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<p>The Cellar has had a reoccurring problem with students walking out on bill payments at the end of the night and employees say they are tired of it. “Bills that are not paid, come out of our paychecks … and so we try our best to avoid this,” said employee Sarah Gowan. She said they [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STUSU website The official launch for STUSU&#8217;s new website will be on Dec. 23. President Fernanda Damiani said the website development is on schedule. Campus trust The ADHD drug Vyanse no longer requires a request form to be covered. Vice-president administration Philippe Ferland said if a student has a prescription, it will automatically be covered. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Margaret Trudeau spoke about her turbulent life as the wife of a former prime minister and her struggle to fight depression and bipolar disorder at the Wu Conference Centre last Wednesday. “We have this tremendous capacity to deny that there is something wrong with us,” Trudeau said, summing up everything she said  in one short [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University professor Andrew Moore held a book launch commemorating the publication of his book Mad Men: The Death and Redemption of American Democracy Friday afternoon. The book, edited by Moore and fellow professor Sara MacDonald, is a collection of essays written by fellow professors, and analyzes how the politics and philosophies of American [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Joshua Price went through slide after slide showing some of the last pieces of correspondence Salladin Barton, a 35-year-old inmate who was developmentally disabled and suffered from schizophrenia, wrote before his death in January 2015. Barton’s last letter was one pleading for medical treatment. He repeatedly promised to “tell the truth,” if he could only [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A criminology class at St. Thomas University raised over $600 on Nov. 8 and 9 for a local bike club in hopes of preventing youth crime across the city. Emma McCorkell, a student who helped organize the bake sale and silent auction, said the CRIM 2383: Crime Prevention class wanted to help the Wil-Doo Community [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Peter Simpson conveyed his final pieces of wisdom about how the average person should view art during this year’s Irving Chair in Journalism Lecture on Nov. 14. Simpson said the media has failed the average person by not writing about art in plain language. “You don’t need an expert’s validation to decide for you if [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s been just over a month since St. Thomas University professor Christina Szurlej testified against Bill C-51, and she said her fight for the rights and security of Canadians is still far from over. Szurlej, a professor in STU’s Human Rights department, was invited to testify on a panel before the House on Commons Standing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Investing in girls and women can change the world, emphasized writer and human rights activist Sally Armstrong on Thursday at the Vigod Memorial Lecture. “‘There is a crack in everything and that’s how the light gets in,’” said Armstrong, quoting the recently deceased singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen. Armstrong said now, especially in light of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two St. Thomas University social work students have released a study suggesting a higher level of resources for the LGBTQ community can be found at STU compared to the University of New Brunswick. Sarah Enright and Maggie Fischer both said the size of STU allows it to cater to students’ needs better. “Maybe on the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The common myth that ramen noodles make up the bulk of students’ diets may be true after all. Meal Exchange, a non-profit organization seeking to &#8220;eradicate hunger in Canada,” published a study which stated nearly half of all post-secondary students have limited or inadequate access to food due to low finances. Over half of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University alumni Trenton Augustine started November off as the school’s new Aboriginal student services co-ordinator. Augustine said he’s looking forward to working in the Wabanaki Resource Centre with Miigam’agan, the elder-in-residence at STU. “I love it,” Augustine said. “I love being back at St. Thomas and working. It’s definitely a new way of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The 2017 Maclean&#8217;s university rankings were just released at the end of October, and St. Thomas University has dropped from 6th to 10th place in the “Students&#8217; Favourite Universities in Canada: Primarily Undergraduate Ranking.” However, STU tied in with Université de Moncton for 14th place in the Maclean&#8217;s &#8220;University rankings Canada 2017: Primarily undergraduate&#8221; category.  This [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dedicating a book about Shakespeare, Machiavelli, Hobbes and dead body politics to your wife might not be the most romantic thing in the world, but for professor Andrew Moore, it was necessary. A book launch was held Friday, Nov. 4 to celebrate the launch of St. Thomas University professor Andrew Moore’s book, Shakespeare between Machiavelli [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A new clothing shop has opened in Fredericton where currency is not required. The Community Closet gives clothes, books and toys to anyone for free, no matter their income. Originally named Career Closet, the shop was started by the YMCA to give suits to those in need, whether it was for court or work. After [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Around 40 people gathered at the University of New Brunswick campus to rally and march down to the legislature demanding free post-secondary education in Canada on Wednesday, Nov. 2. This was Fredericton students&#8217; contribution to National Day of Action rallies which took place on over 30 campuses across the country. Nov. 2 was also the day of the Gallant [&hellip;]</p>

<p>You’ve heard about garbage island, right? That pile of discarded plastic and waste the size of Texas hanging out in the ocean? It’s the pile of garbage so famous it’s made headlines in the New York Times and other leading news publications. But did you know absolutely no one can find it, not even Google [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Three St. Thomas University students have been chosen to be part of the new Fredericton Constituency Youth Council. Olivier Hébert, Oriana Cordido and Noah Turner were chosen to take part in the 18-member council which gives youth the opportunity to directly voice their concerns to Fredericton MP Matt DeCourcey. “It’s not just saying youth matter, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University social work students are starting a skills exchange program to allow people to learn and get help for free as part of their social action project. The skills exchange program is a form of time banking, which is a system where people trade hours of personal assistance as a currency. “For every [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This year’s Dalton Camp lecturer Mohamed Fahmy recalled a big moment in his first two months of being a free man: The November 2015 Paris attacks. “Everybody was in tears, literally, everyone was still crying,” Fahmy said. “And I looked at the names of some of these people … some of the names and what [&hellip;]</p>