“Sum ergo computo. I am therefore I compute.” So reads the slogan for the Queen’s School of Computing, but budget cuts and a decade-long hiring drought threaten the school’s future as a cutting-edge program.Continue...
When someone notices that I have a tattoo, they often ask me what it means. In my case, I have a typical answer — it’s something like a life mantra. But for others, it’s not like that.Continue...
Celebrating EA Sports’ inclusion of female teams in FIFA 16 is somewhat like praising a broom for sweeping: acknowledging the presence of remarkable female athletes shouldn’t have taken this long.Continue...
The importance of arts research is often overlooked but conducting hands-on work in oral history and archival research showed me that there’s a strong demand and interest in projects focused on the humanities.Continue...
Scrolling through Free & For Sale, I see the fifth “Kittens for sale” post this week. Like many before me, I tagged my housemates, hoping they’d agree to a kitten for the house.Continue...
Frosh Week at Queen’s expends a lot of resources to discuss important topics like mental health and sexuality, but race is conspicuously absent.Continue...
The most effective method of reducing student debt through financial aid has yet to be determined by Canadian provinces, but advertising grants already available might be the right approach for Ontario.Continue...
Historically-set video games undergo criticisms for inaccuracy, but as their popularity increases, they can grow to be a powerful source of information as well as entertainment.Continue...
Images of aborted fetuses have no place in public spaces, as they leave a graphic and mentally intrusive impression on onlookers of all ages who have no choice in their viewing.Continue...
If someone told me I had four months to find a new place to house The Queen’s Journal, I’d think they were joking, because that’s ridiculous.Continue...
Earlier this month, after a five-year investigation into the brutal history of the residential school system, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee released a report naming education as a pathway to reconciliation.Continue...
Discussions of “drunkorexia” and similar trends are more in the vein of worried parents than an informed look into drinking culture on campuses.Continue...