When Erin Meger, assistant professor in the School of Computing, watches students open their laptops, she no longer knows whether they’re searching for answers—or generating them.

Student life isn’t only unfolding in classrooms, bars, and libraries—but is developing across curated digital feeds. 

Studies and conversations show students who snooze, win—or at least they certainly don’t lose.

While most students worry about midterms and meal plans, young caregivers at Queen’s are quietly juggling a second, heavier life—managing medications, navigating hospitals, and carrying the emotional weight of a loved one’s illness, often without even realizing that caregiver is the word for what they’ve become.

When Katie Nash, ConEd ’28, started at Queen’s, she expected financial independence to be the norm. Instead, she discovered how rare it is to meet another student who’s paying for their own education.

Walking the streets over Homecoming (HOCO)  and FOCO weekend, students like Maia Cossette, ArtSci ’26, say the bright, vibrant campus energy is reflected in Queen’s enduring sense of style.

When a breakup hit harder than expected during his first year at Queen’s, Dennis Han, ArtSci ’26, didn’t start seeing a therapist—he built one.

When Clarissa Griffin, ArtSci ’26, builds her course schedule, she always checks Rate My Professors.

Queen’s students remind peers that education—in all facets of the word—is essential for dismantling colonial myths and cultivating reconciliation. 

As Queen’s moves away from the traditional lecture hall, students are turning to online courses for flexibility—but many say the experience comes with unexpected frustrations.

What once felt like a warm welcome has shifted into awkward side-eyes and cold stares.

Move-in week at Queen’s brings cardboard, mini-fridge— and questions about where it all ends up.

Boxes, posters, and decades of memories filled The Journal house one last time this July, as Volume 153 staff packed up the red brick home that had long been the heartbeat of student journalism at Queen’s.

With no roommate-matching system, Queen’s assigns first-year roommates at random, turning the first-year ‘roomie’ experience into a game of chance. 

Queen’s student government shapes campus life—but understanding how it works is another story.

For many queer religious students at Queen’s, navigating faith and identity means confronting tensions that often feel at odds—especially in 2025, as conversations around inclusion and representation continue to evolve both on campus and in faith communities.

Sitting in a lecture hall at Queen’s, it’s impossible to miss the quiet buzz around you—screens lighting up with LinkedIn profiles, classmates typing-out posts or sending messages, all while the professor’s voice carries through the room.

Stepping into the role of a Gael felt as natural to Billy* as breathing.

Queen’s divesting from companies conducting business in or with the State of Israel won’t change what’s happening in the Middle East—it would just make a statement. And that, the University says, is exactly the problem.

For three weeks and counting, the strike by more than 2,000 Graduate Teaching Assistants (TAs), Research Assistants (RAs), and Fellows has left undergrads who rely on their guidance feeling alone.