Features

5 years 4 months ago

A lane of their own

As cycling becomes a hot button issue, the City of Kingston says it’s on the right track to becoming a bike-friendly municipality.Continue...

Queen’s students have a plethora of options to choose from when it comes to coffee on campus. The university’s main campus, covering less than one square kilometer is host to over 15 different coffee outlets.

5 years 4 months ago

Caffeine craze

Three million, five hundred thousand.

That’s how many cups of coffee were consumed at Hospitality Services retail, dining and catering outlets on campus last year – and that’s not including the three Tim Hortons outlets.Continue...

5 years 4 months ago

Inside story

May 7, 1999 was an unusual day for Monty Bourke.

Bourke, the Warden at Kingston Penitentiary (KP) at the time, was notified early that morning of a line hanging over the prison’s wall.Continue...

Construction of two new campus residences will commence shortly, impacting students living in Chown, Leggett, Watts, McNeill and Morris. Demolition work will take place on Stuart St. between Albert St. and St. Lawrence Ave.

5 years 4 months ago

There's no place like res

Soaring first-year enrolment may be preventing Queen’s students from getting the residence experience they desire.Continue...

When the bear arrived in the 1920s, Boo Hoo became quite the spectacle on campus. He usually led crowds of cheerleaders and supporters to cheer on the Gaels.

5 years 5 months ago

Making of a mascot

The legend of Boo Hoo the Bear is boundless, and has puzzled university archivists and historians alike.Continue...

5 years 5 months ago

What's sex got to do with it?

Steadily increasing in prevalence since the 1990s, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to spread on university campuses. What’s even scarier: you may not know you have one.Continue...

5 years 5 months ago

All abroad

While Queen’s reaches out to the wider world, the wider world is coming to its front doors.Continue...

5 years 5 months ago

Information overloaded, Syria conflict not decoded

The world has seen red. But redness can be blinding. According to experts, the public struggles to recognize Syria’s crisis as anything but black and white.Continue...

5 years 5 months ago

An orchard of options

Student desire for healthier food options is driving Ontario universities to build better menus to tempt the taste buds of their conscious consumers.Continue...

Cultivating financial literacy and mastering the basics of budgeting while still in university, provides the perfect foundation for successful investing down the road.

5 years 5 months ago

Today’s university students are relentlessly warned of the volatile economy and hopeless job market that awaits them after graduation. The answer to a brighter future, however, may simply lie in a commitment to the fundamentals of personal financial management.Continue...

Professors are aware that countless students undertake online evaluations as communal endeavors, committing minor breaches of academic integrity on a regular basis.

5 years 5 months ago

The cheating curve

What could be worse than getting caught cheating? Perhaps being accused when you’ve played by the rules.Continue...

KCVI is the alma mater of Sir John A. Macdonald and The Tragically Hip’s Rob Baker

5 years 6 months ago

KCVI’s closing controversy

Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI), a historic Kingston landmark and neighbour to Queen’s, has been no stranger to controversy and quandary throughout the years. Now, it may be shutting its doors for good.Continue...