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All you need to know about SEO! #TwitterEssay

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3.       #SEO helps sites appear in the golden triangle through keywords and backlinks from blogs and articles #climbingtheranks

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8.       #Bringitalltogether Keywords allow search engines to see that you are out there and backlinks lets them see how much to trust your site

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Visual aid included for all y’all who attend The Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Can’t Read Good and Want to Do Other Stuff Good too. (or just Western). 

Step 1: Boil water and cook an egg in the pot for 6 minutes, de-shell it, and throw in back in with noodles and soup powder. (and by throw I mean place gently unless you enjoy being assaulted by many little droplets of fiery pain.) At the same time pan fry tofu and marinate with soy sauce. 

Step 2: throw in a little 

..... or a lot of spinach

Step 3: slice up some onions and toss em in

(Feel free to have a good cry at this point...Some people have a lot of feelings)

Step 4: Throw in some sliced turkey 

Catch the Pattern Here. Throw. Sautee? Whisk? Marinade? Lol, nope. To the kitchen-challenged out there, I got yo back. 

Step 5: Place the the above aesthetically in a bowl. Option to add a squirt of lemon and a fancy green thing (I chose Italian Parsley) and voila! 

*it's common knowledge that overlapping your ingredients will make it taste 150% better*

Step Six: Instagram your creating and upload it to Facebook so you  can inform all of your friends to get on your culinary level. (VERY optional and highly discouraged). 

Total cooking time: Approximately 10 minutes

Seriously, we're all sick of seeing your insta-meals. 

Calista Kim,

f you haven’t seen this yet, be prepared to be totally confused yet feel like you can totally relate. The video was produced by Patrice Wilson, the same person who brought you the infamous Rebecca Black and “Friday”. Despite any issues I may have with a 12-year-old singing about her drunk munchies after clubbing. I have a strange feeling that any of my following hangovers will be something along the lines of “I’m getting hungry….I love chow Mein. CHOW MO MO MO MO MEIN.”

There are plenty of good times to be had at Ale & Canteen, Stages, The Spot, The Grizz, The Brass and of course everyone’s favourite, Fluid (FYI Fluid has on site hair dressers,) also they happen to be the closest bars to campus. But should you ever dare to walk another few minutes there are lots of other places to discover.

10. THE TIR NAN OG Come on you guys, it’s really not that far.

9.  THE SLEEPLESS GOAT. Fair trade coffee and vegan baked goods by day and a comfortable place with a positive atmosphere and fun drinks like The Nutty Professor and the Goat Bite by night.

8. JACK ASTORS. Big screens to watch sports, a gorgeous roof top patio over looking the Kingston waterfront and all the fruity, slushy drinks you could ever desire.

7. THE TOUCAN. Sports, live music and lots of beer on draught.

6. MILESTONES. A gorgeous interior and weekly specials like Girls Night on Monday; 4 Bellini’s and 4 appetizers for $40.00.

5. THE KINGSTON BREW PUB A bit of a treck, I’ll be honest, but so, so worth it.

4. THE MANSION. $7.00 schooners. If that doesn’t tempt you then maybe the delicious menu items or one of the cool live music events they have going on each night will.

3. THE ALIBI. Boasts one of the most interesting drink menus as well as board games, every night. Drink a beer you have never heard of before while playing Battleship or Monopoly with your friends. They don’t serve food here but if you get hungry grab something across the street and bring it in with you.

2. THE RED HOUSE A classy joint with unique cocktails and a big red door.

1. THE GRAD CLUB. No one goes to the grad club nearly as much as they should. Come for dinner one night and trivia the next. The Grad Club also doubles as a venue for live music, bands like Zeus, The Wooden Sky and Plants and Animals have all played phenomenal shows here. It is an intimate venue and the tickets are usually pretty cheap. It is worth mentioning too, that The Grad Club is, like, uber close to campus.

Emma Koza,

We started from the bottom now we here; here’s 10 things we wish we knew when we were down there.

1. The university wants you to succeed.

Dons and frosh leaders, staff at the Peer Support Center, the library, the academic services, the AMS, and all the nameless humans in between are there for one reason only: to serve you. Your tuition pays their salary, so use them without shame. Asking for help is not stupid, it is smart.

2. Cheese makes you fat.

Seriously, grab a salad sometime.

3. So does alcohol.

Roughly 100 calories per vodka shot and 200 in a beer (depending on the kind - go light). Make sure you’re dancing it off at Undies, or you will without-a-doubt gain the infamous Freshman 15, or even the Freshman 50. Good health is important, people!

4. If you try hard enough, you can sleep in every building on campus.

The floor of the Stauffer lobby, the benches in the Mac-Cory hallway, under a table on the ARCs 3rd floor. Don’t give up on the dream.

5. Forget Lenny

The best food on campus is in the basement of BOTTERELL HALL. Breakfast, lunch, snack, or teatime, the ladies in the basement of Botterell will put a smile on your face with cheap prices, deliciousness, and ENTHUSIASM. Their breakfast is killer, for real. It closes at 4 though, so run for it.

6. The rector has a job.

We’re not sure what it is. But he seems important, and is a super nice guy. So go visit him and say hi!

7. Not everyone here is a white Catholic girl. Nor do we all wear Northface jackets, Ugg boots and listen to Drake. 

(Though a lot of us are/ do and its hard to hate Drake) Don’t be taken aback by our apparent lack of diversity, and don’t be afraid to seek out new people by joining clubs 

8. Not all profs are right all of the time.

In fact, most of the time, there is no such thing as right; welcome to higher education. If you question your professors, you will learn more and perhaps even get a better mark. Just don’t be an asshole about it. No

9. The easiest way to do well in class, is to go to class.

This seems obvious. But if you go to class and actually listen and actually participate, you WILL DO WELL. Most people who complain about doing poorly are not even trying. Don’t be one of those people; everyone hates those people.

10. Don’t be afraid to join things.

This isn’t high school, being involved isn’t uncool. The more things you do, the more people you’ll know, and the more friends you’ll have. More friends means more likes on Facebook, which is, of course, the most important thing of all.

What advice do you have for our first year friends? And to the frosh, what are some valuable lessons you’ve learned already?

Stacey Lambert,

Marketing Manager

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Danielle Bengell.

   Queen's TV has gone through some changes and we are implementing some exciting new things this year For one, this is the first year that the service has a blog. But we're also putting more time and energy into our videos; ensuring higher quality and topical content. 

You may have noticed a change in our logo as well.  This, being our 25th season, isn't the first time we have experienced some major changes.  Over the years we have gone through three different names:

Studio Cue to Studio Q to Queen's TV,

new equipment, changes in content and formatting, different managerial positions being added too or taken away from the service and several location changes.  

You can find us now in Mac-Brown , pop by and say hi. 

Our ultimate goal is provide you, the students of Queen's, with reliable and relatable content and as you change through out the years so shall we.  

Emma Koza,