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<p>Emily Williams, a St. Thomas University human rights and criminology major, knew she wanted to be lawyer when competing at the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Competition in Geneva, Switzerland. Williams and her moot court partner, Camille Xavier, placed second in the competition on July 20, after facing the University of Buenos Aires in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I remember her eyes. They were clear and blue and filled with tears. On Tuesday, Sept 11, 2001, Newark Airport, just 15 miles southwest of New York City, was frantic and disorderly. The strange woman from Manhattan, whose eyes I will never forget, held my face in her hands and in a wet whisper told me a child should never have [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University announced the sale of its Forest Hill property to a development company on July 27. STU’s residence life made the announcement on its social media platforms. The announcement read, “St. Thomas University has sold our Forest Hill property (Chatham Hall and Rigby Hall) to a local company. Students set to live in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is taking the New Brunswick government to court in an attempt to obtain information that could prove the university is underfunded. Jeffrey Carleton, STU&#8217;s associate vice-president communications, submitted a right to information request with the province in February, seeking information on funding provided to the University of New Brunswick, the Université de [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Indigenous students say the Indigenous representative position on the St. Thomas University Students’ Union is set up in a colonial framework that doesn’t fit with their cultures or values. The Indigenous representative position will be empty as of May 1, because no one ran for the position in the spring election — but not because [&hellip;]</p>

<p>New NBSA executive director  St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union vice-president education Brianna Workman announced Emily Blue is the new executive director for the New Brunswick Student Alliance.  Blue is a fifth-year communications and public policy student at STU. “She’s worked in P.E.I. and the legislature there, as well as with [Fredericton MP] Matt DeCourcey. [She] certainly has [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A new scholarship has been created in Anne-Marie Eagles’ memory. Eagles, the late wife of St. Thomas University athletics director Mike Eagles, worked as a teacher and guidance counsellor before retiring. She died of cancer on March 28. Eagles’ family created the scholarship in her name for students hoping to pursue a career in education. Jodi [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University&#8217;s sexual assault prevention committee held its final event of the year on March 28. The public panel focused on healthy relationships and consisted of two students and two professors. Discussion was lead by SAPC co-chair Amy Baldwin, and consisted of questions concerning red flags for unhealthy relationships, social media and cultural and generational [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Approximately 100 students gathered to protest tuition hikes at the University of New Brunswick senate on March 27. The protest was organized by UNB law students, who are facing a tuition hike of roughly 50 per cent to be implemented in the 2019-20 academic year. Two St. Thomas University students who are interested in pursuing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I almost took Latin instead of journalism. It was summer 2015 and I had four classes picked, but I needed a fifth. I was stuck between Introduction to Latin and throwing myself into the world of journalism. I grew up wanting to be a journalist, but I heard people say, “Journalism is a dying industry,” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>One of the first stories I ever wrote for The Aquinian was about a traveling yoga teacher named Robiwan McKennobi. That’s not his real name, but I digress. The story was about his life and journey through yoga, and the two truths about the practice: that yoga is about finding balance and it’s for everyone. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Harrington Hall celebrated the 30th anniversary of their biggest house event of the year: April 6th Day. The day started off like any other April 6: get up, get ready, take a shot of Vodka, eat breakfast and then take another shot of vodka — or two. Every April 6th, expect Harrington to have some [&hellip;]</p>

<p>More than 71 per cent of students who voted on the St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union mental health fee referendum said yes. Matt LeBlanc, STUSU&#8217;s vice-president administration, said 36.5 per cent of students weighed in on the referendum. He said he&#8217;s happy students proved to be as passionate about the issue as his team was. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The end of Easter week was marked by President Donald Trump threatening to cut off aid to Honduras and send U.S. troops to the Mexico border because of an immigrant caravan that had the United States as its end goal. The Migrant Via Crucis — as it is commonly known — takes place every year [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For the second semester in a row, nobody ran for the Indigenous representative position on St. Thomas University&#8217;s Students&#8217; Union.  The position was created by current STUSU president Philippe Ferland last year when he was vice-president administration. It was first open to students in the 2016-17 fall byelection. Keyaira Gruben was elected Indigenous representative in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University rolled out its budget plans for the 2018-19 fiscal year at a town hall meeting on March 22. The university’s fiscal priorities include recovering from a deficit by stabilizing enrolment, hiking international student tuition and addressing operating grant inequity. President Dawn Russell explained the budget development process and provided an update on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dr. Linda Hoyt told students and faculty, “If you don’t talk about [mental health], it will eat you alive,” on March 22 at an expert panel on mental health at St. Thomas University. The Fredericton Young Greens and David Coon, Fredericton South MLA and leader of the New Brunswick Green Party, hosted the panel in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Partnered with Plan Canada, St. Thomas University’s Champions of Change club held a Menstruation Matters campaign in James Dunn Hall on March 19 and 22 to raise awareness about period shaming and combat myths about periods. The campaign encouraged people to sign a pledge that would show their support for women. They also collected hygiene [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What started as a class project is now challenging the lack of transgender inclusion in academia, causing a stir at St. Thomas University. Jacob Roy, who is majoring in psychology and honouring in gender studies, has launched a project called [Trans]forming Education. The project was started for a human rights class and hopes to make [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Without a &#8220;No&#8221; campaign to go against, students supporting the installation of a $33.91 fee for mental health services and programming at St. Thomas University got to work earlier this week. Matt LeBlanc, vice-president administration of the STU Students&#8217; Union, and Katie MacDermaid, a third-year communications and Great Books student, are coordinators of the &#8220;Yes&#8221; [&hellip;]</p>