Sometime around July 25 last summer, I started wishing I’d paid more attention to the housing information plastered all over residence in first year.
I’d come to Kingston for a Journal production weekend expecting to knock back a few pints by night and churn out a few pages of layout by day, with…
Over the course of three summers, we have each had some “interesting” jobs to occupy our time for the four months between spring exams and the fall semester. You see, unlike some Queen’s students, …
One of the best summers I’ve ever had was the summer between my first and second year here at Queen’s. My friends and I had just moved out of residence and into a house on William Street that has s…
Four years ago, I remember sitting beside my father, dread twisting in my stomach, as we drove into Kingston on a warm fall day. In one month, that life will be packed up, put in a van and moved ba…
Been reading Jack Kerouac? Envisioning dusty roads and foreign airports? Dreaming of jumbles of taxis and unheard languages spoken aloud?
You, my friend, have been bitten by the travel bug. It usua…
Two years ago, after my second year at Queen’s, I was forced to take a year off because of my poor academic performance.
When I first got the notice in the mail, a chill went up my spine. What woul…
From the Christian trinity to the Star Wars trilogy, from the top three finishers receiving a medal to the requisite three main arguments in the body of a first-year essay, the number three seems t…
Don’t Let It Go To Waste
Researchers have found a way to convert human waste into renewable energy, the BBC reported. At Pennsylvania State University, scientists have developed a microbial fuel ce…
With an unexpected crash on the first day of racing, the Queen’s Solar Car came close to pulling out of the 2001 American Solar Challenge, but rallied back and finished fourth.
Introducing their ne…
This generation is used to ads. Ads for clothing, ads for vitamins—you know the deal. But flip through a magazine and you may be surprised to see an advertisement for vitamins made by the clothing …
Finding contributors for MiSC. is like pulling teeth … big, Scottish teeth. Email deena at 8dd@qlink.queensu.ca if you wanna ‘lift the kilt’ on campus journalism.
The section that loves puppies,…
Square watermelons are growing in Japan?
Several years ago, a farmer on the island Shikoku noticed one of his watermelons had grown between two cinder blocks. The pressure forced it to assume a con…
Whenever there was a technical glitch with Queen’s brand new three-wheeled super-sleek sunshine cruiser during the American Solar Challenge (ASC), Dave Valletta, Sci ‘02, would be all over the prob…
The right time. The right place. The right product. Opportunities seem so obvious after they’ve been seized.
For most of us, at least.
Entrepreneurs are different. To be successful they must be cap…
Mirage, the solar car team’s 8th vehicle, is the most technologically-advanced model. It replaces Radiance, a car that year set the Guinness record for the longest distance travelled by a solar car…
Solar fusion is fairly complex. It starts with hydrogen and requires three different steps to create a helium atom. It also requires higher temperature and pressure than is currently viable in man-…
To:
MALE, seeks nice female 20-40 for marriage.
Hi. Look I’ll cut to the chase. I have a deadline of Aug 30th.
Don’t worry, the planning won’t take long—I’ve got a place picked out, the flower ar…
With gas prices rising and power shortages in places like California, energy is a hot topic right now. There is talk of a resurgence of nuclear power, which nuclear enthusiasts argue is clean, effi…
At some point, you made the decision to stay in Kingston for the summer. You’d find a job, no problem. If, now that we’re well into the summer, you’re regretting that decision—don’t despair. There …
Story
Once in a while you think you’re in love. Butterflies unleash upon meeting with the beloved. School becomes that thing you need to get around to doing… when you get the chance. The paths w…
Have you ever thought about your dream vacation?
Perhaps it’s a trip to Hawaii. Or maybe you’d prefer a visit to the pyramids. If you were really rich you might even tour the world, from pole to po…
The running battle between McDonald’s Restaurants and labour activists flared up in Montreal this past month, following the announcement that the newly unionized McDonald’s outlet on Peel Street wo…
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs says it will change the way cities are designed. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos says it’s a “product so revolutionary, you’ll have no problem selling it.” The two are among…
Anyone who has watched Steven Spielberg’s movie Back To The Future is left with a curiosity of ‘what if’. What if you could travel back in time, as Michael J. Fox did in his DeLorean car — turned —…