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<p>Kyle Steeves’ concern about safety eventually caused him to leave Harrington for good. The Harrington resident for three years said issues with bathroom hygiene and damages to the hallways and rooms caused him to switch to Rigby Hall in his final year of studies before graduating last year. Stories like Steeves&#8217; have contributed to the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Book launch The St. Thomas University Research Office presents the launch of Dr. Tony Tremblay’s new book ‘Fred Cogswell: The Many-Dimensioned Self’. Cogswell a famous Canadian poet, is one of New Brunswick’s most accomplished editors, publishers and professors, is the subject of a new digital book. The launch will be held in Brian Mulroney Hall, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Brian Mulroney’s passion for law and justice was clear when he spoke about the highlights of his time as prime minister. Mulroney delivered a speech entitled “Leadership in Canada and Around the World” on Thursday to an audience that overflowed the allowed seating and stood along the back wall in Holy Cross House conference room [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Although the STUSU by-election is one of no contest, that doesn’t mean that students shouldn’t vote says the new Chief Returning Officer, Justin Creamer. “I feel that people should vote in the by-election because it&#8217;s their needs and concerns that these candidates are trying to address,” Creamer said. “Even though they’re running unopposed, it&#8217;s still [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dawn Russell announced last week St. Thomas University will create a new communications and public policy major, in conjunction with the Frank McKenna Centre for Communications and Public Policy. “This new program will explore the connection between communicating with citizens, engaging citizens and creating public policy,” Russell said. Jeffrey Carleton, the university’s communication director, says [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“Looking Back at the Montreal Massacre” the Gemini Award-winning film by Francine Pelletier will be shown in Brian Mulroney Hall room 101 on Nov. 21 at 12:30 p.m. Pelletier, St. Thomas Universities Irving Chair in Journalism, will speak after the event about her experience as a journalist during the École Polytechnique shootings that claimed the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STUSU reports seven thousand dollar deficit A week after reporting a budgeted surplus of $197, STUSU is reporting a $7,716 deficit. This drastic change in expectations for the year results from STU confirming enrollment numbers. The 2,376 full time students enrolled is 99 less than what STUSU had projected when the budget was made at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was their last day in the village. Corporal Michael MacAulay was approached by a man on a camel. When MacAulay’s lieutenant searched the newcomer, the man detonated. He was a suicide bomber. MacAulay took shrapnel in the elbow. After the ensuing chaos he remembers being transported while helping to monitor his Lieutenant who was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fin Mackay-Boyce delivered the first full budget update to the St. Thomas University Students’ Union on Thursday. The STUSU will have a budgeted surplus of $197 if the number of students paying fees remains the same as what is projected. The union expects revenues of $285,550 from the fees of 2,475 full-time students, 175 part-time [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nahlah Ayed, veteran journalist, spoke on the importance of patience in the Middle East to a full auditorium at St. Thomas University on Wednesday. The CBC foreign correspondent delivered the tenth annual Dalton Camp lecture on the importance of waiting and staying long enough. This year also marks ten years since Ayed left for the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STUSU takes moderate position regarding provincial budget cuts STUSU executives attended a conference on the global future of post-secondary education last weekend. John Hoben said he sat next to the minister of post-secondary education at dinner one evening. He said they had a productive discussion over the meal. The provincial deficit was reported to have [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Speed Networking and Mentorship STU student services, Residence Life and Alumni Affairs will be hosting a “Speed Networking and Mentorship,” a chance to meet 12 STU alumni from multiple fields including social work, communications and policing. The workshop gives students valuable networking connections and a chance at ongoing advice and mentorship. The workshop will take [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I grew up in “the Oldest Summer Resort in America,” also known as Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The population of 6,000 more than triples during the summer, drawing in celebrities like Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon &#8211; and Mitt Romney. Romney owns a summer home on our lake and is often seen biking, boating, or dining in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Eric Johnson hasn’t had any luck finding a job since moving here from Campbellton. “I was in Fredericton for the whole summer without any luck of finding a job,” said the second-year St. Thomas student. “I looked at all of the bigger places like Walmart, Zellers, Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Kent, a few different pizza places [&hellip;]</p>

<p>According to St. Thomas University&#8217;s financial statements, the university made $14,000 last year compared to the year before when it was $140,000. Jeffrey Carleton, communications director, says in the grand scheme of things, this isn&#8217;t a significant difference because their main goal is to break even. St. Thomas University released its financial statements for the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mother Theresa once said “kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” This week STU echoes that sentiment with World Kindness Week. It runs from Nov. 13 to Nov. 20. Amy Campbell, Samantha Molen and Christie MacInnis are three social work students who are offering their own helping [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It wasn&#8217;t only the biting breeze that chilled the people standing in front of the memorial plaque. Clouds bolstered by the November wind covered the sun. Hands clasped hot coffee cups or hid inside warm jacket pockets. Silence overcame the courtyard when the mournful tunes of bagpipes resounded at 11 o’clock. Members of St. Thomas [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Many students at St. Thomas University are probably wondering how they&#8217;ll get a job with a liberal arts degree. With fewer jobs and more debt, the idea of graduating can be frightening. Barbara Hill, senior associate at the Center for International Initiatives, has worked at more than 68 institutions of higher education in the U.S. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Representatives shouldn’t abstain A letter from Alex Vietinghoff, STU alumnus and former council member now turned recruiter was read at the students’ union meeting on Thursday. Vietinghoff criticized council members who chose to abstain from votes in the past few weeks and mentioned a previous chair who required explanations if people wished to abstain. “When [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dalton Camp Lecture CBC Foreign Correspondent, Nahlah Ayed, will present the annual Dalton Camp Lecture on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m., in the Kinsella Auditorium. Ayed worked in the Middle East for seven years and now lives in Toronto as the The National&#8217;s correspondent. She has won multiple awards for her journalism, including three Gemini [&hellip;]</p>