A partnership with a university in Croatia is providing an opportunity for students to travel the Mediterranean and gain six credit hours this summer. Alexandra Bain, an associate professor in religious studies at St. Thomas University, can take up to 20 students to Croatia from July 16 to 27. “I think it’s important for every [...]
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Making Canadian university campuses more environmentally friendly has become a hot topic, and St. Thomas University is no exception. STU’s most recent effort is the water conservation challenge between the residence houses, but other changes are also visible around campus. Former student Marylynn Côté, along with the president’s advisory committee on campus environmental issues (PACCEI) [...]
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When Sarah Bulman came to St. Thomas University, she could count the people she knew on one hand. But within a month, she went from counting friends to counting votes as the students’ union’s chief returning officer. Bulman studied at the University of Prince Edward Island, but halfway through her degree, decided it wasn’t the [...]
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The cases presented in two election appeals simply weren’t strong enough, the St. Thomas University students’ union appellate board said. The appeals by two candidates were rejected by the board last Friday and the result has left many involved thinking STUSU election bylaws need to be clarified. Frank Jr. Molley was appealing his disqualification for [...]
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You might want to clean the dust out of your fall-out shelter because, according to Shreesh Juyal, it may not be long before the next nuclear disaster. Juyal came to St. Thomas University to give the annual Dr. Abdul Q. Lodhi Lecture in Human Rights. He’s the dean of the faculty of international studies at [...]
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Some UNB proctors have decided to bring the It Gets Better Campaign to St. Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick. The popular online campaign, which began two years ago on YouTube by Dan Savage, offers support for youth and teens bullied for their sexual orientation. It includes video testimonials by high-profile people like [...]
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St. Thomas University students’ union appellate board has unofficially rejected appeals by both Elizabeth Strange and Frank Jr. Molley. The results will be official once the board sends out emails to the appellants. Decisions of the board are final. Strange, a candidate for vice-president education, did not want to comment immediately after the decision. “I’m [...]
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A vaccine protecting against a sexually transmitted infection said to affect 75 per cent of sexually active men and women at least once in their lifetime isn’t covered under St. Thomas University’s health plan. Human papillomavirus, better known as HPV, is the most common sexually transmitted infection, and is heavily linked to cervical cancer in [...]
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John Hoben says he doesn’t want to get Lost in personality conflicts on the political island of the St. Thomas University students’ union. Hoben eked out a close, 24-vote victory over Emily Sheen to become the next STUSU president. The third-year international relations major, who described himself as a “nice guy who is easy to [...]
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Controversy has struck again. Two candidates in the recent St. Thomas University students’ union general election have filed appeals. And with only two other appeals in its four-year history, the STUSU appellate board is being called on to hear the appeals. Elizabeth Strange said Alex Driscoll, who defeated her for the position of vice-president education [...]
Continue reading …An upcoming two-day symposium at St. Thomas University will bring academics from across Canada here to talk about a controversial topic: torture and Canada’s complicity in it. Mainly organized by Alan Clarke, STU’s endowed chair in criminology and criminal justice, the symposium will take place March 21-22 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clarke is [...]
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