachings that guide the conscience of the First Nations people.

While December marks the beginnings of the Holiday season, it also celebrates the airing of the much-anticipated Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Muscle tension, headaches, heart palpitations, trouble sleeping — the physical symptoms of stress are familiar to far too many university students. But what we’re often unaware of are the underlying physiological processes that contribute to stress.