What Kind of Content Does The Queen's Journal Cover?

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The Queen's Journal is the independent, award-winning student newspaper of Queen's University at Kingston, published continuously since 1873. Its coverage is organized into clearly labeled sections spanning campus news, student life, arts and culture, sports, opinion, and investigative reporting — all centered on the Queen's community and the city of Kingston. If you want to follow a specific topic (university governance, Queen's athletics, local arts events, or student commentary), you can go directly to the matching section rather than browsing the whole site.

Main Content Sections

The site's navigation lists these primary categories:

Section What it covers
News Campus and university affairs, including subcategories for Student, Politics, Elections, University, and City Council
Features Longer-form pieces, including Investigations, History, and Featurettes
Editorials The paper's institutional voice, split into "Our Perspective" and Signed Editorials
Opinions Letters to the Editor and Op-Eds
Arts & Culture Theatre, Music, Literature, Visual, Film, and Pop Culture
Student Life Lifestyle, Fashion, and related student-interest topics
Business, Science, & Technology Business, Science, and Technology coverage
Sports Football, Basketball, Hockey, Club Sports, Rugby, Soccer, Volleyball, and Cross Country
Postscript Personal essays and reflections
Videos Video content

What the Coverage Looks Like in Practice

Recent headlines illustrate the range of topics:

  • University news and finances — reporting on a $160.4 million surplus amid criticism over spending priorities, and a $7.5 million drop in international tuition revenue.
  • Campus life and safety — students raising concerns about drug and alcohol use on campus.
  • Student conduct — non-academic misconduct rising 19 per cent within a year.
  • Technology and academia — criticism of a Turnitin proposal to train AI on student work.
  • Sports — previews such as Queen's Football awaiting a strong Windsor team.
  • Arts & Culture — coverage of Kingston WritersFest, including former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and lawyer Roshan Danesh.
  • Community and remembrance — profiles such as a memorial piece on Samuel Lowe.
  • Personal reflection — first-person Postscript essays, e.g., leaving Queen's with a degree and a new understanding of oneself.

How to Find What You Want

  • For campus and Kingston news: start with News and its University and City Council subcategories.
  • For deep dives: use Features and its Investigations subsection.
  • For student voices and debate: check Editorials, Opinions, and Letters to the Editor.
  • For events and culture: browse Arts & Culture and its subcategories.
  • For athletics: go to Sports and pick the specific sport.
  • For personal essays: read Postscript.

The Journal also offers a newsletter; a "Subscribe to our Newsletter" link appears on the site, though specific subscription terms and any pricing are not detailed in the available information.