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 of Amnesty International STU/UNB, [...]

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, they seemed like enjoying [...]

Maiko Tanabe -The Aquinian-
They’re far from home, but that didn’t stop Chinese students from ringing in the New Year in Fredericton.
Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) and Overseas Chinese Students Association (OCSA) at the University of New Brunswick celebrated The Lantern Festival and Chinese New Year at the Student Union on Feb. 27.
The event entertained [...]

Eight students from STU will be making trips this summer
Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian
Emily Smith, a third-year student at St. Thomas, spent three months in Ghana last summer. She was a teacher there, yet when she recalls the experience, she feels she learned more.
Last summer, St. Thomas University partnered with Intercordia Canada to send eight [...]

Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian
Some international students are uninterested in the upcoming STUSU election, just like other students, but maybe for different reasons.
Chiemi Sakai, a second-year international student, said she’s not even sure when the election is and if she’s going to vote, because she’s not sure her vote would affect her university life [...]

Making plans for the summer? Wondering what to do after you graduate? Thinking about taking a year off from school? You have options!
Whether you’re looking for ways to travel and work, internships abroad or volunteer opportunities, do your homework and you could be having a great adventure tout de suite.
Unless you have an unlimited budget, [...]

A Canadian and Japanese on a very Canadian Valentine’s Day date
Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian
It was a date with a notepad and a pen, but still, it was the best date I have ever had.
Now, I have a confession to make. I had never had a Canadian (or North American) Valentine’s Day before. I [...]

So in my last column, I talked about how there are some things about Canada that I instantly fell in love with, and some things that I’m still getting used to.
One thing I’m having a hard time getting used to is classroom discipline – especially talking in class. In all my years spent in elementary, [...]

Amy MacKenzie - The Aquinian
Donations are being made to build a school in Haiti
Human Rights students at St. Thomas University are raising money to help build a school in Haiti.
The funds will be donated through the organization “Free the Children.”
Martina Cole, a third-year student at STU, is the brains behind the initiative. The students in her [...]

Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian
Two New Brunswick youths, Li Song and Saa Andrew Gbongbor, have been named global ambassadors. Active-8! is a campaign across Atlantic Canada that highlights social action among youth and aims to inspire more action.
The campaign promotes activities celebrating and focusing on International Development Week (IDW), Feb. 7 to 13.
The team [...]