Five St. Thomas students organized a walkout on March 14 as part of March for Our Lives, a national movement dedicated to student-led activism around ending gun violence.
Students organize campus walkout to end gun violence
Spring forward into Daylight Saving Time
For most of the country, the shift from standard to daylight saving time officially comes at 2 a.m. March 11.
Women’s basketball runs out of time, falls to Tigers in Sweet 16
Despite a 28-point performance from center Hannah Spaulding, the women’s basketball team fell 61-58 to East Texas Baptist University in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament.
Student petitions for pedestrian sign at Cleveland, Ashland
St. Thomas junior Alice Ready created a petition in January to install a pedestrian crosswalk sign at the intersection of Cleveland and Ashland avenues.
Women’s basketball gears up for second weekend of NCAA tourney
The St. Thomas women’s basketball team traveled to Waverly, Iowa Thursday to make its fourth consecutive Sweet 16 appearance on Friday in the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament.
Senior lands US embassy internship in Poland
St. Thomas senior Erin Engstran is spending her spring in Warsaw, Poland interning for the U.S. State Department. Her internship comes as Poland has passed Holocaust legislation that has drawn international condemnation.
Campbell trial underway in Hennepin County
The trial of Michael Laurence Campbell began Monday. Campbell, 21, was charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide after the September car crash that resulted in the death of St. Thomas junior Ria Patel, 20.
Diver to close career at Nationals
St. Thomas diver Andrew Grabowski will end his illustrious college career at the NCAA Division III Swim and Dive championship meet at the end of March.
AFROTC one of four schools to receive national award
St. Thomas’ AFROTC program received the ROTC Educational Institution Partnership Excellence Award from the Department of Defense. The program is one of four nationwide to receive the award and is the only Division III school to do so.
2018 Winter Olympics medal count
The United States won 23 medals at this year’s Winter Olympics, which was good for fourth place. See which countries earned more as designed Keely Gregory provides a run down of all the medals handed out in PyeongChang.
Malim wins 2018 President’s Student Leadership Award
Senior Mohamed Malim won this year’s President’s Student Leadership Award after creating Dream Refugee, a nonprofit designed to tell the stories of refugees.
Nadav hired as first assistant director of campus sustainability
Amir Nadav was named assistant director for campus sustainability last December. The move is the latest attempt by the university to become carbon neutral by 2035.
Alley pickup designed to eliminate recycling buildup
Some residents in St. Paul have not had their recycling picked up in over three weeks due to ice and snow preventing trucks from reaching pickup areas. Eureka Recycling has started alley pickup in an effort to reduce buildup.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy test flight breakdown
SpaceX tested its Falcon Heavy private rocket just under a month ago. Designer Jon Westerberg shows the process of the test flight and breaks down some of the most impressive numbers of the spacecraft.
Women’s basketball advances after 68-62 thriller
The women’s basketball team, lifted by a key trey from guard Maddie Wolkow late in the fourth quarter, defeated the University of Chicago in the second round of the NCAA national tournament for the second year in a row.