Features

The key to stopping North Atlantic right whale deaths might be orbiting the planet

By: Isaac Phan Nay, The Charlatan OTTAWA (CUP) — It’s June 28, 2020, and Sarah Sharp is on the long strip of beaches near Sandy...

The humble life of a campus barista

Kevin McMurray doesn’t understand why people love him so much. Since he started working at St. Thomas University’s Java Moose kiosk about four years ago,...

STU students feel in the dark about new president

If you ask students at St. Thomas University how they feel about the new school president and vice-chancellor, they will tell you they don’t...

Student hunters pay respect to animals

Milly Squires's father taught her to hunt at a young age but also how to pay respect to animals. “I continue to practice gratefulness and...

Looking for justice: Group calls for end to over-policing Black communities

India Mosca, The McGill Daily MONTREAL (CUP) — On Friday, Feb. 10, family, friends, and supporters gathered in front of Roddick Gates for the Justice...

STU students raise thousands for homelessness

Tim Fox’s passion for fundraising to support homeless people is contagious, according to Erin Cunningham, a third-year social work student at St. Thomas University.  When...

The face behind the camera: the story of STU’s grad photographer

Walking into the studio to get graduation pictures taken felt like walking into an old friend’s house. A relaxed Lizzy McAlpine song played in...

Understanding body counts

HALIFAX (CUP) — Everyone with TikTok knows about body counts — the number of individuals that you’ve had sex with. For a lot of...

Will ChatGPT replace university essay writing?

In a groundbreaking move that is set to shake up the world of higher education, ChatGPT, the AI language model developed by OpenAI, is...

Commentary: We can’t fight racism if we don’t understand it

I didn’t come to properly understand racism until just last year when I read White Tears/Brown Scars by journalist and researcher Ruby Hamad. In a...

Keeping New Brunswick’s Black history alive

Nestled near Otnabog Lake, between Saint John and Fredericton, lies the historic community of Elm Hill, one of Canada's first Black settlements. Previously known as...

The legacy of Yummy Samosas

Karim Fagir helped his parents, Mohamed Fagir and Iqbal Abdel-Karim, with the family business since he was in the sixth grade.  Yummy Samosas, which was...