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<p>It all started in my grandparents&#8217; trailer on the Pabineau reserve in Bathurst. My sister Melanie was renting the place at the time. She rented the spare bedroom to our cousin Greg. We were in our late teens. Drugs and alcohol were our medicine and gangster rap was our motivation. My cousin Ryan and I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We live in a world that boasts exhibitionism. Movies, magazines, celebrities — everyone talks about sex. Yet, public displays of affection remain taboo. Is it jealously of others’ happiness or fear of an uncomfortable, yet intriguing topic? In my opinion, the dislike of PDA is deeply rooted in our Christian heritage; a remainder of a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Alicia Silliker is a daughter, a friend, a humanitarian and a scholar. She’s also a twin. But during her first week at St. Thomas University, Alicia remembers being asked if she had any brothers or sisters. “It’s sort of a weird question to answer,” she said. “I don’t want to say no, because I do, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you’ve been reading my column, you’ve picked up a few tips that will help you eat healthier and shed a few pounds. But I couldn’t possibly write a healthy living column if I didn’t outline the importance of mental health, more specifically, body image. If you’re trying to lose weight or if you ever [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I am a self-proclaimed podcast junkie. I listen to all kinds of them, but one of my favourites is called “Stuff Mom Never Told You”. Recently, they did a two-part series on masturbation that has inspired me to broach this taboo little topic myself. It’s no secret that guys like to get rather acquainted with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ronald Stevens had a disagreement with Wayne earlier that night, but this time it was serious. Stevens became excited and angrier as he approached Wayne. The two squared off, face-to-face in the middle of the street. “This is to the death,” said Wayne. Stevens agreed. Earlier that night, a 13-year-old girl entered the kitchen crying [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The AQ’s Viola Pruss went to Chile for its bright culture and left having witnessed its reality My first night, I stayed in a hostel in Provincia, a quiet neighborhood of Santiago de Chile, 15 minutes from the city center. Small supermarkets, family-run restaurants and numerous auto-repair shops compete day and night for customers. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A couple years ago, while in polite conversation, a friend at work asked me what I had done the night before. I told him I’d gone out for coffee. “Who’d you go with?” he asked. “No one,” I told him. His eyebrows lifted and scrunched. His eyes became soft and he lowered his voice. “Why [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Lately, I find myself delving into fashion blogs. If you knew me when I was ten (a serious Tomboy phase), that news would shock you; luckily for me, you didn’t know me when I was ten Maybe it’s just that I’m a late bloomer and fashion didn’t interest me until about a year ago.  But [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At four years old, Yannick Tona saw people being hacked to death with machetes, women raped in the streets, and was hunted by people trying to kill him. He was targeted during the 1994 Rwanda genocide because of his ethnicity. He is a Tutsi. During the genocide Yannick’s one-year-old brother had been beaten to death [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; David Adams Richards says some of life’s greatest lessons can be found in the woods. Richards is an author, screenwriter, poet and St. Thomas University’s artist in residence. The Newcastle native spoke with STU’s third year radio class last week about his newest book Facing the Hunter: Reflections on a Misunderstood Way of Life, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The problem with mainstream pornographic film these days lies in the performance of its actors. Contemporary pornography is often called fast, male dominated and aggressive &#8211; far from the ideal of sexual (and sensual) pleasure most young women have in mind. No wonder many women condemn their boyfriends for indulging in this kind of “exhibitionism.” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I always wanted to sleep under a starry sky. I thought it would be one of the most romantic and poetic things to do. Well, while this might be true for a warm summer night, it is not for one in mid-October. As a member of St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick Amnesty [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bitchiness and rudeness often go together and are quite unacceptable for a polite person to practice. They are likely to creep up when you run into someone you don’t like, have a problem with, has a problem with you or who thinks they’re better than you. In these moments it is easy to stare right [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Throughout his childhood, Roman Soiko was described by others as “intelligent and strong-willed.” But at the the age of eight, he was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes developmental disability. The challenge of living with this diagnosis has made Soiko empathetic to the political and social obstacles in others’ lives, initiating his [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Behind those two doors lies a wardrobe’s paradise, although you never know what you might find. You could either get a whole new array of fun accessories or a bunch of oversized or tiny pieces. Yet we always take the chance. Yes, I’m talking about our mothers’ closet. Throughout the ages children opened it in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At first not more than a handful came, dreadlocked dropouts and Birkenstocked bandits and they parked themselves on the richest street in North America. A bold move considering their message was muddled and their signs even more so: “Sh*t is f**cked up and bullsh*t,” and “We Want Our Country Back, Bitche$,” they read. I was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>School has been in session for a little more than a month now, and chances are your nutrition and health have fallen to the wayside and homework and essays have taken over. This is a common problem for every university student, but I have a few tips to keep you healthy while you’re stressing over [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Have you ever taken a glance around a crowded room and noticed someone looking down at their phone with a devilish grin on their face? Well, I have – mind you, people-watching is one of my favourite activities so I notice a lot of things. But when I see something like this, my first instinct [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My Uncle Chris was born without stomach muscles. He had several operations as an infant to move muscles from his legs to his abdomen. The doctors said he would probably never walk, but he did. Last month, Chris was hit by a truck at the corner of Brunswick and York. He was dead six hours later.</p>