St. Thomas’ Sustainability Club and French Club joined forces to pick up trash Saturday, Oct. 23 on the shorelines of the Mississippi River during the 28th annual River Clean-Up.
Mississippi River Clean-Up unites community for a bigger cause
News in :90 – Nov. 10, 2021
The name of the new St. Thomas STEAM building was announced, a body found along an interstate was identified as a missing girl, and two reporters are working on a biography of George Floyd. Josephine (Lopez) Otieno has the story.
Diwali: Celebrating the Festival of Lights
Students filled the St.Thomas Create[space] to celebrate Diwali, the Nov. 4 festival of lights, taking part in lantern making and henna during a Desi club event on Nov. 2.
Associate Vice President of Principal and Leadership Gifts speaks, council members approved a new club and finance update overviewed at Nov. 4 USG meeting
Associate Vice President of Principal and Leadership Gifts Joe Plante discussed the Schoenecker Center, USG approved the creation of a design club and finance updates were given at the Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting Thursday, Nov. 4 at Scooter’s. University Affairs Editor Natalie Hoepner has the update.
News in :90 – Nov. 9, 2021
Medical professionals are suing a city-owned hospital after they were terminated for refusing to receive the COIVD-19 vaccine, Wong Yah-Ping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk, and 28 new positive COVID-19 cases have been reported by the Center For Well Being. Lucy Peterson has today’s News in :90.
COVID-19 UPDATE: 28 new positive cases
Twenty-eight positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being during the week of November 5.
News in :90 – Nov. 8, 2021
Eight people died at an Astroworld Music Festival this weekend in Houston, the Minnesota Department of Transportation installed twelve highway signs recognizing land boundaries with three Ojibwe tribes and construction of the new Schoenecker Center will begin in May 2022. Reporter Sumaii Gemechu has today’s News in :90.
Cross country makes a statement at Summit League Championships
The St. Thomas cross country teams showed its strength at the Division I level with the men placing second and women placing fourth in the Summit League Championships, ending the teams first season in the league October 30 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
St. Thomas volleyball loses 3-1 battle to South Dakota State ahead of final home game
Senior leadership from setter Grace Anetipa and libero Carrie Rutledge led an unrelenting St. Thomas volleyball team through a 3-1 home loss to South Dakota State Friday that coach Thanh Pham called both encouraging and deflating.
St. Thomas sets groundbreaking date for interdisciplinary ‘Schoenecker Center’
St. Thomas announced the official name and groundbreaking date for its STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) complex in a Newsroom email to the St. Thomas community on Thursday, November 4, nearly two years after it introduced the project.
No. 2 Ohio State crush Tommie women’s hockey 8-1
Junior forward Luci Bianci scored the lone goal for the St. Thomas women’s hockey team as the Tommies were unable to catch up with No. 2 ranked Ohio State University’s eight goals, ending the program’s 600th overall game in an 8-1 loss Friday night at St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights.
Trevor Zins receives CCHA hockey defenseman of the week
Junior defender Trevor was named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association’s Defenseman of the Week for the week of Oct. 25-30.
INFOGRAPHIC: St. Thomas vs. Davidson College preview
The St. Thomas football team will face Davidson College at 12 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6 at Richardson Stadium in Davidson, North Carolina.
Prosecutor: Arbery’s killers ‘did everything’ on assumptions
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — White men in pickup trucks chased Ahmaud Arbery for five minutes, and one threatened to shoot him, as they cut off the jogger’s escape from a Georgia subdivision and ultimately killed the 25-year-old Black man with a shotgun, a prosecutor told a trial jury Friday.
News in :90 – Nov. 5, 2021
The Biden administration sued Texas over new election laws, Minnesota school districts administer the COVID-19 vaccine to children and St. Thomas Dining Services introduced the OZZI reusable take-out system. Photographer Keaton Eakins has today’s News in :90.