STAR announced Thursday that “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks and country singer Phil Vassar will headline the spring concert Saturday, May 8.
Chuck Wicks will open for Vassar at the outdoor concert, which is from 7 to 9 p.m. on the Lot O parking lot on South Campus.
Concerns about online privacy have risen as Facebook plans to extend its reach to other websites.
The social networking website is planning to install new tools called “social plug-ins” on the website, which would enable users to share their product interests with friends.
Students are hanging shirts and jeans on clotheslines this week in the Lower Quad, but they’re not doing laundry.
Ireland Hall’s teeter-totter marathon started Sunday afternoon. In its 20th year, this annual event has participants rotating shifts every hour for three days.
Garrett Engelhardt, Ireland Hall council co-chair, said the event has raised almost $150 and will continue until 4 p.m. Wednesday.
With the highest voter turnout in recent years, 948 students voted in last week’s Undergraduate Student Government elections.
The students were split in to groups and helped out at four locations in the Twin Cities area. The Christian leaders on campus sponsored the annual day of volunteering.
With Undergraduate Student Government elections underway, this year’s candidates are finding out something many students already know.
Many St. Thomas students attended Face Forward, a one-night celebration of humanity through art, Wednesday night at First Avenue and 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.
St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington will honor three St. Thomas rowers who helped rescue a man from the Mississippi River last year.
Senior Kyle Smisek, junior Danielle Assie and 2009 graduate Jim Portmann will receive Chief’s Awards Wednesday afternoon.
Sophomore Becca Legatt said she used two plastic bottles a day before the challenge and has difficulty sticking to the challenge.
As ash clouds blanket Europe in the aftermath of the Icelandic volcanic eruption, some St. Thomas students are experiencing transportation difficulties abroad.
More than two-thirds of scheduled flights in Europe were still grounded Monday morning due to worries that the ash in the air could damage planes.
Activists from the St. Thomas and St. Paul community gathered on the corner of Summit and Cretin avenues Saturday, April 17, to protest the Reclaiming the Culture of Marriage and Life Spring Forum that took place on campus.
More than 200 people filled the O’Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium Sunday night to hear best-selling author and columnist Mitch Albom talk about his latest book and how we are “all people of God.”
Albom’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” sold more than 14 million copies and attracted junior Monica Jarvis to the event.
In protest of the Reclaiming the Culture of Marriage and Life Spring Forum, around 200 demonstrators gathered to rally for equal rights Saturday morning on South Campus.
As forum participants walked toward Brady Educational Center, where the forum was held, demonstrators held hoisted homemade signs and led chants supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
St. Thomas students are organizing a protest in response to the Reclaiming the Culture of Marriage and Life Spring Forum, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Brady Educational Center.
Wednesday, the students presented the dean of students office with a notice of intent to demonstrate including an outline their plans to rally peacefully outside the forum. Some of the rally organizers then met with the dean’s office to discuss the event.
