Editorials
  • 3 weeks 5 days ago

Hollywood needs accountability, not redeemers

  • 3 weeks 5 days ago

Canada must focus on access and education as reproductive rights are threatened

Canadians are watching as the freedom to choose faces its biggest threat in decades across the border in the United States.Continue...
  • 3 weeks 5 days ago

Depp vs. Heard trial sets a dangerous precedent

Despite anyone’s best efforts, the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial has been impossible to avoid in the past few weeks online.Continue...
  • 2 months 2 weeks ago

Darts & laurels 2021-22

Students talk police presence over homecoming weekends : During homecoming weekend of October 2021, Queen’s students alleged significant police presence and brutality at the traditional street parties. Although some students were breaking COVID-19 guidelines, singling people out for tickets in violent or otherwise inappropriate ways didn’t convey the level of respect necessary to bring the situation under control. Further, a donation of $350,000 from Queen’s to the City of Kingston—which contributed to police funding—inspired discussions about the University’s lack of advocacy for student needs.Continue...
  • 2 months 2 weeks ago

The AMS should be ashamed of its treatment of Palestinian students

On May 20, the AMS executive hosted their first Assembly. At the meeting, students rallied to express their frustration and disappointment over the AMS’ lack of support for Palestinian students and related advocacy at Queen’s.Continue...
  • 2 months 2 weeks ago

Let yourself enjoy university life—it’s an integral part of your growth

These days, many of us are hyperaware of the lives of friends and acquaintances we see online. The constant noise of everyone else’s activity can be overwhelming compared to our own lives—especially when we lose hours to scrolling on our screens.Continue...
  • 2 months 2 weeks ago

Why word counts defeat their purpose—in 500 words or less

1,500 to 2,000 words, Times New Roman, 12pt, double-spaced—we’ve all read that section of an assignment description. I’m sure many of us have groaned over finishing an essay and falling short of the word count or have written a passionate paper only to cut it down by 1,000 words.Continue...
  • 2 months 3 weeks ago

Canada hasn’t opened its arms to all refugees—we must hold our government accountable

As we praise Canada for welcoming Ukrainian refugees following Russia’s invasion, we must also acknowledge those Canada hasn’t welcomed. All refugees are deserving of our help—not only those from Europe.Continue...
  • 3 months 2 days ago

Kim Kardashian’s business advice for women masks an exploitative message

Wealth doesn’t equal wisdom—as Kim Kardashian has once again demonstrated for us.Continue...
  • 3 months 2 days ago

We need to have more unfiltered conversations about money

Graduation comes with a myriad of growing pains. I’m untangling myself from the institution I’ve spent four years at, trying to figure out my five-year plan, and begrudgingly making a LinkedIn profile.Continue...
  • 3 months 1 week ago

White reviewers don’t need to see themselves in Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’

A few days before the Mar. 11 release date of Pixar’s Turning Red, CinemaBlend’s managing director Sean O’Connell wrote a review calling the story “exhausting” to endure because it wasn’t made for a “universal audience.”Continue...
  • 3 months 1 week ago

Give George R.R. Martin a break—he doesn’t owe us anything

We need to stop criticizing George R.R. Martin for not finishing A Song of Ice and Fire. Continue...
  • 3 months 1 week ago

Policy guaranteeing sexual violence content warnings in academics is the least Queen’s can do to support survivors

Selecting course material that’s challenging, correlates with a department’s mandatory content, and makes every student feel comfortable and safe is an impossible task.Continue...
  • 3 months 1 week ago

All war is a disgrace—not just European war

“[Ukraine] is relatively civilized, relatively European,” CBS correspondent Charlie D’Agata said when speaking on the ongoing war in Ukraine.Continue...
  • 3 months 2 weeks ago

Women don’t have to be made of ‘sugar, and spice, and everything nice’

In a society becoming gradually self-aware of its toxic, gendered expectations of behaviour, it’s time we abolish the women-centred stereotype of ”niceness.”Continue...
  • 3 months 2 weeks ago

Universities must value relationships with their students

When I graduate this year, I hope I leave university as a valuable community member and as a good friend to those around me.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Eliminating the accessibility of education cultivated in the pandemic is ableist

Getting out of our bedrooms and back to the classroom is a welcome transition for many—but not everyone. As restrictions ease, forcing classes to become strictly in-person is undoing the levels of accessibility developed during COVID-19.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Euphoria’s depiction of drugs isn’t glamourizing, it’s a harsh reality

Euphoria ’s glitzy and glamourous aesthetic never fails to captivate viewers. The presence of evocative images, strobe-y effects, and nearly never-ending teen angst can feel simultaneously alienating and familiar to high school and young adult audiences.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Let’s accept and appreciate film adaptations for what they are: not the book

Growing up, I always read the book before watching the movie, the cycle almost always ending in disappointment.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

The alter-ego of Canadian ‘freedom’ has stained our flag

The highway connecting Kingston and Toronto typically promises an uneventful drive.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Ontario’s first fully virtual high school hints at the future of public education

Providing students with choice on how they complete their education is a good thing, but only if necessary supports and resources are made available to ensure their success.Continue...

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