Two touchdowns apiece by senior running back Nick Rice and sophomore running back Hope Adebayo propelled the Tommies to a 35-15 lead over Presbyterian College at halftime, Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium.
As St. Thomas Peer Ministry gathered to hold a “Prayer For Life” vigil Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul, students in support of abortion rights also showed up to stand against the event.
Isaiah Hall remembers the jitters he felt heading into his final season on the St. Thomas football team, a program that was ranked dead last among 128 FCS football programs after making the unprecedented jump from Division III to Division I.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.
St. Thomas Women’s Basketball Team won its first NCAA Division I game, men’s hockey team fell to No.3-ranked Mankato State University 9-0 and Elizabeth Bonneville was selected as Summit League Women’s Swimmer of the Week. Sports Editor Olivia Paradise has today’s Sports in :60.
Minnesota farmers will benefit from higher prices this year, U.S. regulators on Friday moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults and St. Thomas will be offering an LGBTQIA+ literature course this spring. Ad/PR representative Mirana Gottlieb has today’s News in :90.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding the government’s campaign to shore up protection and get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that may worsen with the holidays.
St. Thomas is offering an LGBTQIA+ literature course this spring, marking the first course in fifteen years with a focus on a specific group; English adjunct professor Melissa Hendrickx is pioneering the new curriculum.
The Biden administration is working to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills through its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday that the Department of Defense will send medical teams to two major Minnesota hospitals, and St. Thomas students will now be required to scan their ID’s at the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library after 10 p.m. Meg Goltzman has today’s News in :90.
Students will now be required to scan their ID when entering the O’Shaughnessy-Frey library after 10 p.m. The new protocol, put into effect on Oct. 24th, is due to library staff wanting students, faculty and materials to be safer at night.
Pfizer will allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, Minnesota law enforcement officers will have new body cameras, and St. Thomas students are in it to win it at trivia nights. Paige Yurczyk has the story.
St. Thomas students prefer pop culture quizzes over academic ones, and trivia nights are a regular thing on campus with multiple clubs hosting events nearly every week.
LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.
Joe Biden signed his one-trillion-dollar infrastructure deal into law Monday, Minnesota reported another 5,266 coronavirus infections and a 9.7% positivity rate the past seven days, and St. Thomas has introduced new initiatives to reduce the university’s carbon footprint. Rori West has today’s News in :90.
The University of St Thomas, following calls from the Catholic Church to combat climate change, introduced a number of new guidelines, tools, policies and commitments to reduce the university’s carbon footprint in a statement released Nov. 4.
