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<p>Sitting at a table at his regular marking spot, The Happy Baker, St. Thomas University English Professor John Muise was eager to share the contents of a backpack teeming with students’ creative projects he had kept over his many years of teaching In his courses, Muise has developed a tradition of giving his students the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some people collect stamps or trading cards, some collect other obscurities and some don’t collect anything. Collections can be sentimental, others are functional, while some don’t have explainable reasons. And thus it prompts the age-old question that arises when we encounter someone with a consistent, intentional collection of specific items; why do people collect things? [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Reading week for students comes as a mile marker in the school year: after two months of grinding out essays, reading long textbook chapters and writing tests, students – and professors – finally get a break. However, while it seems like a relief from the stress, the timing of this year’s reading week for students [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At the age of five years old, fourth-year student Emily Bessey was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) which for Bessey causes mobility struggles, living with high and manageable amounts of pain and surgery to help with joint damage. Aside from the physical symptoms of her disability, she has also been met with judgement and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Before this month, if you searched “St. Thomas University Queer and Ally Society” on Instagram, the only result would be an account that has been inactive for over two years. Now, a new STU Queer and Ally (Q&amp;A) account made an appearance announcing the relaunch of the formerly dead club. Third-year great books student Cameron [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Oct. 31, students at St. Thomas University took it upon themselves to celebrate Halloween by handing out candy to their peers. One student, Talia Coderre, went around her apartment building costumed with her roommates. The group journeyed door-to-door to give out Halloween candy. Coderre grew up in an area with lots of trick-or-treating and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Oct. 21, St. Thomas University announced the arrival of a new campus mental health coordinator — Shane Clark. Clark will be working at STU until next October. Starting just two weeks ago, a hectic time for students with schoolwork ramping up, Clark has already been busy. “I came right in around midterm time, so [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Ecuadorian international student Kristel Paredes arrived in Canada to study at St. Thomas University she expected to encounter opportunities just like her sister, who has lived in Canada for almost four years. Her sister found easy access to affordable housing and quick employment when she first moved away from home. Paredes’s experience couldn’t have [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In this year’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative (CIRN) lecture, Brandi Estey-Burtt, part-time professor with the English department at St. Thomas University and an associate with CIRN, delivered the lecture titled “How to Eat a Book: The Monstrous (Autistic) Child and Children’s literature.” During the lecture, Estey-Burtt explained the powerful metaphor of children ‘devouring’ [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With an unprecedented number of heat waves hitting Fredericton this past summer and a Halloween night that broke heat records in the city, that were held since 1901, climate change is a topic that has been on the public’s mind. Some researchers are pushing nuclear energy as the solution, but not everyone is convinced. In [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This isn’t Fredericton’s typical craft market — it’s odder. From chain mail jewelry to taxidermy, to horror art, the Esoterica market gave alternative creators a space for their &#8220;weird and wonderful&#8221; creations. Partnered with Freddy Fright Fest for the first time, the most recent Esoterica was held on Oct. 27 at the Capital Exhibit Centre. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After graduating in 2022, if someone had told St. Thomas University alum Flo Awde that she would go to Arizona State University, Johns Hopkins University, become a practicum student at Harvard and move to Geneva, Switzerland to intern for UNICEF, she would not have believed it. But this is Awde’s reality — a path that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With the 2024-25 school year underway and the COVID-19 pandemic almost two years behind us, there are now vast differences between student’s schooling experiences. Many fourth-year students ended high school in lockdown or with some kind of hybrid layout and started university with restrictions. Many incoming first-years have never known high school before COVID-19 lockdowns, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>From Fredericton to Montreal, to Boston, St. Thomas University alum Abbie LeBlanc’s journey to Harvard was not all smiles and laughter. For LeBlanc, studying at STU was not a tough decision. As a Frederictonian born and raised, she always had a passion for the liberal arts and knew what she wanted to do. “I came [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The evening of Oct. 16 created shockwaves internationally when it was announced that Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, had passed away at 31. The cause? Falling from a three-story balcony in Argentina. Regardless of where and when fans found out, the consensus was devastation. Sarah Tapley is a fourth-year student who was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Many people think of a broom as a housekeeping tool, but for Barbara Little, it&#8217;s more than that. “It’s a lost art, certainly,” said Little about broom-making. Baba’s Brooms is a small business run by Little. She travels to craft markets in New Brunswick selling handcrafted, old-fashioned brooms all made from imported broom corn or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Tim MacDougall received his Quilt of Valour, he joined over 24,000 Canadian veterans to receive one since 2006. On Sept. 27, he was also a part of New Brunswick’s largest presentation ceremony, where he was honoured with 49 other veterans. His first reaction was one of gratitude. “It was just a very nice gesture [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Latin America is widely known for its beautiful landscapes, warm people and some of the world&#8217;s most biodiverse environments. Of the 33 countries that form this region, Ecuador stands out as one of the smallest in territory. Yet, it&#8217;s the fourth most megadiverse country behind Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, according to the United Nations on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The following piece is a satire. The quotes and people named are fictitious and do not necessarily represent the views of The Aquinian. There’s a new girl in town at St. Thomas University in the form of a recently installed vending machine on campus. If you walk in to get a muffin from Tim Horton’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Brian McConnell retired from his career as a lawyer three years ago, he didn’t have to worry about finding a project for his downtime — he already had one. For the last ten years, he’s been a student of history, contributing to the research of Loyalists in the Maritimes. “It&#8217;s not particularly Loyalists that [&hellip;]</p>