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<p>The STUSU Film Festival opened the competition to non-STU students because of a low submission rate. Second-year STU student Justin LeClair took away top prize for his film The Hit, and was joined in the winner’s circle by Emily St. Pierre from the Centre of Arts and Technology. St. Pierre claimed second and third prizes [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It&#8217;s time to bring out the ice skates, skis, and curling brooms for St. Thomas University’s third annual Wellness Week. Free events such as ice-skating, Pilates and karate classes, and cheap nights at Crabbe Mountain are available to students and faculty from Feb. 18 to Feb. 23. On Feb. 23 there will also be a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bake sale STU Best Buddies will be having a Valentine’s Day Bake Sale on Feb. 14 in Sir James Dunn Hall cafeteria between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The baked goods can be bought by donation. There will also be a “I’ve got a Crush on you,” fundraiser, where pop will be sold for $1 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The University of New Brunswick Student Employment Service hosted the 2013 UNB Summer Job and Graduating Student Career Fair last week. Booths lined both sides of the Richard J. Currie Center gym. Around 30 students from both schools in all years browsed the booths, hoping to find that one job for the summer, or for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The sexual health of New Brunswick is once again being questioned as teenage pregnancy rates rose by 40 per cent between 2006 and 2010. This is according to a report released by the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECC) in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. The number of cases of sexually transmitted [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The emergency bursaries review committee recommended a referendum on the emergency bursaries program in its report to council on Thursday night. The committee examined the number of students using the program, amount of money being given to students, how the decision was being made and the overall cost of emergency bursaries in the students’ union [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In the United States, there are now 20 female senate members, the highest in U.S. history. The U.S. Army recently lifted the ban on women in combat. Last month, Kathleen Wynne became the first female and gay premier of Ontario. Despite the rising presence of women in leadership roles, less than half of professors at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is preparing for its tenth annual Student Research and Ideas Fair, set to take place March 15. “It really is a cross section of all disciplines,” event organizer Kim Fenwick said. “It&#8217;s great. It really shows the talent of the student researchers coming out of St. Thomas.” All students are welcome to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you&#8217;re hoping to work in New Brunswick this summer, now is the time to start looking. “A lot of employers start to look at hiring needs for the summer as early as February,” Carrie Monteith-Levesque, STU employment and student life coordinator said. Last June only 63.2 per cent of Canadian students between 20 and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Discussion was reopened Thursday night on a failed motion from the Jan. 17 STUSU meeting because the vote taken was invalid. At-large representative, Jon Munn, left his vote on a paper with the chair, Ryan Smith, when he left for his night class. This is allowed under Robert’s Rules. Smith initially forgot to count Munn’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Gordie Angel, attended Dalhousie University for his first semester of university. He decided to transfer to St. Thomas University this semester because it’s smaller and has a lower tuition. “This is a much smaller school…At Dal there were hundreds of people in my classes. I definitely like the small classroom size,” Angel said. One hundred [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Breakfast with NB Lieutenant Governor Campus ministry invites students to “Inter-Faith Breakfast With Lieutenant Governor Graydon Nicholas at Brian Mulroney Hall room 324, on Jan. 30 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Lieutenant Governor Graydon Nicholas will share his reflections on the importance of respect, consideration, solidarity and understanding between people of diverse spiritualities. To [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Motion for international student representative tabled indefinitely An ad-hoc committee was created to study representation of special interest groups such as international and native students. The committee will also report on communications between the students’ union and clubs and societies. The committee was created in response to the motion to create a representative for international [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University will be competing in the Atlantic Residence Energy Challenge for the first time this year with the help of new electrical metering to monitor energy usage. The competition runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11 and the goal is for STU&#8217;s residences and Windsor Street houses to use less energy than residences [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A $200,000 bursary fund was created in honour of St. Thomas University President Dawn Russell, at STU&#8217;s Gala Dinner on Friday. John and Judy Bragg created the new endowment which will be partially matched by government funds. John explained why he wanted to donate to STU when he has more ties to Mount Allison University. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students braved frigid temperatures to march from Queen’s Square to St. Thomas University in solidarity with the Idle No More movement last Thursday. In James Dunn Hall, speeches were punctuated with drumming and singing as students and members of Aboriginal communities explained what the Idle No More movement was fighting against and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Students’ Union plans to start a poster campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault on campus. This follows a tweet from UNB Security last week which said “Alcohol overconsumption = sexual assaults.” The motion to begin the campaign was brought forward by Luke Robertson, who came to council with a prepared [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Clubs and Societies fair There will be a winter Clubs and Societies fair in James Dunn Hall on Jan. 29 from 10 to 2. All clubs and societies are invited to attend, please contact Fin Mackay-Boyce to sign up for a table or for more information. Student Services will be partnering with the students’ union [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Getting to know you English professor Andrew Titus will host “Meditate and Destroy: Five Hindrances of Knowing Yourself” on Jan. 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m at McCain Hall room 106. The workshop will be about “how to get to know yourself a bit better so that you can get to the work and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For students who struggle to make ends meet, next year&#8217;s proposed tuition increase could be a tough reality. St. Thomas University expects to barely break even this year with a surplus of $1,100, a problem that will likely lead the university to increase tuition for the third year in a row. “We&#8217;re forecasting just a [&hellip;]</p>