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<p>James Dunns Hall isn’t always your best choice for getting some studying done. If you are able to find a seat between 12p.m. &#8211; 4p.m. you are lucky. JDH is very popular, often crowded and loud. Not to mention, it can be kind of difficult to find a plug in for your laptop. Having Tim [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was 1985 when Stewart Donovan began teaching at St. Thomas University. Since then, many things changed at STU; from it&#8217;s size and aesthetic to its teaching methods. But Donovan has been around to witness it all. And it&#8217;s been great, he says. Donovan was born in a working-class family who lived at an Irish [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Photographer and photojournalist Nick Hawkins spoke at the 5 Days for the Forest events hosted by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick to spread awareness of the condition of Acadian forests. He showcased his work during a film screening at the University of New Brunswick’s Forestry department. Events lasted from Sept. 19th to Sept. 23rd, and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Getting a job can be critical for some university students, but it can be discouraging when the only options available seem to be waitressing or working as cashier. There&#8217;s actually a whole world of job opportunities that many might not realize even exist, both on campus and out in the city. Adam Blanchard, a fourth-year [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s hard to choose one memorable moment from this summer since there were so many. I spent these past four months as an intern at Laboratoria, a social enterprise in Peru, Mexico and Chile that provides education and job opportunities in the technology sector for young women in Latin America. A definite highlight was when [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Heather Kirk lost her cousin on Dec. 26, 2014. A few months later, on Oct. 22, 2015, her father passed away. Ever since, the former St. Thomas University psychology student now studying at the University of New Brunswick, and her aunts mourn both of them on social media sites like Facebook and Instagram by making [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A purple and yellow welcome sign greets students and teachers at the entrance of the La Loche Community School, located in La Loche, Saskatchewan. From between the trees that surround its baseball and football fields, the village’s lake peeks through. Inside the school, floor-to-ceiling coloured panels light the entry corridor and stylized classroom doors stand [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was Aug. 31, 2016 at 08:04 p.m. when my plane landed on Fredericton’s airport for the second time in two years. This adventure began in 2014 when my classmates and I travelled to Fredericton for the University of New Brunswick’s English language program during my second year of high school at Recife, Brazil. I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If there were one word to describe Zeus, it would be goofy. He&#8217;s big, but he&#8217;s one of those dogs that don&#8217;t quite realize their own size. He looks like a pretty solid mix between a German shepherd and a Rottweiler, but he&#8217;s also got quite a bit of Dachshund in him, if you can [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We often encounter stories about Syrian refugees in the news. Sometimes about deaths and drownings. Other times, about scholarships and donations. But finding personal accounts of how their heart aches for home, or about how they’re slowly but surely coming up from the ashes and reaching redemption, those stories are almost impossible to find in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>You’re new to the school, fresh. Many of you still have good hygiene habits, haven’t pulled all nighters to finish your paper(s), haven’t scrounged together coins to pay for a pizza or a package of Mr. Noodles (or laundry) and haven’t spent your evenings crying on your dorm floor eating bread. All that is about [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As university students, we’re all on pretty strict budgets. That doesn’t mean we don’t feel the need to get out and treat ourselves every now and then which is why I will be writing this column over the course of the semester. I find myself in a restaurant rut. Despite my desire to constantly try [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“Beer,” he said. “My name’s Beer.” Christopher Van Den Broeck, English as a second language professor in Seoul, South Korea at the time, heard chuckles in his classroom and decided to play along with his new student. “Fine, Beer it is.” The practice of Asian people choosing English names dates back to the 1950s, a time [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When AJ Ripley was 18 years old he was hospitalized because of Crohn’s disease. He could barely eat because of the pain so he lost weight and was hooked on IVs to stay alive. During this time, Ripley was in his first year at St. Thomas University. Keeping up with the workload while dealing with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dunkirk is France’s northernmost port on the English Channel, just below the Belgian border. A small industrial city with a winding harbour and strange Flemish street names, the world knows it as the evacuation point for Allied troops fleeing the Nazi armies in 1940. Today, Dunkirk raises new images of huddled masses desperate to reach [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s what grammar-fans fear, trans people are tired of and everyone else is just confused about: The Great Pronoun Debate. This is the name I’ve given to the barriers trans people face while advocating to be spoken of respectfully. Respectful language is part of accepting trans people. But it is not something we are granted [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sonya Youssef is the owner of Sonya’s Aesthetics, a beauty salon that she opened three years ago in her Fredericton home. She studied French and Spanish at St. Thomas University. Word of her talents spread quickly. Now, her beauty salon has a crowd of faithful customers who await their appointments eagerly. Youssef was able to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Before she came to St. Thomas University, Shaye Lernowicz went on a school trip to China as an undercover missionary to analyze religious freedom in the country. She never expected this would become one of the most life-changing experiences she’d had. “I decided to go because I have a lot of passion for travelling,” said [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you’ve spent much time in or around Quispamsis, then you’ve probably heard tales of the hermit. According to legend, there’s a man on an island in the Kennebecasis River who lives alone with nothing but his dogs and a clear disconnect from the hustle and bustle around him. Some say he will chase you [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Resting in journalism professor Don Dickson’s backyard is the deck from the Lunar Rogue. The story of how it got there is simple. In 2009, a parking lot was going to be put in where the Rogue’s patio used to be and Dickson stepped in to take it. But while on the surface the story [&hellip;]</p>