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<p>Last Monday, Microsoft announced it acquired MineCraft, the open-world construction adventure that has become arguably the most popular game, well, ever. The $2.5 billion price tag for MineCraft creator Mojang AB is not chump change, even for Microsoft. Big companies buying out smaller ones is nothing new to the tech world. It seems Facebook tries [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A mass notification system for emergencies will be put in place on St. Thomas, UNB and NBCC campuses starting in October. The new emergency message system will eventually send messages to students through text messages, email and social media. The university will register students for the alerts using data they already have, so right away, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The third annual &#8220;Bridge to Unity&#8221; inter-faith event hosted by St. Thomas University will take place this Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. People from every religion are invited to gather at the Robert Burns Memorial Statue near the provincial legislature on Queen Street to pray, sing, read a poem and end the evening linking [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University students are noticing a trend of fewer professors allowing laptops and cellphones in class over the years, and less use of the devices in classes that do allow them. The university is looking to create a policy that tells students and professors where and when they can use their electronics. A regulation in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas is the smallest of 22 universities in the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations, but St. Thomas Students&#8217; Union executives Sam Titus and Santiago Chavez are climbing the ranks of the national organization. They’re bringing east coast issues to center stage. Sam Titus, the vice-president of education on STUSU, is the chair of the federal [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The outcry against the exclusion of the province&#8217;s two smallest parties at tonight&#8217;s leader&#8217;s debate was a whimper. Only four protesters, two of them children of another protester, waited outside the debate broadcast by CTV from Kinsella Auditorium at St. Thomas University. Tara Hay, a protesting social work student at STU, wore a green and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>An attempt has been made to duplicate the experience of walking into a brewery and buying a growler– the nearly-two-litre, almost-always-brown glass jugs of beer – by liquor giant NB Liquor. The pilot project to make growlers more available began this week, with sales beginning Thursday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. at the NB Liquor [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Sept. 18 New Brunswick leaders&#8217; debate will only feature leaders from the three most popular parties. The decision by CTV to not invite the Green and Peoples Alliance parties is raising eyebrows, and host St. Thomas University has declined to take action. STU spokesperson Jeffrey Carleton said the school&#8217;s administration foresaw this issue being raised, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jack Sullivan and her friends went to The Cellar Pub and Grill’s weekly wing night last Wednesday and noticed some unexpected changes. “I like going there on wing night with like 20 bucks, get a little buzz and eat some food,” Sullivan said. She said she checked her purse the next morning and noticed she [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Breanna Redden-Kelly’s boyfriend’s appendix burst the same day the writ was dropped. “I was sitting in the emergency room with him and I looked up at the clock and I was like ‘oh well, there it is, the election has started’.” Redden-Kelly began volunteering for the Liberal party right after graduating from St. Thomas University [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jennifer Flewelling lives on Tweedsmuir Street just at the bottom of Graham Avenue. As a fourth-year St. Thomas University student, she knew Graham’s reputation long before she moved in on Aug. 28. But she still didn’t think she’d be calling 911 for a fire in the street in her first weeks in the neighbourhood. “It [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The replacement of tables and chairs in the main common area at Sir James Dunn Hall over the summer is among many changes to the building over the past few years, said Jeffrey Carleton, St. Thomas University communications director. Carleton said it was time to upgrade the seating in the building, which the university did at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With new students flooding the campus, the Welcome Week committee was going for a stupendous start to the school year. The events were fairy-tale themed, using the tagline &#8220;STUpendously Ever After&#8221;. “I was going to go with a Las Vegas one, but I figured a fairy-tale one would be more appropriate,” said Welcome Week chair [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas students won’t have to leave campus to vote in this year’s election. For the first time, Elections New Brunswick will have returning officers on campus and voting stations will be set up in Sir James Dunn Hall from Sept. 16 to 19 at 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday and 10 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After students, faculty and staff made it clear they didn’t want the all-you-care-to-eat meal plan rammed down their throats, the administration is promising consultation. University spokesperson Jeffrey Carleton said an advisory group has been formed consisting of both vice-presidents, student and faculty representatives. The group – which Carleton said is planning its first meeting – [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Reproductive Justice New Brunswick is pushing for abortion to be taken as a serious election issue this campaign season. Since the group&#8217;s formation in April it has been a part of their mandate. Kathleen Pye, chair of the pro-choice group, said while the July 31 closure of the private Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton came as a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While changes to Fredericton’s bus system came into effect Sept. 2, many in the city remain opposed, even after a compromise was made to preserve service to the Silverwood and Lincoln areas in August. Bus fares for Fredericton Transit jumped 25 cents to $2.50, with another rate increase expected Jan. 2 that will bring individual [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With the Sept. 22 New Brunswick election coming into focus, the campaign trail is oddly quiet, notably lacking any big news from parties&#8217; post-secondary education platforms. St. Thomas University political science professor Tom Bateman said the economy is the number one issue facing the province, and talk of balanced budgets and keeping jobs in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is no longer offering low tuition as a selling point for potential recruits, communications director Jeffrey Carleton confirmed. This is after the university raised tuition for Canadian students the maximum amount of $357 to $5,552 for this school year. &#8220;It’s very straight forward. Expenditures in universities generally increase around four per cent per year [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas student employee union contract is up for renewal. The contract, created three years ago, covers student union employees. President of the student employees union Ben Lord said the union has sent the notice to bargain to the employer. The employees of the student union work with the Public Service Alliance of Canada who provides [&hellip;]</p>