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<p>Early Friday morning a fire alarm was triggered in Harrington Hall on the St. Thomas campus.  The residence was evacuated and the Fredericton Fire Department responded to the scene. Residence Life Staff said there was a fire small on the first floor of the building.  It seems a name tag was lit on fire on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has made a decision on Rob Frenette’s complaint regarding the show Bully Beatdown. The CRTC found that MTV Canada did not breach the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Violence Code by airing the show. Frenette, a New Brunswick anti-bullying activist, said this is a “little bit alarming.” The reality show [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This afternoon the Fredericton Fire Department responded to a call at McCain Hall at St. Thomas University. Any potential fire was contained to the roof area, and was quickly under control.  University employees say they were not warned of any danger, and the building was not evacuated. The roof was being worked on at the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two students face charges of robbery and possession FREDERICTON (CUP) — With the exception of the occasional drug bust, arrests at the University of New Brunswick aren’t common. But both Fredericton police and UNB’s security director said that doesn’t mean drug use is scarce. &nbsp; Security director Bruce Rogerson said there have been very few [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is part of a four part series: Monday &#8211; President Mark Livingstone Tuesday &#8211; VP Student Life Alex Vietinghoff Wednesday &#8211; VP Education Craig Mazerolle Thursday &#8211; VP Admin Mary-Dan Johnston Next year, Mary-Dan Johnston says focusing on union governance will be her main priority as vice-president administration. “Trying to establish some really clear policies [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Aquinian &#8211; Shane Fowler If you want to treat racism, stop focusing on race. That was the message York University&#8217;s Alejandro Campos Garcia brought to St. Thomas University last Wednesday. In his lecture “Metaphors of Racism: Crime and Pathology as Metaphors in International Anti-Racist Discourse,” Garcia addressed the international interpretation of racism and analyzed [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) says a ruling on the broadcasting of MTV’S Bully Beatdown should be expected in mid-March. This comes as a sigh of relief to Rob Frenette, a New Brunswick anti-bullying activist, who has been fighting to have the show removed from the air for two years. “The timeline was too [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Being aware theAQ’s Michelle Twomey talks about mindfulness and how it is helping her battle an eating disorder In the basement of the C.C. Jones building at the University of New Brunswick, Jen Rowett begins her group by calling everyone, including myself, to sit along the wall on a yoga mat in a comfortable position [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is part of a four part series: Monday &#8211; President Mark Livingstone Tuesday &#8211; VP Student Life Alex Vietinghoff Wednesday &#8211; VP Education Craig Mazerolle Thursday &#8211; VP Admin Mary-Dan Johnston A review of the union’s membership in the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations is one of Craig Mazerolle’s priorities for his second term as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Student fear budget cuts will lead to tuition increases in the province FREDERICTON (CUP) — Students in Fredericton rallied Tuesday against the possibility of tuition increases and further cuts to post-secondary education in New Brunswick. Approximately 200 students marched from the campuses of St. Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick to the provincial [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is part of a four part series: Monday &#8211; President Mark Livingstone Tuesday &#8211; VP Student Life Alex Vietinghoff Wednesday &#8211; VP Education Craig Mazerolle Thursday &#8211; VP Admin Mary-Dan Johnston Even though next year will put him in potentially conflicting roles as both a student journalist and vice-president student life of St. Thomas University, Alex [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is part of a four part series: Monday &#8211; President Mark Livingstone Tuesday &#8211; VP Student Life Alex Vietinghoff Wednesday &#8211; VP Education Craig Mazerolle Thursday &#8211; VP Admin Mary-Dan Johnston He only won by 22 votes, but student’s union president-elect Mark Livingstone wasn’t as surprised as everyone else by his win. “I think&#8230;you know, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A coochie snorcher, a puntang, a punany or a monkey box. They all mean one thing: vagina. This was the topic last Wednesday and Thursday at the Kinsella Auditorium where 11 St. Thomas University students performed The Vagina Monologues. The monologues are performed annually for the students’ union’s Sexuality Awareness Week and for V-Day, an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Students&#8217; Union president Ella Henry has taken exception to the Aquinian’s front page story this week “Choose your STUSU.” The article cites a campus bookstore, lobbying for lower tuition costs and a possible move toward the more activist Canadian Federation of Students as issues she wants to move ahead on if re-elected.  Henry says the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On page 8 of Volume 75, Issue 18 of the Aquinian, Alex Vietinghoff was quoted in our STUSU Election &#8212; Candidate Dossier as saying &#8220;You&#8217;d vote for me so vote for me.&#8221; The quote should have read &#8220;You&#8217;d vote for freedom, so vote for me.&#8221; The Aquinian apologizes for the error.</p>

<p>Presidential candidate Michael Manning has withdrawn from the election. The announcement came during his campaign speech earlier today. He said he made the decision because because he was attending a Model United Nations conference in Boston, Massachusetts and was unable to get his ideas out to the student body. “I tried to run an efficient [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Feds also require $149 million to write off unrecoverable loans OTTAWA (CUP) — According to a recent budget update report tabled in Parliament, the federal government requires millions of dollars to keep its Canada Student Loans Program afloat. In supplementary estimates tabled Feb. 8, the federal government outlined it needs $149.5 million to write off [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Private liquor stores are linked to an increase in alcohol-related deaths: researcher VICTORIA (CUP) — A new study out of the University of Victoria found that a high number of private liquor stores in a given area leads to more alcohol-related deaths. The report, titled “Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As the federal government tries to figure out the future of internet rates in Canada, STU students won’t see any new limits to their access. The university is locked into a long-term contract, ensuring no changes to the connection for residence and the rest of the campus network. Last week, Industry Minister Tony Clement told [&hellip;]</p>

<p>VP education Craig Mazerolle says high tuition drives students out of the province Cuts to post-secondary education will do more harm than good, STUSU vice-president education Craig Mazerolle told finance minister Blaine Higgs on Thursday. “You might save a bit of money in the short-term,” said Mazerolle. “But the long-term cost of putting more and [&hellip;]</p>