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<p>Luke Higgins plays League of Legends for about two hours every day. He likes to get that in; it’s part of his schedule. For Higgins, LoL is like a sport. He’s not going to pull a hamstring playing, but he seeks to improve his skills. “It’s the competitive aspect of the game. It’s something you can [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I remember sitting in the first floor lounge in Harrington Hall. It was my first year. Some friends and I were cracking jokes, and I think I was quoting the Chappelle Show when I got a phone call. I rushed to my room to answer. It was my mom. She told me they discovered my [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s been hypothesized that the Roman Empire fell because of lead poisoning in their (admittedly lead­-based) water supply. It’s a largely discredited theory, but people still like to talk about it. Perhaps what makes it such an attractive hypothesis is that we ourselves are so often afraid of being destroyed not by the barbarians at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last fall, I went to a public lecture in Brian Mulroney Hall, given by Jeffrey Simpson. He’s a 65-year-old national affairs columnist for the Globe and Mail. He talked about political conversations he had over the years with former prime ministers in front of 60 sleepy-eyed students and professors. About halfway through his lecture, he [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jack Sullivan was 15 years old when she discovered her interest in BDSM. Like many people, she explored that interest through online forums and chat-rooms. It was not difficult for the fourth-year St. Thomas student to find like-minded people who accepted her and shared her curiosity. Not until one of her friends stopped speaking to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I was knee-high when I had my first experience with beer. I remember many days where my sister and I would sit on the kitchen floor dotted with small puddles of the stuff while dad would pass us brew after brew. He would run a line from his bottling bucket on the counter to a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Kara Brauen has been playing video games since childhood. She remembers playing the mine cart level of Donkey Kong Country for hours. She memorized exactly where to jump, where all the enemies were. As Brauen got older she moved on to other more serious games, but she never quit smashing the A button. She eventually [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I&#8217;d like to take you on a tour through Bathurst. It&#8217;s not exactly a popular tourist spot. I think it&#8217;s important, though. So drive up that way. Slip off the highway onto St. Peter&#8217;s Avenue. You&#8217;ll see the busiest spots in town: McDonald&#8217;s and Superstore. Ignore those. Loblaw&#8217;s? You want to see the sites. What [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you have been following the news recently, nay, if you’ve been living literally anywhere but the deepest fathoms of the Mariana Trench, you’ll know that the Ebola virus has been causing a stir of late. More precisely, you’ve probably noticed how it’s made everyone in the media from Anderson Cooper to the ‘poem­-for-­a-­penny’ guy downtown [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Change happens. I suppose. You know in your head that it happens, and you’re pretty sure you’ve seen it happen to other people. But then it happens to you and it seems like everything has changed all at once. My only sister got married last month. Less than a week later, my grandmother, my last [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Emma Chapple’s interest in fashion began when she was in Grade 7. She recalls buying her first issue of Teen Vogue and later purchasing an issue of Vogue. “I read the magazines and realized I wanted to do what those people were doing. I wanted to see fashion shows, meet influential people and talk about [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Lauren Harris got drunk for the first time when she was 15 years old, like many Canadian teenagers. She went to a party in Woodstock with her cousin and tried her first several sips of alcohol. It’s not remarkable. But most teenagers don’t develop into alcoholics by the time they’re 17. “I was 17 years [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What is the best Halloween costume? Is the Joker mask finally out of style? What is the laziest costume you can make? Who will win the prize for the most racist costume? Oscar Baker III and Joseph Tunney hit the streets to find out. &nbsp; Isabella Horswill Halloween costume: Midnight Fairy &nbsp; Why are you [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Justin Coburn studied all night for a history quiz. The 19-year-old St. Thomas student got to class and drew a blank. He stopped hearing his own thoughts and he could feel the weight of embarrassment. It was a panic attack brought on by his anxiety disorder. “I used to get to a point where I’d [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I have been dating my left hand for the last eight years. We’ve had our ups and down (pun intended) but it’s been a loving relationship overall. But I have to tell you a secret; I think we’re going to break up. She’s so clingy; she won’t let go. I feel bad because we grew [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Catrina Ren is a member of China’s one-child generation – a generation that often feels lonely and ill-prepared to organize their social lives. That’s why the St. Thomas University communications student helped form NarwalTech, a software company that wants to help young Chinese people connect and co-operate with each other. If testing goes according to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A list of popular TV shows for university boys to watch: Game of Thrones, Mad Men, the Wire, House of Cards, Walking Dead, Sopranos, Breaking Bad and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Haven’t heard of that last one? Clearly you’re not versed in the world of Bronies. Bronies are adult men in high school, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s no great secret that life is often full of disappointment. Yet for many, that doesn’t stop us from pursuing happiness big and small, near and distant. What is happiness, and what about it is so compelling? This should be asked constantly and sincerely, so let’s have this talk. Happiness: signification and significance. Pushed hard enough [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Kayla-lynn St-Coeur had only been part of Fredericton’s Saints and Sinners burlesque group for a handful of months before her first public show at iRock in April. One number in that show had St-Coeur dancing in just dress pants, a bra and a vest. Then, the vest came off. She didn’t know her mother and [&hellip;]</p>

<p> The Irving Family – I’m going to guess you have strong opinions on them. It’s either K.C.’s three sons are the Holy Trinity or they’re Scrooge McDuck, Thatcher and Hitler rolled in one. Now seeing as I’m a good ol’ Saint John boy, I’m not here to pass that sort of judgment on my old [&hellip;]</p>