Decorating has begun on the Lower Quad for the coming holiday season.
Campus evergreen decorated for the holidays
Lighter sentences for 2 men in Islamic State case
Two men who cooperated with authorities investigating a Minnesota conspiracy to join the Islamic State group in Syria were rewarded with lighter sentences Monday by a federal judge, who told one of the men he hoped his lenience wasn’t a mistake.
News in :90 – Nov. 14, 2016
This is News in :90 for Monday, Nov. 14, 2016.
St. Thomas football earns top-four seed in NCAA playoffs
The third-ranked St. Thomas football team earned the second-overall seed in the NCAA DIII tournament bracket Sunday evening, and will play the Upper Midwest Conference Champion Northwestern-St. Paul in the first round of playoffs.
T-shirts for tigers and turtles
The Hawksbill Sea Turtle and the Sumatran Tiger are endangered in the wild, but they are rising in popularity on T-shirts in Minnesota.
Options reviewed in core curriculum upheaval
The core curriculum at St. Thomas could look very different in the next few years.
Anti-Racism Coalition hosts rally for St. Thomas community
Students, faculty and staff gathered on the Lower Quad Friday afternoon to participate in a rally hosted by the Anti-Racism Coalition. The event, organized in the last 24 hours in light of a recent incident of a racial slur written on a campus sidewalk, encouraged chants like, “We want change,” and “Stand up,” in an …
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St. Thomas, Christo Rey lead study on first-generation students
Thirty percent of all undergraduate students in the U.S. are the first in their family to attend college, putting them at a higher risk of dropping out, taking classes part time and not finishing their education in four years.
News in :90 – Nov. 11, 2016
This is News in :90 for Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.
Thousands decry election outcome, block I-94
Anger, fear, and hope reverberated in chants echoed by thousands of protesters on Thursday night during a “Stop Trump” rally that culmninated in a standoff with police on Interstate 94.
Public Safety identifies three students involved in racial slur incident
St. Thomas Public Safety has identified three students allegedly responsible for a racial slur-hate speech incident on campus Wednesday.
News in :90 – Nov. 10, 2016
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016.
Global Tommies unite over weekend retreat
The program invited returning study abroad students and international students for an immersive multicultural experience, with the goal of teaching the students to find common ground despite their differences.
Students react to a Trump victory with shock, confusion, joy
Shock, confusion and joy were among the emotions that greeted Americans this morning in the aftermath of yesterday’s election results, which named Donald Trump the president-elect over Hillary Clinton.
News in :90 – Nov. 9, 2016
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.