Jayne Erickson – The Aquinian Featuring Jayne Erickson, Kelsey Knowles and Stephanie Fauquier Let me start off this edition of the Sports Writer’s Challenge by saying that I have never played hockey. I’m the girl who had to quit figure skating because I couldn’t do a back-crossover, apparently one of the most basic moves on [...]
A student union by-election slated to happen Nov. 9 and 10 has been postponed until Nov. 12 and 13. The by-election was scheduled last week after Vice President Administration Corben McLean submitted his resignation. The election move comes after off-campus representative Mitch Messom resigned from his position, creating a need for a second by-election. Union [...]
Continue reading …I’ve been getting the visions lately. Getting them something fierce. Something to do with the constellations or where the moon is or my prescription antipsycotics running out. Regardless of the catalyst, my tortured night terrors now serve you as premonitions for how your Halloween will turn out. Scorpio: Congratulations, Scorp! You will come into a [...]
Continue reading …Steph Fauquier – The Aquinian The women’s soccer team has had a rough season battling injuries and tough teams. They overcame all their struggles and brought home a win against NSAC 2-0 on October 18. “Knowing that we can beat NSAC, the girls focused and gave them some responsibility to focus on simple things like [...]
Continue reading …Lily Boisson – The Aquinian The walk from St. Thomas University’s picturesque campus to Odell Park’s leafy lanes is quite nice on a cool autumn evening. It’s nothing like the long and dangerous walk from northern Uganda’s rural villages into the town of Gulu. On Saturday people around the world participated in the GuluWalk to [...]
Continue reading …Tara Chislett – The Aquinian Even though Toronto and Montreal are bigger cities, Ashley Frawley feels that Moncton’s Virgina Manser is her biggest competition in CMT Canada’s Reba’s Ultimate Fan Contest. Between her posters, appearing in newspaper articles and on radio programs and campaigning in person around campus, Frawley has become well known on the [...]
Continue reading …Globe and Mail ranks universities Jamie Ross – The Aquinian The Globe and Mail gave St. Thomas an A grade for student satisfaction in its university rankings released last week. STU also scored A’s in quality of education, student-faculty interaction, teaching, libraries (which it shares with UNB) and campus atmosphere. “It is gratifying that St. [...]
Continue reading …Swine flu effects severe in the young and healthy Lily Boisson – The Aquinian If you think the flu is only dangerous to the sick and the elderly, H1N1 might force you to reconsider. Recent information about the swine flu suggests the virus is more likely to be severe in relatively healthy young people. As [...]
Continue reading …Greetings readers. I purposely spaced out part 1 and 2 so I could make sure I had said everything I wanted to say. I wanted to convey the message that bilingualism is exclusive. It allows only some to be recognized as important, at least important enough to regard something so personally linked to culture as [...]
Continue reading …Derek Montague – The Aquinian For the second time in two weeks, STU beats Dalhousie STU’s men’s hockey team split their two home games this weekend against St. FX and Dalhousie. The Tommies suffered a disappointing loss to the X-Men 7-6, but were able to pummel Dalhousie 9-3 the next day. The Tommies looked poised [...]
Continue reading …Greg Rodger & Mitch Messom - The Aquinian The newest eco-fad to hit campus is the crusade against bottle water. Organizations and community groups (we use community loosely) such as the Council of Canadians, Students for Sustainability and NB Media Coop, among others, are more than ready to battle the real and imaginary problems with bottled [...]
Continue reading …Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian Raised as an orphan, once a teacher and now a student, Pius Ariho enters a new stage of his life. Poverty and hunger are not only the words that describe the problems the world has been facing, but also have been the reality for Pius Ariho Ariho is from the [...]
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