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Apathy toward climate change more harmful than we think

Written on November 6, 2018. Posted in Editorials.

Acknowledging the damages of climate change is a first step—but acknowledgment without immediate action accomplishes nothing. While past claims that climate change was exaggerated might have held merit, its dangers are unavoidable for young people today. NASA has forecasted an expected temperature...

Student activism: a thing of the past?

Written on January 29, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

During the 60s and 70s, Ontario experienced a boom of student activism. Whether they were advocating for the environment, LGBTQ rights or against racism, many important social changes were incurred as a result of student involvement. But today, students are more likely to tweet their stance than...

Put student apathy in perspective

Written on January 29, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Apathy about student politics may be concerning, but it isn’t a good way to judge overall apathy. The AMS elections didn’t attract as many readers as I expected. A piece on how “strong isn’t the new skinny” received almost 50 times as much readership as The Journal’s coverage of the AMS debate, and...

Darts and laurels 2013-14

Written on April 3, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

Darts Men’s Issues group poisons debate: If the Men’s Issues Awareness Society hoped to foster intellectual dialogue on gender issues, they failed. The speaker MIAS invited, Janice Fiamengo, misrepresented feminism and only served to polarize debate and inflame tensions. The Underground rebrand: The...

Against apathy

Written on January 17, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

Complacency isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. From a young age, we’re told to look at things with a glass half full mentality. Our culture is one that conditions us to look on the bright side of life, because we ought to be grateful for the things we have. Being negative is looked down upon because,...

Devs dilemma

Written on November 28, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

Apathetic has become the adjective of my generation. Coming to Queen’s, I didn’t expect to become apathetic about my degree but, sadly, that’s what happened. I fell in love with DEVS 100 in first year. I was eager to scratch my global awareness itch. It began as a filler course and quickly became...

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Apathy toward climate change more harmful than we think

Student activism: a thing of the past?

Put student apathy in perspective

Darts and laurels 2013-14

Against apathy

Devs dilemma

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