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Hurricane Earl worries stall Move In Day for First Year students

Hurricane Earl as seen from Space (NASA)

With Hurricane Earl fast approaching, St. Thomas University’s Crisis Management Team has pushed back first year move-in to Sunday. STUSU president Ella Henry confirmed that the Cheer-Off (and our streaming coverage of it) has been moved to Sunday. The announcement  message was just sent out to Residence Life staff and included the following instructions: We will [...]


2010 Fall Season Premiere Dates – TV Done Wright

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Here are your fall premiere dates for all your favorite shows, and some new shows coming. Note this is only Fall shows, and not Mid-Season. (Note: * = New Series) Tuesday Sept 7th Sons of Anarchy Wednesday Sept 8th America’s Next Top Model Hellcats * Terriers * Thursday Sept 9th The Vampire Diaries Nikita * [...]


Overheard: ELPee Ball

‎”Pissing on the Pee Ball, take the ELP students!”


Number of cheating students on the rise: study

Spurred on by new technology, cheating in Canadian high schools and post-secondary institutions is growing and evolving, according to the Canadian Council on Learning. (Photo by Hugo Yuen/Omega)

KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CUP) — As many as three in four university students have cheated or plagiarized at some point in their academic career, and that number is growing. According to a new study released by the Canadian Council on Learning, increased use of technology and the Internet is to blame for the increasing number of [...]


STU Welcome Week 2010 Master Schedule

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If you want updates every morning about what activities are going on, follow us on twitter or check us out here at TheAQ.net. Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – First Year Students Move In 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Pick up Welcome Week Kits in James Dunn Hall 4:00 pm [...]


STU WebMail reply goes crazy, and how to stop it

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Update: Dan Hurley has just sent out an email saying the usergroup settings have been switched.  Replies will now go only to ITS. When Dan Hurley at ITS sent out an email to all students about the upcoming migration to gmail, one student replied. The problem was that they replied to everyone on the list. [...]


G20 protest erupts in violence

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Black bloc being blamed for rioting and vandalism in downtown Toronto Alexandra Posadzki — CUP Ontario Bureau Chief TORONTO (CUP) — Saturday’s anti-G20 protest culminated in over 500 arrests, after a mob numbering in the hundreds stormed downtown Toronto streets, smashed shop and bank windows and set police cruisers ablaze. The riots were largely led [...]


Protests stay peaceful on eve of summits

Aboriginal protesters take to the streets in Toronto as world leaders arrive for G8 and G20 summits. (Photo by the McGill Daily)

Around 1,000 march for Aboriginal rights in Toronto Emilio Comay del Junco — The McGill Daily (McGill University) – Waving flags and banners, singing and beating drums, marchers demanded better treatment for Canada’s Aboriginal peoples, investigation into the disappearance of more than 500 missing Aboriginal women and redress for past abuses, such as residential schools. [...]


STU Revue 2010

Feature story on the STU Revue concert by Alex Solak and Adam Wright. The annual STU Revue was held this past week. The proceeds of the event went to help a former St. Thomas University student who’s in need. Alex Solak was at the event and has this report.


CASA Policy and Strategy conference 2010 (Twitter)

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Here’s a look at what’s being discussed at the CASA Policy and Strategy conference 2010 in PEI. //


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