Tiger Woods will be making his first public appearance Friday after he took a leave of absence from golf in December and St. Thomas students are not without opinion on the billion-dollar athlete.
Electronic readers offer exciting possibilites for future
Electronic books are here to stay. Reading an e-book on an electronic reader isn’t a passing fad that will lose its appeal after the novelty wears off.
DUI without driving makes little sense
While I understand the rationale behind these laws that have legitimate intentions of discouraging drunk driving, I have a problem with the overly broad nature of these laws.
Sun-drenched football programs rake in top recruits
Having spent J-Term at the University of Hawaii-Manoa for philosophy class over break, I was able to witness what life at a tropical university is like.
Letter: ‘Learn to look at the world through Catholic eyes’
I remember in the spring of 2005, when I was a high school senior walking around on the St. Thomas campus. One of the first things that caught my eye was the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. I remember being in awe of the great beauty I found when I stepped into the narthex, and thinking to myself “This must be a school that takes its Catholic identity seriously. What else could have inspired such a beautiful chapel?”
Hawaii study abroad course too important to cut
Normally when people think of Hawaii they think of grass skirts, hula and relaxing on the beach.
But this January I was fortunate enough to study in Hawaii with the Multicultural Communication in Diverse Organizations course. It was a once-in-a-lifetime learning experience that I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere else. But even after 12 successful years as a class, it is one of the study abroad courses being cut next year.
Should instructors forbid use of cell phones in class?
More than 24,000 undergraduate students nationwide were ambivalent when asked if instructors should be able to ban cell phone use during class. The EduCAUSE annual survey, which included St. Thomas students, was released this week.
Aid shouldn’t require earthquake’s initiation
Ever since the earthquake hit Haiti, I’ve been proud of America’s reaction. From the very first day, astonishing amounts of food, money and aid have poured into Haiti from all parts of the nation.
Text message campaigns have raised millions of dollars for the relief fund. Many doctors, including one from St. Thomas, have gone to Haiti to perform surgeries and treat diseases such as dysentery.
Fellow Tommies and British prison escapee: think before you post
Today I’d like to tell you all a story. It’s a classic tale really. There are cops and robbers, a jail break and a drawn out manhunt. Basically, it’s everything you could ask for in a mediocre PG-13 movie.
How to take advantage of a desolate campus
With the typically uninviting Minnesota temperatures and the majority of the student population taking a month-long break from campus life, campus can resemble something of a ghost town.
Eight years is enough, get rid of Guantanamo Bay
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the day that 20 detainees were first brought into Guantanamo Bay.
Letter: Civil discourse event a step in the right direction
Pick your favorite: mine is “Tutugate.”
For at least five years, our university has been marred by frequent controversies pertaining to speakers sharing their views on campus. In such cases, the inability of opposing parties to effectively communicate and receive information with their intellectual opponents has brought the issue to a fever pitch.
Students should feel grateful for campus construction
Construction clangs away on the Lower Quad, reminding pedestrians how different the campus landscape will look in just two years.
With six-figure salaries for university administrators, obscenely high on-campus housing prices and numerous examples of wasteful administrative spending, it’s understandable that some students feel gouged out of money by the university.
Uganda’s proposed anti-gay death penalty law demands comment
According to Reuters, Uganda’s parliament has a serious chance of passing the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2009, a proposed law expanding the criminal punishment for homosexuality. In Uganda, homosexuality is a crime which already carries a life sentence in many cases.
On the road to close the School of the Americas
I had the opportunity to travel on a packed charter bus last weekend with 40 other activists to Fort Benning near Columbus, Ga., to stand outside the fort’s gates with thousands of others, practicing a nonviolent protest of U.S. foreign policy in solidarity with the millions of Latin American people it has abused.