‘Bubbly’ grad class president candidate used to planning events
Brittany Arsenault Year: Third Major: Communications and English Hometown: Rothesay, N.B. Previous STUSU experience: N/A Running unopposed, Brittany Arsenault will be the grad class president for the...
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Cristobal Vasquez Year: Third Major: Double honors in political science and great ideas Hometown: Lima, Peru STUSU experience: Current vice-president external, Rigby Hall International student inspired...
View ArticleMeet the candidates: Vice-president education
Alex Driscoll Year: Second Major: Political science and human rights Hometown: Saint John, N.B. STUSU experience: N/A Driscoll favours meetings over protests Alex Driscoll says the position of...
View ArticleMeet the candidates: President
The basics: John Hoben Year: Third Major: International relations Hometown: Saint John, N.B. STUSU experience: Current off-campus representative Emily Sheen Year: Second Major: Religious studies...
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Findlay McKay-Boyce Year: Third Major: Honours in history, minor in political science Hometown: Rothesay, N.B. STUSU experience: N/A Students first, money second Findlay McKay-Boyce is running for...
View ArticleVoters, beware: What to know before you vote in the STUSU election
I’ve spent the last two years covering the St. Thomas University students’ union and there are a few things voters should know going into the election, especially when they’re listening to promises to...
View ArticleJohn Hoben elected STUSU president
John Hoben, a third year international relations major from Saint John, N.B. has been elected as the next St. Thomas University students’ union president. Hoben defeated Emily Sheen. Before the...
View ArticleSTUSU candidate questions election results
Elizabeth Strange is appealing the results of the St. Thomas University students’ union election and wants a by-election. She was a candidate for vice-president education during the vote on Tuesday and...
View ArticleSTU professor up for ECMA
A St. Thomas University professor might be bringing an East Coast Music Award back to campus. Fine arts professor Steven Peacock’s music duo, Duo Cantilena, has been nominated for the upcoming awards....
View ArticleChoosing your 2013 class valedictorian
Each of the four candidates for valedictorian have a different approach in mind for how they want to reach students on the most important day of their undergraduate career. Rosalyn Alessi wants to...
View ArticleMurphy wins STUSU presidential race
Elizabeth Murphy was elected as the 2013-2014 president of the St. Thomas Students’ Union with 338 votes. She says her two main goals for next year are to increase alumni presence on campus and help...
View ArticleStudent flying home for Venezuelan election
The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has opened new doors for the country, and a 20-year-old student at St. Thomas University is taking the opportunity to make her voice heard. “I’m flying to...
View ArticleCampus briefs
Election appeal An appeal has been filed concerning the STUSU by-election results of off-campus representatives. Fourth year student Elizabeth Strange sent a letter to Ryan Smith, chair of the STUSU,...
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Centerspead: Meet your executive
There’s still time to vote online for your next Students Union members. We sat down with the people running for the head positions to find out who they are and what they would do for you. Voting ends...
View ArticleYour 2014-15 STUSU
As expected, Santiago Chavez will be the next St. Thomas University Students’ Union president as announced by current vice president education Luke Robertson at The Cellar shortly after 6 p.m. on Feb....
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Student issues irrelevant on campaign trail
With the Sept. 22 New Brunswick election coming into focus, the campaign trail is oddly quiet, notably lacking any big news from parties’ post-secondary education platforms. St. Thomas University...
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A student’s guide to voting this election
St. Thomas students won’t have to leave campus to vote in this year’s election. For the first time, Elections New Brunswick will have returning officers on campus and voting stations will be set up in...
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Little opposition to excluded parties at CTV debate
Student Tara Hay holding up a sign outside the debate that said “u have 2 other options” (Andrea Barcenas) The outcry against the exclusion of the province’s two smallest parties at tonight’s leader’s...
View ArticleSTU students push for election reform
Students at St Thomas University’s School of Social Work are taking on what they see as issues with Canada’s electoral system. Edward Stansfield, Kelly Cunningham, Nevin Brewer and Tara Hay are...
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Should voting be mandatory in Canada?
(illustrated by Book Sadprasid\The Aquinian) Only 40 per cent of young people vote in Canada, but 100 per cent of young people vote in Brazil. That’s because voting is mandatory in Brazil. Many are...
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