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<p>Do you miss the time in your life where it was socially acceptable to dress up as a Power Ranger and knock on random doors? Well the Student Union is once again hosting their Trick-or-Eat making that dream a reality. The goal is simple you and a bunch of your friends go knocking on doors, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University has added two lines to their Non-Academic Misconduct policy stating there are no time limits on reporting incidences of sexual violence. Before the new lines were added the Non-Academic Misconduct policy stated complaints to the university must be made within 10 business days after an incident or after the incident is discovered. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas Journalism Department has no immediate plan to follow recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Committee of Canada to better teach aboriginal issues. “I think it’s something we need to respond to, certainly sooner rather than later,” said Philip Lee, acting chair of the department at St. Thomas. Lee said they’ll eventually try [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University has found a temporary replacement for Janice Ryan, the campus minister who resigned nearly three weeks ago and whose duties included the management of the university food bank. Vivien Zelazny is a professor in the Aquinas program, a member of the faith community at STU and a graduate of the university. Jeffrey [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STUSU Briefs Mental health committee STUSU is forming a mental health committee, and students wishing to join are encouraged to email su_vpsl@stu.ca Halloween Trick or Eat STUSU is encouraging teams of ten to help out for this year’s Trick or Eat, it’s an annual event, and this year half of the can goods raised will [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University campus minister Janice Ryan resigned last week after almost 13 years at the university. She moved to Ottawa to be with her daughter who attends university there. Adam Blanchard, a third-year Religion and Catholic Studies major at St. Thomas, said he was dismayed when he heard the news. “She was the core [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I got word of a possible gunman on Friday. My cameraman called me telling me to do the story. I ran to my house grabbed the equipment rushed outside, and slipped on the mud. All 300 pounds me slid under his car. All because a man had an umbrella on a rainy day. The 25-year-old [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Enrolment numbers are now in and St. Thomas University’s are down. In the 2014-2015 academic year, the total student enrolment at STU was 2,236. As of Oct. 1 the number of students for the 2015-2016 academic year stands at 2,096. STU’s numbers are indicative of a trend at Atlantic Canadian universities. The total student population [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University ran a deficit in the 2014-2015 fiscal year. The university had an operating deficit of $1,323,629 and an ancillary deficit of $562,500. In an internal memo sent from STU Vice President of Finance and Administration Lily Fraser, to faculty and staff the university said the reason for the operating deficit was due [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is offering a new on campus employment program called STUworks. The program is designed for first and second year students who meet at least one of the following criteria, the student must be: first (or first generation) in family to go to college or university from a low socio-economic background, a First [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Like Moses from his mountain, Justin Trudeau descended from his tour bus and onto the St. Thomas University campus, hair flowing, smile cocked and, according to some female voices around me, butt bulging. The Off Campus Lounge was packed with young Liberals in red sweaters and Stepford smiles, the politically curious, the celebrity aroused, and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>NB Power is looking for advice from New Brunswickers on what to do with the crumbling Mactaquac Generating Station. The public utility will be holding a public open house at St. Thomas University on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at noon to discuss possible solutions to the dam’s problems. The open house will be held in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The student union is working with MLA David Coon to fix the lights on the trail between BMO field and Forest Hill. By-election winners: At-Large Representative: Noah Turner Board of Governors Representative: Maureen MacNeil First Year Residence Representative: Anisha Romany Graduating Class President: Allison Muise Off-Campus Representative: Whitney Beals Deadline to opt out of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My father is not political. I don’t even think he can name all of the political parties, let alone their leaders. But he does vote. He votes for one reason. If you don’t vote, you can’t complain when politicians mess up. This is by no mean elegant logic. However, the point is even this man, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Picture me, a 21-year-old first year who can only afford tuna fish and ramen noodles for my diet the last month of school. It took me a month to readjust to actual food once I started eating my mother’s cooking again. In no way am I blaming the university for my bad decisions. Text books [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University and the Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations squared off at the Court of Queen’s Bench on Oct. 1. The case was brought on by STU’s refusal to release severance details of three high level former administrators between 2012 and 2013. The case almost came to an abrupt end when council for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you have read The Aquinian over the past few weeks you would have noticed that we profiled three candidates running in the Fredericton riding. Specifically those were Mary Lou Babineau for the Greens, Matt DeCourcey for the Liberals, and Sharron Scott-Levesque for the New Democrats. We had hoped to continue this series this week [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With the student demographic having some of the lowest voter turnout numbers and and only two weeks left in the federal election, students have to make sure they know how to vote to make sure theirs counts. Here&#8217;s how to according to the Election&#8217;s Canada website. First you have to make sure you are registered [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STU graduate and illustrator Emily Brown and authour Paul McAllister have started a crowdfunding campaign to publish their new book There and Back Again, A Herman Tale. “There and Back Again, A Herman Tale,” is a children’s book. The book stars a monster named Herman, which McAllister hopes will represent some of the feelings we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Prof. Karla O’Regan said the university would have benefited from consulting with the Criminology Department in drafting the new sexual violence policy. “I think there are some rational reasons why you might have asked some members of the university’s faculty what they think of this,” said O’Regan. The Criminology Department has the policy on its [&hellip;]</p>