This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010.
News in :90 – Oct. 6, 2010
Nienstedt denies communion to GLBT button students
MINNEAPOLIS — The archbishop of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese denied communion to a group of college students from St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict because they were wearing rainbow-colored buttons in support of gay rights, a member of the group said Tuesday.
Fraternities and sorority want more university support, official recognition
At St. Thomas, sororities and fraternities are considered clubs, which makes the Greek part of the college experience less visible.
WPI journalists share US experiences in panel discussion
Modupe Ogunbayo, an assistant editor for a weekly newsmagazine in Lagos, Nigeria, spoke at a discussion panel Tuesday night about how writing controversial material can have fatal consequences in her home country.
News in :90 – Oct. 5, 2010
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.
For international journalists, risk is part of the job
Ten journalists from the World Press Institute, who are visiting the U.S. to learn about U.S. journalism, will participate in a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday in OEC auditorium.
Although banned, T-shirts and party buses still show up in Collegeville
Even after the bans on party buses and inappropriate T-shirts at the Tommie-Johnnie football game, some students still rode party buses at least part of the way to the game, and some students snuck forbidden T-shirts into the stadium.
Even after the bans on party buses and inappropriate T-shirts at the Tommie-Johnnie football game, some students still rode party buses at least part of the way to the game, and some students snuck forbidden T-shirts into the stadium.
Scooter’s starts on-campus pizza delivery service
On Wednesday, Sept. 22, Scooter’s launched its new pizza delivery initiative in an effort to get more business and better serve the student population at St. Thomas.
USG passes Tommie-Johnnie rivalry resolution
The Undergraduate Student Government unanimously passed a resolution on the Tommie-Johnnie rivalry at its meeting Sunday night. The resolution is a response to the offensive T-shirts the university banned.
News in :90 – Oct. 4, 2010
This is News in :90 for Monday, Oct. 4, 2010.
About 1 in 4 undergraduate women are sexual assault victims, new study says
Almost 25 percent of college women “have been victims of rape or attempted rape since the age of 14,” according to a recent Department of Justice study.
Cost calculator to make “cents” of tuition costs
Some students are surprised when they look at the price tag on their monthly tuition bills, but this won’t be the case next fall.
St. Thomas will be adding a federally mandated price calculator to its website to help students count the true cost of attending the university.
Gambling with your grades: A new way to embrace the “Easy A”
Do you think you will get an easy A? Are you confident enough to bet money on it? A new website called Ultrinsic.com lets you do just that.
News in :90 – Oct. 1, 2010
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News in :90 – Sept. 30, 2010
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010.