STU prof Matthew Hayes running for mayor
Matthew Hayes won’t be quitting his day job anytime soon, even if he’s elected mayor. The St. Thomas University sociology professor and community activist said he’s vying for the top job on council because he wants to talk about “citywide” issues that are being ignored. “I was approached and I thought this would be a [...]
When Sarah Bulman came to St. Thomas University, she could count the people she knew on one hand. But within a month, she went from counting friends to counting votes as the students’ union’s chief returning officer. Bulman studied at the University of Prince Edward Island, but halfway through her degree, decided it wasn’t the [...]
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The man behind the customs desk raised an eyebrow when he heard why I was leaving the country. “I’m going to Boston for the Harvard National Model United Nations Conference,” I told him through a big grin. After taking one look at my red pea coat and polka-dot dress, he decided I probably wasn’t making [...]
Continue reading …Looking back, house president Caitlin Doiron says the alcohol ban at Harrington Hall was about more than drinking. “It wasn’t about liquor, it was about respect.” When the alcohol ban ended at Harrington two weeks ago, it came with conditions. This included no glass bottles, no drinking in lounges and no guests after moderate quiet [...]
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First-year student Andrew Nice doesn’t just worry about his grades — but where his next meal comes from too. “When my groceries first got drastically low, I found myself eating three peanut butter sandwiches a day and dry cereal. I started to get sick and had to get something else to eat.” Halfway through first [...]
Continue reading …You can count on a celebration this weekend at Harrington Hall. After six weeks, the residence is no longer dry. A meeting was held Friday afternoon to discuss the future of the alcohol ban. The house committee submitted a proposal to dean of students, Larry Batt, suggesting alternatives to the prohibition. A compromise was reached [...]
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Deandra Doyle will never forget when a plate of nachos ruined her day. “I had a customer yell at me full volume in front of the whole restaurant and it just absolutely mortified me and in the end, it wasn’t my mistake, but you’re the face that people see when there’s something wrong with their [...]
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Some say party, others say spirit. But one thing Harrington Hall doesn’t lack is reputation. And it didn’t take long for the house’s reputation to be called into question this year, after a fight broke out in a second floor lounge on Oct. 15. It was Harrington’s first house party of the year. Former house [...]
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A recent survey by Students for Sustainability is giving the university some food for thought. St. Thomas University joined campuses across the country in a survey last month for World Food Day. One hundred STU students answered a set of questions about food issues on and off campus. When asked about local food, 90 per [...]
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For Val Johnstone, coming to STU was an accident. The first year student from Harpswell, Maine was touring UNB when she stumbled upon the tiny liberal arts school at the top of the hill. “The people here were so great and they were putting such an emphasis on humanities and the importance of making a [...]
Continue reading …A coochie snorcher, a puntang, a punany or a monkey box. They all mean one thing: vagina. This was the topic last Wednesday and Thursday at the Kinsella Auditorium where 11 St. Thomas University students performed The Vagina Monologues. The monologues are performed annually for the students’ union’s Sexuality Awareness Week and for V-Day, an [...]
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