Grant-Harvey opening delayed again
It’ll be a few more months before skates hit the ice at the new $29.5-million Grant-Harvey Centre. The new arena, soon to be home to both St. Thomas University hockey teams, is now expected to be complete in July, according to Greg Cook, Fredericton’s executive director of special capital projects. In November, city officials said [...]
The vote to increase fees St. Thomas University students pay for STUSU membership has been delayed – again. STU students’ union vice-president administration Mary-Dan Johnston introduced the idea of raising the full- and part-time students’ union fee by three per cent two weeks ago. It would, if approved, increase the full-time student STUSU fee to [...]
Continue reading …This week, the St. Thomas University students’ union will vote on whether to increase the STUSU fees by three per cent. Last week, vice-president administration Mary-Dan Johnston proposed the idea at council but the vote was delayed until this week. If approved, the full-time student STUSU fee would go from $108 per year to $111.24. [...]
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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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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 [...]
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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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I was nine when I decided I wanted to become a political analyst. It was circa ’99, the year John Hamm’s Progressive Conservatives won Nova Scotia’s provincial election. I read the brochures and listened closely to the news. As a (wishful) voter, I wanted to make an informed decision. “John Hamm’s going to win, you [...]
Continue reading …The St. Thomas University students’ union has been told to shelve the idea of moving offices to a Windsor Street home, which is owned by the university. “From the way the university sees it now, the Windsor Street properties are completely off the table,” said STUSU president Mark Livingstone. The union is looking at options [...]
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The debate over membership in the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations is heating up again. Last week, St. Thomas University students’ union president Mark Livingstone tabled a surprise motion at the regular Thursday STUSU meeting. After 44 minutes of debate, the motion was approved. It created an ad hoc committee which will write a report [...]
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Wires peek out through a hole along the floor of the brightly painted blue wall. Standing beside the hole, where a baseboard should be in his Student Union Building office, St. Thomas University students’ union president Mark Livingstone cracks a joke. “Here’s an example of our deferred maintenance.” And this is just one of the [...]
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