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<p>Professor Robin Vose is headed to the British Library in London soon thanks to a $3,625 research grant from St. Thomas University&#8217;s Research Committee. Vose will continue the research he began with his friend who worked at the University of Notre Dame. “[He] managed to secure the purchase of a major, never-before studied collection of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Technology can often be seen as a distraction in the classroom, a toy to divert students away from education. While for some that may be true, technology can also be used as an assistive tool for others. Robyn Young, second-year psychology student at St. Thomas University, is doing just that by using an electronic pen [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University Students’ Union Chair, Ryan Smith, began Thursday&#8217;s meeting by moving talks about the proposed structural changes to the union until the end of the meeting, believing it would be the longest discussion. In reality, it only lasted three and a half minutes. Unlike the last major debate that lasted two and a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s been a week and a half since the Garrison District Ale House and 32 jobs went up in smoke. Employees of the restaurant are still in shock over the loss of their workplace, and their livelihoods. But despite the fire coming right after the season of giving, the Fredericton community rallied behind those impacted [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ron Tremblay’s words echoed those of an entire movement. “We are here to kill the Bill C-45.” The rally co-ordinator addressed a crowd of more than 200 protesters who showed up to support the Idle No More movement on Friday, outside the office of Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Fredericton MP, Keith Ashfield. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Faculty Book Launch: Dr. Kathleen McConnell. Dr. Kathleen McConnell, chair of the English Department at St. Thomas launches her book Pain, Porn and Complicity: Women Heroes from Pygmalion to Twilight, a collection of essays analyzing women as protagonists and how they are characterized in popular culture and the effect of those characterizations on the culture [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bruce Grandy announced at Fredericton city council&#8217;s 2013 budget speech that in order to balance the budget, some fees and fines increased. One of those was the Fredericton Transit student bus pass. The monthly pass increased to $45. Adult passes are $65 and senior passes are $50. Meaghan Farrah, fourth-year University of New Brunswick student, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Garrison District Ale House in downtown Fredericton caught fire late Friday night. Police were called to the restaurant at 426 Queen St. just after 10 p.m. and fire crews were still at the location at 1 a.m. Police closed part of Queens Street, from Carleton Street to York Street. “Everyone got out safe,” said [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The owner of Trius Tours and Maritime Bus says he wants to create incentives for Fredericton students to use the bus. “I’m really hoping for St. Thomas and UNB to do curbside pickup and drop-off. I have to get into Fredericton. I have to look for the proper locations but I am really trying for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The new leader of the provincial Liberal Party says education is high on his list of priorities. “Getting people in school and keeping them here afterwards benefits all of us,” says Brian Gallant. “Not just universities, but trades too.” Gallant, who only graduated from high school 12 years ago, surprised many when he handily won [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Student Health Centre Closes The Student Health Centre will be closing at 2:15 the afternoon of Tuesday, Dec. 4 for student presentations. The clinic will open at 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday Dec. 5. If you require medical assistance please refer to www.411.ca and search health clinics for local options. Au Royaume du Chœur de Soulanges [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s that time of year again, time to deck the halls. Frederictonians are coming together for the second year to help people in the Democratic Republic of Congo by selling homemade Christmas wreaths. Frederick Mwenengabo is a member of the East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights and a victim of the conflict in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STUSU President John Hoben proposed a restructuring plan that would drastically change the makeup and organization of the St. Thomas University Students’ Union on Thursday. The meeting ran for two and a half hours due to extensive debate. As presented, the plan would change the corporate structure of the union from a council to a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Movember is wrapping up at St.Thomas University as participants are dusting off their razors, and the girls are coming out of hiding. Although we tend to forget what those magnificent moustaches walking around campus are all about, this Movember STU saw more participants and funds raised than in previous years. “Participation has increased. There are [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Miigam’agan gave “grandmother teachings” in the Wabanaki Resource Centre on Wednesday. “I think the spirit of St. Thomas is to breach those relationships and when we start to see that we’re a lot more alike than we are not, then it really starts to create that unity and restore that balance. Then, we’ll start to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ronald Joseph Stevens says the new Aboriginal Resource Centre is a home away from home on campus for aboriginal students. “I think this was the start of something huge. If you look at places like St.FX or UNB, they don&#8217;t have anything close to this for aboriginal students,” the First Nations St. Thomas University student [&hellip;]</p>

<p>1. Write, don&#8217;t read. To retain large amounts of course material and gain command over details and concepts you must write, not just read. Studying should be an active process, not a passive one. This might involve copying out definitions, condensing long notes into short summaries, or preparing outlines for essay questions. Glancing back over [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Justin Brown is using his job as student life assistant to bring students together with a pre-formal event. The event will include a poker tournament where two students from each resident will compete to win a Wii for their residence. There will also be virgin drinks, music, fine art. The event is called “suave sips [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When the production of The Phantoms was announced, many Bathurst residents were angry. There was a fear the film about the “Boys in Red” was an attempt to “recreate a horrible event and make everyone relive it just so they could make a profit,” second-year STU student and former BHS student, Lindsey MacKay, says. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jeff Wright says he lept at the chance to work with and for the students at St. Thomas University because the school represents his passion and values. He says he’s a product of his undergraduate experience at Acadia University and is looking forward to a liberal arts university with small classes in the small city [&hellip;]</p>