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<p>Jamie Ross &#8211; The Aquinian White Cowbell Oklahoma promises city won&#8217;t be the same after the show White Cowbell Oklahoma promises just one thing of their upcoming show at the Cellar: when it’s over, no one in Fredericton will ever be the same again. The six-piece, “sex-tet”, as front man Clem so eloquently puts it, will [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Alex Solak &#8211; The Aquinian Larger, more secure network launching right now Thanks to a $500,000 grant from the federal Knowledge Infrastructure Program, STU&#8217;s Information Technology Services department has upgraded the wireless internet system for the entire campus. The new wireless internet is just one of the planned projects. ITS is also working on an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Campus Ministry food bank low on stock Karissa Donkin &#8211; The Aquinian Vanna Dufour didn’t have a great summer break. The fourth-year St. Thomas University student spent the summer in Saint John looking for employment. She returned to Fredericton in September without much money, but plenty of discouragement. “My chances of getting employment next year [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Danie Pitre &#8211; The Aquinian Gallery Connexion is hosting the Salmon Run auction to raise money for their renovation of their new home, the Chestnut Complex on York Street. The gallery was displaced after the 2008 flood, which caused extensive damage to many buildings in the downtown area. The auction will showcase 23 salmon sculptures [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If at the end of my life there is a question as to what to do with me, the answer is this- I want my brain to be put into a robot. Not any kind of robot. A robot companion. As a robot I will be as uncomfortably sexy as the the T-X from Terminator [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Wanted: One full-time companion for crime solving/ caped crusading. Experience: 3-5 years. This is serious business, not amateur hour. Must be hard working, ambitious, and able to disarm an underwater bomb with a cell phone. Must be available evenings, weekends. Encyclopedic knowledge of waterfowl a plus. Must provide your own tights and graphing calculator. Candidates [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Backpacker Culture.  Featuring this week&#8217;s  traveller, Anna Ferensowicz A student gets to ask “the forever unanswered and debated” questions Summer in Warsaw is always beautiful. There is the old town, a wonderful labyrinth with its cobblestone streets and endless throngs of amber stores. There’s the Royal Castle that has tapestries as big as any modern [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Derek Montague &#8211; The Aquinian Tommies score 8 unanswered goals for a final score of 10-4 The St. Thomas men’s hockey team overcame a three-goall deficit en route to a 10-4 victory over the Dalhouise Tigers in Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey action last week. STU was slow out of the gate, and found themselves down [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Bailey White &#8211; The Aquinian Satellite campus for St. Thomas in the works, says MP St. Thomas University president Michael Higgins didn’t expect to see Member of Parliament Tilley O’Neill-Gordon’s name in provincial papers last weekend. “I was unhappy. And surprised,” Higgins said. O’Neill-Gordon told reporters a project that would bring a STU campus to Miramichi [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tara Chislett &#8211; The Aquinian When Marianas Trench bassist Mike Ayley heard that the venue in Regina had been upgraded, the first thing he thought of was the last time the Killers were on tour. “It was like, oh, you guys are supposed to be playing at this venue and then they upped the size [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Do you enjoy drumming, do want to learn how or do you simply long for the cathartic satisfaction of hitting something? If this sounds appealing, your Sunday afternoons just got a little more interesting. The group Djembes and Djuns holds a drum circle/ workshop every Sunday in Wilmot Park from 1:30-3:30pm.  Weather permitting, the group [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It has been a while since I&#8217;ve had the time to sit down and write, but I&#8217;m back for more blogs! Let&#8217;s jump in before I lose my train of thought. Does anyone remember when Harper apologized for Canada&#8217;s involvement in the residential school system that assimilated and abused Natives? Remember how disappointed some Natives [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Suggested listening:  Ryan Adams – Political Scientist These ideas rattle around my mind like empty beer cans on a rented school bus.  The moment’s tall, dark, and handsome, and I ought to fuck it.  The metaphors come dancing, but motivation plays wallflower.  If you’re with me, it looks like we’re on our own on this [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some friends and I were out taking advantage of an on-campus bar, and it was brought to my attention that the game of pool might possibly be the most douchiest game of all time.  Any game where you can play, get drunk, and try to pick up without even breaking a sweat is a bit [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Alex Solak &#8211; The Aquinian We students are all part of a union.  It&#8217;s a pretty big operation. We (well some of us) elect a group of 19-20 people every year.  Those people are somehow responsible for the hiring of at least a dozen other staff members.  Some of those staff members deal with even [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week the city of Moncton is hosting their first &#8216;Intelligent Communities Summit&#8217;. The 3 day conference brings leaders of Canada&#8217;s technology industry to Atlantic Canada to discuss  how current and upcoming technology are shaping our communities.  Guests include representatives from HP, Motorola, Cisco, and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Associtation.  Members of civil and provincial [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some students – and at least one professor – have been having issues lately with their STU email accounts.  But that&#8217;s nothing in comparison to problems the major email servers have been having. Blogs and websites were in an uproar yesterday when news broke that over 10,00o Microsoft Hotmail account usernames and passwords had been [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In memoriam- On October 2nd, 2009 Blue “Lappy” Toshiba-Laptop passed on, peacefully, in our home. No amount of ctrl+alt+delete could revive him. Lappy was a dear friend of mine. He contained all of my homework, my music and my photos, which he brought with him to the computer afterlife. He wasn’t the fastest laptop, or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last weekend, the New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives had a policy conference in Moncton and came out with few specifics. Not that this is surprising: the fixed provincial election isn&#8217;t until next year, and the PCs don&#8217;t want to risk coming up with policies that could be lambasted for the next twelve months. That said, the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tara Chislett &#8211; The Aquinian Regina and Fredericton aren&#8217;t all that different to Joel Passmore. The bass player for Saskatchewan&#8217;s Rah Rah, Passmore understands the ups and downs of being in a band from a small town.  Living three hours outside of Saskatoon, he said making things work takes a lot of time and dedication. [&hellip;]</p>