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Queen’s has made progress on several recommendations made in 2012.
  • 5 years 1 month ago

Lack of space limits progress

Despite a Queen’s-wide focus on mental health, the University’s counselling services still lack the infrastructure they need.Continue...
  • 5 years 1 month ago

Revising exam study strategies

Many students focus on rote memorization and cramming to prepare for exams — but these strategies are rarely the most helpful, according to education professor John Kirby.Continue...

A timeline of labour relations at Queen’s.
  • 5 years 2 months ago

Unions and admin adopt adversarial approach

As Queen’s faces a $456 million pension solvency deficit, many full-time jobs at the University have been reduced to part-time positions, according to the president of the local Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE).Continue...

The Beers on the Pier jacket bar.
  • 5 years 2 months ago

Queen’s cracks down on jacket bars

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is discouraging students from pursuing jacket bars involving alcohol this year, starting with the “Beers on the Pier” challenge.Continue...

DJ KLYNK at the Underground during the QPop Music Festival.
  • 5 years 2 months ago

Underground meets tough competition

The Underground has made strides to improve, but students aren’t seeing it, according to AMS Vice-President of Operations Justin Reekie.Continue...

The entrance of the Women’s Clinic at the Kingston General Hospital.
  • 5 years 2 months ago

Barriers to abortion persist

After finding out she was pregnant, a Queen’s student decided to terminate her pregnancy — but waited over a month for an abortion appointment.Continue...
  • 5 years 3 months ago

Aberdeen to be cleared

A police camera is currently installed on the corner of Aberdeen and William Streets, ready to be activated for
Homecoming weekend.Continue...

Tricolour Outlet, along with all AMS services, hires students with no experience.
  • 5 years 3 months ago

No experience required for the AMS

When Maggie Fisher applied to work at Common Ground in first year, she had no previous experience in the food industry.Continue...

  • 5 years 3 months ago

Sexual assault at Queen's

Longform feature on the silence surrounding sexual assault at Queen's — and the stories of some who survived it.Continue...

Fall Referendum results for student publications.
  • 5 years 3 months ago

Student publications forge on without AMS opt-out fees

Last October, Ultraviolet Magazine ’s $0.50 opt-out student fee proposal was rejected in the AMS fall referendum.Continue...
  • 5 years 3 months ago

Navigate the network

About 80 per cent of the jobs found today are found through networking, according to Queen’s Career Services.Continue...

A computer science lecture in the basement of Macdonald Hall.
  • 5 years 4 months ago

Lecture halls prepare for a face-lift

An instructor stands at the front of an auditorium, lecturing to dozens or hundreds of students. This is the basis of many university courses — but it can be ineffective.Continue...
  • 5 years 4 months ago

Queen’s grads head to college

In 2012, Justin Andrews decided that university and law school weren’t for him.Continue...
  • 5 years 4 months ago

Residence price tag too high for some

In her first year at Queen’s, Elysha Roeper found herself staring down a bill for over $10,000 — to be paid immediately. She decided the residence experience wasn’t worth the price.Continue...

Private Arthur Thorne Darby.
  • 5 years 5 months ago

Queen’s at war

Two-and-a-half years after Arthur Thorne Darby left Queen’s, a German artillery shell exploded next to him, driving shrapnel into his chest and hip.Continue...

Jacqueline Tattle at professor Chippindale’s lab.
  • 5 years 6 months ago

The true cost of an unpaid internship

Queen’s summer student internships are all paid positions — but many outside employers aren’t as generous.Continue...

The Men’s Issues Awareness Society hosted a talk by professor Janice Fiamengo in March.
  • 5 years 7 months ago

Gender discourse sparks tension

Before the alleged assault of a student, Janice Fiamengo’s anti-feminist talk and a poster campaign against a Queen’s professor, Mohammed Albaghdadi had no idea his new club would be so divisive.Continue...

A chef at work in the kitchen at Dianne's Fish Bar.
  • 5 years 9 months ago

Restaurant takeover

It’s hard to ignore your cravings in downtown Kingston.Continue...

The new hospital will be built and maintained by a private consortium, in tandem with the Ontario government.
  • 5 years 9 months ago

Providence goes with outpatients

In late 2013, Providence Mental Health Services announced a string of cuts to be implemented by the end of March — a reduction in the number of its beds, the removal of two wards and the elimination of 60 full-time positions.Continue...

We live in a culture so desensitized to advertisements that students may not even notice how many advertisements they pass by on their way to activities, or class, said Brower.
  • 5 years 10 months ago

Selling to students, for students

The media follows us everywhere — even into our campus buildings.Continue...

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