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<p>&nbsp; Only one student attended the university’s code of conduct town hall-style meeting last Wednesday afternoon. The meeting, held at the Kinsella Auditorium, was a chance for students to ask questions and give feedback about the revision process of the new code. Barry Craig, St. Thomas University’s vice-president academic, said he didn’t think there would [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After complaints from St. Thomas University’s faculty and staff, the university hired an outside firm to conduct air quality testing in Edmund Casey Hall last month. The tests, conducted between Oct. 17 and 21, found a high level of carbon dioxide in ECH G11, which is a classroom. Stantec Consulting Ltd., the company that conducted [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Great journalism requires great courage, Neil Reynolds told a packed Kinsella Auditorium Thursday night. The newspaper editor delivered St. Thomas University’s 9th annual Dalton Camp lecture in journalism. He’s been an editor at papers such as the Vancouver Sun and Ottawa Citizen and is now editor-at-large of the province’s three daily newspapers. Reynolds’ lecture, “The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two members of the St. Thomas University students’ union spent last week in Ottawa bringing student issues to the attention of federal decision-makers. President Mark Livingstone and vice-president education Craig Mazerolle made the trip as part of the union’s membership with the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA). Mazerolle said CASA meets every summer, this [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; Reports of shutting down the Sir Max Aitken Pool at the University of New Brunswick are false, according to David Saad, the university’s facilities operations manager. Despite this, the city is still looking into building a new indoor pool for Fredericton. “As far as I know, there were never any plans to decommission the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The occupiers in front of City Hall in Fredericton have been asked to move by Nov. 25 for the city’s Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. Dana Hartt, a 32 year-old who has been with the movement since mid-October, was the only occupier on site when Fredericton mayor Brad Woodside personally delivered the letter today at noon.Hart [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; It’s hard to miss the Occupy Fredericton encampment when walking by city hall. A large poster reading Occupy Fredericton is splashed against a tree. Behind it is a large green tent, which is deceiving in size. On the inside, it’s bigger than you’d think. Inside the tent, in one corner, are smaller tents with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last month, Hampton councillors voted against seismic testing within town boundaries. Hours before, more than 70 citizens had peacefully protested in front of the town hall, showing they were ready to stand their ground. The message wasn’t lost, not on councillors who passed the unanimous vote, nor on the two companies in question &#8211; Seismotion Inc. and Windsor Energy Inc. A lot of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Deandra Doyle will never forget when a plate of nachos ruined her day. “I had a customer yell at me full volume in front of the whole restaurant and it just absolutely mortified me and in the end, it wasn’t my mistake, but you’re the face that people see when there’s something wrong with their [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last December, with final exams underway, Cpl. Cal LaKing left behind his text books and picked up an assault rifle. The fourth-year psychology student at St. Thomas University spent eight days in Goose Bay, Labrador learning how to survive and keep working when temperatures dip below -30 C. “It was very good experience for me since it was only my second time [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Get your mask ready, St. Thomas, because this year’s winter formal has a masquerade theme that organizers hope students will go all out for. “We’re making it very zesty and classy,” said organizer Natasha Glover. The Crowne Plaza will play host to the event, a change from the traditional Student Union Building location, on Dec. 8. Glover said the choice came [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a long line of darkened offices, only one is lit on a holiday weekend at St. Thomas University. Under that single light sits a large desk accompanying a bare bookshelf that rests against blank walls. The only objects on the desk are a pair of novels, an empty energy drink and Tim Hortons coffee with its companion, a greying man writing furiously on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Neil Reynolds has worked in some of the country’s largest newsrooms, including the Ottawa Citizen and the The Vancouver Sun. He’s now editor-at-large at the province’s three daily newspapers, the Telegraph-Journal, Daily Gleaner and Times &amp; Transcript. He’s also a columnist with The Globe and Mail. On Thursday, at 8 p.m. in the Kinsella Auditorium, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ryan Sullivan would like to see a diverse St. Thomas University community with students from as many countries as possible.Sullivan, the director of international recruitment, said diversity of students is one of STU’s priorities, as different experiences improve a student’s education and open up new horizons. STU’s international student enrolment is up this year, with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The search for a new vice-president finance and administration is in its final stage. University spokesman Jeffrey Carleton said candidates have been interviewed and the final decision is being made now. The university wants to have the new vice-president finance and administration in place by January. “They’re not in a position to make an announcement yet,” Carleton said. The six-member search committee held two [&hellip;]</p>

<p>New Brunswick&#8217;s Finance Minister Blaine Higgs sits down with The Aquinian to talk about university funding, student retention &#8211; and why you should stay in New Brunswick. AQ: New Brunswick has a long way to go before it has battled its debt and deficit. What advice do you have for students who are finishing school [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Passion and persistence are key. This is the message seven people from the Fredericton community delivered to arts students at a career week session last Thursday. Held in the University of New Brunswick Student Union Building, “So you’re pursuing an arts degree&#8230;What’s next after graduation?” was part of UNB/STU career week events. The panelists, all [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Canadian government is getting ready to spend more than $3.6 billion on a catchphrase, Memorial University professor Justin Piché said. “Getting tough on crime” is fun to say and easy to get behind, a motto that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been pushing as part of plans to build provincial super-prisons as well as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; The union representing 59 workers from Acadian Lines has filed a labour complaint against the bus line. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1229 workers, who are mechanics, bus drivers, customer service representatives and maintenance workers, could go on strike as early as Nov. 21. The membership voted 98 per cent in favour of striking [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Facebook can connect people with far-away friends and family members and keep you in the loop about social events. Logging on can turn into hours of reading a news feed updated instantly after every comment or “like” a friend makes. But is it appropriate for the classroom? St. Thomas University professors have been using different [&hellip;]</p>