Lifestyle Archive: 2007

The artistic life is as unique as those who pursue it. But, it takes a lot of talent, not to mention perseverance, to survive as a writer these days.

Frugal habits, travel, self-discipline and reining in late-night creativity to work during daylight hours are all part of the life of Steven Heighton, ArtSci ’84 and MA ’86. Author of the bestselling The Shadow Boxer, Afterlands and the Governer General’s Award nominated collection of poems The Ecstasy of Skeptics, among other works, Heighton knew from a young age he was drawn to the arts.Continue...

Food-lover Dana McCauley, Arts ’89, was once just like any other Queen’s student. She worked as a student constable and wrote for the Journal before graduating with an English degree. Almost 20 years later, she’s one of Canada’s foremost foodies and president of Dana McCauley and Associates Ltd.Continue...

Maclean’s magazine released the full results of its 2007 University rankings on Nov. 19. Tied with the University of British Columbia, Queen’s in second place overall in the Medical Doctoral category of Canadian Universities.

Maclean’s rankings claim to act as a measure of the overall undergraduate experience. The magazine’s website says the information used to create their rankings is gathered from three national surveys in which over 70,000 Canadian university students participated.Continue...

Turning lemons into lemonade is old news for Molle O’Dolan, ArtSci ’11. O’Dolan used one publisher’s refusal as motivation to start her own publishing company.

In her first year of a women’s and religious studies degree at Queen’s, O’Dolan already has a diploma in web design from Seneca College. She’s also working on a diploma in conflict analysis from Royal Roads University and a diploma for addiction management from McMaster University. O’Dolan grew up in Toronto and was an avid writer throughout high school.Continue...

Queen’s students unsure of which degree to pursue or whether they made the right choice are in good company with Queen’s alumnus Jock Climie, ArtSci ’89 and Law ’94. Climie, a former pro athlete and current lawyer and TSN broadcaster, was uncertain about his career path when he first got to Queen’s. Climie said his original plan to go into medicine vanished after he looked at the courses he would have to take.Continue...

It’s almost December and people are beginning to deck the halls, bringing out star-topped trees for Christmas, Hanukkiahs for Hanukkah and colourful African art for Kwanzaa. For many faiths, this is the season to celebrate and the season to decorate. That means tinsel, candles and colour: even Festivus has a pole.Continue...

In 2003, when the French government opposed the American war on Iraq, certain areas of the United States exploded with anti-French sentiment. The most amusing legacy of this political clash is the renaming of French toast and French fries to “freedom toast” and “freedom fries.” Claimed to be a protest against France’s stance, the small culinary admonishment attracted a wide variety of media attention and the incident quickly became the subject of international criticism and ridicule. This is not, however, a unique incident. “Freedom fries” belong to a longstanding tradition of words used throughout history to make political statements.Continue...

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