The Office of Sustainability Initiatives invited the St. Thomas community to celebrate Sustainability Week on campus beginning April 21. Sabrina Thompson has the story.
St. Thomas Office of Sustainability Initiatives celebrates Earth Day
“The Crest:” A New Wave of St. Thomas Student Media
After months of hard work and deliberation, we the students of TommieMedia are thrilled to announce a new brand for our student-run news organization. From Fall 2024 onward, TommieMedia will be known as The Crest!
St. Thomas facilities management works to limit Mississippi River pollutants
While pollutants like sediment, phosphorus, and bacteria have been decreasing in the Mississippi River, nitrogen and chloride have risen over the past forty years, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Sydney Dorsey has the story.
News in :90 – Oct. 6, 2023
The saltwater inching up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico is progressing slower than expected, the United Auto Workers union expanded strikes against Detroit automakers, and former president Donald Trump endorsed GOP representative Jim Jordan for speaker of the house. Brand Operations Manager Errol Mickelson has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Sept. 19, 2023
India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat, authorities have divided the Libyan city of Derna into four sections to prevent disease outbreaks and the Mississippi River’s low water level is causing transport restrictions. Managing Editor Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – April 25, 2023
President Joe Biden announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, jury selection is set to begin in a trail over E. Jean Carroll’s claim that she was raped by former President Donald Trump and the National Weather Service has maintained a flood warning for the Mississippi River. Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Nov. 18, 2022
The Mississippi River water level is at an all-time low of 3.5 feet, which the area hasn’t seen since 1988. Experts from Ukraine have joined Polish and American investigators who are looking into a missile blast that killed two men in eastern Poland this week. Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “extremely hardcore” work or resign with severance pay. Cam Kauffman has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas rowing club keeps moving despite drought
As a major drought affects the Twin Cities area, the St. Thomas Rowing Club is finding both positives and negatives amid the Mississippi River’s lowest water levels in years. Annabelle Wiskus has the story.
“You can’t drink oil,” Line 3 opposition calls on Biden
Opponents of the Enbridge Replacement Line 3 pipeline, which will cover 300 miles of northern Minnesota land, gathered for a march and rally March 11 in St. Paul near the Mississippi River where they called on President Joe Biden to halt construction on the controversial project.
Public Safety alerts St. Thomas community of aggravated assault
A St. Thomas student was assaulted at the intersection of Summit Avenue and Mississippi River Boulevard at Shadow Falls Park, St. Thomas Public Safety said in a campus-wide alert Saturday. Director Emily Haugen has the story.
News in :90 – Sept. 14, 2020
President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia has been fired after being captured on video repeatedly punching a Black man during a traffic stop and crews are searching the Mississippi River in Washington County for a plane that’s overdue at a South St. Paul airport. Creative Director Sarah McCarthy has today’s News in :90.
The story of the St. Thomas murals
St. Thomas is home to many different works of art, from the Multicultural celebration mural in Murray-Herrick hall to a 112-foot long fresco on the ceiling of Terrence Murphy Hall in downtown Minneapolis.
PHOTO SLIDESHOW: St Thomas hosts Elm Tree Story Booth
Outside the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library, St. Thomas students had the opportunity to tell their stories about the Mississippi River in the Elm Tree Story booth. Reporter Mae Macfarlane and photojournalist Sophia Primozich have the story.
News in :90 – March 21, 2019
St. Thomas’ Undergraduate Student Government approved a new Denouncing Hate Resolution, St. Paul is bracing for a spring flooding as the Mississippi River rises with rapidly melting snow, the Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the United States and 40 people were killed when a ferry sank in the Tigris River. Ad/PR Representative Kyla Krohn has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – April 26, 2017
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, April 26, 2017.