It seems that everywhere you go these days, you can’t help but see them—white earbuds tucked into the ears of their glaze-eyed owners. You see them in the grocery store, jogging down the street, and even in class. If you haven’t guessed by now, this new sweeping technological trend is known as an iPod (or any of its variations, including nano iPod, iPod Shuffle and iPod Pictures).Continue...
Intrigued and fascinated by a vast collection of archival photos, the Journal has decided to show them the light and give them the publicity they rightly deserve by launching a caption contest. Postscript wants to know what you think of each picture. So get your creative groove on and make our strange pictures even crazier!Continue...
As university students, many learning opportunities are available to us—vector calculus, Latin grammar, double integration, you name it. Unfortunately, when the conversation turns to household duties, no courses seem to provide the right kind of information we need. So I’ve compiled a few tips on the subject of fruits—everything from peeling an apple to making origami with orange peels.Continue...
There’s an aesthetic problem in the middle of my lawn. A mop, a decapitated vacuum, and a mysterious white pole have decorated my small patch of grass for about a week ...Continue...
The ubiquitous Dan Aykroyd, of Coneheads movie fame, now calls Kingston his home, and can be spotted lurking at downtown locales, including the A&P.Continue...
A quick stop at Winnipeg (and a cup of organic coffee) made me become fond of that city, with its sturdy trees and aged houses. Winnipeg also offered us many variations of bear statues, part of CancerCare Manitoba Foundation’s Bears on Broadway project. “Bling Bling Bear” with many chains and sluggish pose, and “Biker Bear” with cool shades and its uni-wheel bike were especially memorable.Continue...
The Skule, UofT’s Engineering Society, holds a host of events during Frosh Week. Like Queen’s, the engineers dye themselves purple and sing the Lady Godiva hymn (“We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the engineers,” and so on).Continue...
In the late 1980s, a tradition included in the ASUS Orientation Week was the “Hallway of Hell.” Gaels made frosh crawl across a floor smeared with cat food and scattered with pig ears and dead fish. Now, Gaels surround Nicholls and voluntarily roll through the mud before their frosh, who wear their stiff new coveralls. On the seat of the coveralls reads the ArtSci Class of 2009 slogan: “2009: ASUS so fine.”Continue...
This is it. Fourth year, and my last first week of school at Queen's has officially come to an end.
Before the pressures of student life take hold, I’d like to take a moment to appreciate the freshness of the new school year lying ahead. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always felt that a new school year brings more change and excitement than a new calendar year.Continue...
When Aaron and Julia, my two good friends from high school, excitedly told me that we had a car to drive across Canada, my first reaction was (shamefully, I admit) reluctance. Driving in cramped space? For how long? Were they deluded?
Thankfully, my mom turned out to have a more refreshing take on life than I did.Continue...
Dear Incoming Frosh: yes, your first year of university is stretching before you. And heck yes, it is going to be an adventure and three-quarters you will never forget. Freedom! Academia! Romance! It’ll all be there for you to enjoy and breathe in.Continue...
