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<p>I dream of retirement filled with my Jags winning the super bowl, with a Cuban cigar in one hand and scotch in the other. Although saving now might not make all my dreams come true, certainly it helps to plan now. Some might think 24 years old is a little too early for it, but [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In his lecture at St. Thomas Wednesday, the secretary-general of Amnesty International recounted what one European ambassador told him about how Canada’s recent approach to human rights is viewed by outsiders. “He described us as sometime a champion, often an obstacle, most frequently a puzzle and never predictably a partner,” Alex Neve said. In front [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Sept. 30, the Russian Federation launched a military intervention into the hot mess of suffering formerly known as Syria. Since that time, waves of airstrikes supported by ground operations have killed hundreds of militants and civilians alike, at once adding more bloodshed and urgency to a civil war that has already seen one of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The 2016 Dalton Camp Award an essay contest worth $10,000 is available to students. Submissions in by Dec. 1, 2015. For full details visit friends.ca/dca. Thursday, Nov. 5 is the last day to place orders for food bags, payments can be made at the Help desk in JDH. Great Hall coffee house is Nov.5 at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>So I’m kind of a big deal I have over 300 “likes,” on my grad photos on Facebook. It felt great. I’m not only good looking, but I’m popular. But besides the likes and the encouragement, what purpose do my online friends serve? I have more than 1,500 friends on Facebook, but can anyone of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>University offers so many new experiences to students. Living on your own for the first time is one of them. Students face a lot of options and have to decide which is best for them. Sam Fraser, a St. Thomas student, said, “I lived in Harrington [residence], which turned out to be more of a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A month ago my family moved both of my sisters from their respective apartments to new cities. One went from Fredericton to St. John’s and the other from Halifax to Ottawa. That’s a lot of driving. When making such a long journey one has to ponder some deep questions about what’s making it in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Cellar Pub will bring in fewer live bands Friday and Saturday nights after revenues dropped significantly in 2014. Cover charge, demand and the internet have played key roles in the change, but the main issue is numbers. “We’ve been a live music venue since 1994, but at the same time we have to give [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Theatre St. Thomas has two shows coming up for its 45th season this year that look at how individuals respond to forces beyond them -government and the gods. Pierre Trudeau and the FLQ , a play by co-artistic director of the Toronto based theatre company Video Cabaret, Michael Hollingsworth, will run November 18-21 in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Kelsey Armour was assigned a few pages of a book in her Grade 9 English class and told to continue the story for a few marks. Up until that point, Armour wasn&#8217;t into reading or writing. She completely surprised herself, however, after writing up an additional 15 pages, instead of the assigned two or three [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Like the average student, when Meg Mackay graduated from St. Thomas University four years ago, she thought she&#8217;d be getting a job in her field. But the 27-year-old former Aquinian features editor says life had different plans and she is on her way to becoming professional stand-up comedian. “I’ve never found anything I could do [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Applications for Student Union Chair Applications went out on Tuesday for the new (St. Thomas University Student Union) Chair and will be closed sometime next week. Any student interested can apply. The emergency bursaries coordinator also resigned two weeks ago. The student union hasn’t decided to call for applications yet because of questions regarding the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>New head coach Kyle McAllister foresees a brighter future for the St. Thomas University men’s hockey team after struggling the past seasons. McAllister recently incorporated a new partnership with STP fitness, an off-ice facility dealing with control-strength and conditioning for the players. “Through STP fitness, we brought on professional guys like owner [trainer] Richard St [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A new sport named bubble soccer is blowing up in the Fredericton area this year. “It’s basically exactly the same as soccer in terms of scoring,” says Co-owner of Bubble Soccer Fredericton, Dekota Fletcher. “70 per cent is hitting, and 30 per cent is soccer,” said Fletcher. According to Fletcher, bubble soccer, is extremely safe [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Professor Erin Fredericks, the new resource adviser for LGBTQIA+ students at St. Thomas University, sat at a booth during Welcome Week’s information session last Wednesday, flanked by pride flags. She created the new position to provide support for students who are part of a gender or sexual minority, students who are a growing demographic at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A candlestick through the throat, a knife in the eye, 20 gunshots to the head: these are just some of the 40 gruesome and inventive deaths that appear in an action scene lasting only three minutes in the new film Kingsman: The Secret Service. I loved every second of the action in Kingsman and thought [&hellip;]</p>

<p>My goals for next year’s paper: hire a coffee boy, write more click-bait headlines, piss off the Premier’s fangirls some more and figure out if “Aquinian” is actually a word (Microsoft Word says no). I kid, but honestly I’m excited for next year. For those who don’t know me, I was the features editor this [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I remember the moment I picked up The Aquinian and saw my byline on the front page for the first time. It was my third week at St. Thomas University. The story was about a first-year student who got her dorm room broken into and her car keys and car stolen. I nervously pitched the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>New Brunswick needs fearless new media start-ups like Canadaland to take root in the province. Jesse Brown, the podcaster of Canadian media coverage who broke the Jian Ghomeshi sex scandal, told a class of about 50 St. Thomas journalism students Thursday that his show Canadaland is largely fed stories by disillusioned journalists. What better place [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Students, faculty, and members of St. Thomas University&#8217;s faith community remain frustrated over the decision that forced the campus faith community out of its home of nearly 50 years. Announcements about changes in meal plan/cafeteria access and turning the chapel into a common space have come while students are away from school, surprising and angering [&hellip;]</p>