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<p>Dawn Russell says residence renewal is on her list of goals for next year, which includes a new lounge for students. She says it&#8217;s been obvious to her, even before off-campus students brought it to her attention, that there needed to be a special space for off-campus students. The studies show that the retention and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For many Muslim students on St. Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick’s shared campus, prayer is a priority. The Islamic faith requires Muslims to pray five times a day. For students, finding a quiet, clean place to practice their religion is an everyday challenge. “When I first came here I would go to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Over 60 students took to the courtyard outside McCain Hall on Thursday to protest tuition increases at STU, four stories below the office of St. Thomas University President Dawn Russell. The “Students Against STUition” hoped their chants and speeches were heard by administrators such as Russell, as they aim to pressure the administration to take [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Volunteer coordinator of Saint John’s Out of the Cold Shelter, Fern Bennett, thinks the government is not doing enough to fix homelessness in New Brunswick. “I believe the issue of homelessness is not adequately addressed because of the general public’s perception that there are adequate services and even more so the belief that homelessness is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Library Research Help Between March 26 and April 9 between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. in JDH Room G4, Barry Cull, the Harriet Irving Library’s St. Thomas Liaison, will be holding office hours. Barry will be available to assist faculty, students, and staff with any library-related questions. No library research question is too basic or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University&#8217;s second water conservation challenge ends this week, but Kyla Tanner hopes students will turn what they&#8217;ve learned into habits. The students&#8217; union sustainable lifestyles coordinator says the easiest way to reduce water usage is by having shorter showers. “Every minute that you shower uses between 4 and 10L of water depending on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Former Aramark employee, David Wright, will be sentenced on June 10 for stealing cheques and cash from the St. Thomas Students&#8217; Union in November. He admitted to the thefts last Monday in court. President John Hoben says the total amount stolen was approximately $550. “The individual involved was employed by Aramark as a custodian, and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If there&#8217;s one way to describe Heather MacInnis, it&#8217;s that she&#8217;s a fighter. The STU student and New Brunswick woman had a double lung transplant for the second time last week. In order to let her body heal itself, MacInnis was medicated to stay unconscious for a few days. But now she is awake and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas Students&#8217; Union spring election saw 553 students come out to vote, 23.17 per cent of the university&#8217;s population. This is only slightly lower than last year which had 23.6 per cent of the population voting. And the year before that had a voting population of 22.9 per cent, which was considered high. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The communications department at St. Thomas University received a major boost when Frank McKenna gave a $1 million endowment to support the Frank McKenna Centre for Communications and Public Policy. This is the largest endowment STU has ever received. Michael Camp, associate professor of journalism, says the endowment will provide opportunities like guest speakers, conferences, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University will lose two of its three full-time native studies professors at the end of this school year. Roland Chrisjohn is the only full-time professor who will return in the fall. He declined to comment, as did D’Arcy Vermette. STU communications director, Jeffrey Carleton, spoke on behalf of the department. “D&#8217;Arcy Vermette has [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Elizabeth Murphy was elected as the 2013-2014 president of the St. Thomas Students&#8217; Union with 338 votes. She says her two main goals for next year are to increase alumni presence on campus and help students with finances. She says she will be successful because of her networking skills and experience working with administration. &#8220;I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dallas Power Dallas Power graduated from high school at 16 years old, making him the youngest STUSU presidential candidate. Despite this, the third-year psychology student says he has the leadership experience necessary to provide transparency and positivity within the students’ union. “I would be coming into this role with an open mind, without the worry [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Elizabeth Murphy emphasized the need for open communication within the union and accused John Hoben of making “rash” decisions at the St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union presidential debate on Thursday. The candidates were asked how they would justify not running The Aquinian&#8217;s Board of Directors elections because the paper would not give the union a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Students gathered Friday afternoon in the Kinsella auditorium to honour a St. Thomas tradition and to take one more step towards graduation. The T ceremony was short and sweet this year, as students were treated to two speeches and a slideshow of photos taken from their time spent here in Fredericton. “It’s pretty exciting” said [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Each of the four candidates for valedictorian have a different approach in mind for how they want to reach students on the most important day of their undergraduate career. Rosalyn Alessi wants to reach the everyday student, remembering not only the successes and failures of our university experience in the classroom, but also the ones [&hellip;]</p>

<p>President: John Hoben Liz Murphy Dallas Power VP Administration: Emily Sheen VP Education: Luke Robertson VP Student Life: Natasha Glover Henri Thibeau Justin Brown B.O.G Representative (2): Woody Brown Alex Driscoll Grad Class President: Amanda Bird Steven Butler Student Senator: Elizabeth Strange Katelyn Rushton Amanda Poitras Ryan Vienneau At Large: Jon Munn Chance White Lindsay [&hellip;]</p>

<p>According to Gayle MacDonald, assistant vice president of research, the main problem with society is how fast it is. “The world is sped up in increasing, alarming levels of speed. And yet, our physical abilities are the same. We can’t run any faster, walk any faster, but nonetheless, we’re marathoners,” she said. “Our ability has [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union voted behind closed doors on Thursday to suspend provisions requiring the union to run the Aquinian Board of Directors elections, after alleging the Aquinian refused to meet with the union. A letter outlining the decision was sent to the Aquinian and the Aquinian Board of Directors, saying the executive [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In 2006, at a small village in Nepal up towards the Tibetan border, Dominic Cardy was faced with an ultimatum: either flee the country in 48 hours or risk being killed. As the Maoists planted a pistol down on a table in front of him, Cardy didn’t budge. “Ah, 48 hours? You’d give me 24 [&hellip;]</p>