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<p>Fredericton needs more alternative education programs, says a St. Thomas University social action group. Only one such program exists today, and has a wait list that can stretch a hundred or more applicants long at times, leading some people to back out after a year or more out of the school system. The group of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Damages done to a Rigby Hall washroom during the Nov. 15 Rigby Rave led to the house president stepping down, and will put a dent in the house committee’s wallet. The residence and the university will split the costs, though the amounts are yet to be determined. Rigby treasurer Catherine Mitchell said residence life told [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A recent harassment allegation has St. Thomas University students watching their online behaviour, as an inquiry brought on the voluntary closure of two STU-branded Facebook pages. Last Wednesday, “UNBF and STU Confessions and Compliments” administrator Matt Kelly, a UNB student, began shutting the page down. It can take up to 14 days to be removed from [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A recent protest against dress codes and sexual assault policies at Fredericton High School has brought the issue to the forefront for many students and parents in the area, and has Fredericton police reviewing the incident. More than 50 students walked out of their last class at Fredericton High School on Friday to protest its “appropriate attire” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If progress continues at the table, then the St. Thomas University Staff and Administrative Union will not have to strike. “We hope that we can avoid [a strike or lockout]. We are preparing for the worst case because we don’t want to be unprepared. But it is our hope and I believe the university’s hope [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students’ Union and STU’s student athlete council hope to make this year’s Movember campaign the most successful one yet. Robert McMichael, a STUSU at-large representative and the campaign organizer, said they are well on their way to meeting that goal. He dismissed concerns surrounding men who grow mustaches every year without donating [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If the rate of students making the Dean&#8217;s List continues to grow, St. Thomas University could find itself looking for a bigger venue for its Dean&#8217;s List dinner than the Rigby Ballroom. Since 1985, the number of students making a 3.7 GPA has jumped from about five to about 14 per cent of the student [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Shyla Augustine went to the University of New Brunswick in 2009, she had no place to live. She stayed at friends’ places, slept in her car, or went back to her hometown of Elsipogtog First Nation. She never knew where she would be sleeping from one night to the next. But she was still [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Facebook page  “UNBF and STU Confessions and Compliments,” is set to shut down amid a legal inquiry spurred by alleged harassment on the page. The announcement came Wednesday night, but administrator Matt Kelly said the page can take up to 14 days to be removed from the Web. He said no new posts will be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With supplies at the St. Thomas food bank dwindling, the university encourages everyone to give a gift of compassion this year. A few free meals could keep some students in school. Fourth-year STU student Rene Doucette relied on the food bank last school year. “I had to pay rent so I didn’t have enough money [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Human rights in Canada and beyond has taken its place at the centre of conversation and education with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights which opened this September in Winnipeg. This year&#8217;s Dr. Bernie Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights speaker was Dr. Clinton Curle, the new head of stakeholder relations at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas alumna Patricia Ellsworth is raising money to help build a school for hundreds of Zambian children who can’t access education. She and other Canadian volunteers started a non-profit organization called Friends for Zambia, which has raised almost $1 million for the project. Ellsworth recently announced Canadian donors will sponsor 33 students, up from 23 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A group of four St. Thomas University students lobbied the City of Fredericton earlier this month to force gas stations to warn customers about environmental risks of fossil fuel consumption with a warning label on every nozzle. The effort is part of the national campaign &#8220;Our Horizon.&#8221; Local lobbyists Jeremy Trevors and Nicholas Decarie are confident [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Talking about physical health is difficult without coming across as insensitive, but with 63 per cent of New Brunswick&#8217;s adults reporting to be obese or overweight last year, obesity is one of the province&#8217;s most expensive problems. This was the topic of a meeting between the newly-elected president of the New Brunswick Medical Society and the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Vice President of Education Sam Titus presented the union advocacy policy. The changes, created by him and his external affairs committee, was unanimously approved at the SRC meeting on Thursday. This document is created annually that shows the policies the union advocates for. They will not necessarily be implemented for a few years, and he [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jian Gomeshi had a bad week. A really bad week. The floodgates opened when four women came forward with allegations of sexual violence in a Toronto Star piece last Sunday. Since then, the number of alleged victims has grown to at least nine.  The investigation started four months ago when Jesse Brown, an independent journalist who has his own [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While newer institutions are trying to re-purpose liberal arts education for the wired world, two veteran St. Thomas University professors don’t think alternative approaches would be a good fit for here. Both Patrick Malcolmson and Sylvia Hale said close relationships between professors and students who see each other every day is something that already separates STU [&hellip;]</p>

<p>AIDS New Brunswick is working with University of New Brunswick nursing students to make testing more accessible. The testing began last Wednesday and is available bi-weekly at 65 Brunswick St. between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. “Were hoping to make testing available to people who are finding it difficult,” said Matt Smith, prevention programs manager [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The establishment of a free Ukrainian state is more complicated than the Western world acknowledges, Mikhail Molchanov told an audience of political science students Tuesday. “The main issue is the Cold War mentality which unfortunately existed in the West through this last 25 years. Despite assurances to the contrary, Russia was never taken seriously as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Moncton mountie murderer Justin Bourque&#8217;s sentence to 75 years in prison without parole was good news to many Canadians Friday, but St. Thomas University criminology professor Karla O&#8217;Regan said the legal community is concerned by the “vengeance-based” sentence. Borque, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder of RCMP officers [&hellip;]</p>