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<p>Miriam Richer doesn’t think anyone should have to go hungry in Fredericton. Richer, the social issues advocate for the St. Thomas University students’ union, is organizing this year’s Trick-or Eat. Each Halloween, students dress up as their favourite ghost or ghoul and go door-to-door to collect food for the Fredericton Food Bank and campus food [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Not long into her first year at St. Thomas University, Sarah Forbes was questioning whether the school was right for her. Forbes, who commutes to school from her home in Douglas each day, considered transferring and even went as far as to prepare applications to those schools. “It was no different than high school for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A crowd of protesters held signs, chanting, “No more one per cent, no more shit,” outside of city hall Saturday. The protests were part of the Global Day of Action on Oct. 15 that stemmed from the Occupy Wall Street movement. About 65 people attended the city hall march, while the crowd peaked at 100 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When the class of 2015 gathers in the St. Thomas University courtyard to graduate, Justin Creamer wants the group to have a strong bond. The first-year student from Miramichi was elected as the university’s first-year liaison in the STU students’ union’s fall election. Although he hasn’t been on the job long &#8211; he doesn’t even [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dr. Eric Helleiner went to the first G20 summit in 2008 not as a protester, but as an eager spectator, genuinely curious to see what would happen. Three years later, his face lights up with excitement as he tells the story of his experience at what many people believe to have been one of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you attended the Vanier Hall Casino Royale event last Friday, you may have noticed no liquor was served. A Facebook event originally advertised it as a wet/dry. But from now on there won’t be any residence hosted wet/drys, according to St. Thomas University residence manager Clayton Beaton. The change follows a meeting on Oct. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick have added more security cameras around campus after a first-year student at Chatham Hall had her car and laptop stolen last month. Bruce Rogerson, UNB’s director of security, said 14 or 15 new cameras have been added, bringing the total number of cameras on the STU [&hellip;]</p>

<p>SafeRide isn’t as good of a service as SafeWheels was, says St. Thomas University student Sebosis Lydia Paul. “The first two times that I took SafeRide, the UNB guys didn’t even know where to go. I had to tell them where to go,” the second-year political science student said. “The guys driving scared me. I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For Kristy Calhoun, the closure of the Princess Margaret Bridge means one less paycheque in her bank account. The STU student from the Northside quit her second job because she couldn’t get to work on time when the bridge was under construction. “Before, it would take me maybe five minutes to get from one job [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Haley Barton’s car has been found. After it was stolen by an unknown person two Saturdays ago, the car was found abandoned in a driveway at the Tamarack Trailer Park in Lincoln, N.B. The first-year student, who lives in Chatham Hall, realized her car was stolen after she came home one night and noticed her [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Erica Chamberlain never considered herself that different from anyone else her age, nor did she think others saw her differently. That was until a friend of hers referred to people with mental illness as “people like that.” She suddenly felt abnormal and estranged. “It just totally boggled my mind that she could classify everyone with a mental illness as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As the fire alarm rang, Adam Wright sat in his third floor room. Ten minutes passed until someone helped him out of the building. It wasn’t a real fire, but for Wright, it was a real problem.</p>

<p>Dr. Jeff Ferrell has an addiction: he can&#8217;t keep himself out of dumpsters. He loves your garbage. The incredibly fit former criminal justice professor at Northern Arizona University lives on the edge, getting all he needs from urban dumpsters. &#8220;It started out as a bit of an experiment,&#8221; said Ferrell. &#8220;Now it just makes so [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This year, the St. Thomas University students’ union will review its membership in the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. CASA represents 26 student associations that collectively lobby the federal government on post-secondary education issues. CASA is the second largest federal student lobby group. </p>

<p>Nancy O’Shea is doing everything she can to keep students at St. Thomas University. As the new director of student life and retention, O’Shea’s job is to make sure students make it from their first day on campus to graduation. O’Shea was hired by the university this summer after a startling statistic emerged: one in four students at STU will not finish their degree.</p>

<p>When you go to a small school, you don’t always think you have the same opportunities as someone who goes to a bigger school. For Bliss White, this isn’t true anymore. The third-year St. Thomas University student spent the summer interning in Washington, D.C. and studying U.S. foreign policy.</p>

<p>Lead tests are wrapping up on the St. Thomas University campus and the university is now waiting for results from water samples taken at Rigby Hall. The university tested 24 locations two weeks ago after the detection of lead shut down eight water fountains on campus.</p>

<p>After reviewing the draft student code of conduct for two weeks, St. Thomas University students’ union has approved a detailed, 15-page document explaining the changes they want before the code is approved by the university.</p>

<p>Dawn Russell is now officially president and vice-chancellor of STU after the university community gathered Saturday to properly “install” her as the newest addition. Although the ceremony was filled with uniforms and camera flashes, the feeling in the room resembled that of a welcome home party for a STU alumnus who’s been away for 34 years.</p>

<p>&nbsp; Around this time last year, Sarah Bulman was feeling a little overwhelmed. She had just been hired as chief returning officer two days before the nomination period opened for the St. Thomas University students’ union fall election. Never having run an election before, Bulman was faced with the challenge of quickly learning the responsibilities [&hellip;]</p>