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<p>The Collective Agreement between the St. Thomas University Students’ Union and Public Service Alliance of Canada is set to be renegotiated this summer. The outcome of those renegotiations could affect STUSU employee positions and potentially student fees. The Collective Agreement is a roughly 50-page document detailing specifics on employee pay, suspension and discipline, hours of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Philippe Ferland was officially named the 2017-18 president of the St. Thomas University Students’ Union in the re-election on March 24, again. Ferland, who won the presidency by 75 votes, said the process has been intense and eye-opening. “You win once, but then the next time, you now know for sure that so many students [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Students’ Union of St. Thomas University is, like all student unions in Canada, a primarily democratic institution. But what many may not consider, is that it is a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. Very rarely do students actually take part in any sort of decision making within the Union, because the students that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Editor&#8217;s note: On March 2 English professor John Muise received a letter saying there are no classes for him to teach in the 2017-18 school year. There are seven sections of ENGL 1016 this year, three fewer than last year. The university said because full-time faculty get the first allocations on those, six of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Senate talks food services, Rigby, tuition The STU Senate met on Thursday night and said enrolment for this year turned out to be less than predicted by 60 students. STUSU vice-president education Sam Titus said tuition costs will most likely be raised for next year. Titus also said the university is directing its attention to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University hosted its Long Night Against Procrastination event for the second year in a row, and the turnout was greater than last year’s. More than 300 people pre-registered for this year’s event, compared to last year’s total attendance of 225. Event organizers said they also expected 50-100 drop-ins on top of those that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dozens of people marched to raise awareness for sexual assault and took part in a panel on Friday as part of five sociology students’ community action project. The group worked with and wrote a research paper on the Fredericton Sexual Assault Center last semester. This semester, they were assigned to help FSAC and make an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students’ Union passed a motion and voted to impeach Brandon LeBlanc from his off-campus representative position at a meeting on March 16. The vote was 14-0, with LeBlanc abstaining. This vote concludes the request for LeBlanc’s impeachment by fellow off-campus representative Jimy Beltran. He motioned for this at a meeting two [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University has no special plans to expand its existing resources for international students to accommodate those in the United States affected by the Trump administration’s travel ban. Associate vice-president communications Jeffrey Carleton said STU had discussions with other universities and the New Brunswick Student Alliance about what they could possibly do regarding the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After deciding Eduardo Luiz Móntañez was wrongfully disqualified from this spring&#8217;s St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union election, the appellate board has ruled for the presidential ballot to be recast. &#8220;Since it was STUSU who faulted Mr. Móntañez by illegitimately disqualifying him from the election, then the onus is on the STUSU to have a fair recasting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Members of the board for the appeal of disqualified St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union presidential candidate Eduardo Luiz Móntañez were decided in an emergency council meeting the afternoon of March 10. The appeal&#8217;s board will consist of STUSU chairperson Jeremy Keats, Laura Robinson and Rae Jardin. Both Robinson and Jardin were suggested by Keats because they [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Birthdays are a time of reflection. One often spends the day doing one of two things: thinking about past accomplishments and opportunities on the horizon, or wallowing in the regret of past inadequacies and dreading what will happen next. Canada seems to be jumping on that first bandwagon. As the country’s 150th birthday nears, the federal [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Philippe Ferland President-elect When Philippe Ferland found out his fellow students elected him as the next president of the St. Thomas University Students’ Union, he was at The Cellar with friends, expecting a loss. An hour after he found out he won, he was still speechless. “I’m kind of in shock,” he said. “I honestly [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Five people got disqualified, that&#8217;s what happened. Two candidates for indigenous representative, a social inclusion representative, an international student representative and a presidential candidate all got disqualified in the three days leading up to the St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union election. The first four were all disqualified because they were under the age of 19. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When reading the most recent Letter to the Editor, I thought of a time when I was involved in student politics here at STU. I remember the same process of putting my name and my face out there for the STU community to see and to know about me. This was a grand feat, considering [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The first in a series of year-long events to address how St. Thomas University can fulfill the Truth and Reconciliations Commission of Canada’s 94 Calls to Action was held Monday evening in Kinsella Auditorium. STU president Dawn Russell said the university has heard the Calls to Action and this particular event was “just a beginning.” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Students’ Union election season has come again. It comes like clockwork every year at the end of February. Though, honestly, you did not need me to tell you that. Walk on campus and it would be evident to you simply from the sheer number of posters that are plastered to every surface. As someone [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A group of sociology students at St. Thomas University are planning a fundraiser for the Multicultural Association of Fredericton to help Syrian refugees receive adequate education. Ryan DiDiodato, one of the students planning the event, said the fundraising coffee house is set for March 13 in Brian Mulroney Hall and they are hoping to get [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Stepping into Harrington Hall after months of renovations, the St. Thomas University residence is nearly unrecognizable. It looks as if construction crews are building it from the ground up rather than renovating a building that was built approximately 50 years ago. The walls have been built up again, a fresh neutral first coat of paint on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Spring election Vice-president education Sam Titus said this spring election is one of the most hotly contested so far. Every executive position has a number of people running and there are five candidates for St. Thomas University Students’ Union president. The only uncontested positions at this point are the international student representative, at-large representative and [&hellip;]</p>