September 13, 2005

Students deserve respect from residents

Well, it’s official: Queen’s students have once again flocked back to Kingston. How can you tell? Campus is no longer deserted, the Ghetto looks lived in, and some of the residents of Kingston have vocalized their annoyance at our return. Case in point: at an Eng-Cut party last week, a Kingston r…

September 9, 2005

Letters to the editors

No need to talk about a transgender washroom Dear Editors, RE: “Where’s the transgender washroom?” (Journal, July 26, 2005). Somebody emailed me your very long, very impassioned July 26 [Opinion] …

September 9, 2005

‘Re-engagement through disengagement’

While many of us were wrapping up our summer jobs, preparing to return to Kingston or enjoying one of our last weekends of the summer, 8,500 Israeli Jews were leaving their homes and disbanding the…

July 26, 2005

Letters to the Editors

An open letter to frosh Dear Editors, Someone once told me, “if all you get from Queen’s is a diploma then you will have wasted your time here.” When I first heard that statement, I thought it soun…

Turn that AC down

July 26, 2005

Call me cynical if you must, but sometimes it seems that credit is given where no credit is due. Now that the brief electricity crisis caused by the recent heat wave seems to have ended, the powers…

Where’s the transgender washroom?

July 26, 2005

You may have walked by it on your way to the First Aid office or when you were checking your Student Constable work schedule. Maybe you passed by it on your way to Studio Q or you noticed that unla…

In other words: Ups and downs of summer

June 28, 2005

The following editorial was originally published in the Tuesday, July 16, 1985 issue of the Journal. With the realization that one half of our summer holidays are behind us, an unsettling question …

Racial profiling no surprise

June 28, 2005

I woke up on May 27 to the CBC playing on my alarm clock. The morning news was carrying a breaking story: Kingston police had collected statistics on racial demographics and found that black people…

Letters to the Editors

May 24, 2005

Queen’s Apprentice raises the bar Dear Editors, The Queen’s Apprentice, an ambitious eight-week event that received little support from our student governments and fought an initial wave of general…

Happily without a religion

May 24, 2005

A frank discussion of religion always leaves me with a sensation I can only equate with a stomach ulcer. As a person who subscribes to no faith in particular, I am often in awe—and dread—of the dev…

Letters to the Editors

September 28, 2004

Progress towards ethical suppliers already underway Dear Editors, Re: “Queen’s Clothing: Ambiguously Ethical” (Journal, Sept. 24, 2004) The issue of ethically produced, university-licensed apparel …

A great Canadian garage sale

September 28, 2004

A novel by Max Barry entitled Jennifer Government predicts a reality where taxes are illegal, the police and NRA are on the NASDAQ and governments can only prosecute crimes if they can send you the…

Letters to the Editors

September 24, 2004

Shinerama antics violates Safe Streets Act Dear Editors, Re: “Frosh Shine in Shinerama” (Journal, Sept. 14, 2004) Although I commend Queen’s students for raising a significant amount of money ($23,…

A food obsession taken too far

September 24, 2004

I’ve been a student here at Queen’s a mere two weeks and already there is a language of food I’ve noticed circulating in the cafeterias. No, it’s not a series of sighs as the gravy on the potatoes …

Letters to the Editors

September 21, 2004

Photo of hate graffiti unnecessary Dear Editors, Re: “Hate graffiti found on West Campus” (Journal, Sept.17, 2004) I’m writing in regards to the article entitled “Hate graffiti found on West Campus…

Beer merger a threat to nationalism

September 21, 2004

Founded in 1786, Molson Inc. is North America’s oldest brewery. The company has become a Canadian national icon. The creators of the “I Am Canadian” ad campaign announced last summer they had plans…

Letters to the Editors

September 17, 2004

University owned property should cater to all Dear Editors, Re: “University Avenue could reflect forward thinking” (Journal, Sept. 10, 2004) Like it or not, Queen’s campus—both the physical structu…

What did these soldiers die for?

September 17, 2004

Recently, the inauspicious milestone of one thousand American soldiers killed in Iraq was surpassed, a detail that pleads for a very legitimate and serious question to be answered by the American p…

Letters to the Editors

September 14, 2004

Conservative critique lacks research Dear Editors, Re: “Conservative outcry is hypocritical” (Journal, Sept. 10, 2004) I may not have a Ph.D, but I recognize academic inanity and plain stupidity wh…

Claiming the right to eat and live well

September 14, 2004

Back in first year, my floormate Pete, a native of Salt Spring Island—that gulf island refuge for ex-hippie confirmed-yuppies out in B.C.— who grew up on the sea’s harvest, took quick exception to …

Letters to the Editors

September 10, 2004

Conservative outcry is hypocritical Dear Editors, Re: “Student takes on Michael Moore” (Journal, July 27, 2004) How fitting that the president of the Ontario Campus Conservatives would call for Mic…

My gael was never my soul mate

September 10, 2004

Now that frosh week is up and running, those of you new to this campus—particularly the class of 2008—have undoubtedly had a chance to give it a feel. Maybe you love your frosh leaders and dream of…

Letters to the Editors

July 27, 2004

Proportional representation required This election seems to have resulted in an unclear mandate because no party won a majority in parliament. However, it is important to remember that the overwhel…

Head Gael asks: Frosh, how do you feel?

July 27, 2004

I know I’m not the first to say it, but welcome to Queen’s, frosh! How do you feel? Don’t worry, you can answer me later. My name is Bri, I’m a fourth year Drama major, and I am honoured to be one …

Next stop Queen’s University

July 27, 2004

I didn’t want to go to Queen’s. My parents had both gone there, my sister and my cousin are there currently, and my boyfriend had been raised knowing he was going to Queen’s. I wanted to be differe…

Letters to the Editors

June 29, 2004

Caf quality to blame for food fight? Dear Editors, Re: “Food fight leaves students hungry” (Journal, May 11, 2004) Whereas the food fight at Leonard Cafeteria caused heavy damage and left both stud…

This one is definitely a keeper

June 29, 2004

It’s a new day for me and my keeper. That’s right folks—I have joined the ranks of women who have found a new solution to the period challenge. Women, listen up. Men, you should listen too, because…

Letters to the Editors

May 11, 2004

Who represents international students’ interests? Re: “International student fees increase” (Journal, Mar. 19, 2004) I would like to add to this article that international undergraduate students in…

So I’ve graduated. So what?

May 11, 2004

It is Tuesday, May 11, 2004. I have finished my fourth and final year at Queen’s and at this very moment, I still don’t know what I’m going to be doing with the rest of my life. Over the past few w…

Saving the rural route: a countryside in crisis

April 1, 2004

It ain’t easy to be a country girl sometimes. I’m from Watford, a little community in southwestern Ontario fettered by neither stoplight nor strip mall. My high school had fewer than 300 students a…