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<p>Clarification: The Aquinian would like to clarify, on Feb. 4, 2022, a statement in this article published on Sept. 10, 2019. It stated &#8220;Rodríguez said promoting this type of message would create and vocalize anti-immigrant attitudes, and wondered if &#8216;make Canada great again&#8217; would come next.&#8221; It is clearer to say &#8220;Rodríguez said, on behalf [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At first glance, the St. Thomas University philosophy department is a testament to the field’s lack of gender representation. Even though all four professors are male, STU’s female students aren’t deterred from pursuing philosophy.  Alex Cunningham, a fourth-year STU student, was one of the 14 women from North America who travelled to San Diego, Calif. in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mary Baker is a third-year St. Thomas University student from Bridgetown, Nova Scotia majoring in interdisciplinary studies. In her spare time, Baker likes to hang out with her cats, Jay and Luna, knit and sleep.  It started with chronic pain.   By November 2018, I&#8217;d seen all the doctors on campus. None of them had answers. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hailey Frenette, a third-year St. Thomas University student, spent last summer working at the All-Star Movies Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Every day she watched kids run around the World Premiere Food Court in princess dresses and dance to songs like &#8220;Cotton Eyed Joe.&#8221; “Anywhere you’re working where there’s little girls dressed [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Julia Gilliard never saw herself as a leader, but after working at the Costco bakery for eight years, she quit to follow her dreams. Now the 27-year-old is the owner of The Shake Shed Freddy, spending her days blending instead of baking. “I knew that starting a business would be very, very difficult. But I knew [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Growing up, I was a homebody. I didn’t go out with friends often and I never partied. If I went shopping, out for dinner or to the movies, it was usually with my mom or dad. Even with friends in tow, I always had my parents by my side. The University of New Brunswick Saint [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“You inspire me.” “That’s so impressive. I would never be able to do that.” “I feel like a lazy piece of shit after watching you.” At the risk of sounding vain, sentences like this are uttered to me on an almost daily basis. How should they be interpreted? As compliments? As words of encouragement? Declarations [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When you log onto any social media site, there&#8217;s a chance you’ll find an anti-vaccination meme. Known as anti-vaxx or anti-vaxxer memes, they tell jokes about parents who don’t believe in vaccinating their children. St. Thomas University professor Rodger Wilkie often shares these memes on his Facebook page. Although he finds the memes funny, and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For Ben Pugsley, having an autistic brother has been one of the great blessings of his life, but the way the province funds group homes is his greatest worry “Fucking retard!” That’s the last thing I remember before I got pulled off of him. Twelve years old, Grade 6, and I’d just gotten in my [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Free time is a rare commodity among university students. While balancing classes, jobs, exercise, a social life, eating and sleeping, it’s hard to find time for yourself. This can mean limited time in the morning to do your hair, apply some makeup and eat a good breakfast. Though it feels like we don’t have any [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I love lady’s night at clubs as much as the next mediocre-dancin’, lady-lovin’ person. Who doesn&#8217;t love boppin’ to music, hands in pockets, at the edge of a dancefloor? I must admit, I’ve even used the F gender marker on my license to get that S Club or Twenty/20 stamp for free. I like to tell [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When your schedule includes university classes, work, sleep and some time factored in to eat, there’s not much room for anything else. A relationship can seem like a fictitious dream only found in Disney movies. But some students find a way to balance it. From swiping to small talk Fourth-year St. Thomas University student Al [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When asked how many tattoos she had, Melissa Roy took time to count. She concentrated, whispering the numbers until she reached six. &#8220;Whether I have them on my skin or I have them in my heart, I&#8217;ll always have the memories that came with my tattoos,&#8221; the fourth-year psychology and gerontology student said. Her first [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fiona Steele asks whether institutions like STU are guilty of classicism when it comes to the rural working class      Let me bring you back to the summer after my Grade 11 year. It’s boiling inside my 2003 Hyundai Accent because the AC, like the radio, is broken. After turning onto a red-dirt road in rural [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A well-decorated dorm room is one way students are battling mental health issues that can come with leaving home for the first time. For second-year student Melanie LaPlante, turning her dorm room into an oasis was a great distraction during her first year. “I had a roommate last year and we went and we got [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hallie Mazurkiewicz’s mother started preparing for the &#8220;period conversation&#8221; the day she found out she was having a baby girl. When Hallie was 12, her mother gave her a box of period-essentials, despite not having started her period yet. A few years later, she started spotting, so her mother sat her down and welcomed her into womanhood. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mackenzie Acheson was hanging out in her friend’s dorm in Vanier Hall when her body seized. Her neck spasmed and she couldn&#8217;t to lift her head. Acheson was crying. Her muscles were sore and stiff and it hurt to breathe. The campus police drove Acheson to the hospital where doctors gave her a one-time prescription [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When I found out I was pregnant, I knew I had to go back to school. I&#8217;d been graduated from high school for a couple of years at that point and was comfortable in my routine. Staying up late waiting tables at McGinnis Landing, a savings account that consisted of extra change from my shifts [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Instead of heading straight to grad school, fourth-year student Chloe Saulnier is headed on a worldwide trip to pursue her dreams of working in tourism. Saulnier will be travelling to Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands and Peru before moving on to China, Laos, Thailand and India. She&#8217;s travelling with the Pure Exploration Expedition Leader program. Pure Exploration [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While working as a journalist in southern Lebanon in 1978, Don Dickson was detained by Palestinian fighters after being suspected of conspiring with the Israeli government. He was travelling without a guide and had to prove his identity. The fighters looked through his things for an Israeli passport but found something different, love letters written [&hellip;]</p>