Last summer, Tyler Belyea and Ben Whitney both took a long look in the mirror, and neither of them liked what they saw. Belyea, a fourth year business student, was weighing in at 281 pounds, while Whitney, also a fourth [...]
When American folksinger, Karen Carpenter, lost her battle with anorexia in the early 1980s, fans of the chart-topping vocalist were devastated. But for University of New Brunswick professor and president of the Eating Disorder Council of New Brunswick, Kate Weaver, [...]
Mostafa Shaker (known to many, as “Shakey”) got the campus talking this year, in more ways than one. This year, the now former-vice-president internal of the UNB student union, brought TEDx to UNB. TEDx is an independently organized version of [...]
Joey O’Kane, as the father of all Orientations to come, is an advocate for student voices on campus, and also a fearless entrepreneur. O’Kane was involved as vice-president external on the UNB student union, and president of the New Brunswick [...]
Adam Melanson has thought outside the box this year as UNB student union’s vice-president external. From bringing student advocacy groups such as CLASSE to UNB, to his work towards getting student voices brought into the campus food provider contract negotiations, [...]
Beginning in the spring of 2011, the administrative, professional and technical (APT) employees on campus began the long process towards unionization. It wasn’t until March 20 that their certification order was issued and they formed the Professional and Technical Staff [...]
This year, Marc Gauvin, UNB student union vice-president finance and operations, gave university administration some food for thought. A strong advocate for student representation in the campus food provider contract negotiations, Gauvin is part of the food petition movement on [...]
Kevin Englehart is giving a hand to those who need a little extra help. The “UNB Dexterous Hand” is an artificial limb designed to decode muscle signals and relay the information an amputee may be thinking about. “[It’s called a [...]
UNB president, Eddy Campbell, knows money talks. Well, at least, it gets people talking. In November 2012, UNB released the salary information of the university’s highest paid employees. Campbell topped the list, with an annual salary between $325,000-$349,999, while the [...]
