The Fall Art Tour on Saturday evening provided a unique opportunity for students and the public to explore the art galleries of nine Twin Cities colleges and universities in a span of just three hours.
Participants could hop on one of the shuttle buses running between the different campuses and see clay and metal sculptures, glass vases, photographs, prints and interactive exhibits.
John Hershey, neighborhood liaison for St. Thomas, said he has received about 40 separate complaints from neighbors this semester regarding student behavior.
“I’ve received a lot more really bitter complaints from people about roving bands of students,” Hershey said. “Not just that they’re in the neighborhood but that they’re being disrespectful … who knows what’s true and what’s not, but I don’t have reason to disbelieve them.”
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Additional seasonal flu-shot clinics on campus have been postponed by the Student Health Service due to delays in shipments from vaccine manufacturers.
This semester, the newspaper racks sit empty and dormant.
Physical education used to be a mandatory zero-credit course, but St. Thomas has revised the program by offering it as an optional two-credit course that students can pay for.
On-campus interviews are underway this fall and the Career Development Center is noticing fewer full-time job openings, but more summer internship offerings. More large corporations and organizations are already hiring for summer 2010 positions, a trend unlike past years.
The poor economy has not influenced the number of employers coming to interview, but rather the type of position they are looking for, said Jennifer Kaysen-Rogers, employer relations specialist at the Career Development Center.
In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, St. Thomas H1N1 cases continue to grow, Knights of Columbus install pro-life monument, new observatory atop Anderson Parking Facility is dedicated, more students interested in on-campus interviewing and women’s soccer is tied for first place in MIAC.
According to the Physical Plant, the St. Paul Water Department is flushing out fire hydrants in the neighborhood, causing the water to turn brown.
[slidepress gallery=’nin-10.01.09′] This is News in :90 for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.
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Three pieces of the banners lining construction fences on North Campus have disappeared over the last week, leaving sizable gaps in the posters.
After raising more than $2,000 last semester, the St. Thomas Knights of Columbus installed a monument just north of the Murray-Herrick Campus Center.
