The University of St. Thomas debuted the Susan S. Morrison School of Nursing this fall, and its inaugural class of students are quickly approaching the end of their first semester in the program. Maeve Walls has the story.
Many international students at St. Thomas are going home for the upcoming J-term break for the first time since being at St. Thomas.
As monks chanted evening prayers in the dimly lit Saint John’s University church, members of the student LGBTQ organization, QPLUS, were meeting in a dedicated, Pride flag-lined lounge at the institution’s sister Benedictine college, a few miles away across Minnesota farmland.
CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.
The Undergraduate Student Government met on Nov. 17 to discuss student diversity and inclusion, approve two clubs and pass campus-wide event fundings.
The St. Thomas Queer Straight Alliance and the LGBTQ Staff and Faculty Association jointly held a candlelit vigil at Iversen Center for Faith on Friday, Nov. 18 in honor of Trans Day of Remembrance. Miles Schiffer has the story.
St. Thomas students, faculty and staff gathered in the atrium of Anderson Student Center Monday to light the school Christmas tree in the annual tree-lighting ceremony. Miles Schiffer has the story.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Court records show the man suspected of killing five people and injuring others at a gay bar in Colorado Springs is facing murder and hate crime charges.
Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year.
Local band Scalise has begun promoting its second album after a two-year hiatus. The band has released a handful of singles and currently has two show dates at Bogart’s Entertainment in Apple Valley on Nov. 29 and the Turf Club in St. Paul on Dec. 9. Joe LaPorte has the story.
St. Thomas junior exercise science major Julia Short has been conducting a study on the effects of concussions on simple, everyday tasks over the past four months on the St. Thomas campus. Miles Schiffer has the story.
Undergraduate Student Government met on Nov. 3 to discuss student voting engagement, reformatting the General Council meetings and approval of a new club.
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicole sent multiple homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean and threatened a row of high rise condominiums in places where Hurricane Ian washed away seawalls and other remaining protections only weeks ago. Authorities in Volusia County ordered evacuations ahead of the storm and closed bridges as they assessed the damage Thursday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison defeated Republican newcomer Jim Schultz in Tuesday’s election to win a second term in a race that turned largely on crime and abortion.
Control of Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday, with both parties notching victories in some of the most competitive races in a midterm election that centered on voter frustration over high inflation and the sudden rollback of abortion rights.
