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<p>Safe Ride renewed St. Thomas University Students’ Union president Sarah Kohut said she met with University of New Brunswick Students’ Union and Kyle McNally, STUSU vice-president student life, to renew the contract for Safe Ride for the winter semester. MLA Mondays St. Thomas University Students’ Union vice-president education Megan Cormier said MLA Mondays with David [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After a semester of online learning, some St. Thomas University students hoped for a pass or fail option like at the end of last April when COVID-19 shut down campus. Sher Blackett, a third-year STU student, said this term was harder than the past one but in this one, they felt like they had less [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A Canadian civil liberties group filed a lawsuit yesterday towards the New Brunswick government for their unwillingness to fund abortions done in private clinics. Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, the equality director at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, said the association has been in touch with Clinic 554 in Fredericton for months with local advocates. “I think [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jan. 6, 2021 will go down as one of the darkest days in American history. The events of this day reverberated around the world, as images on international television showed pictures of one of the strongest democracies in human history descending into a failed state. This is not what was supposed to happen.  That Wednesday should [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Majid Kormi, a new-to-Fredericton convenience store and restaurant owner, never thought a pandemic would hit right after he finalized his business deal. “I started the business with no customers a day. Since that day, I’m just surviving,” said Kormi. Kormi, who immigrated from Iran in 2017, finalized an agreement to open Regent Mart and Kitchen [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I was in the middle of a journalism class when my cell phone rang. When I saw the message, I had to apologize and leave the online meeting because I couldn&#8217;t believe what I read. I did some research to confirm the news was true. When I saw the civil unrest taking place in Peru, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Wall of Flags ceremony St. Thomas University vice-president education Megan Cormier said she’ll be speaking at the virtual Wall of Flags ceremony on Zoom on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. The event can be attended live, but it will also be recorded for those that can’t make it at the event time. Office hours with Karen [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A Toronto-based project that helps low-income women find bras and binders has come to Fredericton. Lift: The Bra Project, founded by Michelle Cinapri in Toronto, has three drop-off locations in Fredericton where some St. Thomas University students volunteer their time to help. The project was brought to New Brunswick by Nicole Ruth who requested student [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Kiara Landry lives next to the Windsor Street resident coordinator, a spot she said caused her roommate to get caught having guests over. She said she didn’t understand why she and her roommates could attend sports practice or parties, but they couldn’t have a friend over. The incident sparked her to write a letter to the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The University of New Brunswick’s law faculty held a virtual Trans ID clinic on Nov. 6, working with Pro Bono Students Canada to help trans individuals in New Brunswick. Volunteers helped with the legal process of name and gender-changing on official documents through a virtual meeting. Attendees would complete an online form and then book [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Senate Committee on Reconciliation held an online film screening of Alanis Obomsawin&#8217;s documentary Is the Crown at War with Us? and a discussion panel on Mi&#8217;kmaq self-regulated fishing in Nova Scotia on Nov. 17 and 18. The documentary centres around the summer of 2000 conflict between federal fisheries and Mi&#8217;kmaq fishermen [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Addition to the NBSA advocacy document St. Thomas University Students’ Union president Sarah Kohut said the New Brunswick Student Alliance would include an ask regarding on-campus sexual violence movements in its advocacy document. She said the document would be presented to the government during lobby meetings at the end of the month.  STUSU website editing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick suspended Dr. Manoj Bhargava, a University of New Brunswick Health Centre and Horizon Health psychiatrist, after receiving allegations of &#8220;improper contact&#8221; with patients. Dr. Ed Schollenberg, the registrar at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick, said the decision to suspend Bhargava was made [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sarah Vannier, an assistant professor in psychology at St. Thomas University, made big changes to her courses in order to help her students succeed this semester. The online learning platform has been challenging for a lot of students in many aspects. “Students are having to learn in a whole new way,” said Vannier in an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Warning: This story discusses sexual violence, which may be triggering to some readers. After two Instagram photos by a Mount Allison University student ignited a firestorm of protests against sexual violence across New Brunswick university campuses, St. Thomas University responded to sexual assault allegations involving the University of New Brunswick Student Health Centre. Jeffrey Carleton, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Lauren Boswall, a Manitoba resident and St. Thomas University student living in Fredericton, said this year will be one like no other. She is unable to go home for reading break but is going to make the trip for Christmas. “The isolation obviously eats up a lot of your time where you can do other [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sara Lamk, a Chilean student at St. Thomas University, said she remembers when &#8220;everything exploded.&#8221; Last November, when the protests against her country&#8217;s government worsened and were met with police brutality, Lamk messaged her professors and said she couldn&#8217;t come to class. &#8220;I sat in the courtyard with my flag and I had a little [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My first thought when I heard the results of the election was, &#8220;I can finally go home.&#8221; I came back to Canada in May because I didn&#8217;t feel safe in my hometown of Scarborough, Maine. It became clear that the United States, specifically Donald Trump, were failing to manage the rising number of COVID-19 cases [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Four days after the United States of America’s federal election, the Associated Press and other major television networks called the race for the presidency. The entire world seemingly sighed in relief. Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be the 46th president of the U.S. and Kamala Harris will be the next vice-president. History has been made. Biden, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Santas, also known as STU Stars, is a program that supports students with children for Christmas through monetary or physical donations. This year, the organizers of the program changed. Sarah Calhoun, student services&#8217; administrative assistant, said the program started around 20 years ago by the Mature Students Association on campus. &#8220;Student [&hellip;]</p>