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<p>St. Thomas University released a statement Tuesday morning informing students the remote teaching and learning model will continue into the winter semester. The university said the decision was made out of a concern for student and faculty safety as well as minimizing a disruption to current living and learning situations. The winter semester is scheduled [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Terminologies guide A new 2SLGBTQIAP+ terminologies guide was submitted by St. Thomas University Students’ Union sexuality and gender diversity representative Tyler MaGee. The guide includes changes to the words lesbian and gay to be self-identifying woman/man who is romantically attracted to other women/men. The change for bisexual was updated to any gender and for pansexual, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Razed Rite hair salon faced backlash after posting on Facebook a photo that showed the two sides of the shop, the men&#8217;s barbershop and the women&#8217;s salon, decked out in pink and red. The now-deleted post labelled the sides as &#8220;his&#8221; and &#8220;her.&#8221; Jo Dempsey, St. Thomas University sociology and gender studies student, shared the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Brenda Mary Robertson was a true inspiration and trailblazer. She leaves a legacy for not only those who knew her, but her community province, and country. She was the first woman to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, but to me, she was also Nan. My grandmother passed away peacefully during the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Around 30 Clinic 554 supporters attended a candlelit vigil on the grounds of the Provincial Legislative Building on Sept. 25 when police officers and the sergeant-at-arms tore down the tents set up for the night&#8217;s camp-out. &#8220;They barged in and started tearing down the tents and we told them that we felt that their actions [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is encouraging asynchronous learning this semester. Third-year student Jonah Simon said there are good and bad aspects to asynchronous and synchronous methods of online learning. “With asynchronous, it allows me to go at my own time and at my own speed,” said Simon. Criminology professor Dawne Clarke said her workload has increased with moving [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On the second day of online school, Sept. 10, fourth-year St. Thomas University student Emma Leger parked at the University of New Brunswick library to do some work and was ticketed $20. Leger said she remembered from previous years that in the first week of school, there’d be a warning, or one-week leeway given to students [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Milly Squires, a third-year St. Thomas University English student and Aranyam &#8220;Ary&#8221; Bora&#8217;s girlfriend, thought it was strange when he didn&#8217;t text her goodnight on Wednesday because he talked to her at &#8220;all hours of the day.&#8221; She figured he was at a party and didn&#8217;t want to bother him.  But when Bora didn&#8217;t answer [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Third-year student Victoria Young arrived at the Fredericton airport from Winnipeg, Manitoba on Aug. 30 at 4:30 p.m. When the Checker Cab picked her up an hour later, her driver helped load in her luggage all while wearing a mask. But upon getting in the car, he took off his mask and kept it off [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For Tanner Augustine, a St. Thomas University Mi’kmaq student from Elsipogtog First Nation, the current conflict between commercial and Indigenous fishermen in St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia, hits close to home.   Since late August, tensions have arisen between commercial and Indigenous fishermen in regards to lobster fishing. Treaty 1752 grants Indigenous Peoples the right to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A fourth-year St. Thomas University student, Aranyam Bora, drowned at the Mactaquac headpond on Wednesday afternoon. Keswick RCMP and members of the Keswick and Upper Keswick fire departments used boats to search for the student that evening, according to a CBC article. The search was put on hold for the night and resumed Thursday morning, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Clubs and societies fair St. Thomas University Students’ Union vice president administration Matt Oram said he is working on a virtual clubs and societies week for the end of the month in lieu of the typical in-person fair. Clubs will send in videos to participate, Oram will provide more details to the student body upon [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With new rules and regulations in place for university residences, St. Thomas University mental health coordinator Kelly Humber Kelly said students may feel isolated. &#8220;When you&#8217;re living alone and you don&#8217;t have that same kind of connection [with] roommates, friends, [or] peers, then of course, for a lot of people, that will feel a lot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A group of 15 people protested inaccessible housing at City Hall on Sept. 13. The windy Fredericton weather, picking up fountain water and spraying it across the courtyard was not enough to keep protesters away. The protest was organized by Cassie Tyre, Jessica Trueman and NBCC student Madison MacFarlane. “When we are having to sacrifice [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The New Brunswick snap election saw no on-campus polling stations at any of the province’s four public universities. “I was really appalled that they didn’t have student polls,” said David Coon, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick and the MLA for Fredericton South. “I think that the lack of polls on campus, and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University first-year student Makira Asprey said she wakes up at 6 a.m. and eats granola bars and other snacks to hold her over until lunch. But the Rigby Hall dining hall doesn&#8217;t start serving lunch until noon, six hours after Asprey wakes up. “You do get distracted when your stomach’s growling trying to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Blaine Higgs, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, pumped his fists in the air when he entered the Lion&#8217;s Club in his home riding of Quispamsis, New Brunswick, while a crowd of about 45 people welcomed him with cheers. Higgs was re-elected as premier on Sept. 14 with 27 seats for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8216;Wil of the People&#8217; is a series of political commentaries by third-year Great Books and political science student Wil Robertson. I am starting my third year at St. Thomas University. There has been an election in the fall of each of these years. A provincial one in September 2018, a federal one in October 2019 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University sociology professor Erin Fredericks said they think STU made the right decision announcing classes will be held online in the fall. “I expect, as do public health officials, that there will be another lockdown of some sort, maybe not to the extent as last time, and we couldn&#8217;t distance in our classrooms, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union and the University of New Brunswick Student Union hosted a Fredericton South riding candidates debate in advance of the New Brunswick provincial election set for Sept. 14. Participants of the debate included New Democratic Party Candidate Geoffrey Noseworthy, Green Party candidate and leader David Coon, Liberal Party candidate Nicole [&hellip;]</p>