This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.
News in :90 – Oct. 28, 2009
News in :90 – Oct. 27, 2009
[slidepress gallery=’nin-10.27.09′] This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009.
H1N1 vaccine may arrive on campus around Thanksgiving
A St. Thomas health official said the number of reported H1N1 cases at St. Thomas has reached 277. Although its arrival date is still not set, the vaccine may arrive on campus around Thanksgiving.
Construction, fewer meeting spaces create headaches for groups
Challenges remain because of the need to convert offices for financial aid, ROTC and athletic staff during the construction projects.
Brima finds ‘genuine love’ in Opus Prize visit to Brazil
Last April, three students were paired with the Opus Foundation to evaluate three humanitarian sites nominated for the Opus Prize and these students came back with much more than another stamp in their passports.
News in :90 – Oct. 26, 2009
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USG approves budget, allocates more than 93K to clubs
Among the top recipients of USG funding are Volunteers in Action, Campus Crusade for Christ, SHINE, Saint Paul’s Outreach, HANA, KUST and the Rock Climbing Club.
First portable biodiesel production system fit for a pickup truck
St. Thomas students and their professor have designed the first portable biodiesel production system, which can fit in the back of a pickup truck.
“Other companies were trying to get this done and we got it done in a year before they did,” said graduate student John Gorman, who worked on the system last year.
Dease helps library celebrate 50th anniversary
Library celebrates 50th anniversary
News in :90 – Oct. 23, 2009
This is News in :90 for Oct. 23, 2009.
Another year, another ‘Quality of Life’ ranking for law school
The surveys have been scrutinized, the results are in and St. Thomas’ law school can be found near the top of the heap in the Princeton Review’s “Best Quality of Life” category yet again.
‘Faith and Fiction’ book reading kicked off Sacred Arts Festival
Author Ron Hansen spoke at St. Thomas Thursday night about his newest novel “Exiles,” which tells the story of 19th-century poet and priest Gerard Hopkins and the tragic shipwreck which inspired one of Hopkins’ poems.
Women getting their chance at intramural football
This year’s intramural football league wanted to include more than just men, so a co-ed division was created in the traditionally male sport.
Friends Julia Brandes and Ellen Traynor are some of the women taking advantage of the first year of co-ed intramural football. And these women are no strangers to the game of football.
“My dad taught me how to play football a long time ago,” Brandes said.
‘Connected.’ – Oct. 22, 2009
In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, H1N1 cases continue to climb at St. Thomas, engineering department constructs new bio-diesel system, St. Thomas hosts the Opus Prize ceremony in November, intramural football gets new players, and a Tommie sailer qualifies for national competition.