As Queen’s faces a $456 million pension solvency deficit, many full-time jobs at the University have been reduced to part-time positions, according to the president of the local Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE).
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is discouraging students from pursuing jacket bars involving alcohol this year, starting with the “Beers on the Pier” challenge.
The Underground has made strides to improve, but students aren’t seeing it, according to AMS Vice-President of Operations Justin Reekie.

Barriers to abortion persist

October 24, 2014
After finding out she was pregnant, a Queen’s student decided to terminate her pregnancy — but waited over a month for an abortion appointment.

Aberdeen to be cleared

October 17, 2014
A police camera is currently installed on the corner of Aberdeen and William Streets, ready to be activated for Homecoming weekend.
When Maggie Fisher applied to work at Common Ground in first year, she had no previous experience in the food industry.

Sexual assault at Queen’s

October 8, 2014
Longform feature on the silence surrounding sexual assault at Queen’s — and the stories of some who survived it.
Last October, Ultraviolet Magazine’s $0.50 opt-out student fee proposal was rejected in the AMS fall referendum.

Navigate the network

September 26, 2014
About 80 per cent of the jobs found today are found through networking, according to Queen’s Career Services.
An instructor stands at the front of an auditorium, lecturing to dozens or hundreds of students. This is the basis of many university courses — but it can be ineffective.

Queen’s grads head to college

September 12, 2014
In 2012, Justin Andrews decided that university and law school weren’t for him.
In her first year at Queen’s, Elysha Roeper found herself staring down a bill for over $10,000 — to be paid immediately. She decided the residence experience wasn’t worth the price.

Queen’s at war

July 29, 2014
Two-and-a-half years after Arthur Thorne Darby left Queen’s, a German artillery shell exploded next to him, driving shrapnel into his chest and hip.
Queen’s summer student internships are all paid positions — but many outside employers aren’t as generous.
Before the alleged assault of a student, Janice Fiamengo’s anti-feminist talk and a poster campaign against a Queen’s professor, Mohammed Albaghdadi had no idea his new club would be so divisive.

Restaurant takeover

April 3, 2014
It’s hard to ignore your cravings in downtown Kingston.
In late 2013, Providence Mental Health Services announced a string of cuts to be implemented by the end of March — a reduction in the number of its beds, the removal of two wards and the elimination of 60 full-time positions.
The media follows us everywhere — even into our campus buildings.

Overt to covert

March 14, 2014
In January, I wore a hijab for 18 days. I’m a non-Muslim woman, but I wanted to conduct a social experiment to experience what it’s like to cover on a daily basis.
Success and alcoholism are two words that seem as far-removed as night and day. Experience with both, however, is what led Ann Dowsett Johnston to writer the 2013 book, Drink: The Intimate Relationship between Women and Alcohol.