International fashion clashes with the Great White North
It’s 8 p.m. and music is blasting as Vanessa and her friends get dressed for the night. They dance to songs from dance hall artists, like Vybz Kartel and Movado, while doing their hair and make-up and drinking. They head to the club around 11 p.m. in the outfits they’d planned from days before, dressed [...]
Ryan Sullivan would like to see a diverse St. Thomas University community with students from as many countries as possible.Sullivan, the director of international recruitment, said diversity of students is one of STU’s priorities, as different experiences improve a student’s education and open up new horizons. STU’s international student enrolment is up this year, with [...]
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Friday prayer had just ended. Taher Shanta, a mature University of New Brunswick computer science student, sat on his prayer mat, still praying with the remaining few. Shanta’s country, Libya, has been in turmoil for the past nine months. The peaceful protests demanding leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi to step down turned into armed conflict. But [...]
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When Lucas Liu first arrived in Fredericton in June 2007, he thought he was on the set of a horror film. Originally from Jining, China, a city of eight million, Liu couldn’t fathom how the streets of Fredericton could possibly be so deserted on a warm summer evening. “I thought this might be that kind [...]
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Ten years ago, when al-Qaeda launched a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the world mourned the thousands who died. But the lasting impact was much more than lost lives and missing buildings. It’s changed the world we live in and our idea of security. How has 9/11 changed the world we live in?\ Kyla Cochrane, third-year [...]
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The crowd is silent as Yasmin Glinton bares a part of her soul through her words. Standing onstage and unable to see the eyes of her listeners, Glinton reads three poems with confidence and emotion, feeding off her own energy. Seeing only the stage lights means Glinton doesn’t know how her audience is reacting to [...]
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Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian – Tuition has gone up again for international students at STU. Despite their “guaranteed award” of $1,700, students not living in Canada pay almost three times the amount that Canadian residences pay to attend St. Thomas University. According to an email from Larry Batt, Dean of Students and Registrar, international tuition [...]
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Maiko Tanabe - The Aquinian – Kiyoka Kunishima’s hands were cold and shaking before she played the piano at STU Revue. She took a deep breath and looked at the audience. That’s all she remembers. “I’m always nervous when someone is listening to me,” Kunishima said. “But when I looked at the audience at STU Revue, [...]
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Eight students from STU will be making trips this summer Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian Emily Smith, a third-year student at St. Thomas, spent three months in Ghana last summer. She was a teacher there, yet when she recalls the experience, she feels she learned more. Last summer, St. Thomas University partnered with Intercordia Canada [...]
Continue reading …Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian Some international students are uninterested in the upcoming STUSU election, just like other students, but maybe for different reasons. Chiemi Sakai, a second-year international student, said she’s not even sure when the election is and if she’s going to vote, because she’s not sure her vote would affect her university [...]
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A Canadian and Japanese on a very Canadian Valentine’s Day date Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian It was a date with a notepad and a pen, but still, it was the best date I have ever had. Now, I have a confession to make. I had never had a Canadian (or North American) Valentine’s Day [...]
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Maiko Tanabe – The Aquinian Some will travel, some will go to their friend’s but some will stay in a residence. Ayat Abed Isaid isn’t looking forward to the Christmas break. While the majority of the student can’t wait to spend the holiday with their family and friends, Isaid, a fourth-year international student at St. [...]
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