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  • 1 year 8 months ago

Talking Heads: If you could switch faculties, which faculty would you switch into?

“Con-Ed, but I’d be a bad teacher.” Kenny Yu, Comm ‘22 Continue...

  • 1 year 8 months ago

Letter to the editors: March 13

Dear Editors,

In 1989, a group of concerned women staged a Sit-In in then Principal David Smith’s office to call attention to the issue of sexual violence on the Queen’s University campus.Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

White queers at Queen’s must do more for our racialized counterparts

My sense of community in campus activist spaces has starkly changed over my four years at Queen’s in profound ways. These experiences have provided me with a community I’ve never had, based in care and solidarity in action.Continue...

  • 1 year 9 months ago

Letter to the Editor: March 10th

Dear Editors,Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

Talking Heads: Why are you walking out for Wet’suwet’en?

“The reason why I’m here today is to stand in solidarity with some of our Indigenous peers here on campus, and the ongoing efforts towards reconciliation within Canada.” Auston Pierce, ArtSci ‘20 Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

We need to teach children the right way to combat confrontation

Westerners like to believe that we’ve evolved to a state that renders confrontation obsolete.Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

Cross country coach’s firing says more about Queen’s than his own behaviour

In the middle of Reading Week, Queen’s Athletics hit the front page of The Globe and Mail . Unfortunately, it wasn’t a story about success on the field. The cross country and track coach, Steve Boyd, had been fired.Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

Talking Heads: What are the worst and best buildings to have a class in?

“I only have class in Goodes.” Fatin Noor, Comm '23 Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

It’s time to rethink our social media expectations

Technology has granted us knowledge in seconds, but access to everyone else as well. There are countless memes out there about how we expect a response to a text a minute before we’ve even sent it.Continue...

  • 1 year 9 months ago

Letter to the Editor: February 13th

Dear Editor,

Canada is a country built on rights and freedoms.Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

Post-themed party, racial insensitivity is alive and well on campus

To start the decade, news of the novel coronavirus made headlines, spreading panic and fear faster than the virus itself has spread.Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

Talking Heads: Why did you choose Queen’s?

“What sealed the deal for me was touring the day before Homecoming (I clearly was unaware of how wild Queen's Hoco was, being an American student). I saw all the alumni walking around in their Queen's jackets and I'd honestly never seen so much school pride at any other school I'd toured.” Anna Reynolds, ArtSci ‘21 Continue...
  • 1 year 9 months ago

It’s time to take mental health maintenance more seriously

When you’re in a state of mental health crisis, you become a priority. When you’re no longer a priority, maintaining your mental wellness becomes far more difficult than it should be.Continue...

  • 1 year 9 months ago

Letter to the Editor: February 11th

Dear Editors,Continue...
  • 1 year 10 months ago

Campus equity groups can do better to consider the needs of those who occupy multiple oppressed identities

In early January, Queen’s Female Leadership in Politics (QFLIP) held their fifth annual conference.Continue...
  • 1 year 10 months ago

Talking Heads: What's your favourite thing to get at Queen's Pub?

“I’ve never been because I’m underage, and I also don’t want to see my Econ prof there.” Eleni Pantieras, Comm ‘23 Continue...

  • 1 year 10 months ago

Letter to the Editor: January 7th

Dear Editors,

I am from Guangzhou, China.Continue...
  • 1 year 10 months ago

Relationships on a year abroad and why we don’t need them

When I arrived back in England from my first semester abroad at Queens, I was full of excitement and stories about my time here. However, I quickly found that few people really wanted to know what it was like, beyond love-life-related dinnertime chatter.Continue...
  • 1 year 10 months ago

Talking Heads: Why should students engage with campus politics?

“It has the ability to make your life better." David Niddam-Dent, ArtSci '22 Continue...
  • 1 year 10 months ago

What I wish someone had told me when I had an eating disorder at Queen’s

This article discusses eating disorders and may be triggering for some readers. The Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Line can be reached at 1-800-875-6213. Continue...

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