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<p>After being ruled out as a financial hurdle, St. Thomas University&#8217;s yearbook is on its way to becoming less of a physical memento and more of a modern keepsake. The St. Thomas University Students’ Union will be creating a digital yearbook this year, and editor Ayla Poitras said the goal is to have a more [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After years of travelling abroad as a missionary, Shawn Daley has returned to his native province of New Brunswick and is excited to be part of the St. Thomas University community as the new chaplain and a professor. “It’s great to be around, well, it’s like a nuclear reactor. All these people, so young and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A long awaited Cheer Off win for the new off-campus students kicked off this year’s Welcome Week events at St. Thomas University. Saru Gupta, this year’s group leader for OC, led the group to its first win eight years. She said she had a very emotional reaction. “I cried,” said Gupta. “I really wanted this.” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is considering instituting a ban on pub crawls or pub tours on the heels of the University of New Brunswick ban late August. Jeffrey Carleton, director of communications at St. Thomas, said the university has a new director of student services, Brock Richardson, who will sit down with other student services staff [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The government of New Brunswick will provide free tuition or additional financial assistance to university students from families with a yearly income less than $60,000 through a new Tuition Access Bursary, Premier Brian Gallant announced Thursday morning. “It’s definitely overdue, but it’s definitely also a historic step forward in terms of financial aid and the accessibility and affordability [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Men&#8217;s hockey defenceman&nbsp;Sawyer Hannay says he is disappointed about the cancelation of the St. Thomas University&nbsp;varsity men’s hockey program, which was announced Monday afternoon. &#8220;As both an athlete [and] an academic future alumnus, I&#8217;m extremely disappointed,&#8221; Hannay said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think school nor hockey teaches a quitting mentality and I really feel we gave up [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University may sell the Forest Hill residences, Rigby and Chatham halls, to pay for a projected $190,000 deficit in the ancillary budget, which includes residences and related services. This was brought up by Lily Fraser, the vice-president of finance and administration, at a budget development town hall meeting on March 31 in Ted [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Meghan MacEachern is this year’s Tom McCann Memorial trophy recipient, an award given to the student that best exemplifies St. Thomas University. MacEachern, captain of the Thomas women’s rugby team, volunteered and maintained a spot on the deans list while at STU. “To me, the Tom McCann award is testament to the community and family [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I was sitting in Sir James Dunn Hall drinking my coffee and people watching as I usually do when I overhear two students discussing their student loans, comparing how far they stumbled down that rabbit hole. The conversation went like this: “I don’t know what I’m going to do when I finish. I’m already $20,000 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A Liberal Senate forum held earlier this year signified the Trudeau government taking its first tentative steps down the road to legalization. Yet, many questions remain unanswered as the government contemplates a homegrown solution. Can I smoke it now? The government ultimately is the only body with the power to put laws on moratorium, but [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was the perfect storm, a jetlagged Brianna, midnight, a lack of services on a federal, provincial and community level and another student was in need of services that were full, or didn’t meet their needs. I started making phone calls, to Rachel, the Student Union Vice President Education; to a student who works with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“I’ve seen the Big Lebowski about 25 times, not including acid flashbacks.” Those words were the first ones I ever had published in The Aquinian and it hasn’t gotten much better since. From my time here at The Aquinian, starting as a little art and features writer until now as EIC, I’ve learned a few [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Over 225 students crowded James Dunn Hall on March 31 for St. Thomas University’s first Long Night Against Procrastination. The event which ran from 5 p.m. until midnight gave students a chance to meet with representatives from student services like the writing centre and peer tutors, but also presented opportunities to take a break and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University has decided to cancel its varsity men&#8217;s hockey program. In an email sent out to all students Monday afternoon, Dawn Russell, president of the university, said the cut was due to the operating costs of the program being, &#8220;unsustainable.&#8221; &#8220;With this decision, we have chosen to remain focused on our core education mission,&#8221; Russell [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University Students’ Union president Megan Thomson said she could not have leaked private legal information to The Brunswickan, the University of New Brunswick’ student newspaper, as she was at home during the time of the alleged meeting. “I’ve been falsely accused,” Thomson said. Thomson said her mother, Colleen, could back her story up. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The efforts of students in the introduction to religious studies class will finally come to fruition on Tuesday—with free food and faith. Alexandra Bain’s first year class will be hosting their fifth annual Celebration in Faith and Diversity in Kinsella Auditorium on Tuesday evening from five to eight. The class of 45 students has been [&hellip;]</p>

<p>United States President Barack Obama made a historical trip to Cuba last week to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro to improve the countries relations, and this meeting of powerful men has some here at home feeling hopeful. Political Science professor Shaun Narine feels as though the effort to reach out to Cuba is a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Trudeau Liberals have unveiled their first budget, and there are some major changes for Canada’s universities and students. “Parents understand that their children’s future depends on the education and skills they get and that post-secondary education has become an important factor in our children’s future success,” said Finance Minister Bill Morneau in his budget [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In 1968 Stanley Kubrick gave the world one of the greatest films of all time in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The movie included among many plot points a murderous A.I. interface named HAL 9000, who (spoiler alert) killed four people when he figured out the crew was going to disconnect him. We’ve been warned numerous [&hellip;]</p>

<p>President Obama’s recent visit to Latin America made news headlines as he was the first US president to visit Cuba since 1928. However, his visit to Argentina may be the most controversial. Obama was scheduled to be in Buenos Ares on Thursday, March 24, which was the 40th anniversary of the military coup that started [&hellip;]</p>