September 5, 2025. Richardson Stadium. Laurier versus Queen’s football. The Frosh Week game. The bands were there. Many students showed up. Three Queen’s TDs were scored. Yet, not a single Oil Thigh was undertaken. Article content

The Oil Thigh — the heart of the vaunted Queen’s spirit — was finally ripped out. The unifying group activity for Queen’s students has been stomped on and ground into the dust. How? Why? What led to this sad day in the history of the university? Article content

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Some would argue the “temporary” moving of the stadium to west campus, because, inevitably, students got lazy and didn’t want to walk there.

Some would argue it was the rolling of student game admission into the general student fees. The fact students didn’t

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