Students will no longer need to rely on their student IDs to enter a dining hall starting this fall, thanks to new biometric hand scanners called Wave ID. Reporter Justin Amaker has the full story.
Snuffy’s Malt Shop on Cleveland Avenue closed its doors on July 25. For 36 years, the restaurant has served the community with affordable food and malt options, located only a short walk away from St. Thomas. Production Editor Emily Haugen has the full story.
Angela Kasper Broeker, St. Thomas director of choral activities and music professor, is leaving the university. Kasper Broeker will be in charge of the choral music education students at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington in the fall.
A St. John’s student petitions to keep St. Thomas in the MIAC and the St. Thomas mailroom will combine services within the campus store this summer. Join anchors Emily Haugen and Samantha HoangLong for those stories and more on this edition of Top Stories.
Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage, St. Thomas’ Students for Global Health club are creating and printing cookbooks for homeless people and children at risk, an inmate is charged with running a prostitution ring from his cell, and an investigation revealed at least 177 men were sexually abused by an Ohio State team doctor. Ad Rep McKenzie Hickey has today’s News in: 90.
A firefighter responding to a medical emergency was killed in a shooting at a Wisconsin bus station, Missouri’s Republican-led senate has now passed a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, and a building that was being refurbished collapsed Thursday in downtown Shanghai. Ad/PR Representative Kyla Krohn has today’s News in :90.
St Thomas’ Black Empowerment Student Alliance held their annual Black Excellence Gala Sunday in the Anderson Student Center. Three Muslim workers at an Amazon warehouse in Minnesota accuse the company of discrimination and retaliation for denying them time and space to pray. The U.S. on Wednesday ordered all nonessential government staff to leave Iraq. TommieMedia has a new arts and entertainment podcast called The Medium, hosted by ad/PR rep. Reid Neeser and columnist Maddie Peters. Reporter Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
Emmanuel Aranda who is accused of throwing a child from the third floor balcony last month at the Mall of America appears in court today, rediscovered remains of Nazi Resistance members were laid to rest on Monday, and a memorial service will be held for Colorado shooting hero, Kendrick Castillo, on Wednesday. Ad/PR Representative Sam Herriges has today’s News in :90.
Trade talks end between the U.S. and China, Louisiana becomes close to passing a new abortion law and the Minnesota legislature’s annual session winds down. Ad/PR Representative Reid Neeser has today’s News in :90.
Turkey’s state data security company is suing Facebook, a St. John’s student starts a petition to keep St. Thomas in the MIAC, a New York Times op ed by Mark Zuckerberg’s former roommate reveals more Facebook data violation, and St. Thomas’s Men and Women’s Lacrosse teams advance to nationals. Designer Mae Macfarlane has today’s News in: 90.
Two high school students used at least two handguns in the shooting at a charter school that killed one of their classmates and injured eight others in a Colorado community. Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft turned off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors. University of Minnesota students were evacuated from The Marshall apartment in Dinkytown Tuesday afternoon after a Ricin poisoning. Reporter Rae Beaner has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas student Sam Luloff wins an Upper Midwest Emmy, military tensions grow in the Middle East and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcome their first child. Senior Ad/PR Representative Andre Gaubert has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas junior Sam Luloff won a prestigious Upper Midwest Emmy Student Production Award Saturday for a music video he created in assistant professor Peter Gregg’s videography class.
Maine becomes the first state to ban single use styrofoam containers, Minnesota governor Tim Waltz signs a bill repealing the marital rape exemption, actor Peter Mayhew who played Chewbacca in Star Wars died at 74, and the UST student government general counsel and executive board were announced. Reporter Tina O’Malley has today’s News in :90.
Mohamed Noor is convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter and two are killed in a UNC Charlotte shooting. Reporter Brennan Campbell has today’s News in :90.
