Re-Thinking Public Post-Secondary Education Funding
The recent students’ movement in Quebec formed in response to the provincial government’s plan to raise tuition fees has sparked a much needed debate on how we should fund post-secondary education. Given that my own opinion on the matter has shifted substantially since I graduated almost ten years ago, I’d like to add my voice [...]
We’d like to let everyone know who the editors of The Aquinian will be next year. Here’s the list: Meghan O’Neil - Arts Bridget Yard - Features Shane Fowler - Managing editor Cara Smith - Photo Patrick Brennan - Web Ian LeBlanc - Layout Whitney Neilson - News Matt Tidcombe - Sports Liam McGuire – Editor-in-chief The new staff will start their jobs [...]
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Shaken, he told me he didn’t know what to do. Neither did I. He felt helpless and sad. I felt nothing. For many people, Peggy’s Cove is the most iconic tourist attraction in Nova Scotia: the postcards, restaurant, crashing waves and lighthouse. For Dad and me, it has always been a getaway. The sun sets [...]
Continue reading …Men’s hockey head coach Troy Ryan reflects on his first season behind the bench
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The AQ’s Matt Tidcombe sat down with men’s hockey head coach Troy Ryan to talk about his year at STU. Overall, how did you find your first season in charge? I think this year’s been interesting. I was hired very late, came into Fredericton and really by that time…all other teams had pretty much done its [...]
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This is my last column, and if there is one thing I hope people take away from it, it’s that you can achieve anything if you set goals. Pick a goal for your health or fitness level, and decide when you want to achieve it by. Then all you have to do is plan how [...]
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My guy friends are gorgeous. Really, if a St. Thomas University 2012-13 male calendar existed, they’d be on it – and I’d own 20 copies. I’ve fallen madly in like with many of them (not my fault they were blessed with spectacular genes), but it was never returned – ever. I called it wedding bells, [...]
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A St. Thomas University professor might be bringing an East Coast Music Award back to campus. Fine arts professor Steven Peacock’s music duo, Duo Cantilena, has been nominated for the upcoming awards. The duo’s latest album, The Green Bushes: Dances, Airs & Lullabies, is nominated for classical recording of the year. “The nominations are juried [...]
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Gisele Bündchen for mayor? Well, not quite. The New Brunswick College of Craft and Design will hold their annual fashion show April 21, and Fredericton mayor Brad Woodside will be walking the runway. “I made a call to a friend who made a call to him, and he was in just like that. He’s right [...]
Continue reading …Change is good, isn’t it? Well, brace yourselves. If you haven’t heard already, I’ve been hired to run this paper next year. I would be lying if I said I thought it was going to be easy. It’s going to be one heck of a challenge – though one I’m ready to take. I want [...]
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While waiting in line for The Hunger Games, I thought about how great it is that the best stories are coming out of the young-adult genre these days. It’s awesome kids and adults are putting aside their differences on issues like candy for breakfast and are instead uniting over series like Harry Potter or His [...]
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Fredericton is often said to be an arts and culture hub. With live music coming and going from the bar and café scene, galleries dotting the downtown core and a large theatre community, you’d be tempted to agree that Fredericton is indeed artsy. But what about student and emerging artists? They can’t exactly hang their [...]
Continue reading …Since it is my last column this semester, I would like to recommend some really good summer reading. For those of you who like stories that give you goosebumps, I suggest Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. His novel was first published in German in 1985 and tells the creepy, sad story [...]
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