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<p>It began with a Facebook post voicing an idea third-year St. Thomas University student Lennon Hemming had been sitting on for a long time. He wanted to start an organization on campus where people can donate their old clothes, so trans folks can come and get new clothes that match their gender identity. Its existence [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dr. Cristin Muecke, the province&#8217;s acting chief medical officer of health, told reporters on Thursday there have been four patients tested and cleared as negative for COVID-19 in New Brunswick. She said officials are waiting for some test results, but as of March 5, there are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the province. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Transfer of funds The finance committee approved a funding application for Patrice Cammarano for a Jack.org conference for $250. They approved $300 in funding for the STU Sustainability club and the events they put on during Sustainability Week from Feb. 17 to 21. The student representative council approved the Global Brigades&#8217; funding request for $1,200 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Let’s first respectfully acknowledge that St. Thomas University, and The Aquinian are situated on the traditional, unceded territory of the Maliseet/Wəlastəkwiyik Peoples. A disclaimer to readers, that I am a cisgender, white man with no Indigenous heritage. In this article, I seek to be as informative and enlightening as possible to those who may not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is part two of a two-part series focusing on the history of the Crown-Indigenous relations in Canada and contextualizing the Wet&#8217;suwet&#8217;en crisis. The first part appeared in the March 9 edition of The Aquinian.  In British Columbia, the Wet’suwet’en people control roughly 54,000 square kilometers of unceded territory, governed by their hereditary chiefs. Coastal [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Students gathered in the St. Thomas University courtyard during a winter storm on Feb. 27 for a rally supporting the Wet&#8217;suwet&#8217;en nation. It followed the delivery of a letter to STU President Dawn Russell&#8217;s office requesting the university release a public statement of solidarity. STU students Naomi Gullison, Aaron Beaumont and Hannah Moore organized the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last night, current vice-president student life Sarah Kohut discussed her platform points at the last of the St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union 2020-21 executive debates. She&#8217;s running to be next year&#8217;s STUSU president. Kohut is a third-year student studying criminology and psychology. She said if voted in, she wants to support the students&#8217; union and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tonight, the four candidates for the 2020-21 St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union vice-president education took the stage as they debated on topics from transparency to accessibility. The candidates were Megan Cormier, Tyler Dupuis, Alana Keenan and Dane Rose. Here&#8217;s what you missed. The candidates and their platforms Dane Rose Dane Rose is a third-year human [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union held the vice-president administration debate on Feb. 25. The two candidates, Tyrique Hamil and Matt Oram, talked about their platforms. The candidates and their platform Tyrique Hamil: Hamil is a third-year economics and international studies student. He has three main points for his platform, as summarized below: Financial stability [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There&#8217;s only one candidate in the running for the position of St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union vice-president student life 2020-21. The candidate, Kyle McNally, is a third-year student double majoring in criminology and human rights with a minor in French. He is currently the Windsor Street residence coordinator and the activities coordinator for the STUSU. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University fourth-year student Adriel Miller said she saw a gap in Black female representation in Fredericton. She said the city has a small Black community. That&#8217;s why the human rights and criminology student organized the Couch, Coffee &amp; Convos: Black Women Taking Up Space. The event was part of a series of events [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Jenica Atwin walked onstage at St. Thomas University’s Kinsella Auditorium, she immediately looked for a table to sit on. Someone offered to grab her a chair, but she shook her head. “Sitting on tables is kind of my thing,” said the Fredericton MP.  It’s been five months since Atwin was elected the first Green [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Starting in 2021, St. Thomas University will no longer offer guaranteed entrance scholarships to university applicants with a high school average of 80 per cent or higher. Instead of them being automatically credited upon admission, incoming students will fill out an application for these scholarships by March 1. STU’s associate vice-president communications Jeffrey Carleton said [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University’s Black Students&#8217; Association held its first official event for this year’s Black History Month celebration on Feb. 13.  The panel featured writer and University of Toronto doctoral student Huda Hassan, writer Canisia Lubrin and University of New Brunswick professor Funké Aladejebi. It focused on the topic of Blackness in Canada and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rev. John Dolan, a devout Tommies fan and professor at St. Thomas University from 1987 until 2012, passed away on Feb. 5, 2020 at 88 years old. But the mark he left on one student, Mike Hanson, lives on. “He was truly one of the most genuine people that I’d ever met,” said Hanson, who [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At this year’s Midwinter Gathering, stories about traditions, the land and Indigenous Peoples were shared with Indigenous Youth. The third annual Midwinter Gathering, organized by the St. Thomas University Senate Committee on Reconciliation, took place from Feb. 21 to 23 at the Forest Hill Conference Centre. The two-day gathering featured a longhouse (Indigenous Peoples&#8217; traditional [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union President Husoni Raymond said he feels STU hasn’t been properly represented during the revision of the University of New Brunswick&#8217;s alcohol policy. Raymond met with Mark Walma, the chair of the Committee to Manage Alcohol on Campus, over the summer to discuss the possibility of including STU students on the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University associate professor Monika Stelzl said every year she asks her students to answer a question anonymously: Have you ever faked an orgasm and why? Intrigued by the responses she read from her students, she conducted research. “Most women reported that they feigned sexual pleasure and fake orgasm at least on occasion … so [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Correction: An earlier version of this story indicated Tyrique Hamil was already working with Planet Hatch to build his start-up. In fact, he is planning to reach out to them. He also did not partner with Planet Hatch at the Innovation Jam. He was judged by a panel that included a representative from Planet Hatch. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After 15 years of teaching anthropology at St. Thomas University, Peter Toner is taking on a new job, this time outside of the classroom. As the new associate vice-president research, he has a vision to bring research to the centre of university life and make students see it as essential. His plans The position of [&hellip;]</p>