Dead rats were found all over the Student Union Building last week.

Hannah Rudderham writes an opinion piece about keeping Elasmobranks entrapped on the Isle of Nova Scotia.

A recap of the stories you need to know from the past month.

Here you will find our recommendations for things you can do over the upcoming month to experience the best Fredericton has to offer.

This is the thirteenth time our Séances in the SUB team at The Brunswickan has openly risked their lives to find out what’s going on inside the Student Union Building, and this latest séance was the most dangerous.

Helen Hywater and Joe King, two 2nd year computer science students, spoke out about their unusual experiences.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced the shutdown of most public areas, businesses and institutions, including the University of New Brunswick.

The staff here at The Brunswickan are seeking the public’s help in solving the disappearance of our business manager, Mathew Gracie.

Reporter Taylor Chalker reviews 2004 movie Shrek 2.

Nearly 30 years ago, The Brunswickan tried to warn local residents about killer scallops in the Saint John River. Now it’s too late.

Sodexo is serving soylent green made of students that couldn’t afford to pay their tuition fees.

Paul Mazerolle is our John Hammond.

Classes have been cancelled, and it may seem at first that it was due to a certain little illness that’s been making the rounds. However, that is simply not true. It’s really because Sharkie didn’t see his shadow.

Reporter Taylor Chalker discusses the consequences that are affecting a multitude of local businesses, including Milda’s Pizzas.

The entertainment company, eOne, premiered a new limited series, The Oland Murder, on March 4.

Asif Hasan and Alisha Gainforth-Hasanthe created the International Students of New Brunswick COVID-19 support group.

A concise recap of the positive stories you need to know from the past month.

The Brunswickan spoke to professors in various faculties to learn more about the process of converting a class, and to understand the measurements taken to induce learning in an online format.

The play covers topics like drug facilitated sexual assault, drink spiking and bystander awareness. 

Reporter Hannah Rudderham gives her opinion on women's rights in Canada.

The Brunswickan reached out to Thomason to discuss his thoughts on the current state of New Brunswick politics.

Gallery 78 welcomed two new exhibits in February: The Nine Muses and Sottobosco: The Forest Floor. Both will be on display until March 22.

With the incoming executive teams having been officially elected, The Brunswickan spoke with the outgoing Student Union presidents to discuss their time in office.

Businesses around campus at UNB have been trying to catch up with the problem, and have implemented incentives to reduce plastic waste.

While methods of preventing pregnancy have been around for thousands of years—actual education on planned parenthood did not exist until very recently.

Based on interviews with nine local drag performers, this article seeks to highlight some of the people behind the makeup.

Arts & Lifestyle Editor, Marlowe Evans, writes a letter sharing her thoughts on how her section will look like in the next few weeks.

A concise recap of the stories you need to know from the past month.

Cultural appropriation is a very touchy subject in general, and has become a pressing issue in the performing arts.

Ally Buchanan, incoming editor-in-chief, reflects on her experiences at the Brunswickan and shares thoughts about her plans for the company.

In 2018, Statistics Canada identified youth aged 15 to 25 as making up 34 percent of the part-time workforce, with nearly three quarters, 73 percent, of that age demographic reporting working part-time because of schooling.

Former Arts & Lifestyle Editor, Jack Sparks, gives his insight about the COVID-19 outbreak in Ipswich, United Kingdom

Reporter Hannah Rudderham gives her opinion about the burlesque show by Saints and Sinners.

The UNB students Gabriel Ibarra, David Williams, and Emmanuel Mat-kay got together to create their own band called Reset, and since then they have been dedicating their free time to creating new songs.

Reporter Taylor Chalker interviews actor and director Thom Vernon

Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) have become a threat to the ecosystem in New Brunswick.

Impending program changes to sexual assault support at UNB has many worried that assault specific counselling services will be the victim of funding cuts.

Dr. Richard Hornsby, UNB’s music director, has been a faculty member since 1993.

Arts & Lifestyle editor Marlowe Evans gives her opinion on food security on campus.

On Thursday, Feb. 27, The Fredericton Playhouse was host to the Atlantic Ballet of Canada’s Amadeus, a production depicting the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

LGBTQIA2S+ media is drawn from all over the world and for the fourth annual Pink Lobster Film Festival, with around 31 shorts and feature length films presented to the city of Fredericton.

Included here will be all information released by the University New Brunswick, updated as more is made available. Everything included here has been formally released to various units and groups across campus by the University of New Brunswick.

Reporter Hannah Rudderham reviews St. Thomas University Musical Theatre’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Sean MacKenzie elected as President of the UNB Student Union while voter turnout plummets to 13.1%

STU Sustainability, a student club at St. Thomas University, hosted a public rally Thursday, Feb. 27, in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people protesting the construction of a pipeline through their unceded and unsurrendered lands in British Columbia. 

The variety of flavours and the technology of it appears attractive on the surface, but in terms of health it raises the question: when you look past the vape clouds, how harmful are they really?

A lot of students choose to move out of New Brunswick after graduation and find nursing work elsewhere due to clinic and bed closures.

February marks the celebration of Black History Month and UNB has been host to several events.

More than 20 people gathered, sharing stories and facts about the legislation surrounding commercial dog sledding.

Dr. Tom Beckley and his partner Dr. Louise Comeau live on Keswick Ridge, and occasionally take UNB students to visit their property and show them the efforts they make to maintain a minimal impact on the environment.

On Monday, Feb. 17. the City of Fredericton and CUPE Local 508 came to an agreement, ending the lock-out that began at 4:30PM the prior Friday.

In the annual bi-campus Budget Conversation, which took place on Jan. 27, UNB administration announced an upcoming 2 percent tuition increase and a reduction in the number of classes offered in an effort to reduce the university’s overall deficit.

In a world that is supposedly progressive, why, in 2020, do Bachelor Auctions still exist? It feels like something that should’ve been left in the 70’s.

Positions available include News Editor, Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Multimedia Editor and Reporters!

Reporter Taylor Chalker spoke with members of the UNB Reds Men’s hockey team to find out if they notice their fans begin to trickle away, and if they believe it affects team morale.

The coronavirus outbreak has killed hundreds and infected thousands. But this crisis is yet another reminder of a greater threat facing Canadians, spreading faster than a deadly illness.

The downward spiral of dairy product consumption has been increasingly apparent on store shelves and in kitchen fridges in recent years.

Around 75 individuals gathered in front of City Hall in Fredericton on Friday in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs.

Couch, Coffee, and Convos: Black Women Taking Up Space, is an event being put on by the University Women’s Centre designed to have open dialogue about issues affecting women in the Black community.

Learn more about the candidates and each of their platforms.

Don’t have a partner to celebrate this Valentine’s Day with? Upset that you won’t be receiving a heart-shaped box of chocolates or a teddy bear today? Need validation and someone to take you out to a fancy dinner? Well, I would say to get over it, but according to the internet—you don’t have to!

You know that one person at McConnel who sits a few tables over? The one who you’ve literally never spoken to, but who you sometimes dream about? That Meal Hall Crush.

The best thing about dating today is the wide variety of handsome suitors available at the swipe of a finger. You never know what you are going to get! A racist? A sexist? An unfortunate, completely unsolicited—and slightly grotesque—picture of someone's genitals? Anything is possible! 

The University of New Brunswick Professional and Technical Staff Union (PTSU) held a rally in front of the Student Union Building at noon Feb. 13, calling for action after six years of negotiation for their first contract.

In the lunar calendar, the New Year depends on the moon’s cycles, and it ends 15 days after the next full moon. The lunar calendar has 30 and 29 day months, and according to Forbes, some people choose to celebrate their birthdays according to the lunar calendar.

As of January 23rd, we are only 100 seconds away from dying. That sounds a little bit like clickbait, but it’s true– at least, according to the Doomsday Clock.

An individual’s university experience is a period characterized by transition and academic pressures as well as newfound independence from parental supervision. During these years, opportunities to experiment with alcohol and illicit drugs increase. Despite illegality, illicit drugs are a very real part of student culture.

A concise recap of the stories you need to know from the past month.

From collecting rocks as a toddler to studying them at age 13 and deciding she wanted to be a geologist, UNB graduate Lucy Thompson never thought she’d be working on a key instrument for the Mars rover.

From cutting out sweets to working out more, New Year’s resolutions reveal a similar pattern every year. But these resolutions are not always healthy according to UNB experts.

On one day a year, the multi-billion-dollar telecommunications company Bell Canada raises millions of dollars for mental health initiatives with Bell Let’s Talk Day, but students wish the company would walk the walk every day of the year.

ArtZone was pioneered by Marie Maltais, the UNB Art Centre Director, in 1997. After the Fine Arts Minor was eliminated from the UNB Arts Faculty, Maltais wanted to give students an opportunity to engage with their artistic skills in a meaningful way.

Theatre UNB’s production of The 39 Steps is a deliciously dizzying experience that thrusts the audience into a maze of thrilling twists and turns, aided by the quick-fire dialogue and physical comedy employed by it’s minimal cast.

The Bi-Campus 2019/20 Budget Conversation took place on January 27, and covered the past, present and future financial situation of both UNB Fredericton and UNB Saint John.

Double majoring in psychology and criminology, double minoring in human rights and French, founder and co-president of the STU Mental Health Society, and working three jobs—Ashley Thornton isn’t exactly what you picture when you imagine mental illness.

Deep in the belly of the New Brunswick Provincial Archives, several archivists sit in the sorting room on a Friday afternoon, sifting through accountings of abductions, studies on flying saucers and illustrations of extraterrestrials.

From January 17 - February 14, the UNB Arts Center will be exhibiting TRACE: Tracing the Space of the Refugee Crisis. This exhibit examines the 2015 Refugee Crisis, its ongoing impact in the Mediterranian, and features 14 prints and an accompanying documentary film.

Do you check social media numerous times a day and end up spending more time on it than intended? How often do you open your phone and suddenly find yourself having lost 30 minutes or even hours of your day?

Events this month include a talent show, film festival, and the 2020 Beer Olympics.

The Irishman, a Scorsese film worthy of his greats. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, perhaps Tarantino’s best. Little Women, an incredible adaptation directed by the burgeoning Greta Gerwig. 2019 was an incredible year for movies, and the best of the bunch wasn’t Scorsese or Tarantino or Gerwig—it was Joon-ho’s South Korean film Parasite.

The annual conference aims to unite the diverse minds at UNB Fredericton, featuring both student speakers and speakers from the surrounding community, and encourages creativity, innovation and reflection.

Although the storm closure procedures at UNB are updated almost yearly, the criteria has not seen significant change in the last five years.

There is no doubt that the market is changing and becoming more competitive.

Send any questions regarding school, university culture, or life in general to dearsharkie@thebruns.ca in less than 100 words for a chance to gain really bad advice from everyone’s favourite red herring. Disclaimer: Please don’t actually follow this advice.

Every now and then during a school day, a familiar ache begins to saturate my forehead and temples. The glare of my computer screen suddenly intensifies. My eyes trace the same sentence two or three times, yet I fail to extract its meaning.

With a new year starting, people enthusiastically set their new year’s resolutions to achieve their goals and become a better person.

The UNBSU Food Group was pioneered by passionate UNB and STU students wanting to increase food security and involvement on campus. The group first started as the Campus Food Strategy Group in 2011 but became the UNBSU Food group in 2018.

In the rubble of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, a book was found belonging to a victim of the Iranian plane crash, Forough Khadem, that she was supposed to give a talk on nine days later.

Fredericton will be hosting FROSTival from January 16 to February 2, 2020. This festival has events for all ages, a variety of indoor and outdoor venues and featured work by Chef Richard Chiasson created at the Ice Sculpture Showcase on January 18.

Looking for something to shake the winter blues? Look no further!

Who says a fish can't be an astrologer?

On Nov. 29, an unofficial list of winners were announced, but was later nullified as a result of “technical errors,” spurring another voting period from Dec. 5 to 11.

Professor John C. Ball and the Drama 2173 class performed three One-Act plays on November 28th, 29th and 30th at Memorial Hall from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Starting in September 2019, a full-time student under the financial definition is a student taking three or more courses per term, and a part-time student is a student taking two courses or less per term.

On Nov 29, Fridays for Future Fredericton held a Climate Strike outside the NB Legislative Assembly.

The UNB Makerspace started in 2016 when a group of engineering students partnered with Dr. Michel Couturier, a faculty member in chemical engineering.

The study followed almost nine million Canadians from across the country for 25 years.

With exam season underway, The Brunswickan asked UNB students what time in the day they prefer having their exams, and why.

UNB has a diverse range of cultures within its campus. In an effort to spread cultural awareness and as part of a project through UNB Renaissance College, Kahleem Shalk, (also a member of UNBSU Food), planned a multicultural food festival.

A wellness fair was held at St. Thomas this past week to highlight available resources on campus.