Students escaped the cold and rushed into the seats of the Brady Educational Center auditorium for the “Be Visible” event, presented by Invisible Children on Saturday night.
PULSE and Dance Club partnered to fund raise for the Invisible Children organization’s Schools for Schools campaign, and to help the chapter on campus spread the word about war-torn Uganda.
Author J.K. Rowling not only brought the magical story of Harry Potter to millions of readers and viewers through seven novels and six motion pictures. She was also able to introduce a sport that has taken college campuses by storm.
For ordinary sports fans, traveling 452 miles to cheer on their home team may be out of the question. But for a special group of dedicated St. Thomas football fans, it’s loyalty over a long car ride.
On Friday, Nov. 20 the St. Thomas literary club hosted a poetry slam in Scooters to raise student awareness about the February installation of a stained glass window in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library honoring author Zora Neale Hurston.
This is the first stain glass window dedicated to a female African-American author in the library.
The St. Thomas volleyball team continued its playoff success Friday night with a 3-0 defeat over Luther College at the NCAA Regional Tournament in Oshkosh, Wis. The Tommies will advance to the regional championship tomorrow night.
In a swift three-set victory Thursday afternoon, the No. 14-ranked St. Thomas volleyball team defeated No.7-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater in the first round of the NCAA playoffs.
After losing to St. Olaf in the MIAC playoffs, the St. Thomas volleyball team received a second chance with an at-large bid into the NCAA Division III playoffs. The sixth-seeded Tommies boarded the bus this morning on the way to Oshkosh, Wis., where the Tommies will take on the third-seeded University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at 12:30, Thursday in the first round.
The No. 9-ranked St. Thomas volleyball team lost in five sets to No. 21-ranked St. Olaf in the semifinals of the MIAC playoffs Thursday. The Tommies fell 26-24 in the deciding set at Concordia University in St. Paul.
[slidepress gallery=’nin-11.03.09′] This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.
This week students who dined in the cafeterias on campus had an opportunity to show some love for the environment by participating in Trayless Tuesday. But will Trayless Tuesdays continue to be a weekly event for St. Thomas?
“Not at this time,” said Director of Dining Services Todd Empanger.
The emergence and popularity of social media and blogs is difficult to ignore. In August, the New York Times reported that at least once a month, four out of five adults use social media, such as blogs, social networks and review sites in some form.
Watching setter Emily Foster lead the Tommies to another victory, fans would not guess that the All-American did not begin her volleyball career until seventh grade.
That’s because female sports were not very popular in London, where Foster lived for most of her childhood.
The construction of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Center has caused many changes in this weekend’s homecoming festivities, but many Tommie traditions will still be included.
STAR intern Wendy Lor said planning activities for homecoming week with construction on campus was difficult.
“It seems really sad that a tradition like the dance had to go away because of the construction but I think we just need to move forward with the Anderson athletic building,” Lor said. “It will be good. I think this is a good change.”
[slidepress gallery=’nin-10.08.09′] This is News in :90 for Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.
On-campus interviews are underway this fall and the Career Development Center is noticing fewer full-time job openings, but more summer internship offerings. More large corporations and organizations are already hiring for summer 2010 positions, a trend unlike past years.
The poor economy has not influenced the number of employers coming to interview, but rather the type of position they are looking for, said Jennifer Kaysen-Rogers, employer relations specialist at the Career Development Center.
