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<p>The St. Thomas University Debate Society is ready for the Atlantic Championships after winning second place at the Dalhousie University Invitational on Feb. 8 and 9. The championships will take place at Memorial University from March 1 to 3. STU will be competing against St. Mary&#8217;s University, Dalhousie University, Mount Allison University and Memorial University. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Words for Change workshop  STU Sustainability will be hosting their first Words for Change workshop on Feb. 27 at 11:30 a.m.  on campus. The workshop is about the Sisson Project and its impact on First Nations communities. The Sisson Mine is an open-pit of tungsten and molybdenum located in New Brunswick near Napadogan, Juniper and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University graduate Hilary Smith spent five years away from her hometown of Saint John, which left her feeling disconnected from her home and her province. Smith graduated in 2012 and moved to Montreal two years later. She lived there for four years and travelled the world for a year before returning to her home [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union presidential debates were held on Feb. 20. Bibi Wasiimah Joomun and Husoni Raymond were the candidates. Here&#8217;s what you missed: The candidates and their platforms Husoni Raymond: Raymond has been involved with STUSU since his first year. He was Harrington Hall&#8217;s vice-president external in his first year. In his [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union held its vice-president student life candidate debate on Feb. 20. Second-year student Sarah Kohut is the only candidate. Here&#8217;s what you missed: The candidate and her platform Sarah Kohut Kohut said she likes working with students, hearing their stories and helping them with their issues. In her first year [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union held its first of three executive debates on Feb. 19. The three vice-president education candidates, Tyler Dupuis, Ailish Mackenzie-Foley and Nikita Spencer, talked about their platforms. Here&#8217;s what you missed: The candidates and their platforms Nikita Spencer:  Spencer said she&#8217;s wanted to be vice-president education since her first year. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Five students attended St. Thomas University’s senate meeting on Feb. 14 to protest the censoring of discussions on reconciliation at the last senate meeting on Jan. 17. STU students Julian Humphries and Naomi Gullison organized the protest. Gullison was inspired to attend the meeting after The Aquinian was blocked from covering the discussions at the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Students at St. Thomas University say they don’t feel represented by their student union and disagree with its form of advocating. Third-year Naomi Gullison and fourth-year Ariel Ottens read a three-page letter to the Student Representative Council at its Feb. 10 meeting, expressing frustration with St. Thomas University Students’ Union for its “complacency and inactions.” In [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The sex education curriculum for New Brunswick schools hasn’t been updated since 2005. Sex Week, a week of events that took place at the University of New Brunswick from Feb. 11 to 14, aimed to educate people about sex and topics that may have been overlooked in high school or middle school sex education. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>New courses Two new courses were approved including FNAR-1733: Introduction to Musical Theatre and FNAR-1743: Musical Literacy for Actors and Dancers. HMRT-1003: Introduction to Human Rights was also approved as a three-credit course. New awards Three new awards were approved including the School of Education Bursary, the St. Thomas University Entrance Award for Outstanding Scholar [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, said Canada is clinging to the weakest climate target the country has ever set. The target of lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030 was set when Stephen Harper was in power. The Liberal Party of Canada has not changed it since the 2015 federal election. On [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Proposed changes to the University of New Brunswick&#8217;s alcohol policy is raising eyebrows instead of pitchers. UNB presented an update to the alcohol policy on campus during a University of New Brunswick Student Union council meeting on Jan. 27. One piece of the policy, called Community Standards, has been deemed “controversial,&#8221; said Richard Du, the president [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While Canada was once considered a leader in women&#8217;s participation in the workforce during the 1990s and the early 2000s, the country has become stagnant, according to Marilee Reimer, a women and gender studies professor at St. Thomas University. Reimer launched her new book Women and Careers: Transnational Studies in Public Policy and Employment Equity on Feb. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With Venezuela teetering on collapse, international student Isabella de los Reyes cautions Canadians to talk to people experiencing misrule. One day I was sitting in the university cafeteria talking politics, and a bunch of students began talking about how communism and socialism are really good theories and that they should be applied to the Western [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Open letter to SRC Fourth-year student Ariel Ottens read an open letter to the Student Representative Council at St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union Feb. 10 meeting, expressing frustration with STUSU for its “complacency and inactions.” The letter was brought forward by Ottens and third-year student Naomi Gullison. “We ask that you listen with an open [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STUSU merchandise Brianna Workman, president of the St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union, has been working with Autumn Lawrence, the director of communications for STUSU, to create clothing and merchandise. Workman said there should be mock-ups ready for the student representative council to try. Workman hopes that STUSU merchandise will eventually be available to the student [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A St. Thomas University graduate is expanding his digital marketing business to New Brunswick. Matthew Carpenter-Arevalo&#8217;s business, Centrico Digital, is located in Quito, Ecuador. They offer social media management, graphic design, website design and more. Carpenter-Arevalo came to STU in 1999 as an international student from Latin America and graduated in 2003 with a major [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With the Student Representative Council spring election around the corner, News Editor Haley Stairs checked in with the STUSU executives to see if they&#8217;re fulfilling their campaign promises from last year. Brianna Workman, president Four campaign promises: build relationships in the STU community, re-engage council, make the Union professional and accountable and prevent sexual violence [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The University of New Brunswick announced on Jan. 28 that Paul Mazerolle will be the president and vice-chancellor of the university starting July 1, 2019. Greg Marquis, a Canadian history professor and senate member at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, discovered through an email he received on Jan. 17, that the university was hiring [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Students at St. Thomas University have mixed feelings about the university&#8217;s new mental health fee, a year after 71 per cent of students who voted in the referendum, voted in favour of it. The referendum resulted in a $33.91 fee added to full-time students&#8217; accounts in September. Part-time students pay $3.30 for each three credit course. [&hellip;]</p>