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Uncontested results shape Health Sciences Society 2025-26 executive team
The results of the 2025-26 Health Sciences Society (HSS) election were announced late on Feb. 7 after polls closed at 11:59 p.m. the prior evening. President-elect Arani Hiritharan, HealthSci ’27, ...
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Candidate Profiles: Two COMPSA Presidential candidates race for the reigns
Next year’s Computer Students’ Association (COMPSA) executive team is currently in limbo, with no candidates stepping forward to fill the vacant vice-presidential roles. The COMPSA de-slated elections ...
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History, identity, and community: The significance of Black hair
From a young age, Victoria Okwudi, Nurs ’25, was drawn to the art of braiding and styling Black hair. She grew up in ...
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From doing time to making dimes—old prison looks to solve housing woes
Kingston’s infamous former maximum-security prison may soon be used for housing.First opened in 1835, Kingston Penitentiary had a 178-year-long history in the city as a federal prison housing inmates ...
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Aidan’s Angle: Breaking barriers in sports
In honour of Black History Month, I thought it was a good time to assess the policies and initiatives present at Queen’s and nationwide that aim to promote inclusivity and diversity in ...
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ChatGPT wrote this headline, and melted an ice cap doing it
Consider the consequences of asking ChatGPT to write your next essay. We’re constantly told Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the future. It’s all Elon Musk talks about lately, at least—that is, if ...
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Students of colour shouldn’t bear the burden of creating spaces that should already exist
When we arrived at Queen’s University, we knew the statistics. We knew we were stepping into a space where students of colour were the minority, and where the institution had a long-standing ...
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The Grammys only recognize Black artists when it’s convenient
Beyoncé winning Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter has little to do with the album itself, but everything to do with music industry politics. Last Sunday’s 67th Grammy Awards saw Beyoncé on-stage, ...
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‘How do you feel?’: To be one of few Black Queen’s students
How do you feel?”This is the question I get asked the most by my non-Black peers.“How do you feel being one of a few Black students at Queen’s?” ...
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Gaels’ Christian Purboo speaks on Blackness and hockey
Growing up in Oakville, Ont., Christian Purboo, ArtSci ’25, never thought much about race when playing hockey. As a young goaltender, he was more focused on stopping pucks, not the fact he was often ...
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Men’s Basketball unfazed as losing streak grows to three
Queen’s Men’s Basketball travelled to Ottawa last weekend to take on the Ottawa Gee-Gees and Carleton Ravens on Feb. 5 and 6. Both teams sat comfortably as two of the nation’s top 10 teams, Ottawa ...