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<p>The St. Thomas University senate voted to postpone discussion on reducing 50-minute time slots from four to two and adding two 90-minute time slots on Monday and Wednesday until next fall. Even though a motion wasn&#8217;t made by senate, students reacted quickly to the possibility of this change and a petition was drafted asking to postpone [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Changes to Canada student loans Vice-president education, Sam Titus, said STUSU in participation with the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations&#8217; lobby week was successful in one of CASA&#8217;s requests of the government. Canada Student Loans Program now offers a fixed-rate contribution, meaning anyone accepted into the program is now guaranteed anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is calling on all those struck by wanderlust to consider taking advantage of its international exchange program. Carrie Monteith-Levesque, STU’s international student advisor, said the exchange experience is an invaluable one. “It affords students the opportunity to experience a different language, culture and educational system while earning academic credit,” she said. “Taking [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This year’s moot court team returned to St. Thomas University last week with another successful season behind them, earning exceptional rankings at nationals in Gulfport, Florida. “We beat every American at their own game,” said Matthew LeBlanc, a third-year moot court student. More specifically, he and his partner, Robbie Lynn, beat 328 American teams out [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University’s senate has proposed changing the timetable and students have been coming together to voice their concerns. During last week’s St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union meeting, Harrington house representative Husoni Raymond said students from Harrington were displeased with the motion to change the current timetable. “We’re working on organizing a petition and a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A St. Thomas University student is fighting against the Health Canada policy prohibiting men who have had sex with men within the last five years from donating organs. Kody Carlson, a social work student, said his grandfather is ill and needs part of a new liver. Carlson said he&#8217;s a perfect candidate to donate – [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Professor Brad Cross and a group of St. Thomas University students used New York City as a classroom in October. Cross said one of his areas on interest is material history, which is studying history using real, tangible things alongside regular texts and printed sources. “New York City has some incredible institutions,” he said. “History museums, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Matthew Hayes, St. Thomas University’s new Canada Research Chair in Global and International Studies, said he hopes to draw attention to the lives of those who are disadvantaged by existing social structures. “No one&#8217;s accomplishments in life are only the result of their own efforts,” the sociology professor said. “If we don&#8217;t want the same [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University’s Andrea Bear Nicholas has won her first award ever. She said she was shocked to find out she won the award for best article published in the Journal of Canadian Studies. “I was surprised. To be honest I&#8217;ve never won an award for any writing of mine,” Nicholas said. “I&#8217;m generally writing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The gender makeup of St. Thomas University’s senior administration is unique and unusual. Less than one fifth of presidents in universities across Canada are female. Dawn Russell, president and vice-chancellor of St. Thomas, is part of this low minority. Even more unusual, however, is the fact that the three vice-presidents she works alongside are all [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With flu season in full swing, students may be wondering if it’s too late to get the flu shot to fend off the virus. “We usually recommend that people get [the shot] earlier, but we offer it all the way until June,” said Krista Challes, a registered nurse at the University of New Brunswick Student [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University students will now be able to put reminders of Christmases spent with not-so-understanding families to good use. Erin Fredericks, LGBTQIA+ resource advisor, and the Queer &amp; Allied People Society will be hosting an unwanted gift exchange. Students, staff and faculty can drop off presents they got over the holiday season that were not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Most students already have a lot of items they need to check off their to-do list before exams. Checking off winter tire installation may not be at the top of everyone’s list, but it should be. Yes, winter tires are expensive and students may have trouble affording them, but you don’t need to have expensive high-end [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Another Movember wrapped up last week with the changing of the calendar to December. Keeping with what has become annual tradition, the month of November saw many men sporting upper-lip warmers, or even avoiding the razor altogether, for 30 days to raise money and/or awareness for men&#8217;s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The end-of-semester grind is well underway for students at St. Thomas University, but what about the group less-considered: professors? Like students, professors get a bigger work load at the end of the term. Not only are there exams, assignments and papers to grade, but professors have lives outside of academia they need to tend to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Students at St. Thomas University are taking advantage of the school’s partnership with Harvard Business School and say it’s intense, but rewarding. Third-year student Jimy Beltran spent his summer evenings in 2015 studying business on his laptop until midnight and waking up at 6:30 a.m. to walk to his 40-hour-a-week job. He was enrolled in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University students in the Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Bachelor of Social Work program hosted their first social action fair on Nov. 28. The fair took place in James Dunn Hall and celebrated student engagement in social issues that concern them and their respective indigenous communities, something professor Tracy Glynn said went well. “The students spoke from [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The University of New Brunswick administration approved a fall reading week Wednesday evening. Herbert Bempah, vice-president internal of the University of New Brunswick Student Union, said the union asked for three additional days to be added to the already existing reading day and Remembrance Day holiday. UNB&#8217;s administration was concerned with maintaining 62 teaching days [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The United Kingdom has rid itself of the European Union and Donald Trump is on his way to occupying the White House. With these victories, some suggest the electorate is uninformed now more than ever and its collective angst is being fuelled by the fires of technology. The question remains: are we becoming less informed [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Reproductive Justice New Brunswick launched new campaign titled Axe 84.20 to hold Premier Brian Gallant up to his election promise of removing all barriers to abortion services. Allison Webster is the treasurer, founding member and spokesperson for RJNB. She said 84.20 is a provincial regulation which makes it more difficult for women to access abortion services. [&hellip;]</p>