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 [...]
Jamie Ross – The Aquinian – Henick disagrees, says federal lobby group works well for St. Thomas Council debated for more than two hours last week about whether or not to review the student union’s membership with the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations and consider lowering it to associate status. The motion, brought forward by [...]
Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian – Thompson hopes recommendations will improve elections The student union’s chief returning officer has released a 39-page post-election report, and in it made 17 recommendations he hopes will improve the STUSU electoral process. Sean Thompson applied for the position as CRO after miscommunications during the fall by-election for vice-president academic [...]
Alex Solak – The Aquinian – We’re still waiting for the official ratified email from the Student Union’s returning officer, but the initial report puts Ella Henry as the next president of the St. Thomas University Students’ Union. The Chief Returning Officer has confirmed everything, and here are the official results: The results of the [...]
STU is getting ready for next year’s course registrations. WebAdvisor has already been loaded with all the available course for the 2010-2011 school year. As with every year, students entering their 4th year get first choice. That starts on March 25 at 6:00 A.M. Here’s full list of start dates: Thursday, March 25 at 6:00 [...]
Bastarache and Henry battle for union supremacy Jamie Ross – The Aquinian – When the ballots were finally tallied, Sean Thompson could hardly believe his eyes. So he counted again, and the result was the same: the race for president of the students’ union had resulted in a tie. “It was freaky,” said Thompson, Chief [...]
Matt McCann- The Aquinian- Rick Myers had a peculiar introduction to the world of St. Thomas. A young political science student, Myers was just finishing his PhD at the University of Toronto when he noticed an advertisement on the wall of the political science department. A small, East-Coast liberal arts university was looking for a part-time [...]
By Jamie Ross-The Aquinian Chief Returning Officer Sean Thompson says he hasn’t ruled out fining candidates who left their Facebook groups online after campaigning for the general elections closed. But he won’t disqualify the candidates who broke St. Thomas University Students’ Union bylaws. “But I have a feeling there’ll be an appeal about that,” said Thompson. [...]
Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian STU students might not be immune to inconvenience in the event of a work stoppage at the University of New Brunswick. St. Thomas currently enjoys a slew of shared services with UNB that could be disrupted in the event of a strike or lockout down the hill. Some St. Thomas [...]
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