Some students may think their student activity fee just goes toward a T-shirt every once in a while, but that money is actually divided between the Undergraduate Student Government and St. Thomas Activities and Recreation (STAR) to do more than just provide T-shirts.
Brady Narloch, USG vice president of financial affairs, said STAR typically receives 60 percent of activity fee so the staff can do programming.
Opus Construction will analyze Brady Hall and decide how to fix a structural “bulge” in the building’s exterior.
An orange fence now surrounds part of the building and metal beams were added to the east wall Wednesday afternoon for reinforcement.
A Call to Prayer, part of the Sacred Arts Festival, featured four speakers demonstrating the role of chanting in Buddhism, Judaism, Catholicism and Islam.
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The winners of the Fowler Business Concept Challenge were announced Oct. 30 and seniors Matthew Lichtfuss and Zach Neugebauer took home the $10,000 first prize.
For the Fowler Business Concept Challenge, students developed a business concept and presented the concept to a panel of judges. The competition was divided between undergraduate and graduate students.
The library’s “Harry Potter Room” on the second floor was filled with Hogwarts-themed treats, trivia and a showing of the “Sorcerer’s Stone” Tuesday night.
A false report of a gunman at Saint Paul College that resulted in a campus lockdown and a building evacuation has resulted in charges.
On Sept. 23, TommieMedia reported an alleged gunman was on the St. Paul College campus. City Attorney John Choi charged 42-year-old Charleeta Brown with falsely reporting a crime. Choi says the woman’s actions are “akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater.”
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While Student Alumni Council’s name suggests it may not apply to current students, one of SAC’s main goals is to link students with alumni through alumni-student mentoring programs.
“I think the trickiest part about that is that people hear [the name] and they think, ‘Oh I’m not alumni yet. This doesn’t pertain to me. It doesn’t really matter,’” said senior Sara Hamrick, Student Alumni Council president.
The Star Tribune is cutting about 100 jobs as Minnesota’s largest newspaper further trims costs after emerging from bankruptcy protection. Editor Nancy Barnes says in a note to the newsroom that about 30 of the cuts will come from newsroom and editorial staff — about a 10 percent reduction. She says those cuts will take …
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Every semester the Undergraduate Student Government has a budget of hundreds of thousands of dollars, much of which it allocates to clubs and organizations at St. Thomas.
Registration runs through Dec. 4, and time slots are assigned based mainly on the number of credits a student holds, but there are other factors that also apply.
The Photography Club, Water Polo Club and the Hmong United Student Association all received unanimous USG approval and are now official St. Thomas clubs and organizations.
This semester, the student activity fee is $102 for full-time undergraduate students and $51 for part-time undergrads.
