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STUSU wraps-up 2010

The St. Thomas University Students’ Union held their annual general meeting Thursday, April 15 on the STU campus. As some long-serving members graduate and move on, the union looks to the future. Read Transcript Here

“STUSU wraps-up 2010″ Transcript

[VO]: The St. Thomas University Students’ Union held their 36th annual general meeting on Thursday in the Holy Cross Conference Room on the St. Thomas University campus. The union is obligated to hold an AGM before the end of each academic year so that the membership of the union, the student body, has the opportunity [...]

Part-time profs face full-time struggle

The lockout and strike at St. Thomas University in 2008 brought issues affecting part-time professors to the forefront of the debate. Photo courtesy of Acadia University Faculty Association.

brian Campbell’s first experience as part-time professor was not the happiest one. The University of New Brunswick offered Campbell a job to teach three courses during a summer intersession. He thought this would be the beginning of his teaching career – something he describes as being a long-term goal. “I quit my job at Starbucks [...]

Canadian musician encourages Fredericton youth to make responsible choices

Mitch Dorge from the Crash Test Dummies listens to an up-and-coming drummer. Photo by Stew Corbett.

Mitch Dorge, drummer for the Canadian band Crash Test Dummies, was at Bliss Carman Middle School in Fredericton Thursday night giving a presentation on making responsible choices with drugs and alcohol. After the Crash Test Dummies went on hiatus in 2001, Dorge started building a program aimed at inspiring people to go out and pursue something [...]

Transcript – The scoop on Santa

“Does Santa Claus exist?” Talk about a loaded question from a young child. Most parents are faced with this question at some point. What would I say if my kid asked me if Santa was real? And how would they react to my answer if I told them the truth? I was relatively unaffected by [...]

The scoop on Santa Claus

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Santa Claus, Chris Kringle, Father Christmas are just some of the names used to identify a popular Christmas icon. The idea of Santa Claus comes with a bag full of scrutiny and children usually stop believing in the jolly old man before they reach their teen years,  some much earlier. Despite this, Santa will always [...]

Lack of transparency leaves human rights in the cold: Criminology chair

Dr. Paul Groarke. Endowed chair of criminology and criminal justice at St. Thomas University. Photo courtesy of STU faculty website.

Dr. Paul Groarke started the night off on a light note at his human rights lecture at St. Thomas University on Monday. “The first thing I will do is remove my jacket which is something I never got to do in the courts,” says Groarke. “When I was on the tribunal they always insisted that [...]

Transcript for “STU runners travel cross country”

The leaves are falling off the trees, the temperature is creeping down to zero, and the sun is setting but the St. Thomas University cross country team still has some work to do. Coach Scott Davis is training his team at the Oromocto High School track in preparation for some stiff competition at the Canadian [...]

STU runners travel cross country

Watch here: The STU cross country team is headed to the national championship in their league for the second year in a row. The championship race is being hosted by the Auguastana Vikings and will be held in Camrose, Alberta on November 13 and 14. Stew Corbett has the story.

Freedom of speech vs. freedom of the press

Editorial cartoons are a prime example of freedom of the press. Photo courtesy of Bruce MacKinnon.

In this generation everyone and their dog has a blog, Twitter page or what have you. This mass-communication phenomenon has stirred up a number of debates regarding freedom of speech and freedom of the press. It also seems to have inadvertently lumped these two terms together into one freedom-loving defense against defamation. Despite what people [...]

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