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Fourth year, last chance
<p>Tim Beauchamp has one more shot at the beautiful game For Tim Beauchamp, this is his final shot at university soccer. One of the beautiful and tragic aspects of sport is the short timeline an athlete has; and how foreseeable the end can be. Beauchamp is a fourth year psychology major at St. Thomas University, […]</p>

STU
Sep 10, 20102 min read
A summer in Ghana
<p>Student goes abroad to teach, but learns her own life lessons along the way “Blerfono, blerfono,” the sea of children yelled in my direction as I walked through the dusty village that would become my home. The eyes of the villagers were continuously glued to the ‘white girl’ and the hushed tones of their local […]</p>

STU
Sep 10, 20103 min read
STUSU Meeting Live-Tweet 09/09/10
<p>On tonight’s agenda, a new advertising policy for STUSU. Want to join in? Tweet with the tag #STUSU</p>

STU
Sep 9, 20101 min read
Soccer team short on players
<p>STU lost five recruits over the summer On an unusually hot September morning, the Tommies’ female soccer team is training on Chapman Field for the fast-approaching season. Normally, this would also be tryouts for the team; but head coach Macky Singh won’t be making cuts anytime soon. As of the beginning of training camp, Singh […]</p>

STU
Sep 8, 20102 min read
A Summer in Fredericton
<p>Khairunnisa Intiar spends a summer away from her home in Indonesia When you think of Fredericton you don’t really think about summer, so the prospect of spending the summer there was scary at first. When April came rolling in, and all my friends started telling me their awesome summer plans, I started to worry that […]</p>

STU
Sep 8, 20103 min read
STU hosts hockey school
<p>Camp raises funds and promotes Tommies hockey This summer’s Tommies Hockey School was a big stride forward, says St. Thomas’s athletic director. “We received great feedback from both the schools,” said Mike Eagles “…although not as extensive as UNB, we are looking to grow ours [and] keep wanting to make it bigger and better.” Eagles […]</p>

STU
Sep 7, 20102 min read
International student won’t be returning
<p>Recent tuition increase forces student to leave STU Anny Lee Ramirez was supposed to be a third year student at St. Thomas University this year. She was enrolled in the Aquinas program and was planning on majoring in English. Her time at STU was cut short because her family could not afford to send her […]</p>

STU
Sep 7, 20102 min read
Surviving Welcome Week
<p>Welcome Week is a strange thing. During these first 168 hours of your university career, you will make a new home for yourself, find a niche, and form friendships that will last a lifetime. The STU brochure explains this with large colour photographs of smiling kids in matching T-shirts, parents unloading microwaves and desk lamps […]</p>

STU
Sep 7, 20102 min read
What the Editor learned from the 10 year old
<p>I didn’t believe my cousin Kylie when she told me she’s afraid of flying, but she insisted. Even after I pointed out that the only problem with travelling from Halifax to Los Angeles for her 2009 family vacation stemmed from a sickness that started the night before, she shrugged, barely looking up from her book […]</p>

STU
Sep 7, 20102 min read
2010 Fall Season Premiere Dates – TV Done Wright
<p>Here are your fall premiere dates for all your favorite shows, and some new shows coming. Note this is only Fall shows, and not Mid-Season. (Note: * = New Series) Tuesday Sept 7th Sons of Anarchy Wednesday Sept 8th America’s Next Top Model Hellcats * Terriers * Thursday Sept 9th The Vampire Diaries Nikita * […]</p>

STU
Aug 25, 20102 min read
Acadian can’t cut route: EUB
<p>Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian – Acadian Bus Lines is not allowed to cut the direct round-trip route from Fredericton to Miramichi, as proposed last March. Following a hearing with the bus company two weeks ago, the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) decided the cut was not in the best interest of the […]</p>

STU
Aug 5, 20103 min read
Overheard: ELPee Ball
<p>”Pissing on the Pee Ball, take the ELP students!”</p>

STU
Aug 4, 20101 min read
Number of cheating students on the rise: study
<p>KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CUP) — As many as three in four university students have cheated or plagiarized at some point in their academic career, and that number is growing. According to a new study released by the Canadian Council on Learning, increased use of technology and the Internet is to blame for the increasing number of […]</p>

STU
Aug 1, 20103 min read
STU Welcome Week 2010 Master Schedule
<p>If you want updates every morning about what activities are going on, follow us on twitter or check us out here at TheAQ.net. Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – First Year Students Move In 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Pick up Welcome Week Kits in James Dunn Hall 4:00 pm […]</p>

STU
Jul 23, 20102 min read
STU WebMail reply goes crazy, and how to stop it
<p>Update: Dan Hurley has just sent out an email saying the usergroup settings have been switched. Replies will now go only to ITS. When Dan Hurley at ITS sent out an email to all students about the upcoming migration to gmail, one student replied. The problem was that they replied to everyone on the list. […]</p>

STU
Jul 20, 20101 min read
Where’s my STU paystub?
<p>The Aquinian As of the June 11 pay, the St. Thomas University payroll office is no longer distributing paper paystubs (also known as ‘payroll advice’). Information on your pay can instead be found through WebAdvisor, using your regular login information. Once you log in, select the new purple employees button… …and select the link on […]</p>

STU
Jun 18, 20101 min read
What is a gamer? What is a game?
<p>John Solak comes home with with two friends in tow. They’re loaded down with snacks and drinks from the convenience store around the corner. Energy to keep them alert well into the night. With a short ‘Hey’ to whoever’s sitting in the living room, he heads straight for the door to the basement, and towards […]</p>

STU
May 28, 20109 min read
Overheard: Nothing is going
<p>Evidence of automatic responses gone wrong. Two people walking in opposite directions – Person A: Hey how’s it going? Person B: Nothing, you? Person A: Good thanks.</p>

STU
May 5, 20101 min read
Overheard: Slut competition
<p>In Vanier Girl 1: If you entered a slut competition, you could not even qualify! Girl 2: Aww, that’s the nicest thing someone’s ever said.</p>

STU
Apr 16, 20101 min read
Overhead: Bottled Holy Water?
<p>In Vanier Residence: “My church isn’t against drinking, we’re against gambling and bottled water”</p>

STU
Apr 15, 20101 min read
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