[slidepress gallery=’nin-2.19.10′] This is a special budget edition of News in :90 for Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.
Newsweek editor’s speech aims toward civil discourse
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham visited St. Thomas Tuesday night to discuss civil discourse in the first installment of the Public Discourse Lecture Series, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Choral student to perform at Carnegie Hall this summer
Do you know how to get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. At least that is how St. Thomas freshman Richard Shallbetter is getting there.
Hawaii study abroad course too important to cut
Normally when people think of Hawaii they think of grass skirts, hula and relaxing on the beach.
But this January I was fortunate enough to study in Hawaii with the Multicultural Communication in Diverse Organizations course. It was a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience that I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere else. But even after 12 successful years as a class, it is one of the study abroad courses being cut next year.
Concerts ‘put people in the Christmas spirit’
More than 300 St. Thomas students rang in the holiday season with the 22nd annual Christmas concerts.
The concerts, entitled “Tis Love That’s Born Tonight,” were held Sunday evening at Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis.
“It was very festive and energetic,” said junior Jeffery Stocker, who has sang with Liturgical Choir since his freshman year.
News in :90 – Dec. 2, 2009
[slidepress gallery=’nin-12.02.09′] This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.
Steamed heat in res halls saves energy, money
Minnesota winter is just around the corner. As temperatures drop, residents on campus look forward to turning up the heat. But the process of heating and cooling residence halls is much more complex than flipping a switch.
LEED tag for student center, not athletic center
Right down the road from St. Thomas, Macalaster College reached a milestone in sustainability. In 2009, Macalaster opened the doors of Markim Hall, its new LEED platinum certified building.
Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying practical and measurable green building design, construction and maintenance solutions.
Students excited and indifferent over ‘New Moon’
As the opening for “New Moon” quickly approaches, reporter Zach Pagano found out which St. Thomas students are super psyched for another movie starring the dreamy werewolf Edward and also which students could just care less.
Bus crash near Austin kills 2, injures 21
At least two people are dead and 21 are injured after a tour bus ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch, officials said.
Minnesota Department of Public Safety spokesman Andy Skoogman has confirmed the deaths from the crash that happened about 3:30 p.m. today just two miles west of Austin on Interstate 90.
From your fork to the farm, where your leftovers go
[slidepress gallery=’smellystoryphotos-111809′] Five days a week, Pete Barthold from Barthold Recycling Inc., comes to St. Thomas to pick up the hundreds of gallons of leftover food. The scraps from the St. Thomas cafeteria help feed nearly 3,000 pigs.
Ostrue: The center of Tommie football success
All-American center Josh Ostrue has been instrumental in St. Thomas’ first nine win season since 1983.
His role in last year’s 7-3 record from a 2-8 mark in 2007 helped the senior receive the Rimington Award as the top center in Division III.
Can’t finish caf meal? These pigs will
The St. Thomas cafeteria produces nearly 5,000 meals each day. With the high number of people being served, it is common to see nearly 200 gallons of wasted food at the end of the day.
In an effort to become more sustainable, the cafeteria puts the wasted food to good use. Scraps from the cafeteria help feed nearly 3,000 pigs at a pig farm just north of Andover in St. Francis.
News in :90 – Nov. 9, 2009
[slidepress gallery=’nin-11.09.09′] This is News in :90 for Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
Election results important for Republicans, Democrats
Independent voters who helped President Obama in a historic 2008 victory may have made a big break for Republicans Tuesday as the GOP took control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey.