Students, faculty and staff gathered last night for a Be-In in Koch Commons, the crowd from the Be-In moved to a peaceful protest in front of Ireland hall, and the College of Arts and Sciences held a Teach In/Speak Out event following a racist incident in Ireland Hall. Director Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
More than 200 students, faculty and staff gathered in Koch Commons Thursday night for a “BE-In” event to reclaim the space of Ireland Hall after a racial slur was found in one of its bathrooms. The event was followed by a peaceful protest in front of the men’s dormitory.
Tommie Football opened their season with a resounding victory Saturday, women’s soccer won 1-0 against Fontbonne on Sunday, and men’s soccer tied Wartburg 1-1 Sunday. Ad/PR Director Kleio Vrohidis has today’s Sports in :60.
A black bear has killed a Minnesota woman on a secluded island in Canadian waters, Hurricane Dorian raked the Southeastern U.S. coast, and a Taliban suicide car bombing in Kabul on Thursday killed a U.S. service member, a Romanian soldier and at least 10 Afghan civilians. Director Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
First-year students participated in a yearly St. Thomas tradition of marching through the arches on Tuesday. Director Samantha HoangLong captured some of the moments from the event.
St. Thomas music industry students launched a new concert series on May 15 featuring two local bands, Static Panic and Graveyard Club.
A St. John’s student petitions to keep St. Thomas in the MIAC and the St. Thomas mailroom will combine services within the campus store this summer. Join anchors Emily Haugen and Samantha HoangLong for those stories and more on this edition of Top Stories.
About 10 inches of snow has fallen in Duluth, Minnesota Thursday morning, Pope Francis issued a law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up, and a BBC DJ was fired Thursday after using a picture of a chimpanzee in a tweet about the royal baby’s birth. Chief Story Editor Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
Jurors answer written questions for the case of a former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman, President Donald Trump suggests he will defer until after 2020 to push for a Republican health care plan, and New Zealanders vote in favor of new gun restrictions. Chief Story Editor Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
Student Body President Bisrat Bayou was voted the 2019 Tommie Award recipient. For the first time in St. Thomas history, all three finalists for the award were first-generation college students and students of color. St. Thomas sophomore finance major Jenny Keller made a high school pastime profitable by selling handcrafted mugs and bowls through her pottery …
Donald Trump will call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address tonight, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam still has not indicated whether he will step down, and attorneys for 21 Savage said Monday that the rapper was being wrongly held by federal immigration authorities. Chief Story Editor Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
More than 500 people filled the Anderson Student Center on October 25 for a sit-in and the university announced plans for two new residence halls and renovations to the Brady and Dowling dormitories. Join anchors Althea Larson and Samantha Hoanglong for those issues and more on this special edition of Top Stories recapping this fall …
St. Thomas announced plans in September to form a new School of Nursing. The university will also form a College of Health by combining the School of Social Work, Graduate School of Professional Psychology and the School of Nursing.
Tensions rose when more than 100 students, faculty, staff and community members joined administration members in a three-hour discussion following the sit-in demonstration against racism on campus. The Oct. 25 meeting in the Anderson Student Center’s Dorsey Way focused on President Julie Sullivan’s “Action Plan to Combat Racism.”
More than 500 students, faculty and staff sat in the Anderson Student Center atrium for a BESA-organized protest on Oct. 25. Protesters sat in silence for about 20 minutes before five speakers presented.
