The fee increases for STU students are “normal” according to Lawrence Durling, Vice-President Finance and Administration. Last Friday, an email from Larry Batt, Dean of Students and Registrar, introduced the fees increases, including a $480 increase to international tuition. Since 2007-2008, there has been a domestic tuition freeze for all universities in the province. While [...]
Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian – Tuition has gone up again for international students at STU. Despite their “guaranteed award” of $1,700, students not living in Canada pay almost three times the amount that Canadian residences pay to attend St. Thomas University. According to an email from Larry Batt, Dean of Students and Registrar, international tuition [...]
Backpacker Culture ~ Featuring this week’s traveller, Eriko Imada It was the spring of 2005 and I knew it would be now or never. I put on my mother’s clothes, hiking shoes and backpack and set out. I was planning to travel, on foot, a 900 km pilgrimage called “El Camino,” which runs across northern [...]
Last week, I chatted with the Intercordia students (you should consider supporting their fundraising efforts) about some of the challenges they might face in their summer adventures. Eight women from our community will be volunteering abroad in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. They will have support, but ultimately they will be travelling alone. Solo [...]
Morgan Modjeski – The Manitoban – WINNIPEG (CUP) — Tatiana Crawford was in Chile for last month’s disastrous earthquake and lived to come home to talk about it. A Manitoban of Chilean descent, she spoke at a press conference on March 15 at the University of Manitoba as part of the Raise the Roof Party [...]
Laura Brown – The Aquinian – A Renaissance College student at University of New Brunswick has recently turned his internship experience into something more. Renaissance College allows students to get their degree in three years with a ten-week internship in another country. Andrew Walshe chose to go to Bhutan. The Kingdom of Bhutan, bordered by [...]
The flight was six hours late. The two passengers next to me reeked of unwashed clothes and stale deodorant, an eleven-year-old girl in the aisle next to ours was constantly talking and a baby a couple of rows ahead cried through all 17 hours of the flight. While me, a very short-tempered and travel-hating traveller, [...]
The Aquinian – St. Thomas University International Students Association (STUISA) are forming a team to participate in Relay for Life 2010 this weekend. Relay for Life is an annial fundraiser for cancer research. The event will be happening across Canada and at St. Thomas, it will be held on March 27 in James Dunn Hall [...]
Laura Brown – The Aquinian – Students at STU and UNB are speaking out – without speaking at all. The STU/UNB Amnesty International chapter held its second annual Day of Silence last Wednesday. Participants agree to refrain from speaking all day to highlight the importance of free speech as a human right. Emily Peiffer, Chair [...]
Maiko Tanabe - The Aquinian – Kiyoka Kunishima’s hands were cold and shaking before she played the piano at STU Revue. She took a deep breath and looked at the audience. That’s all she remembers. “I’m always nervous when someone is listening to me,” Kunishima said. “But when I looked at the audience at STU Revue, [...]
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