In those awkward, self-aware years between childhood and adulthood, when I was buying Seventeen magazines in order to imagine the life of a 17-year-old and keeping copious records of descriptions of boys I liked, friends who had betrayed me and arguments with parents, it seemed as though I was always

Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier announced the Canadian government’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence Tuesday, a full month after the Balkan country unilaterally declared its independence.

For those who aren’t well-versed in obscure holidays, today is International Ask a Question Day. It’s also Pi Day, National Potato Chip Day and, celebrated “in the crevices of your black soul,” Emo Day. So many reasons to rejoice! In recognition of the art of curiosity, I have a question: does Toronto have a CFL team?

New York City has started to pay students to get good grades. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein propelled the program, which began this school year. The city has so far handed out more than $500,000 to 5,237 students.

Lately I’ve been thinking about breakups. One aspect of a breakup that can make or break how either party feels about the relationship ending is the way you deliver the news.
These days, after any unsuccessful foray into the dating world, you have endless ways to dump your significant other.

When the University unveiled plans for the Queen’s Centre in 2004, it budgeted $230 million for its construction. Phase One was supposed to csot $124 million, Phase Two $83 million and Phase Three $23 million.

I remember in high school when, too tired to go to class, I would show up two minutes before the period was over with an I-missed-my-bus excuse. The teacher never believed me—perhaps unsurprisingly seeing as I’m from Toronto, where ‘missing a bus’ on most routes adds about five minutes to the travelling time.

Justice Douglas Cunningham sentenced Queen’s professor Bob Lovelace to six months in prison in a Feb. 15 ruling, instructing him to pay a $25,000 fine after finding him guilty of contempt of court. The charges stem from Lovelace’s failure to obey a court injunction ordering him to cease protesting Frontenac Ventures’ uranium exploration. The proposed site, near Sharbot Lake, is claimed by the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation.

In many ways, the world is a divided place and finding common ground with a complete stranger is an occasional privilege. If there’s one thing that unites so many of us, it’s the unshakable fear that comes with getting your headshot taken.

AMS executive-elect Talia Radcliffe, Ken Wang and Stephanie St. Clair announced their new council Sunday. Seven of the body’s eight positions are filled: the media director application period was extended to yesterday due to a lack of complete applications.
Ken Wang said the early hiring’s meant to allow for a more complete transition— logical reasoning when half the council ended up with jobs they didn’t actually apply for.

In last Friday’s issue of the Journal, the paper was criticized for its editorial handling of the debate over black-focused schools—the Feb. 5 talking heads section conspicuously failed to ask the opinions of any black students—and for misrepresenting two high-profile incidents of on-campus racism as the only incidents of racism at Queen’s this year. In that same issue, the Journal offered criticism of its own, in an editorial condemning the University’s decision not to reveal the actual content of the racist messages scrawled on two posters found on-campus this month.

Principal Karen Hitchcock released her response to the Athletics Review last Thursday, following more than seven months of consultation with students and other invested parties.

A recent web toy has arrived to suit our 30-second attention spans. To my delight, it comes dressed in glossy colours reminiscent of the slickest digital art.
It’s also aptly named after our aural apprehension of birds.