In response to Wednesday’s bomb threat, St. Thomas held a press conference at 5:30 p.m. in the Murray-Herrick Campus Center admissions office fireplace room. University President Julie Sullivan and Public Safety Director Dan Meuwissen spoke.
St. Thomas Public Safety recovered a holstered handgun from a restroom on the St. Paul campus Monday afternoon, according to a UST alert sent to the campus community.
The process to attempt to remove St. Thomas from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference will begin next week at a meeting of the 13 conference presidents.
St. Thomas students living on north campus can now compost with ease due to a new collection bin outside of Dowling Hall.
Five clubs were funded, a dining services representative presented and the Denouncing Hate Resolution was approved at the Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting on March 7.
St. Thomas’ Feminist Community performed the Vagina Monologues in celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8 in the O’Shaughnessy Education Center auditorium. Reporter Lexie Nustvold has the full story.
For the first time in St. Thomas’ history, Dining Services plans to offer halal food options for Muslim students, staff, and faculty beginning in fall 2019. Reporter Zekriah Chaudhry has the full story.
The St. Thomas community gathered to talk with administrators about the university’s action plan to combat racism on March 6 in the Anderson Student Center’s Dorsey Commons.
St. Thomas opened a new video production studio for students at the beginning of spring semester on the third floor of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library.
Students have unearthed photos of blackface in The Aquin Newspaper and Aquinas Yearbook online archives. TommieMedia confirmed at least two photos of blackface dated 1948 and 1951, in addition to a photo of a “Slave-Master” costume contest in 1979.
This year marked the first time in the history of the Tommie Award where all three finalists were first generation college students and students of color.
President Donald Trump was greeted in Hanoi, Vietnam for a second meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, Interstate 35 in Owatonna reopened early Tuesday morning after a blizzard left a foot of snow, and Australian Cardinal George Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric ever to be charged with child sex abuse. Reporter Alex Panos has today’s News in :90.
The University of St. Thomas closed down campus Wednesday afternoon during St. Paul’s third snow emergency in the past two weeks.
President Donald Trump may try to persuade North Korean leader, the Environmental Protection Agency sees budget cuts and columnist Maddie Peters argues foreign language should be offered in elementary schools. Reporter Carly Noble has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government has their first meeting of the semester, a fire damages a St. Paul restaurant, new information arises about Florida gunman and a painting is returned to its rightful owner. Design Manager Emilia Fredrickson has today’s News in :90.
