It’s 2016 and there’s a ‘New Year, New Me’ mentality floating around campus: The sweatpants have been tucked away, class attendance is up and the sun is shining bright. With a new year comes fresh fashion trends, and I’m here to give you the fashion forecast on what to wear for the next couple of seasons.

It would take a very cosmic force to get me to see a movie more than once in theatres. The dark side of ticket prices has held power over my student budget for too long. But this Christmas, all bets were off. The newest instalment of the Star Wars saga was coming to town — The Force Awakens.

The line between graffiti and public art can be blurry, but its status in Kingston’s art world has become a question not of value, but of regulation.

Whether it’s her striking illustration of Advil pills using charcoal on sketch paper or the graceful portrait of a ballerina using mixed media, Kelly Baskin’s work seduces the eye.

I didn’t quite understand what it meant to embody the title “Canadian novel” before I read Ru, a poetic and poignant account of the refugee experience.

The second semester has begun. The workload is light, the good times are rolling and winter is finally here. Take advantage of Kingston’s vast array of winter activities before the words, “I can’t, I have a midterm this week” become part of your vocabulary again.

What comes to mind when you think of something that you’ll never do again? Is it a particularly horrid date? Did it involve a bottle of strawberry vodka? Was it trying to walk across the lake to Wolfe Island in the middle of a winter night?

As avid fans of a good chips-and-salsa pairing, Steph and I were elated when Erika, our beloved Lifestyle Editor, suggested we attend a salsa class. After our enthusiastic yesses rang out across the Journal house, we realized we were in for a far different pursuit, though an equally spicy endeavour, indeed.

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.