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The emergence and popularity of social media and blogs is difficult to ignore. In August, the New York Times reported that at least once a month, four out of five adults use social media, such as blogs, social networks and review sites in some form.

While cigarettes hog the limelight, college students find a different way to get their nicotine fix: smokeless tobacco.

The Rev. Peter Laird, St. Thomas graduate and faculty member at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, will be the new vicar general and moderator of the curia.

The Northfield, Minn.- based company created the shuttle service Aug. 31 to help people who commute to St. Thomas, especially from the Northfield area.

St. Thomas students will present their unique business ideas Oct. 30 in the final competitions of the Fowler Business Concept Challenge.

The preliminary submission, presented Oct. 15, consisted of a brief description of the business concept (product or service), targeted a specific customer, provided solutions for solving the customer’s problem and demonstrated how the product or service will generate revenue and profit.

The student who collapsed in Scooter’s Friday night is still at Regions Hospital in critical but stable condition.

The student has been identified as 21-year-old Gauthier Biyanga Mubwa, a second-semester student and native of the Democratic Republic of Congo.