Jumphost, Author at Alma Mater Society

Author: Jumphost

I Wanna Pay Love to Queen’s Clubs

Written by Jumphost on November 2, 2011. Posted in Student Life.

Let’s talk Clubs at Queen’s. We’ve got a rich assortment of Clubs on campus that all add an immeasurable contribution to the Queen’s community. With well over 200 different clubs, there’s clubs to meet the interests of just about anybody. Whether you’re looking for politics, religion, advocacy, education,...

Supporting Others, Supporting Yourself

Written by Jumphost on October 11, 2011. Posted in Community Issues.

Over the past month or so while I was giving the AMS services Anti-Oppression training, I also included mental health discussions with many of them. When asked how they would support people, most of them hit the ones you would expect immediately: actively listening, knowing resources, not making...

Critical Thinking Not Just for Fourth Years

Written by Jumphost on August 31, 2011. Posted in Academics.

In just a week I will be entering my fourth year as a student at Queen’s University. Fourth year is lauded as the year in which students can finally sink their teeth into critical thinking. They challenge professors in seminars, take advantage of smaller classes to have true discussion, and begin...

Who’s To Blame For Declining Quality?

Written by Jumphost on June 7, 2011. Posted in Academics.

I’ve now been involved with student government for three years and am entering my second full-time position as a student advocate. After a year of being the Academic Affairs Commissioner for the Alma Mater Society there is one argument that routinely exasperates me. That argument is that students...

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