Just under two-thousand individuals of the St. Thomas community received the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at McCarthy Gym on Friday and Saturday. Macalester College is now the first Minnesota college to require the COVID-19 vaccine for returning students and staff next fall. Production Editor, Justin Amaker has today’s News in :90.
Nine positive COVID-19 tests were reported to St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being last week, a decrease of four from the previous week, and St. Thomas community members lined up beginning Friday to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at McCarthy Gym. Justin Amaker, Casey Eakins and Lauren Dettmer have the story.
St. Thomas beat Macalester College 5-0 Tuesday at Koch Diamond. The two teams played one of two games, with the second being suspended in the top of the 5th due to inclement weather. The score was 5-2 with the Tommies leading. Reporter Sam Larson has the story.
At St. Olaf College, an off-campus party has forced 50 students to quarantine and suspended 17 students for the fall semester, St. Olaf President David Anderson wrote in a message to students Thursday. The party was attended by a large group of students before moving into campus housing.
The MIAC on Tuesday officially announced postponement of the fall season for football, soccer, cross country and volleyball to the spring amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Macalester College in St. Paul announced that its board of trustees voted to remove the name of its founder from two buildings, the final plan for a billion-dollar development of the old Ford plant in St. Paul was announced last week, and Israel said it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in a “wide-scale” operation. Sophia Primozich has today’s News in :90.
Senior Madie Kroehler fueled the St. Thomas volleyball team to a straight set win against Macalester (4-18 overall, 0-8 MIAC) with 26 digs Friday at Schoenecker Arena. Reporter Joey Swanson and photographer Maxwell Collier have the full story.
