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From the Archives: Remembering Trent Frayne

Feb 15
Columns

An example of the sports journalism veteran's work at The Quill

Photo of the week: National Day of Action

Feb 6
News

February 1st was the National Day of Action, and BUSU led students on a rally for affordable post-secondary education, as did students across the country. After speeches were held in the courtyard, the group went down to SUDS for free Kraft Dinner.

Photo taken by K. Solbeck

Sex Ed in the City

Feb 6
Life

I think I am in love. How do I know when it’s time to say “I love you”?

Letters to the Editors

Feb 6
Columns

Prof problems, language issues, and parenting

Ask Miss Q: Drink without Fear!

Feb 6
Life

How to avoid that hangover

Ask Miss Q: School of hard knocks

Jan 23
Columns

I’m having a difficult time with my exams. I don’t like my professors. However, I love what I’m studying. I just don’t seem to be able to get on top of my course load, and I’m not happy. Is it...

Editorial: The Age of Enlightenment

Jan 9
Columns

Another holiday season has come and gone, and it is now time to face the year ahead of us. With that in mind, I thought I would take this opportunity to discuss the imminent apocalypse and the intricacies of the...

12 Ways The World Could End in 2012

Jan 9
Columns

2012 is yet another year of doomsday-and-gloomsday. What could possibly go wrong? Well...

Miss Q: Overwhelm Overwhelming Stress

Jan 9
Columns

I never seem to have any free time. My day is completely full of classes and homework, and yet I still don’t seem to be getting enough done! What’s going on? How do I stay sane?

I'm back...Now what?

12/5/11
Columns

It has been a week now since we have all gotten back to class, though it may feel like either an eternity, or no time at all. For myself, it feels like it has been no time at all. This...

Ask Miss Q: Fighting in the Family

12/5/11
Columns

My family is going through some really tough times right now. My parents’ relationship is rocky, and I’m not sure where I stand...

Ask Miss Q: Proper Christmas Spirit

11/23/11
Columns

When is the right time for Christmas decorations and music?

Movember is Mustache Season

11/23/11
Life

This month, over 1.1 million men have pledged to not only grow a mustache, but also ask the people in their lives to support research for prostate cancer by making a donation to Movember.

Guitars, Failure, and Growing Up

11/23/11

I just recently picked up my guitar again after a long hiatus. As one of millions of failed guitarists with broken rock-star dreams, I was apprehensive about even acknowledging the existence of the wood-and-steel contraption that so frustrated me. I was content to leave my guitar in the corner and...

I Walk the Line

11/23/11
Columns

I’ll try to keep the Johnny Cash references to a minimum.

For one reason or another, I’ve decided to support the professors in this little labour dispute we’ve been enjoying for the past month and a half. This fact probably...

Sex Ed in the City

11/7/11
Columns

I’ve been having a major problem getting/keeping hard during sex. Every time I am getting it on, I freak out and it happens again. I don’t understand why this is happening to me! What the heck is going on?"

Ask Miss Q

11/7/11
Columns

Miss Q vs. Lethargy

3:55 AM

11/7/11
Comment

It is 3:55 AM.

3:55 AM is the time at which I could no longer hold it in. It is the time at which my victimization at the hands of two bumbling, incompetent factions stops. I sit here and realize...

Throwing Stones

10/24/11
Comment

I’ve been thinking about the Occupy movement a lot lately.

When I first heard about it, I was fully in support. Because of my particular circumstances, I have always felt like I am teetering on the brink of the 99%....

Impossible Masterpieces, Part One: Moby-Dick

10/24/11
Arts

Personal story: Moby-Dick was the first novel to ever ‘beat’ me. I took my first stab at reading it when I was 11 or 12, believing in all my youthful arrogance that it was just a book about a whale that I could polish off in a week.

How wrong I was. After a month and 100 pages, I was...