President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert resigns, the governors of Arizona, Texas and New Mexico commit 1,600 National Guard members to the US/Mexico border, and Creative Designer Jonathan Westerberg hosts Dr. Victoria Young on In Depth. Reporter Samantha Hoanglong has today’s News in :90.
Nine clubs received funding and spring election information was released at the April 5 meeting of the St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government.
Russia and Syria blame Israel for a pre-dawn missile attack on a major air base in central Syria, an alleged gas attack kills at least 40 people in Syria in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, and USG names a new Student Veteran Representative. Reporter Matthew Curry has today’s News in :90.
An alleged gas attack killed at least 40 people in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, local responders said on Sunday. Syrian state media, meanwhile, reported that rebels there have agreed to give up their last foothold in the area.
Joseph LaCroix, a first-year student and former U.S. Army sergeant for nine years, was named Student Veteran Representative in USG, a position created this semester.
A semi-trailer slammed into a bus carrying a youth hockey team in western Canada, killing 15 people and injuring 14 in a catastrophic collision that a doctor compared to an airstrike and left the vehicles obliterated in the snow.
Michael Laurence Campbell is sentenced, Minneapolis is selected as one of 22 U.S. cities to take part a year-long effort to see how technology can improve transportation, and USG starts a new committee. Reporter Charile Siddons has today’s News in :90.
Michael Campbell was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of criminal vehicular homicide last month.
Criminal charges may be upgraded for Kayni Lee Williams, Senior Chris Bales’ recent film was nominated for multiple awards, co-founder and co-owner of Northern Nights Productions, had his most recent short film nominated for two awards, and St. Thomas has partnered with Wonderlust. Reporter Taylor Shupe has today’s News in :90.
A new committee to provide support for transfer students was approved and 10 clubs received funding at the latest Undergraduate Student Government meeting.
After Michael Laurence Campbell was convicted of three counts of criminal vehicular homicide in a car crash on March 14 that resulted in the death of St. Thomas junior Ria Patel, 20, Campbell’s attorney, Nancy Yost Laskaris, has taken issue with Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s public comments on the case.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify amid a privacy scandal, 10 Tommies were featured in a local business journal, and a spring snowstorm caused accidents around the state. Reporter Kyle Manderfeld has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas senior and accounting major Chris Bales, co-founder and co-owner of Northern Nights Productions, had his most recent short film nominated for two awards at the 2018 Z-Fest Film Project on March 2.
A winter storm system dropped four inches of snow at St. Thomas. Check out some of the best scenes from the April snowfall, captured by Photographer Esmee Verschoor.
St. Thomas partnered with Wonderlust Productions, a professional community-driven theater company, to create a performance project called “Dear Future Self.” It addressed ideas about the university’s slogan “all for the common good” and what the “perfect” Tommie would look like. On March 14, “Dear Future Self” was performed by St. Thomas students and Wonderlust Productions staff at Wednesday night in Scooters.
