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Opening remarks made by Evan Sacobie for the Pomawsuwinuwok, held this past September 30th, 2023. (Daniel Salas/AQ) Group dance started by Jenny Perley, the main speaker throughout the event. (Daniel Salas/AQ) Stills for the performance by Pokuhulakon Witsehkenshu 'Sister of the drum', held at the Pomawsuwinuwuk, on the First Nation Pow Wow grounds, event this [...]

<p>There were 17 vacant roles for the province’s upcoming municipal byelection just days before the deadline, including three in Hanwell. The fall byelection includes 19 vacancies in 12 New Brunswick communities. By the deadline, only one role was left vacant in Campobello Island. The province said the councillor role will be available in the May [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Conor Barry, a St. Thomas University political science professor, introduced his first book Paradigm, Logos, and Myth in Plato’s Sophist and Statesman on Sept. 29. Faculty members gathered in Brian Mulroney Hall to celebrate 10 years of Barry’s writing and research. The book is about Plato’s later dialogues, The Sophist and The Statesman, in which [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The annual Take Back The Night (TBTN) event has always been about promoting safe spaces, but this year, it was clear the focus was specifically on 2SLGBTQIA+ youth. On Sept. 22, the march took attendees around downtown Fredericton chanting and waving signs against sexual violence. The signs displayed phrases such as “My clothes are not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Habitat for Humanity, an organization fighting house insecurity and promoting home ownership, is constructing a duplex on Albert Street in Fredericton. But city by&#8211;laws could be a better answer, said St. Thomas University professor Kristi Allain. Construction of a semi-detached duplex on the corner of Albert and Regent streets began in September after a land [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University Great Books professor Andrew Moore introduced his new book Magic in Early Modern England on Sept. 22.  Members of faculty gathered in Brian Mulroney Hall to celebrate seven years of Moore’s writing and research. The book is about the importance people gave to the concept of magic at the beginning of modern [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While studying abroad, some Ecuadorian international students at St. Thomas University saw their home country being consumed by organized crime and political turmoil. On Aug. 9, presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated in the capital of Quito, which brought international attention to the country&#8217;s violence. Once considered one of the safest countries in South America, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After incidents of violence at the New Brunswick Provincial Exhibition on Sept. 8, executive director Jeff McCarthy ensures that there will be enhanced safety procedures in the future. The 197th annual NBEx took place in Fredericton from Sept. 4 to 10, including entertainment such as animals, country showcases, music, horse shows and more. Despite safety [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Nauman Farooqi started his new position as president of St. Thomas University, he said it was &#8220;no surprise&#8221; that the university&#8217;s main challenge is financial stability. With a forecasted operating deficit of $420,000 for the 2023-24 fiscal year, STU struggles to combat inflation and post-pandemic conditions. &#8220;There is no silver bullet that will fix [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University dean of humanities said the digital media lab on the ground floor of James Dunn Hall will be ready next month after a year of delays. The project was initially expected to be finished by September of 2022 in order to replace the university’s space at the CBC on Regent Street. After [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Aug. 28, the Government of New Brunswick estimated a surplus of $199.6 million for the 2023-24 fiscal year — a significant underestimate from its projection of $40 million back in March. But why does New Brunswick have an almost $200 million surplus? How does the province miscalculate its own surplus, again? The Aquinian’s editor-in-chief [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has blocked Canadian news from its platforms until further notice in response to Bill C-18, affecting small local publications and student papers.  Bill C-18, the Online News Act intends to promote fairness within journalism by making companies like Meta and Google compensate news outlets for sharing content on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A new academic year brings a new St. Thomas University Student Union executive team with a vision and plans to help students. In its priorities document, STUSU outlined five pillars described as “overarching goals” for the 2023-24 academic year. The Aquinian reached out to STUSU’s executives to explain how their goals and initiatives will serve [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This academic year, St. Thomas University&#8217;s tuition increased by three per cent, while the previous two years it increased by five per cent, leaving some students to ask how tuition is determined. The Aquinian’s senior writer Cesar Camacho talked to Jeffrey Carleton, associate vice president of communications, to help understand the process behind the increase [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Senate&#8217;s Feb. 11, 2021 decision to keep the president&#8217;s report in-camera, meaning in private, has been overturned, allowing The Aquinian to cover this part of the Senate again. Irving&#8217;s $2M funding approved The St. Thomas University Senate approved the $2 million donation from Irving Oil and the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation to increase [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two current staff members of The Aquinian, as well as two former editors, were recognized Thursday night for their contributions to journalism at the Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs). Giuliana Grillo de Lambarri, the newly-elected editor-in-chief of The Aquinian, and Jacob Moore, the AQ’s current features editor, accepted awards for their contributions to student journalism during [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Editor’s note: this list was compiled in the order in which they originally published on The Aquinian’s website. Poisoned salmon. Campus baristas. Jump scares. Memorial soccer games. New presidents. These are just a few of the stories in the St. Thomas University and greater Fredericton communities that the editorial team at The Aquinian worked around [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I remember my first-ever story for The Aquinian.  It was a story about whether Cardi B’s “WAP” was empowering or not. It seemed fun, so I accepted, thinking it would be simple. Yet, despite contacting virtually everyone in the gender studies and sociology departments and even explaining “WAP” to some professors, I received no interviews. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dear reader, As someone whose job is to write, I’m unsure of just what to say in this letter. I write this from St. Thomas University’s journalism lab in Margaret Norrie McCain Hall. It’s a bright, sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. Inside this tiny, mustard-yellow seminar room, I’m joined by two [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dear Reader, Endings aren’t easy. Whether they’re the ones written on a page or the ones we face in life, it doesn’t change just how hard picking up and moving on to the next big thing is — but it’s life. Writing an ending letter for my time here at The Aquinian and St. Thomas [&hellip;]</p>