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College sports shouldn’t get a free pass when it comes to pandemic restrictions

Written on January 15, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

College sports are not more important than public health and safety. As Ontario returns to its Phase 1 lockdown, the States does little to curb cases, though people are still expected to adhere to social distancing recommendations and wear masks indoors. Concerts have been cancelled, business capacities...

News in Brief

Written on March 23, 2018. Posted in News.

Federal, provincial governments contributing nearly $78 million for public transit On Mar. 16, provincial and federal funding to expand Kingston’s public transit systems was announced by MPP Sophie Kiwala, MP Mark Gerrretsen and other municipal representatives, including Kingston Mayor Brian Paterson. An...

University is not the only route to success

Written on May 28, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

While we might call Queen’s the ‘only university’, it’s not the only post-secondary institution in town. Although the tri-colour flags throughout Kingston’s downtown streets may suggest otherwise, St. Lawrence College and Royal Military College also call this city home. This unbalanced view on universities...

Queen’s grads head to college

Written on September 12, 2014. Posted in Features.

In 2012, Justin Andrews decided that university and law school weren’t for him. Enrolled at Queen’s for two years until he transferred across town to St. Lawrence College, Andrews said he could no longer see a future job coming out of the philosophy degree he was pursuing. “Even the guidance counselors...

Education principals

Written on February 28, 2014. Posted in Features.

Just like coffee and textbooks, uncertainty isn’t hard to find on Canadian university campuses. The National Post recently ran an article naming Canada as the number one country for university and college enrolment, but we’re also the top country for university graduates who live in poverty. It reported...

Growing knowledge at college

Written on March 8, 2013. Posted in In Focus.

With a growing number of university graduates entering the job markets, many are turning to college to give themselves an edge on the competition. Between 2007 and 2011, applications for post-graduate college programs — for which a university degree is a prerequisite — increased by 21 per cent, according...

College ties strengthened

Written on November 11, 2011. Posted in News.

A new agreement between Queen’s and St. Lawrence College aims to address issues that students face when completing both college and university educations. “The memorandum of understanding (MOU) is just that, an agreement to talk about stuff,” Principal Daniel Woolf said. The MOU, signed on Nov. 3,...

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College sports shouldn’t get a free pass when it comes to pandemic restrictions

News in Brief

University is not the only route to success

Queen’s grads head to college

Education principals

Growing knowledge at college

College ties strengthened

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