Student life
  • 2 years 5 months ago

How COVID-19 reshaped my student finances

In the middle of March, I lost three jobs in the span of 24 hours. One moment I was employed and living comfortably, hanging out with my friends near St.Patrick’s day—in the next, I was living through one of the most bizarre events I could’ve ever thought possible, my world uprooted.Continue...
  • 2 years 5 months ago

Planning in pencil, not pen

Whether it’s your first or fourth year of undergrad, we all worry about the future from time to time—I know I certainly do. Even though most of my plans seemed pretty set at the beginning of 2020, I was still worried something catastrophic would happen.Continue...
  • 2 years 6 months ago

Two weeks into Zoom university, students reflect on digital learning

Jessica Dahanayake, Eng ’20, has always taken a mix of online and in-person courses. For her, there was an important difference between choosing to take an online course and having to take part in a completely virtual semester.Continue...
  • 2 years 6 months ago

Making the most of a strange summer

2020 has proven to be a year full of surprises—many of them not very good.Continue...
  • 2 years 10 months ago

Reflections of an essential worker

When I think of an essential worker, I picture paramedics, nurses, and doctors—the people on the front line risking their lives every day.Continue...
  • 3 years 4 days ago

Photographing our quarantine

Inspired by the Ryersonian ’s recent photo essay, in which four students were each given a disposable camera and had to document their day, the Lifestyle section sought to do the same at Queen’s. Then, the spread of coronavirus shut down the University and just about everything else.Continue...
  • 3 years 4 days ago

Student Superheroes: Friends who do it all

You don’t need to watch every Avengers movie to know that most superheroes keep their identities secret.Continue...
  • 3 years 1 week ago

Quarantine and chill?

For many students at Queen’s, the past few days have been a whirlwind of packing, moving, and self-isolating in the wake of Canada’s growing COVID-19 pandemic.Continue...
  • 3 years 1 week ago

An early farewell to residence

The first-year residence experience has come to an abrupt halt—residence is asking those who are able to leave by March 22 due to the spread of Coronavirus , and most students are already packing their bags and heading home.Continue...
  • 3 years 1 week ago

Queen's-themed crossword

As the year wraps to its close, here’s a Queen’s-themed crossword to shake the blues borne from COVID-19-related social isolation and the sudden departure of friends and peers from campus.Continue...

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