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<p>Somehow we have to survive. For me lately, it&#8217;s been a mixture of denial and brownie bark. It&#8217;s thin, crispy brownies with chocolate chips in it. Seriously, that stuff is good. The new semester is starting to becoming old news. Everyone has settled into classes and no doubt professors are already piling on assignments. Fourth [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas men&#8217;s basketball team is on a roll, having now won four games in a row. Tuesday the Tommies faced off against Mount Allison, who at the time was a spot ahead of them in the standings. The game was close, but in the end the Tommies prevailed, winning 62-58. Saturday STU took [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some athletes, by nature, are vocal. All you have to do is look at the Seattle Seahawks’ Richard Sherman’s reaction after they won the NFC Championship to go to the Superbowl. Sometimes it’s positive, supporting teammates and getting excited. Sometimes it’s negative, aimed at the other team. For St. Thomas volleyball player Sean McCullum, being [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last Tuesday, the two first-year Aquinas classes went head to head in a battle to be written about by poets and philosophers alike for ages to come. I am merely the first. The ‘Aquinas: Great Books’ class were the ones to initiate the challenge to the ‘Aquinas: Great Books for Journalists’ class and charged the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two quick goals and a 3-0 lead couldn&#8217;t help the Tommies as they fell 6-4 to the Varsity Reds in third instalment of the Battle of the Hill on Friday night. Over 2000 fans piled into the Aitken Centre Friday to watch Fredericton&#8217;s biggest rivalry. Both teams came out strong, but the Tommies were on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After two winless seasons in the AUS, the women&#8217;s rugby team is planning to make an impression next season with a much-needed move back to the ACAA. With that move comes another big change: a new head coach. Sitting in her office with a black Harvest Jazz and Blues tank top on, new women&#8217;s rugby [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas Tommies split wins against bitter rivals the Holland College Hurricanes basketball teams in hoops action on Saturday. Tension has been building between the two basketball programs over the past few years, bringing heated games for the teams and fans. Saturday was no exception. The women’s game started out close, with the Tommies [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Université de Moncton Blue Eagles soared over the Lady Tommies and stole third place in the AUS with a 4-1 win at the Grant-Harvey Centre Saturday night. Both teams started with high energy levels leading to quite a bit of back and forth play. UdeM got on the board at 4:45, while STU was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The men’s volleyball squad has jumped to 12th in the country after a 3-1 win over UNBSJ Sea Wolves last week. With a 9-0 record, the Tommies sit on top of the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association men’s volleyball division, 12 points ahead of the second-place Holland College Hurricanes. STU is ranked 12th in the Canadian [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As the Winter Olympics approach, I&#8217;m reminded of the wonderful Vancouver Olympics in 2010, where Canada’s athletes made us all proud. Every athlete out there did their best to try and win. Not all were successful, but they tried as hard as they could. Cliché, I know. But that wasn’t the case for everyone in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A normal 42-kilometre-long marathon takes hard work, determination and endurance. An ultramarathon orders that as an appetizer. An ultramarathon is anything that passes the 42 km mark. They aren’t run on roads, but instead they take the runner through the twists and turns of nature. Six days a week, St. Thomas English professor Andrew Titus [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas men’s basketball team didn’t play any games over the Christmas break, but their chances of making it to nationals still doubled. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association announced that STU’s conference, the ACAA, would be getting a wild card spot this year. Instead of only the team who wins the ACAA playoffs getting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I&#8217;ve been there. &#8220;New year, new you.&#8221; Everyone wants to live better and, while last year my resolution was to watch more westerns, one of the most common New Year&#8217;s resolutions for normal people is to get in shape. Cue the floods of newbies at the gym. Now, I&#8217;ve never professed myself to be a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Lindy MacDonald is in her first year at St. Thomas, but this isn’t her first year playing ACAA basketball. Two years ago MacDonald would have been lacing up her Nikes as a part of STU basketball&#8217;s biggest rivals. Next Saturday the St. Thomas women’s basketball team will play against the Holland College Hurricanes. Both teams [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Close outs, on-ball defense, and boxing out were all things Coach Fred Connors was stressing in practice last Tuesday. These are all skills the St. Thomas women’s basketball coach thinks need to be improved upon to keep their winning streak going. The Tommies got their 87th consecutive conference win Sunday when they beat UNBSJ. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Grabbing a friend and enjoying a casual game of basketball or volleyball is becoming easier at STU as the intramural program put on by the athletics department enters its third year. Last week was the intramural basketball playoffs, with students of all skill levels competing for the title of intramural champions. And with eight teams, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On the morning of Nov. 26, in a skyscraper near downtown Toronto, a quick stroke of the pen changed Canadian sports television. Rogers and the NHL shook hands as a 12-year deal worth $5.2 billion turned broadcasting in Canada on its head. The deal, which comes into effect next season, gives Rogers and some of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas women’s basketball team pushed their season record to 8-0 after a 91-59 win against UNBSJ Seawolves on Sunday. This was the first time the two teams met this season, but the Tommies knew what they were up against. UNBSJ likes to shoot for three, so STU tried to limit the Seawolves’ attempts [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tommies fans have waited seven long years, but the tides have finally turned for the men&#8217;s hockey team as they beat the V-Reds 3-2 in the Battle of the Hill on Wednesday. Pat Powers, the new head coach and former STU hockey player, said wins are important no matter who they&#8217;re against, but this one [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When you enter the St. Thomas men and women’s hockey teams dressing rooms at the Grant Harvey Centre, you’ll see freshly cleaned practice jerseys and socks placed in the center of the stalls; skates stacked on the rack in the corner of the room; and in the middle, a tub of clean laundry. Most hockey [&hellip;]</p>