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<p>It’s 2:30 p.m. and I just got home from school. My dad is outside and the rest of my family is nowhere to be found. I see my mommy’s flip-flops, kicked off in front of her door and assume she’s taking her afternoon nap. I go inside, change out of my school clothes and come [&hellip;]</p>

<p>You are lazy, cheap, afraid of failure and destined never to succeed because of it. But don’t worry, you’re not alone, we are in this together. Welcome to the “Entitled Generation” and yes, we all suck. At least, that’s what a new book by two Canadian professors Kenneth S. Coates and Bill Morrison called Campus [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The poster was simple: “Come and join us for five weeks next spring!” with a photo of eight people smiling on the front steps of a house. I walked past it every day on my way to class and rarely gave it more than a glance. If I had extra time, I would slow down [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Forty-three-year-old journalist and author Jacques Poitras recently launched his newest book, The Imaginary Line. In it, Poitras discusses the human side of the New Brunswick-Maine border. “The New Brunswick-Maine border has had some academic work done on it but there hasn&#8217;t been any journalistic work done on it,” Poitras said in an interview following his book [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Homeless for only a couple hours, Mark Horvath finally found refuge on a park bench around 3 a.m. Ten minutes later, the sprinklers turned on. That was in 1995. For years after that night, Horvath felt invisible. But lately, he has been feeling a little less invisible and a little more heard. Horvath’s been on the road visiting cities throughout North America, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jeremy Fowler spent his nineteenth birthday in a hospital bed recovering from emergency surgery to remove one of his testicles. The day before he had gone to the hospital because the pain he’d been feeling in his testicle became unbearable. The doctor examining Fowler was startled by the inflammation and asked for a second opinion from another expert. The diagnosis was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I first heard of her in my first year of university. I can’t remember when, though I am certain it was one of those nights when in the midst of marijuana smoke, screeching guitars and cheap beer, an older student decided to pass down her legend.</p>

<p>I remember her eyes. They were clear and blue and filled with tears. On Tuesday, Sept 11, 2001 Newark Airport, just 15 miles southwest of New York City, was frantic and disorderly. The strange woman from Manhattan, whose eyes I will never forget, held my face in her hands and in a wet whisper told me a child should never have [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I was lying on my back, under a crab apple tree, thinking I might die out here if I didn’t do something. I had told my three-year-old brother, Sam, to go inside and get Mom. But that felt like forever ago. So, I started to drag myself towards the house. *** I’ll make no bones about it, “graceful” isn’t [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I first heard of her in my first year of university. I can’t remember when, though I am certain it was one of those nights when in the midst of marijuana smoke, screeching guitars and cheap beer, an older student decided to pass down her legend.</p>

<p>CUP paper &#8216;The Ubyssey&#8217; investigates essay mills and the plagiarism detection process VANCOUVER (CUP) — Want to buy yourself a passing essay? It may be easier to commit academic fraud than you think. Last term, The Ubyssey contacted 16 essay revision services that advertise around the University of British Columbia. Posing as desperate students, we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fredericton’s Second Cup is loud and busy on a Tuesday afternoon and Conor doesn’t like it. Conor is 15 years old and looks the part of a boy becoming a man. He’s nearly six-feet tall and growing sideburns. His blue eyes are staring out of the coffee shop’s window, where he’s watching a raging snowstorm [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Juggling is a great way to relieve stress&#8211;but do you have the balls to try it? It’s turning again to the warmer months in Fredericton and people are looking for things to do. Everywhere I look I see new bikes, longboards and running shoes. For me, the warming weather always means digging through the back [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Radically Outrageous Queer Collective fights for rights for STU’s LGBTQ community They’re here, they’re queer, and they don’t want you to get used to it. They want you to accept it. The Radically Outrageous Queer Collective kicked off it’s inaugural meeting last Wednesday evening in James Dunn Hall. The group is different from other [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I have seen the future, and it is Twitter. Every year the Canadian University Press (CUP) holds a gathering of member student newspapers (though news on ‘paper’ seems to be falling out of fashion). The conference usually lasts a week, and features lectures and round-tables all designed to help the students produce and distribute the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tips from an etiquette expert on how to stand out in that perfect job interview MONTREAL (CUP) — You have spent hours researching jobs, filling out applications, sending out your resume and, finally, you get that coveted interview call back. All seems great until you start to wrack your mind for what you will be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>An insider’s look at life in the restaurant industry ST. JOHN’S (CUP) — Glancing over her shoulder, Vanessa Stanley smiles back at the young waiter who just took her lunch order. As soon as the server’s out of earshot, Stanley leans across the table and quietly divulges an observation: “He’s new. He seems sweet &#8230; [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Animal activists outraged by claim VICTORIA (CUP) — The Fur Council of Canada has launched a campaign claiming that animal fur is eco-friendly. But anti-fur advocates are arguing this claim is not only false, but irresponsible. For Niilo Van Steinburg, founder and co-director of the University of Victoria’s Vegan Association, the question of whether fur [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8216;Flash games&#8217; or &#8216;Java games&#8217; are those little video games that run completely within your Internet browser.  They don&#8217;t need any downloads, or CDs, or&#8230; well anything you shouldn&#8217;t already have on the computer.  That&#8217;s why they were always perfect for a slow day at school in Jr. High (remember kids, back when I was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>MONTREAL (CUP) — “I never dreamt that they were going to take my Visa away from me. That was a shock. I thought, ‘This year I’ll be good and I’ll fix it.’ But they took my credit away from me.” Concordia University student Brandi Goulding, 20, first began struggling with debt after moving to Montreal. [&hellip;]</p>