This is News in :90 for Monday, Nov. 1, 2010.
Box Office offers tickets to sporting, fine arts events
Timberwolves and Wild tickets are on sale at the St. Thomas’ Box Office & Expeditions, starting at 8 a.m. Monday.
Students prepare to cast midterm election vote
Even though it isn’t a presidential election year, many St. Thomas students are getting ready to cast their votes.
News in :90 – Oct. 28, 2010
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010.
Students enjoy haunted tours of the Cretin Hall basement
The eerie Cretin Hall basement opened its doors Wednesday night for the 10th annual “Haunted Cretin” event.
St. Thomas partying history includes keg rolls, beer at dances
Keg rolls on the quad, Oktoberfest celebrations, all-you-can-drink beer – St. Thomas dances and events were different in the past.
“We always used to have a big Halloween party in the field house,” said Carrie Cleary, who graduated in 1987. “The drinking age was 19, and we had beer served right there.”
Storm knocks down branches on campus, makes travel challenging
The storm system that many have called the “Hurricane of the Midwest” hit campus Tuesday evening. Stray branches and knocked-over benches could be seen around campus.
News in :90 – Oct. 27, 2010
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010.
Cardinal Turkson discusses Pope Benedict’s encyclical ‘Caritas in Veritate’
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson said in his speech at St. Thomas Tuesday evening that love and truth are the concepts at the heart of Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict’s third encyclical.
Community complaints decrease, but partying still ‘troubling to neighbors’
Waking up to late-night swearing and fighting, or early morning urine and vomit, is not out of the ordinary for St. Thomas neighbors on any given weekend.
News in :90 – Oct. 26, 2010
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010.
80 percent of discipline issues are alcohol related
Assistant dean of students Jim Sachs said he used to be a “major-league partier” in his youth, and his past experiences have influenced how he deals with student drinking issues now.
Nearly 2,000 attend homecoming dance
Students turned out in big numbers for the first dance in the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex. Two thousand wristbands were given out for the first homecoming dance since 2008, and most wristbands were used Saturday, said Associate Director of Campus Life Matt Gustafson.
Professor, student share input on latest church closings
St. Thomas history professor Scott Wright and theology major Nicole Neverman join TommieMedia reporter Colleen Schreier in the studio to talk about the recent church mergers.
News in :90 – Oct. 25, 2010
This is News in :90 for Monday, Oct. 25, 2010.