St. Thomas students and St. Paul residents voted at St. Thomas’ McNeely Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 8 to participate in their civic duty as the importance of the midterm elections has grown stronger over the years. Joe LaPorte and Adam Mueller have the story.
With nearly two-dozen new buildings since the turn of the century, the modern St. Thomas campus, which spans two cities, bears little resemblance to the one building Archbishop John Ireland founded the school on in 1885, but as one walks through campus, they can almost see the past two hundred years roll by.
St. Thomas community members voted in the municipal election Tuesday, Jacob Frey is leading the Minneapolis mayoral race, and voters decided against replacing the Minneapolis police department. Leila Weah has today’s News in :90.
Voters in the community, including St. Thomas students, socially distanced at St. Thomas’ McNeely Hall and the Groveland Recreation Center in St. Paul as they voted in the 2020 election Tuesday. Reporter Scout Mason and photojournalist Emily Rudie have the story.
Minnesota voters decide between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, COVID-19 cases rise on campus for the first time in a month and St. Thomas students can vote today using their student I.D. AD/PR representative Lauren Price has today’s News in :90.
Former Vice President Joe Biden won Minnesota, his seventh state on Super Tuesday. He also won Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Virginia as of 12:01 a.m. University Affairs Editor Justin Amaker, Chief Video Editor Taylor Shupe and Design Manager Reid Neeser have the story.
Ray Ghansham Persaud, 20, faces three additional federal charges in connection with hoax bomb threats over the last year at St. Thomas, according to a grand jury indictment filed Wednesday.
An all-clear for John Roach Center was issued at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday after the university received a bomb threat.
A bomb threat called in to the St. Thomas switchboard Wednesday morning led the university to evacuate McNeely Hall and other campus buildings and cancel classes for the day.
St. Thomas students flooded to McNeely Hall and the Groveland Community Center on Nov. 6 in St. Paul to cast their votes in the 2018 midterm election.
The Campus Engagement Election Project awarded a grant and assistance to St. Thomas to help encourage students to vote. CEEP is a national nonpartisan project that connects with students from colleges and universities and engages them in federal, state and local elections.
St. Thomas students did not turn out in large numbers to cast their votes at the on-campus precinct Tuesday.
