This fall marks the first maskless semester at St. Thomas since March 2020. While the requirement to wear masks in classrooms and indoor public spaces has been removed, the Center for Well-Being remains focused on COVID-19 prevention and response. Joe LaPorte has the story.
St. Thomas first opened its doors to female students on Sept. 7, 1977, making 2022 the 45th anniversary of co-education at St. Thomas. Derek Badger has the story on how St. Thomas has changed over the years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and gave all regional governors in Russia emergency powers that open the door for sweeping new restrictions throughout the country.
Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian. The state Department of Health reports that as of Friday there have been 65 cases of vibrio vulnificus infections and 11 deaths in Florida this year. That compares with 34 …
President Joe Biden officially kicked off the application process for his student debit cancellation program, Australia agreed to recognize Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel and Stacks Cafe reopened for the fall semester in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library. KUST Station Director Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.
Stacks Café reopened for the fall semester in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library after closing at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. However, Scooter’s will remain closed until staffing issues are resolved, according to Dining Services. Anya Capistrant-Kinney has the story.
The nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children is starting this week in Arkansas. It’s the latest fight over restrictions on transgender you championed by republican leaders and widely condemned by medical experts. Sam Larson has today’s Sports in :60.
St. Thomas held its annual homecoming parade on Saturday, Oct. 15. The parade featured student clubs and organizations before the homecoming football game that afternoon. KUST Station Director Owen Larson has the story.
Hurricane Ian devastated countless lives when it made landfall in Florida Sept. 28 as a category four storm. Although the hurricane hit Southwest Florida, its effects are being felt thousands of miles away by loved ones in the St. Thomas community.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after the jury said Thursday that it could not unanimously agree that he should be executed. Under Florida law, a death sentence requires a unanimous vote on at least …
The St. Thomas community awoke Friday to the first snowfall fo the 2022-23 school year. Managing Editor Cam Kauffman has the photos of snow on campus.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after the jury said Thursday that it could not unanimously agree that he should be executed.
Inflation in the United States accelerated in September, with the cost of housing and other necessities intensifying pressure on households, wiping out pay gains and ensuring that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates aggressively. Consumer prices rose 8.2% in September compared with a year earlier, the government said Thursday. On a month-to-month basis, …
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives and an FBI agent, who said he turned their loss and trauma into years of torment by promoting the lie that the rampage was a hoax. The $956 million verdict …
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Russian missile attacks caused a crippled nuclear plant in Ukraine to lose all external power for the second time in five days, “This increases the risk of a radiation disaster because electricity is needed to operate critical safety systems.” Ukraine’s state nuclear operator said Wednesday. The jurors who will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas …
