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The Many Memes of Queen’s

Written by Jumphost on September 27, 2012. Posted in Blog Post, Tricolour Spirit.

Some sassy, many awesome, here are some memes from the last year at Queen’s. (Aug. 2012, AMS Facebook) (Via the Queen’s Memes Facebook Page) (via the Queen’s Memes Facebook Page) “Let us celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday, for obvious reasons. Cha Gheill!” (May 2012, AMS...

Tricolour Like it’s 1841

Written by Jumphost on September 9, 2012. Posted in Blog Post, Tricolour Spirit.

Whether it is at a football game, or sitting in a crowded lecture hall, it seems like everybody is sporting some retro Queen’s apparel. This isn’t a coincidence, and it isn’t some outside vendor that has created a one-hit wonder shirt (See “Wuck Festern”). Rather, it is Tricolour Outlet‘s new...

“Mom, stop yelling”: A move-out day blog

Written by Jumphost on April 2, 2012. Posted in Blog Post, Kingston Living.

That’s right folks, it’s back. The second most wonderful time of the year is here on campus: move-out day. *Spoiler Alert!!!* It sucks. For all the first years reading this, let me just tell you at the outset that this is going to be a rough day. Move-out day is already a tricky...

5 Things Learned from Reading Weeks in 4 Years

Written by Jumphost on February 22, 2012. Posted in Blog Post, Student Life.

In my four years at Queen’s I have had different experiences with Reading Week. As much as we would all like to pretend, Reading Week is shockingly rarely used to catch up on school and would instead be better named ‘Release Work’ because however we spend our time during Reading Week it is a...

The Top Ten Places to Study on Campus

Written by Jumphost on December 16, 2011. Posted in Academics, Blog Post.

This December exam period marks my seventh set of exams at Queen’s University as a supposedly ‘experienced’ Economics student, and I’ve learned through the years of the unique places on campus to study without being disturbed. The goal of today, therefore, is to present the top ten places to...