Stairway to voting
I get nervous every time I go to UNB. It’s a cold place, not as friendly, and lots of monstrous birds. But what I’m the most nervous about when I go down the hill is why I left UNB in the first place after only 1 year…accessibility. Going there to vote last week, I saw [...]
Has campus campaigning gone to far? Last Wednesday afternoon, Greg Byrne painted the STU courtyard red. The Liberal candidate in Fredericton-Lincoln parked a classic red Chevy truck, complete with a Byrne campaign sign in the flatbed, in the middle of the courtyard and lined the trees with cardboard Liberal signs. Byrne and supporters were there [...]
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Harvey wants to put environment on province’s political agenda Janice Harvey sits in James Dunn Hall sipping her coffee and picking at her muffin. She’s been a professor of environmental studies at St. Thomas University since winter 2009. Now, as the candidate for the Charlotte-Campobello riding for the Green Party in the next provincial election, [...]
Continue reading …Qualifications: Canadian citizen 18 years or older Lived in New Brunswick 40 days prior to the election date (Sept. 27) All voters have to register. You can do this on the day of the election, but you’ll avoid the bigger line-ups if you do it beforehand at the SUB. You must have three pieces of [...]
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Is poor leadership leading to student apathy? New Brunswick has had a good run of premiers: Louis J. Robichaud, Richard Hatfield, Frank McKenna and Bernard Lord all earned respect on the national political scene. But when Sean Thompson tuned into the provincial election debate last week, the political junkie and former STU student, did not [...]
Continue reading …Move follows student lobby effort With the provincial election only a few weeks away, Elections New Brunswick has come up with a way to make voting easy for university students: a satellite returning office in UNB’s Students’ Union building. Students with proper identification can walk into the office, located in room 118 below the CHSR [...]
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Cochrane wants university issues discussed in election The modest fourth-floor McCain Hall office of St. Thomas University’s president Dennis Cochrane offers a bird’s eye view of the small campus. Sitting in a leather chair, Cochrane picks up a paper clip and fidgets with it as he offers his thoughts on the provincial election campaign. Always [...]
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