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Campus mental health support neglects long-term issues

Written on February 14, 2017. Posted in Opinions.

Queen’s counselling services are making strides to accommodate more students but fails to solve issues surrounding the short-term approach that counsellors tend to take. During a challenging time last year, I decided to reach out to Queen’s counselling services for support. I considered my problems...

AMS' inaccessibility remains a problem

Written on January 27, 2017. Posted in Opinions.

Every year, when election season rolls around, I wonder how candidates prepare to run. This year, I had a taste of that process myself, when I chose to make a bid for Undergraduate Student Trustee. In the end, I chose not to fill out the campaign paperwork, but it wasn’t because I got cold feet. I...

Advocacy starts young

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in Opinions.

One of the first things I saw this morning was a Toronto Star article concerning more First Nations kids taking their lives, and chiefs calling for help to deal with the suicide crisis. In conversation with a friend about it, she said to me “I wish I could help, but as a student I just don’t know...

Political correctness is a two-way street

Written on November 20, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

Fear of saying the wrong thing shouldn’t stop us from saying anything at all. The Toronto Harris Institute recently took a stand against political correctness by threatening probation or dismissal of any student, staff or faculty member found to have “shouted down an opposing view”. Meanwhile, an...

Disorder overblown

Written on October 25, 2011. Posted in Editorials.

Research from the University of Missouri suggests that a growing number of students forgo meals during the day in order to save calories for drinking alcohol at night. An Oct. 19 article from the Calgary Herald reported on the apparent trend that has been dubbed “drunkorexia.” According to the study,...

Respect lecture etiquette

Written on October 21, 2011. Posted in Editorials.

An Oct. 10 New York Times article told the story of a student who was asked by his professor to speak less in class. Philip Garber Jr. was taking classes at County College of Morris in Randolph, N.J. and suffers from a stutter that causes him to have labored speech. After a few classes in which he...

Veritas not kindness

Written on September 27, 2011. Posted in Editorials.

Harvard University, regarded as one of the world’s best post-secondary institutions, recently instituted a voluntary kindness pledge for incoming first years. Students who sign the pledge promise to be civil to one another and respect the values of integrity and inclusivity, reported the Globe and...

Tag: Student Issues

Campus mental health support neglects long-term issues

AMS' inaccessibility remains a problem

Advocacy starts young

Political correctness is a two-way street

Disorder overblown

Respect lecture etiquette

Veritas not kindness

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