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<p>University of New Brunswick students continue their semester this week, after being locked out of classes for three weeks due to stalled contract negotiations between the university and its faculty association. Last Monday provincial post-secondary education minister Jody Carr ordered both sides back to the table with a mediator. By Thursday a tentative deal was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bell&#8217;s annual Let&#8217;s Talk day bested its own record again, raising almost $5.5 million for mental health initiatives. St. Thomas University stepped up to support the telecomm giant&#8217;s campaign. STU criminology professor Susan Reid&#8217;s Children and Youth at Risk class focused on ways to promote mental health awareness leading up to the big day. Jordie [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Winter may have you feeling blue, but your NB Power bills will make you see red. NB Power announced a two per cent rate increase in October of 2013. This may not seem like a big deal, but for students like fourth-year St. Thomas student Kayla Byrne, it was a surprise. Byrne said she doesn’t [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This month, academic advising at St. Thomas is making itself more transparent and available for students. Last week, advisor Owen Marshall launched an outreach initiative. For six weeks, Marshall will visit each of the residences and be available at the off-campus lounge for student questions about anything ranging from their schedules and programs to specific [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fourth-year student Katie Clow was recently chosen as a campaign advisor for the National Shinerama Leadership team. Shinerama is the student campaign that fundraises for Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Clow learned she got the position last week. “I was actually really surprised that I got it because they usually only accept people with two years experience and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas students are challenging faith and seeking the meaning of life through the Alpha course. “To go there and think they’re not going to judge me and be welcomed creates a bond communion,” said Raissa Musoni, a third year student. “They give you an outlook of life.” Campus Alpha is a group that started [&hellip;]</p>

<p>University of New Brunswick students will begin their semester this week after being locked out of classes due to stalled contract negotiations between the university and it&#8217;s faculty association. Last Monday provincial post-secondary education minister Jody Carr ordered both sides back to the table with a mediator. By Thursday a tentative deal was struck. Some [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Robert Young was first diagnosed with autism when he was about three years old. He grew up in Lincoln, New Brunswick and now attends St. Thomas University. Up until two weeks ago, none of his professors had really given him any strife about his autism. That changed when Professor Mikhail Molchanov made a comment about [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In 1989, in Peekskill, New York, 16-year-old Jeffrey Deskovic was walking to school when he was stopped by a police car. He was wanted for questioning in the case of his raped and murdered classmate, 15-year-old Angela Correa. While his other classmates were in school mourning the girl’s loss, Deskovic sat in a small room [&hellip;]</p>

<p>About 150 UNB students and community members rallied together early Friday morning. They dropped off plastic folding tables in front of the faculty&#8217;s strike headquarters and the Old Arts Building, which houses the president&#8217;s office, to send the message that both sides need to “get back to the table.” The table they speak of is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STU’s growing population of Chinese students have to face more than just the culture shock most international students face. They face classroom shock. “For us it is more about learning and testing skills,” said Haoyang (Lucas) Liu, an admissions counsellor of Chinese students at STU. “So when it comes to grammar, reading or writing, we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Student survey  STUSU launched its annual student survey last Wednesday. The survey intends to give next year&#8217;s students&#8217; representative committee hard data to work with for their budget and plans. “We&#8217;re asking about things like, how they feel about their health plans, how they feel about mental health, how they feel about programs we run, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Fredericton needle exchange is helping to keep dirty needles off the streets and reduce cases of HIV and Hepatitis C. After almost 15 years of providing these services, the needle exchange provided by AIDS New Brunswick has grown. Each year, AIDS N.B. serves 300 people and distributes around 100,000 needles. With a needle return [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At the beginning of the month, Pope Francis called on consecrated women and men to “wake up the world” and start promoting growth in the Church. He especially wanted to attract young people. But for the Campus Ministry at St. Thomas University, this initiative wasn&#8217;t something new. This year, two representatives from St. Thomas will [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Makeovers, photo booths and door prizes were part of the celebration of the new campus online magazine on Wednesday. Writers of the new St. Thomas chapter of Her Campus hosted a party at the Holy Cross House Conference Room for students. Emma Chapple, editor-in-chief and president of the STU chapter, was relieved to launch the magazine [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It is likely that St. Thomas professors will not be striking this semester because a tentative agreement was reached in December, however the support and administrative staff might. President of the support and administrative staff union Jennifer Burry said the union that began in 2010 has been trying to pass its first collective agreement with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas’ unions showed their support at AUNBT’s rally on Thursday. A crowd of at least 150 people surrounded UNB’s gates to show solidarity in AUNBT’s lockout. Several labour unions joined in the picketing, including St. Thomas’ own FAUST. The crowd was chanting “save UNB” and several people passed a megaphone around to offer “solidarity [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two days before the incident on Jan. 7, Mikhail Molchanov received news that his mother had become paralyzed and left without medical support in Sochi, Russia. A family member, who spoke on the promise of anonymity, said Molchanov’s daughter had also just been diagnosed with a severe mental disability, including episodes. Going into that comparative [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some people feel their body isn’t how it’s supposed to be and, though not disabled, will ride around in a wheelchair. Some will go as far as to get rid of a limb, removing it on their own if they have to. “One of my participants had an ‘accident’ with a miter saw,” said Clive [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s not only UNB students who haven’t been able to get to class lately. For a number of St. Thomas students, the strike has also affected their class schedule. STU students are able to take classes at UNB. For some, these classes are necessary to take in time of graduation. STU communications director Jeffrey Carleton [&hellip;]</p>