Tommies visit capitol building to promote student grants

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St. Thomas students traveled to the St. Paul Capitol building Thursday, urging legislators to soften college students’ financial burden when the State Grant Program budget is set for the 2010-11 academic year.

Students participating in the Day at the Capitol event, organized by the Minnesota Private College Council, spoke to legislators from their home districts.

Group’s protests draw mixed reactions

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St. Thomas’ Knights of Columbus have a tradition of praying in front of Planned Parenthood every Friday.

The group meets at 3:15 p.m. in the lobby of St. John Vianney Seminary and then car pools to the business on Ford Parkway in Highland Park.

Junior Sean Grismer said the group consists mostly of seminarians.

Demolition begins on O’Shaughnessy Hall

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A giant claw started tearing down the walls of O’Shaughnessy Hall at 7:30 a.m. Thursday to make way for the new Anderson Student Center.

“We’ll pull the exterior walls down, expose the bearing structure, and start taking the structure down,” Construction Manager Jim Brummer said. “That will take about a week to complete and then they’ll start hauling out the debris, which will take about another week.”