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ASUS restructures executive

Written on January 14, 2022. Posted in News.

Last semester, ASUS announced it’s restructuring from two to three executive positions: President, Vice President of Operations, and the new Vice President of Student Affairs. ASUS President Alyth Roos and ASUS Governance Officer Kristen Sutherland said this restructuring has been underway since 2020...

Fall of humanities may mean rise of mixed education

Written on March 7, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

With more universities moulding the humanities with business and STEM, many students may no longer have to decide between education for the sake of knowledge and education for job security. Over recent years, the declining interest in humanities degrees hasn’t changed, nor is it changing anytime soon,...

Wake up, traditional lectures are dozing off

Written on March 3, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Getting the most out of my lectures — some of the time, just staying awake — has been the most impassable obstacle I’ve encountered at Queen’s so far. When the first universities were founded in Western Europe in 1050, they utilized lecturing as the predominant teaching method. In 2017, we’re still...

Brace for reforming impact

Written on September 25, 2012. Posted in Opinions.

Picture, for a moment, a deserted university campus. Classrooms sit empty, doors are locked and boarded up and the usual comforting hustle and bustle of campus sidewalks is replaced with a barren silence. During a speech at the Partners in Higher Education Dinner in April 2012, Patrick Deane (President...

The case for Senate reform

Written on November 25, 2011. Posted in Opinions.

Imagine you’re a graduate student in international relations at Queen’s assessing a recently emerged African democracy. You learn that while two-thirds of the legislators are elected, there’s a second house, without which no law could be passed or amended, no budget approved or treaty ratified — and...

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ASUS restructures executive

Fall of humanities may mean rise of mixed education

Wake up, traditional lectures are dozing off

Brace for reforming impact

The case for Senate reform

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