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FROM THE ARCHIVES: 9/11 through a child’s eyes

I remember her eyes. They were clear and blue and filled with tears. On Tuesday, Sept 11, 2001, Newark Airport, just 15 miles southwest of New York City,...

Branding STU: In an age where academic institutions have to sell themselves, what does a small liberal-arts university have to offer?

Rapper Jay-Z and pop-star wife, Beyonce, applied to have their newborn daughter’s name trademarked in January. No one will be able to use the...

Crossroads at Victoria Station

I left Fredericton after my second year of undergrad. Born and raised in the city, it was time to get away. I had stayed...

Undergrad fatigue: Footnotes on a college career

I had a major paper due a few weeks ago. I put it off and put it off until the night before when I...

Let slip the dogs of war: How far can dirty politics go?

In my four years at St. Thomas University, I, like 80 per cent of you, have never voted in a student election. Honestly, I...

The great escape to grad school

It’s your fourth (or fifth) February of your undergraduate degree. The days get longer and the snow turns to streams disappearing down College Hill...
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STU Travels to Harvard National Model United Nations

The Aquinian’s Video Producer Ian Curran sits down with Hanna Mercier and Sydney Gallibois, members of this experiential learning trip to Boston representing St....

STU research project brings newcomers together

Promise of Home highlights not only the difficulties that newcomers face — discrimination, navigating a new country — but also a sense of belonging...

Competing views on STU’s new digital media courses

When Donald Dickson, a journalism professor at St. Thomas University, learned the broadcasting courses he has taught for the past 16 years were not...