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<p>International students will have a chance to eat seafood and experience whale watching in St. Andrews this Thanksgiving. Maite Cristina, president of the St. Thomas University international students’ association, has organized the trip for international students &#8211; and anyone else interested &#8211; who doesn’t have a place to go during the long weekend. STUISA is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A reported case of bed bugs in Vanier Hall hasn’t panned out. On Tuesday, the St. Thomas University residence life office was told a student thought she had been bitten by bed bugs. This morning, facilities management checked the room with a pest control company. “They checked the entire room. There were no casings, no [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two Saturdays ago, Haley Barton was out with her friends. When she came back to her room in Chatham Hall half an hour later, her keys were missing. “Don’t worry about it, you must have just forgot where you put them,” said a friend. They kept looking and Barton realized that her pile of change [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A scientist with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick is saying students need not be overly concerned about the university’s discovery of lead in water fountains. Last week, St. Thomas University officials told students that eight water fountains on campus either had more lead than the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality permits or were [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A group of people are walking halfway across Canadato make sure the country doesn’t forget about residential schools. Patrick Etherington, part of the Walkers for Truth and Reconciliation, recently made it to Burnt Church First Nation as part of his walk from Cochrane, Ont. to Halifax. For more than 100 years, native students were taken [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Organizers of the Work in a Warming World Atlantic Forum want to save the planet &#8211; and the economy. The forum takes place Thursday and Friday at the St. Thomas University Forest Hill Conference Centre and will bring economists, environmentalists and others together to talk about creating a sustainable economy. “We&#8217;re the force behind creating [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A new social app has hit the scene and it&#8217;s aimed at making flirting less awkward. Electric Courage, a play on the term “liquid courage,” is a flirting app that will be officially released in October. A version still in the testing phase is available for Blackberrys and iPhones now and will be available for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When university president Dawn Russell took over her post from interim president Dennis Cochrane this past summer at St. Thomas University, it was a bit like coming home. STU has changed dramatically since Russell graduated from here in 1977, both physically and in its course offerings. Yet Russell still felt a sense of comfort in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“I worked and they shouldn’t take away from that because there’s still living expenses I need [to pay for,” said first year Danielle Faron, who received less money for her student loan due to parental contribution and her savings. (Karissa Donkin/AQ) The school year is barely two weeks old and for some students, the year-long struggle of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The university has told the St. Thomas University students’ union it will delay implementing the draft student code of conduct, which covers off-campus activities as well as summer breaks. Representatives from the STUSU met with STU president Dawn Russell who agreed to delay the code and begin a consultation process. “We went in wanting to bring some of our concerns about the process [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Updated: On Sept. 20 the university sent an email outlining precautions students can take and addressing some concerns about the health impact of lead in drinking water. The email has been published below. Eight water fountains on the St. Thomas University campus have been taken out of service and will be replaced after high levels of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A graduate of St. Thomas University’s class of 2004 will be back on campus on Monday to give the criminology department’s annual endowed chair public lecture. Kouri Keenan will discuss investigative tactics used by Canadian police and how these tactics can play a role in wrongful convictions. One tactic Keenan has focused his research on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Lucas Liu first arrived in Fredericton in June 2007, he thought he was on the set of a horror film. Originally from Jining, China, a city of eight million, Liu couldn’t fathom how the streets of Fredericton could possibly be so deserted on a warm summer evening. “I thought this might be that kind [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Coming soon to St. Thomas University: accessible hallways and student services and sweet silence broken by birdsong &#8211; rather than construction. In the next few weeks, students will be seeing a whole new George Martin Hall. Much of the construction that was started last year will be finishing up in the next few weeks. Some [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After people finish reading Dr. Will van den Hoonaard’s new book The Seduction of Ethics: Transforming the Social Sciences, he hopes they come away thinking about how their own work is affected by ethics. The book deals with how ethics can restrict research in various social sciences, with van den Hoonaard arguing ethics committees are [&hellip;]</p>

<p>An arts degree: What on earth are you going to do with that? It&#8217;s a line we hear a lot as students at a liberal arts school. But the worst part of being asked this question is not knowing the answer. “A lot of the time students have a hard time making the link between [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University is testing  pipes supplying 20 water fountains on campus after lead was discovered in water pipes on the University of New Brunswick campus. The results of the tests are expected early next week , STU spokesman Jeffrey Carleton said. STU and UNB access the same water system. &#8220;When we heard that UNB [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University students’ union is considering not filling all of its staff positions this year to save money, according to STUSU president Mark Livingstone. The union is looking for extra pennies this year because of increases to staffing and other costs. One of these expenses is the $5,000 Livingstone estimates a STUSU employees [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Barry Craig, vice-president academic at St. Thomas University, says hazing allegations following the death of a student last October is one of the reasons why the university has decided to review its policies. (Graphic by Tom Bateman/AQ) St. Thomas University’s new student code of conduct could cover on and off-campus activities during the school year and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As Lawrence Durling prepares to step down as vice-president of finance and administration of St. Thomas University, the search is already underway for a his replacement. The six-member search committee is holding two informal, town hall-style meetings on campus today at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the conference room at Holy Cross House. Similar [&hellip;]</p>