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.
USG approves three clubs, doles out $3,300 in requests
Breaking down the student activity fee
This semester, the student activity fee is $102 for full-time undergraduate students and $51 for part-time undergrads.
Writing program boosts interest in potentially tedious material
Students in Sherry Jordon’s theology class write out instant message conversations between themselves and famous Protestant reformers, create dialogues for a mock debate on Oprah and pretend to be bloggers in 16th-century Geneva.
“These kinds of writing assignments engage the students and make historical figures come alive,” Jordon said.
News in :90 – Nov. 6, 2009
This is News in :90 for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.
Classes move back into renovated Sitzmann Hall
Sitzmann Hall opened its doors Oct. 29 to the public for the first time since the $4.2 million summer-long renovation began last spring. Don Briel, director of Catholic Studies, said some Catholic Studies classes may be moving back into Sitzmann Hall as early as Nov. 6.
“Well the only delay right now is the technology with the smart room, the seminar room and the classroom,” he said. “And there has to be an adjustment in the location of the camera in the classroom.”
Students flex some muscle, celebrate 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall
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German club, students decorate mini Berlin Wall
Last year’s Christmas concert to replay on TPT
More than 300 St. Thomas students are preparing for the annual Christmas concert that will take place Sunday, Dec. 6. While this year’s performance will not be taped, last year’s concert will be shown again Dec. 24 and 25 on Twin Cities Public Television.
‘Connected.’ – Nov. 5, 2009
In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, Opus $1 million prize winner announced, Target’s restructuring doesn’t affect on-campus interviews, Sitzmann Hall opens for class and the German Club selected to help celebrate tearing down of the Berlin Wall.
News in :90 – Nov. 5, 2009
[slidepress gallery=’nin-11.05.09′] This is News in :90 for Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.
Target job cuts don’t affect recent student interviews
St. Thomas students who interviewed for Target positions through the Career Development Center need not worry about recent job cuts affecting their opportunities.
Ech Channa becomes first Muslim to receive Opus Prize
Aïcha Ech Channa, founder and president of a Casablanca, Morocco, organization that provides services for unmarried women with children, won the $1 million 2009 Opus Prize. St. Thomas and the Opus Prize Foundation of Minnetonka presented the award Wednesday night in Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall. The other two finalists – Sister Valeriana García-Martín of Bogotá, Colombia, and the Rev. Hans Stapel of Guaratinguetá, Brazil – each received $100,000 awards.
Student who collapsed in Scooter’s back on his feet
After going into cardiac arrest during a dance performance Oct. 16 in Scooter’s, freshman Gauthier Biyanga Mubwa has resumed attending St. Thomas.
Since his Oct. 23 release from Regions Hospital, Mubwa has returned to the hospital for checkups and will attend biweekly heart rehabilitation therapy sessions.
“I was really surprised [to collapse],” Mubwa said. “It’s never happened to anyone in my family.”
News in :90 – Nov. 4, 2009
[slidepress gallery=’nin-11.04.09′] This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.
Hand sanitizer selling briskly at C-Store
Hand sanitizer is flying off store shelves around the United States as the number of H1N1 cases rises this fall. Sanitizer sales are up 70.5 percent this year over last year, Nielsen Business Media reported this week.