''The Aquinian'' is a student-owned-and-operated publication at St. Thomas University (STU) in

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. ''The Aquinian'' is published on a weekly basis during the regular academic year and is a member of the

Canadian University Press Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by more than 50 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada. Founded in 1938, CUP is the oldest student newswire service in the world and the oldest ...

. ''The Aquinian''s mission is to "foster a sense of community at STU by developing and promoting dialogue." ''The Aquinian'' provides the campus community with an educational, informative and worthwhile presentation of STU and the greater Fredericton communities in newsprint form.

Recent history

Before the 2004–05 academic year, ''The Aquinian'' was printed biweekly in broadsheet format. In the fall of 2004, the editorial staff scaled the paper down to tabloid format, which made it financially feasible to print on a weekly basis. In 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic, ''The Aquinian'' stopped its weekly printing schedule to transition to fully digital, where staff now publish stories on a weekly basis on its website. ''The Aquinian'' has a friendly, good-natured rivalry with ''The Brunswickan'', the campus newspaper for the University of New Brunswick, which is also located on Fredericton's campus hill.

Controversies

* 2004–05 academic year St. Thomas University gained international headlines in the fall of 2004 when the paper published a photo taken of four University of New Brunswick (UNB) rugby players streaking across the university's rugby pitch. The incident generated huge interest in the paper among students, as well as regional, national and international media. It was also a controversy among UNB students and administration as the four players captured in the photo were suspended from playing in the Maritime men's university rugby championship, which the team went on to lose

The four players in the photo were among at least ten who partook in the bare festivities

"Rugby team may end naked celebrations" Canadian Press, November 5, 2004, * 2005–06 academic year The paper's content came under fire in the 2005–06 academic year after it published an opinion piece on student apathy towards the Iraq War, U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. It was accompanied by a photograph of a dead Iraqi soldier who had allegedly been run over by a tank. The image was taken from the controversial website, nowthatsfuckedup.com. The paper came under further scrutiny after publishing a questionable column on fitness ("Low Resolution") by then-arts editor Max Maxwell. In the piece, he made several incorrect assumptions about his primary subject. One apparent problem turned out to be a simile comparing the student's willpower to that of a donkey, chasing a carrot. Many misread the phrase as having described the main subject as ''looking'' like a donkey. A brief controversy arose when the student then disposed of several copies of the issue in which the piece was printed, instructed to do so by Sofia Rodriguez Gallagher, the president of the St. Thomas University Students' Union at the time. Maxwell was given the choice to either resign or be fired. * 2012–13 academic year The paper generated a significant amount of negative attention following articles printed with regards to the resignation of a Students' Union Vice-president. The writer of said articles had been accused of prying into the personal life of the vice-president, reporting rumours and speculation as fact and citing unprofessional sources. When asked for an apology by the Students' Representative Council, its Editor-in-Chief at the time, Liam McGuire, refused and maintained that the writer had done nothing wrong.

Editor in Chief

* 2022–present: Aaron Sousa * 2021–22: Hannah Rudderham * 2020–21: Diana Chávez * 2019–20: Caitlin Dutt * 2018–19: Sarah Morin * 2017–18: Angela Bosse * 2016–17: Hadeel Ibrahim * 2015–16: Joseph Tunney * 2014–15: MacKenzie Riley * 2013–14: Ian Leblanc * 2012–13: Liam McGuire * 2011–12: Alyssa Mosher * 2010–11: Tara Chislett * 2009–10: Matt McCann * 2008–09: Bailey White * 2007–08: Nick Moore * 2006–07: Kate Wright * 2005–06: Justin Sadler * 2004–05: Miriam Christensen * 2002–04: Carmy Joseph * 2002–02: Kyle Hanniman * 2001–02: Andrew MacDonald

Managing Editor

* 2022–present: Brooklyn Wilkins * 2021–22: Hana Delaney * 2020–21: Jasmine Gidney * 2019–20: Jerry-Faye Flatt * 2018–19: Cassidy Chisholm * 2001–02: Greg Mercer

References

External links

theaquinian.net

Notes

# "University suspends naked rugby players" CBC News, Friday, November 5, 2004 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2004/11/05/rugby_naked041105.html # "Rugby team may end naked celebrations" Canadian Press, November 5, 2004, https://archive.today/20070623032604/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/11/05/702161.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Aquinian, The Student newspapers published in New Brunswick Newspapers published in Fredericton St. Thomas University (New Brunswick) Publications established in 1935 1935 establishments in New Brunswick Weekly newspapers published in New Brunswick