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<p>Really loud guy in the courtyard at 1:30am. &#8220;Literally since I was 17 I haven&#8217;t kissed someone that I didn&#8217;t end up f***ing.&#8221; More overheards</p>

<p>Random first year after Titus fair. &#8220;this guy is terrifying, but I love it.&#8221; More Overheards</p>

<p>Six laptops and two desktops reported missing since Aug. 23 FREDERICTON (CUP) — Several laptop computers and two desktop computers have been stolen from the University of New Brunswick in several instances. The first desktop was reported missing from a lab on Aug. 23; another desktop went missing shortly after. Both were secured to the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rugby fans were treated to back to back games, on Sunday, when the St. Thomas men’s and women’s teams hosted Mount Allison University. The women opened the action and did not waste time proving that they were the better team. Ten minutes in, the game was tied at seven, but that was as close as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The third period was the difference maker, for the Tommies, in Saturday’s pre-season match against Universite de Moncton; held in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. After the first two periods, the game was tied 2-2 and the momentum seemed to be swinging Moncton’s way. Early in the third, Tommies forward Mike Reich took a high-sticking penalty, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University women’s basketball team travelled to Montreal on Sept. 17 to compete against three teams from the Quebec league. It would turn out to be a tough road trip for the Tommies. The Tommies kicked off their pre-season with a game against the Dawson College Blues on Friday night. Turnovers by STU [&hellip;]</p>

<p>MCAF helps students find jobs after graduation “Finding a job right out of school was really tough for me especially because I’m in a foreign country” says graduate Nikhita Kujur. However, international students must meet certain requirements to qualify for a post-graduation work permit. Through its International Students and Spouses Employment Services program, the Multicultural [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>Exploring cultural differences We’ve all heard the term “global village” and “globalization.” With today’s telecommunication technology, information is instantaneous. Transportation gives us the ability to travel to all corners of the Earth. Can we now consider ourselves as six billion global citizens and neighbours in one sense or another? Does all of this technology facilitate [&hellip;]</p>

<p>First year students away from home during natural disaster The country of Guatemala remains under a state of emergency as a result of heavy rains and flooding occurring all over the country. The devastation however has hit close to home for first-year students Maria Inez Arriaza and Sebastian Morales. “A big part of the Guatemala [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last weekend at the Capital, Oh No, Theodore! hit a high point in their short career. “The show was fucking huge,” says Kyle Albright, the band’s guitarist. “The feeling in there was unbelievable.” The Fredericton band, made up with some STU alumni and students, has been on a roll lately. In the last few months [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STU’s all girls residence wins the cheer off. Vanier Hall has won its first Welcome Week cheer-off in four years. After two consecutive wins back in 2005 and 2006, the all-girls’ residence lost the cheer-off three years in a row. On Sept. 3, hundreds of first-year on- and off-campus students gathered in the lower courtyard [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Campus police say they had no trouble keeping things under control Police, underage drinking, and inappropriate sexual behavior all showed up at Saturday’s wet-dry dance. However, “it wasn’t anything we couldn’t handle,” said campus police supervisor Lee Dalberg. Four campus police officers worked the dance and later a fifth officer was called in. Welcome Week [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The first weigh-in. One of several. The battle with the scale, much like the rest of life, has its glorious ups and its despairing downs. In the rare case of the scale, the majority of us usually like to avoid the ups. This column is devoted to that abstract term fitness that continuously throws me [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I wrote this column at 4 AM the night before the paper you are holding right now was put together. There. I said it. My first column, my big introduction to my readers (reader? person who skimmed it for the sole purpose of looking for typos? Mom?) and I in fact forgot it was even [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It’s back to school: a tough task for returning students but a tougher task for those away from home for the first time. I met a lot of international students during orientation week&#8211;some came with their parents, some without. It’s hard to imagine what it must be like to move away from home for the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Welcome back folks. For the fourth and final time, let me introduce myself. I’m Adam Wright, STU’s very own TV Junky, and I’ll be informing and entertaining you all year with my TV column. This week we take a look at 5 new series you should be watching. Seriously…you should! Nikita Premiered Thursday Sept. 9 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I’ve had sex with a lot of people. Sometimes I catch myself questioning whether it’s too many people. This usually occurs the morning after, slugging my way home, panties dangling out my back pocket, feeling sticky and slightly confused. “Really, Diana?” I ask myself, “Was it that necessary?” The truth is, at the time, it’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“Yes, you chose St. Thomas University. But St. Thomas University also chose you.” Listening to Dennis Cochrane address the crowd of first year students about to receive their T-Pin last Tuesday left me with mixed emotions—something I didn’t expect as I made my way across the courtyard feeling like a voyeur, snapping pictures with my [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There will be three new faces this year when St. Thomas University hits the road looking for the potential class of 2015. Ryan Baxter, Duncan Gallant and Angela Roy are familiar faces on campus.  But while they graduated in 2010, they&#8217;re not ready to leave STU behind yet.  Instead, they&#8217;ll be spending the year traveling [&hellip;]</p>