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<p>I have mixed emotions about the Jian Ghomeshi trial verdict. I have mixed emotions because I’m a victim of sexual assault. When I was a small child, I was abused sexually. At six years old, I was taken into a courthouse to tell them exactly how this man’s actions had made me feel. I’ve been [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When St. Thomas University’s Students’ Union president-elect Fernanda Damiani was a little kid, she wanted to be a nun. She remembers helping two sister nuns from her hometown in Brazil serve food to kids in need. “I always felt I needed to help other people,” the 21 year old said. “Then I realized I didn’t [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is refusing to hand over enrolment information The Aquinian asked for in a Right To Information request. The Aquinian asked for a breakdown of enrolment by department for the past several years. In the original RTI request The Aquinian inadvertently labeled “departments” as “faculties.” However, because of our instructions the university understood [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Roland Chrisjohn is fasting to protest the teaching of a social work class. The confirmation came after about a month of speculation. On Feb.1 Chrisjohn’s colleague released a social media post saying the Native Studies professor was going on a hunger strike. This week the professor confirmed the strike. “I had to suspend it temporarily, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fourth-year St. Thomas University student Chris Brooks feels betrayed by the St. Thomas University Students’ Union after it was communicated to his former employer that he had gone to the union seeking legal advice against his ex-workplace. Time-stamped emails show this information was leaked to The Brunswickan, the University of New Brunswick student newspaper and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STUSTU will be paying more to the New Brunswick Student Association next year. Instead of paying approximately $9000 to the association, STUSU will pay an additional $180 in the 2016/2017 year, according to STUSU President Megan Thomson. The increase in fees is to account for inflation and is something that is adjusted annually to correspond [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is participating in the #moodcheckchallenge so students can learn more about their own mental health. Kelly Humber Kelly, the Positive Mental Health Champion at St. Thomas, said being able to track your mood can help you better manage your mental health. “We all struggle with mental health, the same way that we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The warning issued to students on nightlife safety and drink-spiking is a safety message that never expires, said St. Thomas’s director of communications Jeffrey Carleton. An e-mail equipped with prevention tips was sent to STU and UNB students on Mar. 4 after the university received reports from three students who suspected they were the victims [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Experience was the most heated issue during yesterday’s students’ union presidential debate between candidates Megan Thomson and Fernanda Damiani. Thomson, this year’s president of St. Thomas University’s student union wants re-election but Damiani is emphasizing the importance of change and new faces. &#8220;Change is always good,&#8221; Damiani said during the debate. Thomson addressed this by [&hellip;]</p>

<p>https://storify.com/mjburgosh/stusu-spresidential-debate.html</p>

<p>Fernanda Damiani, a third-year international student from Brazil majoring in journalism, wants to be STUSU president to give students a voice. “I feel that STUSU has to be the voice of the students,” said Damiani. “They have to present what students want to the university. Not the other way around.” Damiani wants students to feel [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A familiar face is running for presidency of the St. Thomas Student’s Union this year. Megan Thomson is the incumbent, and is seeking re-election following what she said was a stellar year in review. “We really showed what the [St. Thomas] Student’s Union is capable of. We proved we can be effective at increasing student [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Questions were raised regarding the future of journalism during Thursday night’s Irving Chair in Journalism lecture, delivered by visiting journalist Ros Guggi. Among them, whether the future of news consumption will be catered to suit individual bias and if it will get lost in photos of macaroni and cheese. Rest assured, the later is unlikely. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dear Editor, In trying to be even-handed, Jordan Gill’s “Commentary: sticky notes, sticky problems”(Feb. 23) inadvertently misrepresents important aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mr. Gill concludes his commentary by saying: “When leaders in Palestine, both civil and religious, speak of wiping Israel off the map and rejecting a two state solution, don’t be surprised when [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At what point does freedom of religion become discrimination? And at what point does freedom of association violate freedom of religion? This is problem Trinity Western University and the Law Society of British Columbia is facing. The university is trying to become an accredited law school. However, the Law Society is refusing accreditation, meaning graduates [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Journalism Department at St. Thomas University is getting an overhaul. Changes to the program include moving a fundamentals writing course to first year, introducing a new “toolbox” course in the second year and changing the fourth-year courses to allow for students to seek opportunities outside the program. The most obvious change is the name. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As if he needed it, earlier this month scientists strengthened the proof for Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity even further with the discovery of gravitational waves. Sanjeev Seahra, an associate professor of mathematics at the University of New Brunswick, gave a lecture last week about the discovery and what this means. For him, it’s almost [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The immigration of Syrian refugees into Canada has evolved into a project many Canadian organizations are a part of, according to speakers at last Tuesday’s Gregg Centre forum. This project relies on Canadians from all over, whether it is the military, a civilian organization, or private sponsors looking to support a family. But it all [&hellip;]</p>

<p>  On February 27 at the St. Thomas Conference Centre Fredericton’s own Jukebox Live will be putting on a benefit concert to raise money for the Multicultural Association. This is in order to help the recently arrived Syrian refugees. Ian McMillan, a member of the nine-piece local band spoke to The Aquinian about the upcoming [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When attending a liberal arts university there are a few things you will run into. One of them is the never-ending argument over Israel. That argument has gone mainstream this week in Canada. The Conservative opposition has introduced a motion to censure the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement. The movement’s goal is to boycott Israeli [&hellip;]</p>