Features

<p>For President: Melissa Bastarache, Ella Henry, Mark Livingstone For Vice President Administration: Mary-Dan Johnston, Justin Marshall For Vice President Education: Craig Mazerolle For Vice President Student Life: Lydia MacDonell For Board of Governors, Student Representatives: Olivia Long, Matthew Sheriko For Off-Campus Representative: Christa Blizzard, Marylynn Cote, Samantha Durette, Jay Nickerson For Aquinian Board of Directors, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Stories: Sharing music, food, and culture Multicultural Fair raises money for ‘Friends of Kofi’ A poem from Fredericton to the world Indian dance a crowd favourite Japanese Soran Bushi captivated Saturday night</p>

<p>The story missed the print edition, but we sent AQ reporter Elizabeth Sullivan to catch up with Wolf Parade when they rolled into Fredericton on April 4.</p>

<p>Chris Fox &#8211; The Aquinian A global financial crisis has cost St. Thomas University nearly six million dollars from its endowment over the past six months, and now university officials are tying to make up for it. The once $30 million fund pays for visiting academic chairs, speakers, and scholarships, using the interest it accumulates [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As the war in Afghanistan stretches on, one army wife shares stories about the homefront fight against despair<br /> Melissa Oakley &#8211; The Aquinian</p>

<p>STU Relay for Life a success By: Kyle Mullin More than 150 students gathered in the St. Thomas courtyard Friday to pull an all-nighter to help in the fight against cancer. Pledges were gathered for the marchers, heads were shaved for wigs, and luminaries were lit for the diagnosed at this year&#8217;s Relay for Life, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Part 1 of a series about our city&#8217;s struggle against the poverty of money and morals By Kyle Mullin A sharp wrap on the door sets Valarie MacCullam stiff in her seat. The executive director of Fredericton’s John Howard Society runs a hand through her close-cropped hair, wondering which of the multiple personalities she’ll be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By Leblanc It all starts with the most fucking intense urge to touch her. You don’t understand why but the only thing you can think about or concentrate on (aside from her amazing chest) is ways to have physical contact with her. You brush your nervous and shaking hand on her arm while reaching over [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Volunteer Laura Brown says clientelle are slow to open up &#8211; but their stories are well worth the wait By Laura Brown I look forward to summer for a lot of reasons. The beach, flip flops and the beautiful sunshine turning my pale skin a shade as pink as those delicious lobsters I get to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By Karissa Donkin A national panel on literacy made a stop in Fredericton on March 13 to discuss ways to improve literacy in New Brunswick. Hosted by the National Strategy for Early Literacy, the panel centered on New Brunswick’s low literacy rates, ways to improve literacy programs, and how literacy can lead to a self-sufficient [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By Megan McKay I have always identified more with guys. The strangeness of that fact was first brought to my attention after my elementary school guidance councilor informed me that being Wolverine was not a viable career option, and it probably wasn’t healthy that I was modeling my life after a man whose main talent [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By: Michelle MacNeil &#8211; The Aquinian The romance is over, the honeymoon holidays are long since past and we&#8217;re left with the bitter cold resentment of a broken relationship. It&#8217;s been a long six months, I think it&#8217;s time we go our separate ways. We both knew it would come to this. You used to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By Lee Benson What would you die for? And no, I’m not talking about that tub of Rocky Road in the freezer or tickets to the NBA finals. Think about it for a second. What is there in this world that you would honestly give your life for? Maybe it’s not a what, but a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Debate rages across campus after Israeli scholar offers his insight into the Gaza conflict By Kyle Mullin Yossi Olmert looks exhausted. He stands backstage in McCain hall’s Kinsella auditorium, his face flushed by all the hot air in the room. His March 16 lecture had quickly dissolved into a shouting match between him and an [&hellip;]</p>