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<p>My Uncle Chris was born without stomach muscles. He had several operations as an infant to move muscles from his legs to his abdomen. The doctors said he would probably never walk, but he did. Last month, Chris was hit by a truck at the corner of Brunswick and York. He was dead six hours later.</p>

<p>Harvest Jazz &amp; Blues Festival, September 2008: I had just entered my first year of university and the smell of testosterone was in the air. Like most other people, I spent my first months checking out potential love interests. One night — somewhere between my fourth and fifth beer — we found one another. Dancing to the sound of loud, upbeat music, he grabbed [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Despite what you may have heard, there are no bed bugs in Vanier Hall. A reported case of bed bugs in the residence was checked by facilities management and a pest control company last Wednesday morning, but nothing was found. Bed bugs are small parasitic insects which usually prefer to feed on human blood. They [&hellip;]</p>

<p>One of the great things about producing a student newspaper is that it generates conversation. We see what you’re reading; we hear from you and sometimes we overhear you. Whether that feedback is good or bad, we’ve got people talking. An engaged audience is a good one. The other day I heard someone say The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It is disappointing that CBC stations in Ontario will be showing the NHL&#8217;s opening night on Thursday. The Ontario provincial election also takes place on Thursday and, with apologies to the Maple Leafs and Canadiens, nothing they do on the ice will be as dramatic, as heartrending, or as important as the climax of the battle for Queen&#8217;s Park.</p>

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<p>I had the privilege of serving you your beer and nachos at a downtown pub this summer. Thus, I was there every step of the way while you were sweating bullets on your first dates. I have come to the realization that no matter how much gel you put in your hair or how much [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fredericton mayor Brad Woodside said on Monday the Princess Margaret Bridge could remain closed until Nov. 15 reports the New Brunswick Beacon&#8216;s Sean O&#8217;Neill. According to the report, Woodside isn&#8217;t ruling out the bridge opening sooner. Woodside told council before the regular Monday meeting began. The bridge was scheduled to reopen in September before school resumed. The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>First Year Liaison Justin Kyle Creamer Off-campus Representative Colin Belyea Brian Hansen Sarah Forbes Megan Aiken Chantal Brynne Plourde Claire Bridgeo Ella Henry Student Senator Kasey Forbes 1st Year AQ Inc Board of Directors Representative No one running 2nd Year AQ Inc Board of Directors Representative No one running 4th Year AQ Inc Board of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University got off to a sloppy start at the Lady Beaverbrook Arena in Wednesday night’s pre-season opener against the UPEI Panthers. The Panthers scored 55 seconds into the opening period and went on to trounce the Tommies 7-3. Charles Lavigne and Justin Collier split time in goal for the Tommies, allowing seven goals [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Scene: A courtroom in New York City, just down the road from the NHL head offices where the keepers of the flame &#8211; the defense represented by the firm of Milbury, Cherry, Burke and Clarke &#8211; and voice of the sane, this irrelevant writer, are in the room to decide the fate of fighting. Prosecution: [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Thirty minutes outside of Kiryat Shmona, a northern city in Israel, the winding roads of the Golan Heights begin. They cut through vineyards, fields and orchards. Before the 1967 war, all of these fields were a part of Syria. Now they’re under Israeli occupation. As one field ends another begins. One field, however, is not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When I came back home after living in Pasumalai, Tamil Nadu, India for a month, I experienced what some would call reverse culture shock: Canada was more unfamiliar than India had ever been. And for the longest time I had no idea how to show people what I meant. I had planned the trip a year [&hellip;]</p>

<p>They call them machay, meaning “wasps.” The locals know danger is near when they hear buzzing overhead. Though people try to take cover, no one can outrun the unmanned aerial vehicles— “drones”—that launch missiles and hunt “militants” in Pakistan. The mourners who’d gathered for funeral prayers were unable to escape the three drone missiles fired on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When a government spends $19.8 million – or $90,000 a day  &#8211; in pursuit of cutting costs, I have to wonder whether they&#8217;re being honest about their goals. The federal government has hired Deloitte, a company known for its audit and tax consulting services to advise the federal government on where to cut costs. Meanwhile, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was a crisp fall day and my mom had bundled me up in that not-so-fabulous neon, hand-me-down track suit jacket. I wasn’t impressed. We were runningaroundthe playground during lunch hour, breaking from our usual game of “house” to play hide-and-seek tag. I was “it.” When it came to hide-and-seek tag, we had rules in Grade 2 – everyone had to hide [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I am not one for modern chick flicks. While the storyline and dialogue is repeated often enough, it is the unromantic and utterly boring sex that throws me off every time. A kissing scene, a woman in her underwear, and then the lights go out (not to mention that she often keeps her shirt on for the entire duration of intercourse). It must [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Admit it, we all have a tendency to believe everyone else’s life is well, perfect and ours is not-soperfect. Reality check &#8211; things aren’t always lollipops and rainbows underneath the surface and everyone possesses a skeleton in their closet, even that one guy in your Criminology class or that girl who lives across from you in Harrington Hall. And if you think you’re [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In Battlestar Galactica, “frak” is an all-purpose swear word, as in “frak those frakking motherfrakkers.” In New Brunswick politics, “fracking” is also a four-letter word, albeit one that could have more explosive consequences for Premier David Alward’s government. Fracking, for those who aren’t familiar with the term, is short for hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking and [&hellip;]</p>