History of the UNB Saint John Campus
The UNBSJ campus opened its doors for the first time in 1964, though it’s hard to believe the university is nearing its fiftieth anniversary. In recent years, the university has added the Hans W. Klohn Commons, a sculpture and made various renovations on campus. The following is...
SJ Shine 2013: UNB Saint John’s Annual Shine Day
University volunteers take to the streets in the fight against Cystic Fibrosis
On Wednesday, Sept. 3, 200 university students marched through the downtown region of Saint John. Their goal was to raise money as part of Shinerama - Canada’s largest post-secondary fundraiser supporting research for...
Orientation Week’s The Amazing Race
Orientation week started on Tuesday, Sept. 3, with UNBSJ’s Amazing Race.
The Amazing Race had first-year contestants in small teams, running around the UNBSJ campus to complete unique tasks as quickly as possible. O-Week volunteers were stationed in different areas—from The Baron office to the...
Orientation Week’s Super Tuesday
The rain sure didn’t keep hundreds of frosh away from the orientation events on Tuesday, Sept. 3, as they officially became members of the UNBSJ wolf pack.
Beginning around 8:30 a.m, new students from all over the country piled into Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre to...
Shenanigans Go Down at SMU Orientation
Shenanigans have gone down during the SMU campus orientation. CBC and CTV have news pieces on the story, The Baron has uploaded the full original video of the non consensual sex chant sung during SMU's orientation. Let us know what you think about the...
UNB Saint John Campus Tour
New or a returning student to the UNB Saint John campus? Familiarize yourself out this ten minute campus tour. Brought to you by The Baron student newspaper.
http://youtu.be/dKYpiZtl6p4
The Baron to go paperless
THE BARON TO GO PAPERLESS is the cover story of the The Baron issue 1 Vol. 13
This issue of the Baron will be the last paper version of The Baron. All future Baron news will be published online through the website, social media, and occasionally...
Students’ Representative Council general manager, Jane MacKay retires after 23 years: Students will remember her fondly
After 23 years of service, Jane MacKay, general manager (GM) of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) will be retiring at the end of this term.
MacKay has been the face of the SRC for many years and knows the ins and outs of managing the...
Saint John Transit re-vamps its schedules: New system won’t result in fare increase
Saint John Transit re-vamps its schedules
New system won’t result in fare increase
Tim Arthurs
While many students prefer to carpool or drive themselves back and forth to UNBSJ, public transportation still remains the most common and cost effective means of travelling to school. Hoping to improve...
March 2013 election results
The votes are in and the students of UNB Saint John have officially decided upon next year’s Students’ Representative Council (SRC).
In a tight race against Jonathan Cogger, Ashley Macosky will be serving the students as president during the 2013/2014 academic year. Macosky beat out...