This is News in :90 for Monday, March 27, 2017.
News in :90 – March 27, 2017
Emory sweeps swimming and diving championships
The St. Thomas men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams participated in the national championship last week, both placing below the Emory University men and women, who swept the competition in Shenandoah, Texas, becoming the second institution in Division III history to accomplish the feat.
St. Thomas thespians join St. Kate’s for theater program
Since St. Thomas has been without a theater program for about seven years, performers on campus head down the street to St. Catherine’s University to participate in its plays and musicals. Chief video editor Lydia Lockwood spoke with some St. Thomas thespians about the possibility of restarting a campus theater program.
St. Thomas professors publish young adult coloring, historical fantasy books
Ever wondered what professors are doing when they aren’t teaching classes or grading papers? In the case of justice and peace professor Mike Klein and English professor Heather Bouwman, that mystery has been solved.
News in :90 – March 17, 2017
This is News in :90 for Friday, March 17, 2017.
News in :90 – March 16, 2017
This is News in :90 for Thursday, March 16, 2017.
USG President Muhammad denies anti-Semitism, calls for unity
Mayzer Muhammad, president of St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government, has disavowed tweets made three years ago and has denied that he is anti-Semitic.
FemCom hosts first-ever healthy sex panel discussion at St. Thomas
Students gathered in Woulfe Alumni Hall on March 13 for a healthy sex teach-in hosted by St. Thomas’ Feminist Community, which featured a panel of seven St. Thomas students from a variety of sexual identities who talked candidly about their experiences with sex and sexuality.
News in :90 – March 15, 2017
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
Tommies lobby at the Capitol for increased state grant funding
After Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton suggested a 17-percent increase to state grant funding, St. Thomas students spent their annual Day at the Capitol lobbying and showing support for the budget increase.
Poland confirms Minnesota man as Nazi commander
Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man exposed by The Associated Press as a former commander in an SS-led unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians in World War II, prosecutors said Monday.
News in :90 – March 14, 2017
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, March 14, 2017.
Minnesota’s flu season has likely peaked
According to the Center for Disease Control, the flu activity in Minnesota was elevated for the twelfth week in a row as of March 4 and has likely peaked.
News in :90 – March 13, 2017
This is News in :90 for Monday, March 13, 2017.
Dorsey Way promotes campus unity
Opinions editor Letizia Mariani discusses how the university’s recent renaming of Campus Way to Dorsey Way promotes unity on campus.