Two students make finding pregnancy resources less ‘frustrating’

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Junior Camri Walton knows from experience that it’s difficult to find balance between being a full-time college student and being a mother.

When Walton started college at St. Thomas three years ago, she was already five months pregnant with her son, Cameron. She remembers that while pregnant, one of the most difficult things was finding resources like financial aid and grants to help pregnant students.

H1N1 infection a factor in grad student death

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A University of St. Thomas graduate student who had been hospitalized for more than a week with pneumonia and a possible H1N1 infection died Friday morning.

Jill Belde, a student in the St. Thomas and St. Catherine University Master of Social Work program, was admitted to United Hospital in St. Paul on Nov. 3, according to her Caring Bridge Web site.

Former basketball stars team up and beat Blizzards

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Some familiar former St. Thomas men’s basketball players took to the court again at St. Paul Central High School, Nov. 7.

Recent St. Thomas graduates B.J. Viau and Lonnie Robinson among others geared up for the exhibition game against the Minnesota Blizzards of the American Basketball Association. The team of graduated Tommies took down the Blizzards 88-77.

Classes move back into renovated Sitzmann Hall

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Sitzmann Hall opened its doors Oct. 29 to the public for the first time since the $4.2 million summer-long renovation began last spring. Don Briel, director of Catholic Studies, said some Catholic Studies classes may be moving back into Sitzmann Hall as early as Nov. 6.

“Well the only delay right now is the technology with the smart room, the seminar room and the classroom,” he said. “And there has to be an adjustment in the location of the camera in the classroom.”

Women getting their chance at intramural football

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This year’s intramural football league wanted to include more than just men, so a co-ed division was created in the traditionally male sport.

Friends Julia Brandes and Ellen Traynor are some of the women taking advantage of the first year of co-ed intramural football. And these women are no strangers to the game of football.

“My dad taught me how to play football a long time ago,” Brandes said.

New billing system causes confusion

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The day comes every semester. Students line up in Aquinas Hall, write out a check, and pay their tuition bill.

University of St. Thomas sophomore Lauren Uhl processes payments at the Career Development Center, but one payment she forgot about, was her tuition bill.

“I’m mad about it because it’s not like I couldn’t pay this installment, I just forgot,” said Uhl.

Now she wonders how much of a late fee she will have to pay.

“Which is money I didn’t need to pay,” said Uhl.