As summer break starts for students, St. Thomas Physical plant employees will begin projects including a sculpture garden and construction on the South Campus fields and in the Murray-Herrick Campus Center.
New minor produces new music
What started out as composition lessons lead to the music department offering students a composition minor for the first time.
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.
Tommie Spotlight: Nataly Sanchez
Something different motivated senior Nataly Sanchez to compete in the Miss Minnesota Latina Pageant.
Retiring professors reflect on St. Thomas careers
The Rev. Dennis Dease isn’t the only faculty member leaving St. Thomas this year; seven professors plan to end their tenures at the university as well.
Feminist group addresses stereotypes and vulgarity on campus
St. Thomas’ feminist group, FemCom, said “goodbye” to derogatory language and stereotyping when its members wrote a public address to the student body.
Ireland Hall Teeter-Totter Marathon receives more donations this year
The Ireland Hall Teeter-Totter Marathon has already raised $400 more than last year’s event.
Night Access policies change, ‘Super Single’ rooms added
Residence Life is eliminating some night access policies and adding a new style of dorm room to help on-campus upperclassmen student retention rates starting next fall.
Mississippi River not likely to flood
Even though areas to the north and south of campus may have flooding issues, St.Thomas students have nothing to worry about, Thomas Hickson, associate professor of geology, said.
Phillip Phillips cancels St. Thomas spring concert
Phillip Philips told St. Thomas STAR officials that he’s canceling the remainder of his spring concert tour including a performance that was scheduled for Saturday on the John P. Monahan Plaza.
The Rev. Dennis Dease to give SJU’s commencement speech
Many commencement speeches are given by prominent members of a university, but for St. John’s University’s parting speech, an iconic Tommie will take the podium.
Man shoots self in police parking lot
A Minnesota man coming in for questioning about a missing woman has shot himself in the police parking lot Thursday in Eden Prairie.
President-elect Julie Sullivan’s inauguration date set
As students, faculty and staff prepare to see the Rev. Dennis Dease enter retirement on June 30, preparations for university president-elect Julie Sullivan’s inaugural ceremonies are set for Thursday, Oct. 17 on the St. Paul campus.
Tommie Spotlight: Albert Conteh
Senior Albert Conteh didn’t consider himself a dancer until he went to his first PULSE show his freshman year.
Students clean up Mississippi River
St. Thomas students spent their Saturday morning last weekend picking up trash and ridding the area of everything from cans to giant stuffed animals.