The health insurance that St. Thomas offers its students is covering 200 more students this year.
The St. Thomas student health insurance covered about 700 students last year. About 900 students are currently covered this year, said Madonna McDermott, director of Student Health Services and Wellness Center.
One reason the number of those insured has gone up this year is that some parents of St. Thomas students have lost jobs and need health insurance for their children, McDermott said.
The construction of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Center has caused many changes in this weekend’s homecoming festivities, but many Tommie traditions will still be included.
STAR intern Wendy Lor said planning activities for homecoming week with construction on campus was difficult.
“It seems really sad that a tradition like the dance had to go away because of the construction but I think we just need to move forward with the Anderson athletic building,” Lor said. “It will be good. I think this is a good change.”
In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, more students are enrolling in the St. Thomas health insurance policy, study abroad applications are up slightly despite the economy, St. Thomas volleyball wins its homecoming game, PULSE is nominated for national award, and a St. Thomas entrepreneurship major serves up late-night sandwiches.
[slidepress gallery=’nin-10.08.09′] This is News in :90 for Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.
Study abroad programs across the nation have been hit hard by the current economic situation. St. Thomas has bucked that trend.
St. Thomas students and community members stood on the corner of Grand and Cleveland avenues in the rain Tuesday afternoon, waving signs and banners in an attempt to encourage the rush-hour traffic to boycott Super America.
The protesters were upset about Super America’s attempts to discourage the public from supporting the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act of 2009. The act is currently being reviewed in national governmental committees and if it passes, businesses, including oil companies, would have to meet lower carbon-emission standards or pay a fine.
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009.
The goal of the campaign is to raise $500 million by fall 2012. In addition to the new athletic facility and recreation center, the capital campaign was started in fall 2007 to create more student scholarships and a list of other projects.
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) program is seeing a dramatic increase in numbers over the last four years. Cadet Paul Kolars, AFROTC wing commander, said this year’s freshman class is the largest class size he has seen.
St. Thomas’ program isn’t alone as the other 273 ROTC programs across the country have also seen an increasing trend in numbers.
This is News in :90 for Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
Forty percent of St. Thomas’ undergraduate students live on campus and a large percentage live in apartments and houses off campus.
The St. Paul City Council is considering passing a social host ordinance that would make it a crime to host or allow a party where underage drinking occurs.
But this ordinance has a twist. If it passes, all adults, including landlords, who knowingly allow underage drinking parties, would be guilty of a misdemeanor and could face up to $1,000 in fines and up to 90 days in jail.
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