Last fall, the St. Thomas campus was buzzing about H1N1, hand sanitizer was flying off the shelves at the C-Store, and students and staff were taking extra precautions to prevent further spread of the illness.
St. Thomas finished with 709 points as Gustavus tallied 701 in one of the closest finishes in conference history.
St. Thomas illustrated its increased focus on providing affordable education with the release of its annual budget Friday, Feb. 19.
St. Thomas’ Board of Trustees Thursday approved a 3.5 percent increase in undergraduate tuition and fees for next year. University administrators noted class sizes may increase at the same time.
Friends and family packed O’Gara’s Bar and Grill Wednesday for a night of music and celebration.
After senior Sarah Ritterspach’s best friend died of brain cancer a little over a year ago, she wanted to do something in her friend’s memory. So she decided to shave off all her hair.
Members of the St. Thomas theater club, Thespians Unite!, collected 1,623 student signatures in support of the program.
Some St. Thomas students wish classes were canceled today in observation of Presidents Day.
“Any more days off would be absolutely awesome, but I guess since we are a private college we wouldn’t necessarily have to have holidays off that public institutes do,” junior Katie Hubly said.
With the arrival of new Executive Chef Ken Grogg, the St. Thomas student dining room may see some changes to its menu soon.
As students found out this week, the Coffee Bené shop inside the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library will not accept flex dollars.
Parking Lot H will be closed in March in order for demolition of O’Shaughnessy Hall to take place. Some neighbors have raised concerns that with the Anderson Student Center going up, there will not be enough parking in the center of campus.
With construction finally complete, Coffee Bené will open its independently run coffee shop on the first floor of the library.
St. Paul police have closed the books on the Dan Zamlen case, but his mother is continuing to investigate on her own.
Autopsy results released in June show Zamlen accidentally drowned. Police reports released yesterday say Zamlen was drinking before he went to a house party and brought alcohol.
With the relocation of the weight room to the concession area of O’Shaughnessy Stadium, some St. Thomas students are choosing alternative places to work out.
Strength coach Tyrone Stenzel said the new weight room is “really undersized.”
“It’s just that we have a space crunch, and there’s really no place we can go,” Stenzel said.
With 3.1 inches of snow falling in a 24-hour period, the Twin Cities are under a winter storm warning until noon Tuesday and are facing record snowfall for February.
As of noon Monday, the city of Saint Paul had not declared a snow emergency.
