This is News in :90 for Tuesday, April 23, 2013.
News in :90 – April 23, 2013
St. Thomas celebrates Earth Day
Since 1970, earthlings have marked April 22 as a day to celebrate their planet, both worldwide and on the St. Thomas campus.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect is charged
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged by federal prosecutors in his hospital room Monday with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction — a crime that carries a possible death sentence.
News in :90 – April 22, 2013
This is News in :90 for Monday, April 22, 2013.
USG makes free New York Times access available to students
The free access has not yet been advertised to students, but former USG president Mike Orth said new USG council members will focus on marketing to students so they might take advantage of the access.
Xcel Energy honors St. Thomas
St. Thomas is Xcel Energy’s largest Windsource program customer, receiving 82 percent of its electricity from wind power despite not having a turbine on campus.
Hasek elected Minnesota College Republicans’ state chair
Junior Andrew Hasek was elected the Minnesota College Republicans’ state chair after members from across the state voted him into the position Saturday evening.
Student band fundraises for new album with Kickstarter campaign
When junior Luke Darger’s band, The Word Party, ran out of money recording its first full-length album, the members pledged to raise $1,000 in a 30-day Kickstarter campaign.
UST College Republicans president runs for state chair
If elected state chair, UST College Republicans president junior Andrew Hasek would represent all College Republican chapters in the state.
Boston police: Bombing suspect is in custody
A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.
Boston students on lockdown while authorities search for bombing suspect
A manhunt that began early Friday morning in Boston continues as law enforcement searches for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old college student and suspect in the Boston bombings who is still at large, according to the Associated Press.
News in :90 – April 19, 2013
This is News in :90 for April 19, 2013.
Manhunt intensifies in Boston; one suspect, officer killed
The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead and his brother on the loose, authorities said Friday as thousands of officers swarmed the streets in a manhunt that all but paralyzed the Boston area.
In Depth – STDs on the rise in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health recently announced that the number of reported sexually transmitted diseases in Minnesota increased ten percent in the past year.
News in :90 – April 18, 2013
This is News in :90 for Thursday, April 18, 2013.