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<p>Preventing misinformation is similar to treating a health virus, according to Daniel Dale, a Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star and self-proclaimed Trump fact-checker. Dale said journalists can treat the misinformation virus by fact-checking politicians and holding them accountable, even if it means calling the president of the United States a liar. “If you don’t [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After five days of campaigning and an hour-long debate against his opponent, Matt Oram was elected vice-president administration by a slim margin of 18 votes in a byelection on March 20.  Oram was at the Cellar Pub for supper with friends from the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University when Husoni Raymond, current vice-president administration, called to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Resignation St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union sexuality and gender diversity representative Sara Nason sent in their resignation via email, to be read aloud at the student representative council meeting on March 24. Nason walked out of the SRC meeting on March 17 during a discussion between the council and those, including themselves, about universal free tuition. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When fourth-year St. Thomas University student Derek Bailey heard about the United States college admissions scandal, he was upset that some students were accepted to university for athletic abilities they didn’t have. “The one thing that struck me the most about the scandal was when they were falsely writing down that some of the students [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Albert Banerjee has done research on health and aging at nursing homes in Bali, Germany, Sweden and Norway. In the fall, his research will bring him to Fredericton, where he&#8217;ll be the Health Research Chair in Community Health and Aging at St. Thomas University. The university announced Banerjee was hired in early March. The McCain [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After the vice-president administration position was left vacant in the St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union general spring election, a byelection was called to elect the fourth member of the STUSU executive team. Matthew Oram and Tyrique Hamil are the candidates. They participated in a debate two days before the voting period on March 20. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tears, walk-outs and back-talking occurred during the Student Representative Council meeting on March 17. A petition was presented by students Ariel Ottens, Naomi Gullison and others, demanding for the St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union to leave the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations and the New Brunswick Student Alliance, in order to provide universal free tuition. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Chants like &#8220;climate change is not a hoax&#8221; could be heard from outside the New Brunswick Legislature Building on March 15 as hundreds gathered in the rain with signs in hand. The protest was part of environmental protests happening around the world in recognition of climate change. Two older men in yellow vests tried to disrupt [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fourth-year students Kelly Brennan and Brianna Workman represented St. Thomas University at the Osgoode Cup, an undergraduate moot court competition, for the the first time ever – and won. The Osgoode Cup is held annually at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and took place from March 2 to 3. Brennan and Workman were the only team that didn&#8217;t [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Politics of Twin Peaks Human rights professor Amanda DiPaolo and communications professor Jamie Gillies are hosting a book launch for The Politics of Twin Peaks, a book they edited. The book investigates how the television show Twin Peaks considers American politics and the American identity. The launch is March 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the Brian [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The objective of universal education, like universal health care, is to give those who can’t afford education the opportunity to access it. It eradicates financial barriers to this human right. It&#8217;s not surprising the attempts for justifying the position by lobbyists have avoided any kind of financial or economic analysis. Data published by Statistics Canada [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While social workers are mandated by provincial law to report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect as per the Province of New Brunswick Family Service Act, no mandatory reporting requirements are in place regarding the abuse or neglect of older adults. The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) Code of Ethics makes similar demands for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When anxiety and depression take over to the point that someone can’t stop crying, helplines don’t always work, said third-year psychology student Kyra Wilson. She said there are moments when she doesn’t want to talk to anyone because she doesn’t want them to hear her crying. “Sometimes, when you’re in a very, very dark place, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union election ended on Feb. 23. The president, vice-president education and vice-president student life positions have been elected, but vice-president administration remains vacant. Another election will take place after the spring reading week. Executives begin their term on May 1, 2019. This is the STUSU executive team so far.  Husoni Raymond STUSU [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Skull &amp; Bones art exhibition  An art exhibition will be hosted by Weekes Photography at the Charlotte Street Art Centre from March 5 to April 10. Photos and poetry by Phil Hall, Josephine Saverese, a criminology and criminal justice professor at STU, and Kenny Jeriel Preciado Mora will be featured. According to the event&#8217;s Facebook [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I would like to apologize for how I framed the perspective in the letter I wrote for The Aquinian published Feb. 26 (&#8220;What universal free tuition means to me&#8221;). It was an admission of privilege, an attempt to highlight how alien the lives of high income students are compared to the average student. However, it [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This letter is written as a response to “What free tuition means to me” by former St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union president Philippe Ferland. In case you didn’t get the chance to read it, his argument boils down to the idea that eliminating tuition fees would be bad, because only rich people (such as himself) [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Naomi Gullison, a third-year St. Thomas University student, thinks the university&#8217;s Policy on Cannabis isn&#8217;t preventing students from smoking on campus.  The only permitted way to consume cannabis on campus is through edibles, but students can&#8217;t make edibles on campus. She said students violate this part of the policy, however.  “I think a lot of people who [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Husoni Raymond will be the first black president of St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union. Given it’s Black History Month, Raymond said the timing feels perfect. “We made history together,&#8221; Raymond said. &#8220;That feels like a really good accomplishment for my race and the university in general.”  Raymond was elected as president in the STUSU general election on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The author of this letter has written a clarification to the opinions expressed below, which can be read here: http://theaquinian.netletter-to-the-editor-clarification-and-apology-for-what-free-tuition-means-to-me/ ________________________________________________________________________________ A perspective often not taken seriously in discussions of post-secondary education public policy, and sort of left out of the recent article on universal free tuition, is the perspe