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<p>Without standing up to fear, third-year St. Thomas University student and bodybuilder Aranyam Bora believes we wouldn’t be able to live. “That’s one thing that brings me to [bodybuilding]. Fear.” Bora,21, came to Canada from India in 2017 to attend STU. It was after he had been going to the gym for two years when he [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As October comes to a close, students can count on one thing: Tommies&#8217; games down in the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium. The Athletic Collegiate Athletic Association volleyball season is getting started and St. Thomas University men’s and women’s teams are hard at work, preparing for another season. Men&#8217;s team There is a lot for the men’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Tommies women&#8217;s rugby team sealed their spot in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association finals by beating the Mount Allison University Mounties 38-20 in semi-final action on Oct. 26. Sam Longstaff of the Tommies was the first to score, giving her team the lead just five minutes into the game. Kristen Bulman [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Content warning: This story contains subject matter on suicide. After battling with mental illness for seven years, Maddy Murphy, an athlete, friend and daughter took her own life on Sept. 12. Now, her friends and family are sharing her story, in hopes of raising awareness around mental illness and suicide prevention. Murphy, a Quispamsis native, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University basketball teams competed in the ninth annual Ken Gould tournament at the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium from Oct. 18 to 20. The women&#8217;s team went 2-1 while the men&#8217;s team went 3-0. Women&#8217;s team Bridget Frazee led the way for the Tommies in the opening game, scoring 18 points with four three-pointers, leading [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University basketball teams are preparing to tip-off for another season. The women&#8217;s team will come off an Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association finals loss while the men&#8217;s team will start the season with a new head coach. Women&#8217;s team Established forward for the St. Thomas women’s basketball team and fourth-year economics student Madison [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Women&#8217;s Rugby team lost a tight game in regular season competition on Oct. 4, playing against University of New Brunswick on the Scotiabank South field. The final score was 45-38, with UNB scoring in the final minutes of the game. Head coach Mary-Kim Schriver said the loss adds to her team&#8217;s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Women’s Hockey team was shutout in their home opener on Oct. 5. The final score was 3-0 in favour of the University of New Brunswick Reds. Goals for the Reds came from Myah Bowal and Lillian George who netted two. STU struggled in the first 10 minutes of the game. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Winning a championship in pro sports is like being on top of the world. The perks are endless. From citywide parades to talk shows, champions live like rock stars. One of the highest honours of all is visiting the White House and meeting the president of the United States. Now, things are different. Today, it’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a game against Saint Dustan’s University on Sept. 24, 1966, Thomas Pinckard, a long snapper on the University of New Brunswick Red Bombers football team made a punt attempt from his team’s 21-yard line that made history. The punt was recorded as the longest in Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association history, until it was broken in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Trailing a championship season, you would think  the Tommies&#8217; women’s hockey team might take a second to stand still and admire their Atlantic University Sport trophy. Instead, training camp opened Labour Day weekend and the fresh talented new team began cultivation. Tommies&#8217; head coach Peter Murphy is excited to work with the fresh group of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The University of New Brunswick Red Bombers came away with a win at Homecoming, beating the University of New Brunswick Saint John Seawolves 48-20 at BMO Field. The win kept the Red Bombers&#8217; perfect season alive, putting them to 3-0 this season. UNB got off to a quick start, scoring on the first possession of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Currie Center has been a staple of the University of New Brunswick campus since its opening in October of 2011. However, St. Thomas University students are not able to get access to it without fees. Some students at St. Thomas think students should have free access as well. Third year STU student Will Kennedy-Mills, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Earlier this spring, superstar baseball player Mike Trout signed the largest contract in North American sports worth $432 million. That’s $36 million per year, for 12 years. A half billion dollar contract was fair, considering he’s one of the best players in baseball and compared to other superstar contracts such as Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In 1958, when Willie O&#8217;Ree was 22, he achieved his childhood dream of being a National Hockey League player. O&#8217;Ree, now 83, was the first black player in the NHL. O&#8217;Ree was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018. His story was told again at the screening of the documentary Willie at the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University Tommies’ women’s rugby team won their home opener against the Mount Allison University Mounties on Sept. 20, marking their first win of the season. It was Mary-Kim Schriver’s first victory as an Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association head coach. “It was pretty amazing,” Schriver said. “The [players] did all the work and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After 10 years of knowing each other on and off the ice, best friends and former teammates St. Thomas University student Danielle Ring and STU alumna, Jessie Mcann got to take their passion to the international stage. The pair competed in the International Street and Ball Hockey Federation world championships in Slovakia this past June, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Sept. 8, the St. Thomas Tommies’ men’s rugby team kicked off their 2019-20 campaign against the University of New Brunswick Ironmen, in the latest installment of the Battle of the Hill. It was a physical, heated match, one that saw the Ironmen take an early lead and win 34-0. Head coach Curtis Lauzon is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There will be a new face on the sidelines of Tommies men&#8217;s basketball games this season, but it’s a face familiar to many basketball fans across the Fredericton area. John Hickey, longtime high school basketball coach, referee and Fredericton area representative for Basketball New Brunswick’s board of directors will be at the helm of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A cold Saturday night started off the University of New Brunswick Red Bomber&#8217;s first game of their six-game season. Their home opener was against the Holland College Hurricanes. UNB kicked off first on Sept. 14 on home soil at the BMO field. The first quarter was slow with the only point coming from a safety, [&hellip;]</p>