STU is getting ready for next year’s course registrations. WebAdvisor has already been loaded with all the available course for the 2010-2011 school year. As with every year, students entering their 4th year get first choice. That starts on March 25 at 6:00 A.M. Here’s full list of start dates: Thursday, March 25 at 6:00 [...]
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East Side Board Supply hosted a Shovel-Off at Kimble skate park over the weekend. With the help of 25 local skateboarders the park was snow free within a hour and half. After the snow was cleared East Side owner Brain Muir provided food and drinks for anyone who came out to help.
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Bastarache and Henry battle for union supremacy Jamie Ross – The Aquinian – When the ballots were finally tallied, Sean Thompson could hardly believe his eyes. So he counted again, and the result was the same: the race for president of the students’ union had resulted in a tie. “It was freaky,” said Thompson, Chief [...]
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Matt McCann- The Aquinian- Rick Myers had a peculiar introduction to the world of St. Thomas. A young political science student, Myers was just finishing his PhD at the University of Toronto when he noticed an advertisement on the wall of the political science department. A small, East-Coast liberal arts university was looking for a part-time [...]
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By Jamie Ross-The Aquinian Chief Returning Officer Sean Thompson says he hasn’t ruled out fining candidates who left their Facebook groups online after campaigning for the general elections closed. But he won’t disqualify the candidates who broke St. Thomas University Students’ Union bylaws. “But I have a feeling there’ll be an appeal about that,” said Thompson. [...]
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Social justice campaigner reinforces bottled-water ban option Jamie Ross – The Aquinian Bottled water is bad, a Polaris Institute campaigner told an audience of about 12 people last week. “It’s an issue people are talking about, and people are wondering, ‘what’s the big deal,’” said Elly Adeland. “There’s the environmental aspect, the social economic aspect.” [...]
Continue reading …(CUP)–The faculty union at UNB won’t strike for the time being. A conciliation board has been formed to settle the contract dispute between the university administration and approximately 600 full times teachers, researchers and librarians, represented by Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers (AUNBT), post-secondary education Minister Donald Arsenault announced last week. UNB’s full-time [...]
Continue reading …Jamie Ross – The Aquinian Issues of identity, land claims and the repatriation of ancestral remains will be at the heart of Native Awareness Days –a week-long event to be held at STU later this month. “We have to stand up and speak out, and native awareness days gives us that opportunity,” said Frank Jr. [...]
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Amy MacKenzie – The Aquinian Students tired of eating Raman noodles and Kraft Dinner as a way to save money filed into Ellen MacIntosh’s seminar about eating healthy on a budget last week. “In my position at the Student Health Centre, I see hundreds of students every year. Virtually all of them are dealing with [...]
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Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian STU students might not be immune to inconvenience in the event of a work stoppage at the University of New Brunswick. St. Thomas currently enjoys a slew of shared services with UNB that could be disrupted in the event of a strike or lockout down the hill. Some St. Thomas [...]
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Who’s who at STU: Jardine gets education without the marks Jody Nabuurs - The Aquinian Mike Jardine sits in a classroom among 30 young journalism students every day at St. Thomas University. He listens to them debate the issues of the day, he watches them panic over tests and assignments, and he hears their sighs of [...]
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The Aquinian The stage is set for the St. Thomas University Students’ Union spring general elections, which is scheduled for Feb. 24 and Feb. 25. Nominations closed Friday for nine positions, six of which are contested. Melissa Bastarache, Ella Henry, and Mark Livingstone are competing for president of the students’ union, while incumbent Mary-Dan Johnston [...]
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