As part of a new program, undergraduate students will no longer need to submit Law School Admissions Test scores in order to apply to the St. Thomas School of Law.
Rock Climbing Club sells baked goods for Haiti
Members of the St. Thomas Rock Climbing Club set up shop Monday afternoon outside Murray-Herrick Campus Center, selling brownies to raise money for Haiti relief.
Haiti benefit gives students opportunity to help
A little more than 100 St. Thomas students filled the OEC auditorium Friday night for the United for Haiti benefit. The event shared a message of “brotherhood, friendship and hope,” sophomore emcee Sarah Tinsman said.
Student outlines plan for Friday’s Haiti benefit
The African Nations Student Association, led by president Brian Osende, is putting together a Haiti benefit March 6 in the OEC auditorium complete with dancing and poetry readings.
TommieMedia sat down with Osende to find out more about the fundraiser.
More people gathering news online, Tommies included
Twenty-six percent of American adults get news from their cell phones, according to a recent Pew Research Center study.
The statistic is part of a larger trend. More people are checking the news on their laptops or phones with Internet access, and the numbers of people watching traditional television broadcasts or reading print newspapers are dropping.
Charging for campus concerts makes sense
Students may no longer be able to experience live music on campus for free, but that wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing.
STAR is considering charging students a small ticket price for the formerly free fall and spring concerts so St. Thomas can afford to host bigger-name bands.
STAR considers charging for concert tickets, bigger bands
St. Thomas students may experience a significant change in the way they enjoy the annual free fall and spring on-campus concerts. STAR is considering selling tickets in exchange for hosting more current, bigger-name bands.
2005 engineering graduate dies of cancer in Japan
St. Thomas graduate Daniel Shinozaki died Sunday, Feb. 21, in Nagoya, Japan.
Shinozaki, who attended Rosemount High School and graduated from St. Thomas in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, was battling colorectal cancer and undergoing chemotherapy while in Japan.
Demise of December commencements surprises students
Students are surprised that St. Thomas is cutting December commencement exercises. From now on, students planning to graduate in December will not be able to participate in a commencement ceremony until May.
St. Thomas’ administration is eliminating December commencement ceremonies because of its proximity to Christmas, its typically lower number of graduates than in May and to tighten the budget.
News in :90 – Feb. 17, 2010
[slidepress gallery=’nin-21710′] This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.
Like most schools, class in session despite federal holiday
Some St. Thomas students wish classes were canceled today in observation of Presidents Day.
“Any more days off would be absolutely awesome, but I guess since we are a private college we wouldn’t necessarily have to have holidays off that public institutes do,” junior Katie Hubly said.
Trading page turns for button pushes, library rents Kindles
The O’Shaughnessy-Frey and Ireland library staff is embracing new technology with the recent addition of five Kindles available for students, faculty and staff to check out.
Ticket sales kick off Sunday performance of “Footloose”
St. Thomas students waited outside the Box Office in Murray-Herrick Campus Center today to purchase tickets to “Footloose” at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. Students who purchase the tickets will attend the musical on Sunday, Feb. 14.
“The tickets are only five dollars, so it’s a really good deal because it includes dinner and the show,” said Amber Marti, a graduate assistant with Campus and Residence Life.
Poster sale helps students brighten up dorm rooms
St. Thomas’s annual poster sale drew a crowd of students interested in spicing up the walls of their dorm rooms, apartments and houses.
Students perusing the sale, located in the lower level of Murray-Herrick in the campus square, were asked which posters they considered to be the best or most interesting.
Many students, like freshman Cynthia Burton, can’t pick a specific favorite.
Book rentals soften students’ spending
With the spring semester under way, St. Thomas students are once again facing a costly task: purchasing textbooks for their classes. However, the book rental program, which is in its third semester at the bookstore, gives students a cheaper option than buying used or new books.