Elizabeth Strange is appealing the results of the St. Thomas University students’ union election and wants a by-election. She was a candidate for vice-president education during the vote on Tuesday and Wednesday last week. Strange said Alex Driscoll, who defeated her by 99 votes or almost 18 per cent, was standing near polling stations “excessively.” [...]
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John Hoben, a third year international relations major from Saint John, N.B. has been elected as the next St. Thomas University students’ union president. Hoben defeated Emily Sheen. Before the election Hoben served as an off-campus representative. During the campaign he said wanted STUSU to remain a member of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, [...]
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Katherine McTiernan points at her upper back as she describes the physical pain she’s coping with. She has recently developed chronic tension in her back, which, according to her doctor, is specifically the result of stress. With graduation just ahead of her, this fourth-year sociology major is struggling with nearly $40,000 worth of debt. And [...]
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I’ve spent the last two years covering the St. Thomas University students’ union and there are a few things voters should know going into the election, especially when they’re listening to promises to change the atmosphere of the union. First, there’s a lack of student engagement. Barely 20 per cent of students vote and often [...]
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After 25 years of living with cystic fibrosis, three months in the hospital, and eight hours in surgery, Heather MacInnis has new lungs. It was last Monday afternoon, Feb. 20, when Heather’s doctors told her they may have found a match. They scheduled a tentative surgery for early Tuesday morning. The St. Thomas University student [...]
Continue reading …Findlay McKay-Boyce Year: Third Major: Honours in history, minor in political science Hometown: Rothesay, N.B. STUSU experience: N/A Students first, money second Findlay McKay-Boyce is running for vice-president administration and says if he is elected, he will cut the STUSU deficit. “We have been having a deficit for the last few years,” he said. “We [...]
Continue reading …The basics: John Hoben Year: Third Major: International relations Hometown: Saint John, N.B. STUSU experience: Current off-campus representative Emily Sheen Year: Second Major: Religious studies and history Hometown: Beaver Bank, N.S. STUSU experience: Current vice-president external, Chatham Hall The Aquinian: If you could change one thing about this year’s union, what would it be? [...]
Continue reading …Alex Driscoll Year: Second Major: Political science and human rights Hometown: Saint John, N.B. STUSU experience: N/A Driscoll favours meetings over protests Alex Driscoll says the position of vice-president education seemed like a natural fit since he is an outgoing, passionate and dedicated person. As a political science and human rights major, the second-year student [...]
Continue reading …Cristobal Vasquez Year: Third Major: Double honors in political science and great ideas Hometown: Lima, Peru STUSU experience: Current vice-president external, Rigby Hall International student inspired by close-knit community Growing up in Lima, Peru has molded vice-president student life candidate Cristobal Vasquez. He said the city of eight million isn’t the nicest and prepared him [...]
Continue reading …Brittany Arsenault Year: Third Major: Communications and English Hometown: Rothesay, N.B. Previous STUSU experience: N/A Running unopposed, Brittany Arsenault will be the grad class president for the class of 2013, pending a yes or no vote Tuesday and Wednesday. Arsenault has three years experience coordinating events with the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in Saint John. [...]
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A St. Thomas University journalism professor has been nominated for a political writing award. Jacques Poitras’ book The Imaginary Line: Life on an unfinished border has been nominated for the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Shaunessy Cohen Prize, which carries a $25,000 award. The prize recognizes political non-fiction books that increase the public’s understanding on an [...]
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Peter Johnston Year: Second Major: History Hometown: Saint John, N.B. Previous STUSU positions: N/A The Aquinian: Why does this position appeal to you? Peter Johnston: The position appeals to me because I feel I can represent both sides, the union and the senate, well by satisfying both parties. AQ: How are you going to [...]
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