‘Connected.’ – Nov. 12, 2009

In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, structural issues are being addressed in Brady Hall, solar panels to be installed on Brady Hall by spring semester, St. Paul’s social host ordinance goes into effect next month, mobile flu clinic helps with H1N1 screenings, colleges are turning to G-Mail to save money, and registration starts Nov. 16.

Solar panels to top Brady Hall Dec. 19

Twenty solar panels will be installed on the edge of the Brady Hall roof while students are away for winter break.

A student group has been working for months to get the panels installed on the roof of a St. Thomas building. Contractors from Innovative Power Systems, who will install the panels, made the final decision to put the panels on Brady Hall.

Big Five: STAR budget breakdown

Some students may think their student activity fee just goes toward a T-shirt every once in a while, but that money is actually divided between the Undergraduate Student Government and St. Thomas Activities and Recreation (STAR) to do more than just provide T-shirts.

Brady Narloch, USG vice president of financial affairs, said STAR typically receives 60 percent of activity fee so the staff can do programming.

Lichtfuss, Neugebauer win Fowler Challenge, pocket 10K

The winners of the Fowler Business Concept Challenge were announced Oct. 30 and seniors Matthew Lichtfuss and Zach Neugebauer took home the $10,000 first prize.

For the Fowler Business Concept Challenge, students developed a business concept and presented the concept to a panel of judges. The competition was divided between undergraduate and graduate students.

Woman charged in college lockdown hoax

A false report of a gunman at Saint Paul College that resulted in a campus lockdown and a building evacuation has resulted in charges.

On Sept. 23, TommieMedia reported an alleged gunman was on the St. Paul College campus. City Attorney John Choi charged 42-year-old Charleeta Brown with falsely reporting a crime. Choi says the woman’s actions are “akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater.”