Despite windy conditions, the St. Thomas women’s tennis team was able to easily defeat Hamline University 9-0 on Sunday at Holt courts to put the unbeaten Tommies at a 14-0 record.
Tommie tennis breezes past Hamline
Under-Told Stories Project brings PBS NewsHour’s Sara Just to campus
The Under-Told Stories project, a PBS NewsHour program that partnered with St. Thomas last year, hosted PBS NewsHour Executive Producer Sara Just for an exclusive discussion with students on Wednesday to further their goal of blending international journalism and teaching.
Stolen bikes, suspicious letters and more in this week’s Public Safety briefs
Check out this week’s public safety briefs.
St. Thomas baseball sweeps St. Olaf
The St. Thomas baseball team swept St. Olaf to start MIAC conference play Saturday afternoon in a doubleheader 2-1 and 8-1 at Koch Diamond behind strong outings from the St. Thomas pitching staff.
St. Thomas professor named to political watchlist
Free speech for students on college campuses is a widely debated topic, but only recently has free speech for professors been called into question as well. St. Thomas professor Barbara Gorski was named to the Professor Watchlist in fall 2016 for allegedly showing a liberal bias in the classroom.
White Saviour Industrial Complex, Study Abroad, Voluntourism: What’s the difference?
Voluntourism offers a medium for travelers, usually from rich western countries, to “make a difference,” “change the world” and get the perfect Facebook profile picture, while leaving their voluntourists destinations, usually poor countries in South Asia, Africa or Latin America, in worse-off conditions.
Snapchat: social media’s most authentic platform
Samantha Miner discusses Snapchat’s unique methods to promote authenticity and organic interaction.
Tommie first-year student takes on the Capitol
While most college students are still sound asleep, St. Thomas first-year Hazel Erickson is wasting no time in her pursuit of a tough profession: politics. She wakes up early two or three days a week and heads to downtown St. Paul before her classes as an intern for Minnesota Public Interest Research Group.
Local congregations offer places of worship as sanctuary to immigrants
About 25 Twin Cities congregations are joining a movement to offer sanctuary to immigrants who fear deportation.
Neighborhood Liaison works for increased student engagement in neighborhood issues
Some neighbors are fed up with the noisy student behavior that comes with the warm weather, but Neighborhood Liaison Amy Gage is working with Undergraduate Student Government in hopes of getting student leaders involved in creating better relations between students and neighbors.
St. Paul Fire Department marches in St. Patrick’s Day parade
The St. Paul Fire Department marched in the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Friday afternoon. Photojournalist Madison Ordner captured the event.
Tommies lose heartbreaker, fall 60-57 to Tufts
The St. Thomas women’s basketball team suffered its first and final loss of the season after falling 60-57 to Tufts University in the NCAA DIII national semifinals.
St. Thomas professors publish young adult coloring, historical fantasy books
Ever wondered what professors are doing when they aren’t teaching classes or grading papers? In the case of justice and peace professor Mike Klein and English professor Heather Bouwman, that mystery has been solved.
USG President Muhammad denies anti-Semitism, calls for unity
Mayzer Muhammad, president of St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government, has disavowed tweets made three years ago and has denied that he is anti-Semitic.
FemCom hosts first-ever healthy sex panel discussion at St. Thomas
Students gathered in Woulfe Alumni Hall on March 13 for a healthy sex teach-in hosted by St. Thomas’ Feminist Community, which featured a panel of seven St. Thomas students from a variety of sexual identities who talked candidly about their experiences with sex and sexuality.