After a 4-2 loss against Trine University Friday night, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team could not rebound and lost its second game in a row 2-0 against Aurora University Saturday at Saint Thomas Ice Arena. Reporter Justin Amaker and photojournalist Sophia Primozich have the story.
Senior running back Josh Parks continued his touchdown spree with three scores and No. 19 St. Thomas continued its dominance over St. Olaf, 56-7, Saturday afternoon at Klein Field at Manitou.
St. Thomas Residence Hall Association announced in an email this November that it will reserve 150 more beds in on-campus housing for current first-year students returning for fall 2019. St. Thomas plans to move towards a two year on-campus residency requirement as they renovate and restructure campus housing in the next ten years.
Through a statewide conference in March titled Truth and Transformation: Changing Racial Narratives in Media, ThreeSixty Journalism hopes to change the representation of racial narratives in local news. The project is funded by the Kellogg Foundation and involves a number of partners but is spearheaded by Minnesota Public Radio.
In response to recent hate crimes and racial incidents on campus, St. Thomas a cappella groups collaborated to create a music video project called We Stand For. Cadenza and the Summit Singers recorded the song “If You’re Out There” by John Legend and then invited students, clubs and other community members to come to OEC auditorium and write on a sign what they stood for.
St. Thomas will be giving faculty and staff three extra paid days off between fall semester and January Term to spend with their families over the holidays. The gift days tradition was started by previous president Father Dennis Dease.
The St. Thomas women’s basketball team’s high energy led them to a 92-30 blowout win over the Carleton Knights Saturday at Schoenecker Arena. Senior center Hannah Spaulding led the team in scoring with 19 points and shot 83 percent.
The 2018 first-year class is the biggest St. Thomas’ history. To accommodate the class, multiple areas on campus have been renovated into housing for the first-years, including basements and common areas.
The Campus Engagement Election Project awarded a grant and assistance to St. Thomas to help encourage students to vote. CEEP is a national nonpartisan project that connects with students from colleges and universities and engages them in federal, state and local elections.
St. Thomas sophomore Katherine Mullen was found unresponsive Friday morning and later pronounced dead. Authori This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
St. Thomas’ Dougherty Family College received a $6.5 million donation in September from Richard Sterbens and Marty Ryan to help create an endowment to support graduates of the college. The donation will provide full-tuition scholarships to those who wish to complete their bachelor’s degree at St. Thomas.
The Office of International Students and Scholars offers a variety of services assisting international students in their transition to life on and off campus. The office provides support and education for international students while integrating them into the university’s culture.
Jack and Ryan Met, two members of the band AJR, played the St. Thomas homecoming concert on October 6. Singer Kawehi was the concert’s opening act.
John Gagliardi, former coach of the St. John’s football team, died Oct. 7 in Collegeville. He was 91.
The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country’s cultural, gender and political divides.
