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<p>I’m at crossroads; do I drag my bunk beds across the room or do I just hope the public masturbator next door just quiets down? Isn’t university just filled with tough decisions? Every single choice feels like it could make or break you. “How do I organize my beauty products so Vagisil doesn’t show?” or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Welcome Week is officially over. You’re all moved into your new home, possibly with a new roommate. Your loans are about to come rolling in and the assignments are about to pile up before your eyes. It’s best you be prepared. STU graduates understand what you’re going through. Before you go off and blow that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jealousy is an ancient emotion but recently it’s running rampant, and we may have Facebook to thank. “There is this unrelenting social comparison, Facebook breeds insecurity,” said St. Thomas University psychology professor Ian Nicholson. A study was conducted by social scientists at Humboldt University in Berlin and Darmstadt’s Technical University. In a survey of 357 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We drove home from work together everyday. My father would pick me up from my summer job at the cemetery after his shift at the city’s Public Works. The five-minute drive along the highway to our neighbourhood was usually uneventful &#8212; until one day late in July. A woman knelt by the side of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you are part of Generation Y. We are the group born after Generation X and generally known as a cohort of Peter Pans who never want to grow up. Born roughly between the 1980’s and early 2000’s – though no one really knows for sure – [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Over 200 people marched on Queen’s park, demanding change. Dressed in white T-shirts despite below-freezing temperatures, and wearing matching purple sunglasses, they chanted. “We want noise! We want noise!” The group comprised students from every province and territory in Canada. They were frustrated, but prepared to work for amelioration. They were ready to talk about [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This year marks the end of 20 years at St. Thomas University for Andrea Bear Nicholas. She came to STU in February of 1993 as the chair in native studies and started teaching that fall. She planned to only stay a few years to help build the program, but was drawn back by the need [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has opened new doors for the country, and a 20-year-old student at St. Thomas University is taking the opportunity to make her voice heard. “I’m flying to Venezuela for the weekend of the elections because I care about the future of my country,” Isabella Makowski said. “I don’t [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Caroline Nolin is in her first year at St. Thomas University and has a six-year-old son. After school, he goes to Au P&#8217;tit Monde de Franco daycare. For the 17 hours he spends there each week, Nolin has to pay $300 per month. For two semesters, the amount adds up to $2,400 – about half [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Since the kids have grown up, I normally go to Sunday Mass alone. Occasionally I can bribe a grandchild or two with promises of MacDonald’s afterward, but for the most part I sit by myself in my usual pew – right side, near the front – week after week. Lately, more and more often, I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ashley Rerrie learned to knit as a child from her grandmother. Last semester she brushed the dust off her needles when her friends took up the pass-time. “I&#8217;m not sure why. For some of us it&#8217;s a combination of it being awesome to make your own clothes and not spend money on brands,” she says. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The difference between local rapper Ceeb Dread in person and on stage is the difference between night and day. In person, Dread has a shy graciousness that catches you off-guard. He is soft-spoken, polite, and seems to genuinely appreciate the friends and fans who support him. On stage, you see a man possessed by the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I clenched my hands. My whole body felt tingly. I felt a shock and let out an agonizing scream. The feeling defied any perception of pain. I thought I was dead. *** My whole life I’ve had minor heart problems. I was born with a hole in a ventricle and had multiple surgeries as a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Years ago, St. Thomas University English professor Andrew Titus did a presentation for teachers about poetry and “the power that it might potentially wield when taught in a certain way to school aged children.” A George Street Middle School teacher invited Titus to present the same idea to Grade 8 students. Titus sat down with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Aleisha Bosch graduated from St. Thomas University in 2012 and took a job out West, like many Maritime graduates. She worked 40 hours a week as a reporter and photographer for Sylvan Lake News in central Alberta. Like her coworkers, she received medical prescription coverage, dental and eye coverage, and paid into a registered retirement [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Cups are lined up on either side of the table. You toss the ping-pong ball and it bounces into one of the half-filled cups. Your friend plucks the ball out of the cup and chugs the beer. A few hours later, you’re outside the bar. You adjust your top, pull up your pants, and take [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I left my bedroom and no one re-made my bed. Last May, I spent seven days on a Holland America Alaskan cruise. The cruise was part of a 12-day tour with the other five days on land. Leaving the luxurious cruise ship after that week was a culture shock. No one placed my cloth napkin [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Walking through the halls of Edmund Casey Hall, it’s hard to tell St. Thomas University offers an entire French program, complete with a minor, major and certificate program. The only indicators are the posters outside Cecilia Francis’ office on the second floor. Francis is an associate professor in the department of romance languages. First years [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Michelle Soucy looked at the jar of pennies sitting on her windowsill and wondered what to do with them. Canadians said goodbye to their pennies on Feb.4, 2013 after 155 years in the Canadian currency system. Since making the one cent pieces costs 1.6 cents, the government decided in March of last year to stop [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On a trip to Cancun, Mexico in 2004 Matt White arrived excited. Having barely settled in, he already had a drink in his hand, tore off his shirt and got ready to jump in the pool. That&#8217;s when it came &#8211; the feeling that he was the most out-of-shape person there. “There was me showing [&hellip;]</p>