This is News in :90 for Monday, April 10, 2017.
News in :90 – April 10, 2017
Tommies participate in Take Back the Night
Take Back the Night is a charitable foundation dedicated to helping spread sexual assault awareness and ending all forms of sexual violence. FemCom has organized a march to uphold these ideals and to show solidarity with Sexual Assault Awareness month.
St. Thomas student shot through wall in Flynn Hall
St. Thomas Public Safety issued an all clear after alerting students and faculty of an accidental gun shot in Flynn Hall.
Statue climbing, graffiti and more in this week’s public safety briefs
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Under-Told Stories Project brings PBS NewsHour’s Sara Just to campus
The Under-Told Stories project, a PBS NewsHour program that partnered with St. Thomas last year, hosted PBS NewsHour Executive Producer Sara Just for an exclusive discussion with students on Wednesday to further their goal of blending international journalism and teaching.
St. Thomas professor named to political watchlist
Free speech for students on college campuses is a widely debated topic, but only recently has free speech for professors been called into question as well. St. Thomas professor Barbara Gorski was named to the Professor Watchlist in fall 2016 for allegedly showing a liberal bias in the classroom.
Local congregations offer places of worship as sanctuary to immigrants
About 25 Twin Cities congregations are joining a movement to offer sanctuary to immigrants who fear deportation.
St. Thomas professors publish young adult coloring, historical fantasy books
Ever wondered what professors are doing when they aren’t teaching classes or grading papers? In the case of justice and peace professor Mike Klein and English professor Heather Bouwman, that mystery has been solved.
USG President Muhammad denies anti-Semitism, calls for unity
Mayzer Muhammad, president of St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government, has disavowed tweets made three years ago and has denied that he is anti-Semitic.
Tommies Unspoken project promotes campus-wide solidarity
Small black boxes can now be found scattered around campus for St. Thomas community members to submit anonymous secrets or confessions.
Seniors’ last shot
The St. Thomas women’s hockey team traveled to Plattsburgh, New York Thursday to compete in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday against No. 1 Plattsburgh State at Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena.
New Ulm Diocese in southern Minnesota files for bankruptcy
A Minnesota diocese filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, the 14th nationwide and third in the state to do so in the face of mounting claims of sexual abuse by clergy.
St. Thomas’ Futbol Club brings campus cultures together
The University of St. Thomas’ Futbol Club has been around for years, giving international and local students a chance to meet and bond through a common interest: soccer.
USG seeks St. Thomas’ transparency with student dollars
The St. Thomas website lists this year’s undergraduate tuition cost as $38,720, and a student government committee is seeking answers about that money.