Along with electing city council members, Saint Paul residents voted on a garbage referendum to keep or remove Ordinance 18-39.
TommieMedia Wins National Online Pacemaker Award
TommieMedia, the student-run news publication at the University of St. Thomas, has been awarded an Online Pacemaker Award in the four-year schools category from the Associated Collegiate Press.
St. Thomas student will remain jailed in bomb threat case
A third-year St. Thomas student accused of making threatening phone calls targeting the St. Paul campus will remain jailed until at least next week following a hearing in federal court in Minneapolis on Friday.
St. Thomas student charged in campus bomb threats
Ray Ghansham Persaud, 20, who is accused of making several hoax bomb threats at the University of St. Thomas over the last six months, made his first appearance Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
St. Thomas administration emphasizes student safety after another bomb threat
Following Tuesday morning’s bomb threat, Karen Lange, vice president of student affairs, said St. Thomas students need to develop personal safety plans in the event of a crisis.
All-clear issued after bomb threat closes four St. Thomas buildings
St. Thomas issued an all-clear alert Tuesday morning, following a bomb threat that led the university to temporarily close four buildings and cancel some classes through early afternoon.
St. Thomas community gathers to reclaim Ireland Hall, protest racial slur incident
More than 200 students, faculty and staff gathered in Koch Commons Thursday night for a “BE-In” event to reclaim the space of Ireland Hall after a racial slur was found in one of its bathrooms. The event was followed by a peaceful protest in front of the men’s dormitory.
St. Thomas community responds to another incident, rejects racism
The campus gathered Thursday afternoon to declare St. Thomas as an anti-racist community, following the discovery Wednesday night of a racial slur in Ireland Hall.
News in :90 – Sept. 5, 2019
A black bear has killed a Minnesota woman on a secluded island in Canadian waters, Hurricane Dorian raked the Southeastern U.S. coast, and a Taliban suicide car bombing in Kabul on Thursday killed a U.S. service member, a Romanian soldier and at least 10 Afghan civilians. Director Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
PHOTO SLIDESHOW: March through the Arches
First-year students participated in a yearly St. Thomas tradition of marching through the arches on Tuesday. Director Samantha HoangLong captured some of the moments from the event.
John Roach Center given all clear after bomb threat
An all-clear for John Roach Center was issued at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday after the university received a bomb threat.
PHOTO SLIDESHOW: St. Thomas music industry students launch concert series
St. Thomas music industry students launched a new concert series on May 15 featuring two local bands, Static Panic and Graveyard Club.
Top Stories – May 17, 2019
A St. John’s student petitions to keep St. Thomas in the MIAC and the St. Thomas mailroom will combine services within the campus store this summer. Join anchors Emily Haugen and Samantha HoangLong for those stories and more on this edition of Top Stories.
News in :90 – May 9, 2019
About 10 inches of snow has fallen in Duluth, Minnesota Thursday morning, Pope Francis issued a law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up, and a BBC DJ was fired Thursday after using a picture of a chimpanzee in a tweet about the royal baby’s birth. Chief Story Editor Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
Top Stories – Feb. 28, 2019
Student Body President Bisrat Bayou was voted the 2019 Tommie Award recipient. For the first time in St. Thomas history, all three finalists for the award were first-generation college students and students of color. St. Thomas sophomore finance major Jenny Keller made a high school pastime profitable by selling handcrafted mugs and bowls through her pottery …