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<p>Last year, Fredericton experienced an outbreak of HIV, gonorrhea and hepatitis B according to Regional Public Health. A month ago, another notice was sent to the public to warn them of the continuing outbreak. The notice is meant to inform the public and urge them to get tested and speak with their primary care provider [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A group at St. Thomas University has formed to raise awareness around racism, discrimination and the prejudice black students face on and off campus and also bring about a sense of community. The Black Students&#8217; Association was formed in August 2018. Third-year student Dorcas Tshimenga is one of the founding members and president of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a St. Thomas University Senate meeting on Oct. 17, vice-president academic and research Kim Fenwick said four New Brunswick universities, including STU, received letters from the provincial government requesting information about how they, as universities, were going to prepare students for in-demand jobs in New Brunswick. Some of those jobs were truck drivers and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A disclaimer to all that for the sake of simplicity, I will be making some broad simplifications and generalizations in this explainer. This Halloween, the United States House of Representatives, led by speaker Nancy Pelosi, voted 232-196 in favour of starting a formal impeachment inquiry into United States President Donald Trump. Sure, that sounds significant, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Correction and clarification: The Aquinian is working on a correction and clarification of this story. The Aquinian received false information and the Indigenous representative position was in fact filled for the entirety of the last academic year. There are other details concerning the history of the position The Aquinian is working on clarifying as well. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After a quiet year, St. Thomas University&#8217;s Queer and Allied People Society has been rebranded as Sexuality and Gender Advocacy. Steven Greer, a third-year English honours and history major student, is the external director of SAGA and last year&#8217;s co-chair for the former Q&amp;A. They said it&#8217;s important to keep LGBTQ2+ people representation at STU. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Get Out the Vote pledges St. Thomas University Students’ Union vice-president education Ailish-Mackenzie Foley said 677 students from STU pledged to vote. She hasn’t heard back from the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations on whether they received the most pledges campus wide in Canada. President announcements St. Thomas University Students’ Union president Husoni Raymond said [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When third-year St. Thomas University student Destiny Davidson received an email saying she was accepted into the RCMP National Youth Advisory Committee, she felt proud of herself and excited. &#8220;It seemed like such a huge honour and accomplishment,&#8221; she said. Davidson said having a younger perspective is crucial in federal lawmaking. “When a group of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Since St. Thomas University student Nicole Augustine received the Jordan&#8217;s Principle Scholarship on Oct. 8, she said she is slowly but surely becoming a voice for Indigenous youth. “It&#8217;s not fair how society treats Indigenous children and if I can make a difference to just one child, then I&#8217;m doing something right,” she said. Her [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Jenica Atwin arrived at Picaroons Roundhouse on Oct. 21 around 10 p.m., supporters started chanting her name. Since polls closed at 8:30 p.m., there was only standing room left in the bar. “It’s surreal. It’s something I’ve been working toward my whole life,” said Atwin. After 40 days of campaigning, Atwin will become the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was a long night on Oct. 21, after the polls closed and the results poured in. So, what were the results of the 43rd Canadian election? What have we, the voters, decided, and what does our decision mean? Let’s go through some of the notable results, and indeed the importance of what this election’s results [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Oct. 4, a panel called Fight the Fees was held at St. Thomas University, where panelists spoke about why education shouldn&#8217;t come with a price tag. Members of the panel included activist John Hutton, STU sociology professor Gül Çalıșkan, national chairperson for the Canadian Federation of Students Sophia Descalzi, fifth-year STU student Ariel Ottens and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Parking at St. Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick becomes a topic of conversation every year, but this year an email from UNB’s vice-president academic, Greg MacLean, spurred students to take action. In an email sent to both UNB and STU students, MacLean announced close to 500 alumni would be on campus for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University professor Amanda DiPaolo always dreamed of being welcomed at the door of her classroom with students lined up ready to high-five. This dream came true at STU when her students arrived to class early to surprise her. Now, years later DiPaolo is the recipient of the Association of Atlantic Universities Distinguished Teaching [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University may soon have a master&#8217;s of social work program. If it&#8217;s approved, it would be the only English language master of social work program in New Brunswick and STU&#8217;s only master&#8217;s degree program. STU’s associate vice-president communications Jeffrey Carleton said having the only English language master&#8217;s program in the province is essential [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Every fall the University of New Brunswick hosts a flu shot clinic for the estimated 12,000 students attending UNB and St. Thomas University. According to UNB&#8217;s nurse practitioner, Stacey Taylor, only around 500 attend. Taylor said she&#8217;d like to see that number increase. She said a lot of students have the flu but don&#8217;t know [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Funding approval and club constitution review St. Thomas University Students’ Union vice-president administration Matt Oram said the governance and finance committee met with two social work students to approve a funding request to go to Romania to present research at the Social Work International Conference. It also reviewed a club application from the French Society [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Let’s first respectfully acknowledge that St. Thomas University, and The Aquinian are situated on the traditional, unceeded Territory of the Maliseet/Wəlastəkwiyik peoples. A disclaimer to readers, that I am a white man with no Indigenous heritage. The purpose of this article is to give you an overview of what the federal parties are promising to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Indigenous student representative St. Thomas University Students’ Union president, Husoni Raymond, said there will be an Indigenous representative by the time the fall by-election concludes by the end of October. Raymond said the Indigenous community will appoint a representative from a pool of interested students. Governance committee meeting St. Thomas University Students’ Union vice-president administration, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Content warning: This story discusses topics like rape and abuse, which may be triggering for some readers. Former political prisoner Marina Nemat said with the rise of populism, the only enemy is &#8220;the monster of violence.&#8221; Nemat said to an audience of 400 people at the 29th Vigod Lecture in Human Rights at St. Thomas [&hellip;]</p>