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<p>From the Facebook event: Tired of not being able to take a bus on Sunday? Tired of the bus driving by because it’s full? Tired of no bus routes to your house? Tired of the bus coming every two hours? Let’s do something about it! In municipalities across the country, students working together with other [&hellip;]</p>

<p>From the Admin: Message to Students &#8211; Volunteers needed for 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (May 28 – June 4) Interested in becoming a volunteer? The University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University need your help to pull off the largest event ever co-hosted by the two universities. The 2011 Congress [&hellip;]</p>

<p>From the Cross Country team: Message to Students &#8211; XC Running Team &#8220;Bare Your Soles&#8221; &#8211; Collecting Shoes for Haiti &amp; West Africa The STU Tommies Cross Country Running team is now collecting athletic shoes in any condition that will be sent to Haiti and/or West Africa. Location of Drop-Off Boxes Each building on campus (except residences) [&hellip;]</p>

<p>From STUSU: The used book room will run drop off only from the 10th-14th, 10-2 in front of the green room in JDH, drop off and sales will run from the 17th-21st, also 10-2. Sellers must fill out the seller book list sheet, picked up from the used book room rep. This sheet will include [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The weekend before classes start is a busy one for the St. Thomas Tommies.  Men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball, women&#8217;s hockey, and women&#8217;s volleyball, have home games this weekend.  Men&#8217;s hockey will be on the road at St.FX and SMU. Update: The basketball games should be particularly interesting because MSVU is the topped ranked school.  In [&hellip;]</p>

<p>New social networking website gains popularity, while others are concerned WATERLOO, Ont. (CUP) — The latest addition to the list of time-wasting websites available to university students is Likealittle.com. Likealittle, available at many Canadian and U.S. universities, has grown in popularity during the last several weeks. The site consists of short, user-submitted posts stating the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Boy in caf: &#8220;What was I going to say&#8230; Oh right, something hateful&#8230; and mysogynistic.&#8221;</p>

<p>Girl lying in a pile of leaves: I love going to a liberal arts school because this is socially acceptable.</p>

<p>When STUSU President Ella Henry came in to work today she was surprised to find someone had broken into the STUSU office during the weekend. There was visible evidence of the door being forced open, and a general mess inside.  No serious damage or theft has been reported. The break-in seemed limited to the main [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Facebook, the home of the permanent redesign, has overhauled their profile pages for users. The new pages feature a stream of tagged photos across the top, a snapshot of your info above the wall, and completely revamped info and friends pages. If you want to check it out for yourself, you can activate the new features by [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Online whistleblower an imperfect but important organization SASKATOON (CUP) — WikiLeaks released its latest trove of classified U.S. government documents amid dire warnings from officials that the release would hurt national security and jeopardize important international relationships. The greatest effect so far, however, has been to reaffirm how much information governments collect and how little [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Grad Class president would like to remind all the grads that they need to sign up for photos soon if they want to be in the yearbook or the wall composite. Here is the message: The sign-up sheets for the last session of grad photos on campus are now posted in Sir James Dunn [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Women’s basketball team dominates Holland College The St. Thomas University women’s basketball team ended their regular season play for this semester with a record of 5-0 after two wins against the Holland College Hurricanes. On Nov. 20, the Tommies travelled to Prince Edward Island to compete in the double header. In the first game, the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The term “jump the shark” is used frequently by TV fans when they want to say a certain show has reached its peak and is on the decline. It’s the moment the stunt or storyline is so absurd, it ruins the show. The origin of this saying comes for the popular sitcom Happy Days. During [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Do you ever get the feeling that a joke has gone too far? Maybe when you’re still telling the joke but everyone has stopped laughing? Maybe when you and your friends are trying to hide the body? (Not in the trunk, its the first place they look.) Every joke, even a good one, reaches a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s too early to be thinking about Christmas, let alone writing about it. This coming from the girl who gets excited when Christmas lights start appearing in windows, who spends hours baking peppermint flavoured goodies in December and who honestly doesn’t mind having to bundle up to go outside in the snow. There’s something nice [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sega makes an impressive comeback with Sonic Colors NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CUP) — Over time, various video game titles and consoles receive updates, expansions, revivals and sequels. But Sonic the Hedgehog is one that desperately needs to die. Even those out of the gaming loop know who this speedy blue hedgehog is. Sega’s poster critter [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Canadian researchers detect and test antihydrogen atoms SASKATOON (CUP) — Science fiction writers have long fantasized about antimatter and the applications it might have, from the matter-antimatter engines that allow Star Trek ships to run faster than the speed of light to opposite, mirror-image copies of each and every person on earth, usually in negative [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There&#8217;s no Christ left in Christmas BRANTFORD, Ont. (CUP) — Every year, the same battles get fought about whether there is a &#8220;secular war on Christmas&#8221; or if Christians are forcing religion on others. This holiday season, though, let’s remember the true meaning of Christmas — consumerism. Holiday shopping usually accounts for as much as [&hellip;]</p>