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<p>Samantha Steeves, a third-year St. Thomas student, felt uncomfortable with what one of her professors was teaching in her first year of university. She said the professor’s lectures toed the line into baseless opinion, mostly about religion. “It was so heavy-handed it was almost funny. You couldn’t take him seriously as a professor because of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was the summer of 2013. The St. Thomas journalism student was interning at the Telegraph-Journal in Saint John. She was the only intern to come into the office early that day, and so Cherise Letson was the one they sent to cover a body found in the Saint John harbour. “I saw them lift [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Michael Kirby spoke as the second distinguished speaker of the McKenna Centre for communications and public policy on Monday night at St. Thomas. The AQ was able to ask him some questions before the talk. You stepped down from the Senate 10 years before you needed to. Why? All of my life, I have left jobs when I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Flu season has been upon us for months now, but public awareness is again on the rise after the swine flu related death of a Fredericton woman earlier this month. The Student Health Centre at UNB has run out of flu vaccine but is expecting to receive more later this week. “The flu vaccine is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tentative agreement reached St. Thomas faculty and administration reached a tentative agreement on Dec. 20, said communication officer Jeffery Carleton. The agreement will be brought to the Board of Governors for ratification and will be made public after that. Carleton refused to answer questions about when the agreement will be taken to the board, what [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two teachers and one student are in the hospital with minor and serious injuries after an incident at Eastern College on Prospect Street in Fredericton this morning. A fourth person, a male suspect is also in the hospital. “On arrival, the police officers found that the three victims had been injured by a long-bladed knife [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas faculty and administration reached a tentative agreement on Dec. 20, said communications director Jeffrey Carleton. &#8220;Right now both sides are working to assemble the final documentation to make sure there is an agreed upon contract that will be brought forth for ratification to the Board of Governors and the persons of the faculty association.&#8221;  [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Assembly of First Nation Chiefs of New Brunswick has called on the Alward government to talk with them about the development of natural resources, like shale gas, and acknowledge joint jurisdiction. But did tensions rise too high last October when a shale gas protest turned violent in Rexton with police cars set on fire [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bundles of old electronic devices wait for recycling in every corner in a storehouse at the Fredericton industrial park. Broken tube TVs and flat computer screens sit in storage racks. Hundreds of computers and laptops are stacked on palettes. Cables, old printers and laptop bags fill waist-high card boxes. Millions of dollars once spent for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas started this semester off right with $100,000 in donations. $50,000 was donated to the Great Books program by former CEO and President of Irving Oil Mike Asher. “[Asher] is a firm advocate of liberal arts education and the Aquinas program structure and also the Great Books program,” said vice president of alumni relations [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Coming back to the drone of essays and busy schedules after winter break is difficult to face, but St. Thomas Student Union president Elizabeth Murphy has organized Frost Week to motivate students and have fun. “What we want to do in the new year is to have everything colourful and vibrant and uplifting because this [&hellip;]</p>

<p>FREDERICTON (CUP) — The New Brunswick Student Alliance (NBSA) is holding its first advocacy week in the first week of February when the provincial legislature sits. “We’re going to try to get as many students as we can from across the province into Fredericton and meet with as many of the MLAs, party leaders and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Professor Gerard Horgan will take Professor Molchanov&#8217;s place in teaching comparative politics this semester because of an incident with a student that occurred last week. Molchanov will not be teaching anymore of his classes this semester as part of the disciplinary procedure, said communications director Jeffrey Carleton. Last week, third-year student Robert Young was kicked [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Professor Mikhail Molchanov’s first day of class with a group of political science students didn’t go as planned. Third-year student Robert Young was kicked out of the Comparative Politics class last week when he made a joke to the professor. The professor got angry and asked him to leave class, but not before accusing the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>University of New Brunswick faculty and administration were unable to negotiate a deal before the Monday deadline and will now strike until further notice. According to a press release sent out by the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers, there was no movement from the university to reach an agreement. &#8220;I wonder if they [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Red T Movement has been a presence at St. Thomas University for over a year. In that time, they&#8217;ve held a rally at the school, organized a petition calling for a tuition freeze and, on Friday, had their first formal discussion with the school&#8217;s administration. Members of the movement read a letter to President [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Have you been staring at the same three paragraphs of that unfinished essay for the past two weeks? Don’t worry, snuggle up to a fur coat and watch out for a wet nose — the puppy room at St. Thomas returns. &#8220;Dogs are a natural stress reliever,” said Peter Johnston, third-year journalism student. He was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A faculty strike at University of New Brunswick may be on the horizon and some worry consequences will spill over to St. Thomas. It wasn’t long ago that St. Thomas was facing its own union battles which ended in a lockout. “It was a bit of a mess to be honest,” said Sean Thompson, a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With Black Friday having come and gone, the question remains whether or not it’s enough to keep shoppers in New Brunswick, one involving more factors than just saving a buck. “We don’t have the Burlington Coat Factory, which is one of my favourite stores to shop at, and it’s in Bangor,” said Jacqueline Gallant. “It’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Robin Wood was sitting in her musical theatre class at Saint John High school when a man walked in who would change the course of her life. The man began throwing cards around the room and performing magic tricks. The fifteen-year old student was intrigued and walked up to him after class. “It was literally [&hellip;]</p>