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To Wear Or Not To Wear – The War On Niqab

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She walked into the doors for her dorm feeling like a new person. She felt as though hundreds of eyes were fixed on her. She runs outside her residence hiding behind big structures thinking everyone is going to see her. She made it to a safe alleyway. She hid behind the trees, her eyes underneath [...]

Tom Henheffer

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In the summer of 2009, Tom Henheffer received his degree and went directly from a St. Thomas journalism classroom to the newsroom at Maclean’s Magazine. He filed this report to NB Beacon’s From the Field on the challenges and rewards of working as a professional journalist.

Kofi’s Story

Kofi Ampong says he still wants to accomplish all the same dreams he had before a brutal attack left him paralyzed. [Photo: The Aquinian]

After an assault left him paralyzed from the waist down, Kofi Ampong didn’t give up on life and his latest dream is his most ambitious. In 2005, Kofi Ampong had it all. The young student from Ghana was charming, athletic and smart. An international student from Ghana, Ampong was wrapping up his studies at St. Thomas [...]

Literacy in New Brunswick

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In order to explore the hidden problems of illiteracy, we have taken these questions to organizations and individuals in New Brunswick. This project is a reflection of what we found in our investigation.

Why Canadian Elections are Better Than American Ones

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(Polls suggest young people will turn out in record numbers for the The federal Monday, May 2.  Traditionally, they haven’t and no one knows whether the polls will prove correct or be another disappointment to parties hoping young people will support them. The following is the opinion of one  St. Thomas student about  how Canadians approach the business [...]

Moving On: President Dennis Cochrane on STU, his challenges and leaving

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In January 2010 Dennis Cochrane took over as interim president of St. Thomas. Former president Michael Higgins had left to pursue other interests, and Cochrane was pegged by a headhunting firm as a possible replacement. Now, scarcely more than a month away from the end of his tenure, Cochrane reflects on his time at the [...]

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