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<p>St. Thomas University started out as St. Thomas College in Chatham, New Brunswick. From 1910 to 1934, it operated as a high school and junior college. In 1934, it was declared a university and was officially able to grant degrees. The name changed from St. Thomas College to St. Thomas University in 1960 and high [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The 700 available tickets for the University of New Brunswick Student Union&#8217;s Welcome Back: Music Fest sold out two hours before the show began Saturday night.  Kristian D’Amore, who organized the event, is the first-ever UNBSU events coordinator.  “When the new executive got elected in April, [their] objective was to put new life into the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I remember her eyes. They were clear and blue and filled with tears. On Tuesday, Sept 11, 2001, Newark Airport, just 15 miles southwest of New York City, was frantic and disorderly. The strange woman from Manhattan, whose eyes I will never forget, held my face in her hands and in a wet whisper told me a child should never have [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In Grade 12, Olivier Hébert was voted “Most Likely to Be Prime Minister&#8221; by their classmates. Four years later, Hébert is making their mark on the public by running as the Fredericton West–Hanwell New Democratic Party candidate. “I’ve been pretty politically involved for a long time, and I’ve known that running for politics is something [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is it for me, my final &#8220;See y&#8217;all later.&#8221; I&#8217;m graduating in May and I have no clue where I&#8217;ll end up after I&#8217;m officially done here. There&#8217;s a lot I wish I did through my years at St. Thomas University. I wish I socialized more, took more art classes, didn&#8217;t get involved in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Think about how much water you use everyday. You use water to shower, brush your teeth, wash your hands and, more importantly, to stay hydrated. But you may not realize how other communities around the world do not have the same access to water. The difference is shocking. For communities in Honduras, most people don&#8217;t [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A typical afternoon for Cassandra Pitchford involves sitting at her kitchen table in the upstairs of an old house on York Street and working on a prosthetic hand. The third-year University of New Brunswick student loves to make people laugh. She loves her mom’s dogs, Roxy and Jena. She said she’s good at making a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Imagine travelling to a country you&#8217;ve never visited, to live with a family you&#8217;ve never met and look after their children. Mija Macdonald, a third-year psychology major at St. Thomas University, travelled to Newcastle, Australia near the end of April 2016 to do just that. She worked as a nanny, taking care of three young [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The steady beat of the drum drew people through the doors of the Mi’kmaq Wolastoqey Centre&#8217;s fourth annual powwow on April 5. But it was the unity and culture that encouraged members of Indigenous communities from across the province to attend. Victor Levi travelled from Elsipogtog First Nation with his wife, daughter and son to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Members of the LGBTQ community in New Brunswick are fundraising to give back to a trans and queer activists in need. An event called A Little Help for a Friend was hosted at Read’s Cafe in Fredericton on April 3 to raise money for Gloria Dawn Halvorsen. The coffee house consisted of musical performances and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As an Indigenous person in Canada, through our treaty rights and other agreements, we have different privileges “bestowed” upon us by the federal government. Some of these privileges include hunting and fishing rights, tax exemption in some cases and having our tuition paid for by Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada. To some people, this [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Have you ever had a waffle too crispy or just not thick enough? I have. I&#8217;m not a man who regularly eats waffles. In fact, I usually don&#8217;t even eat breakfast. But if I had a place like this near my home, breakfast would never be missed. Freddy&#8217;s Waffle Station is located in downtown Fredericton inside [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“One Art,” a poem written by Elizabeth Bishop, is about how everyone experiences loss in their daily lives. No matter how you experience it, it’s not hard to master the art of losing. Emily McMillan, a second-year nursing student at the University of New Brunswick, will be using Bishop&#8217;s poem as a reference to her [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8220;Good job!&#8221; &#8220;You inspire me!&#8221; &#8220;I just know you&#8217;re going to do so well!&#8221; These are all complimentary phrases that have been tossed my way for getting a job in my dream field, winning awards or just writing a killer-awesome story. But no matter how often I hear praise, I will never accept it. I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Matte Robinson, an English professor at St. Thomas University, had no idea he was practicing a form of narrative care with his ailing grandmother. “She was the greatest storyteller in the family, but she was kind of a luddite. She didn’t even like to have a VCR in the house,” Robinson said. A luddite is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While reading The Omnivore&#8217;s Dilemma by Michael Pollan, I learned some disturbing things about the North American industrial food system, where high-yielding corn crops have become the ruler of the fields. It was crazy to read how crops are processed into many different molecules which find their way into staple American food such as cereals, carbonated [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Online dating and dating apps are one of the most popular ways to meet new people nowadays. Whether you want a long-term relationship or no-strings-attached, there’s an app for that. But is it okay to check out a date&#8217;s social media profile before actually meeting them? Along with dating profiles, social media sites are full [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Just because you share a post on Facebook or tell people you support a cause, does that make you an activist? The media recognizes student activism throughout North America, whether it&#8217;s a national student walk-out in the United States or Canadian students working toward Indigenous rights. However, what&#8217;s the difference between an activist and someone who supports a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University students joined more than 3,000 delegates from around the world at the 64th Harvard National Model United Nations conference on March 6. Philippe Ferland, Emilie Hanlon, Rachel Slipp, Jarrod Ryan and Rachelle Patrick represented Iran on various committees throughout the three-day simulation. The participants worked with fellow delegates to pass resolutions on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While in high school, St. Thomas University student Rae Jardine participated in a non-governmental organization started by her teacher called World Reality Education that supported an orphanage in Uganda. “[My interest in Uganda] weirdly goes back to when I was in high school. We got to meet these kids via Skype and watch them grow [&hellip;]</p>