The Undergraduate Student Government approved an additional $21,336 in club budget requests at its meeting Sunday, March 14.
USG approves $21,336 more for clubs
Few students using HOURCAR services
Only 10 students have used the HOURCAR service since it arrived on campus at the beginning of February after a few years of negotiation.
Group’s protests draw mixed reactions
St. Thomas’ Knights of Columbus have a tradition of praying in front of Planned Parenthood every Friday.
The group meets at 3:15 p.m. in the lobby of St. John Vianney Seminary and then car pools to the business on Ford Parkway in Highland Park.
Junior Sean Grismer said the group consists mostly of seminarians.
News in 90 (podcast), March 12, 2010
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News in :90 – March 12, 2010
This is News in :90 for Friday, March 12, 2010.
Former Tommie, police chief Harrington eyeing New Orleans job
St. Thomas alumnus and former St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington is considering coming out of retirement to become police chief of a New Orleans task force, the Star Tribune reports.
Tommies notice lack of tomatoes
Frigid temperatures in Florida have killed almost 70 percent of its tomato and other vegetable crop, making prices too high for St. Thomas’ food services to purchase.
Inspired by family, club builds multiple sclerosis awareness
As a child, junior Erin Weber struggled to explain why her father, Mike Weber, couldn’t get his words out all the time.
News in :90 – March 11, 2010
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Down goes O’Shaughnessy Hall
Some St. Thomas students spent their Thursday morning gawking at the demolition of O’Shaughnessy Hall.
“I heard a rumor that the building was going to get demolished at 7:15,” sophomore Dominic Bouck said. “I thought it was pretty cool. I imagined a round ball so the claw was a little surprising.”
Census aims to count all students, whether on or off campus
With the semester in full swing, students are busy with everything from homework to finding jobs.
Senior Lynn Lieser is no different. One of the last things on her mind is the upcoming 2010 census.
Demolition begins on O’Shaughnessy Hall
A giant claw started tearing down the walls of O’Shaughnessy Hall at 7:30 a.m. Thursday to make way for the new Anderson Student Center.
“We’ll pull the exterior walls down, expose the bearing structure, and start taking the structure down,” Construction Manager Jim Brummer said. “That will take about a week to complete and then they’ll start hauling out the debris, which will take about another week.”
School of Law drops LSAT requisite for St. Thomas students
As part of a new program, undergraduate students will no longer need to submit Law School Admissions Test scores in order to apply to the St. Thomas School of Law.
News in :90 – March 10, 2010
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Cretin-Derham Hall on partial lockdown
Cretin-Derham Hall was on partial lockdown this morning, after an e-mail threat that said something would happen Wednesday at the Catholic high school in St. Paul. The school received an e-mail Wednesday morning about a “vague threat on the Internet,” Principal Richard Engler wrote in an e-mail alert to parents.