Public Safety is investigating a string of campus office burglaries that happened last weekend.
Public Safety says the burglaries happened between Monday, Nov. 21, and Wednesday, Nov. 23. In all of the cases, window panes were removed from office doors to gain entry. Public Safety believes the suspects are searching for textbooks they can sell to third-party retailers.
Thousands of walkers are expected at the Mall of America on Thanksgiving morning for the second annual Walk to End Hunger.
The goal is to raise awareness and donations to end hunger in the nine-county Twin Cities metro region.
University of St. Thomas sophomore wide receiver and returner Fritz Waldvogel won the 2009 Jim Christopherson MIAC MVP award.
Waldvogel tallied 59 catches for 706 yards and four touchdowns in conference play. He added 313 yards and two touchdowns on 10 kick-off returns in eight games.
“I was a little surprised and completely humbled,” Waldvogel said, “but I’m more focused on the team’s success right now.”
Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad — but not at St. Thomas.
Nearly 60 percent of the schools and study-abroad groups surveyed in early September by The Forum on Education Abroad report decreased enrollment from a year ago, since the global economic crisis.
A false report of a gunman at Saint Paul College that resulted in a campus lockdown and a building evacuation has resulted in charges.
On Sept. 23, TommieMedia reported an alleged gunman was on the St. Paul College campus. City Attorney John Choi charged 42-year-old Charleeta Brown with falsely reporting a crime. Choi says the woman’s actions are “akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater.”
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The Minnesota Vikings still have thousands of tickets left to sell for their next two home games and could face a television blackout if they don’t sell out the Metrodome.
According to chief marketing officer Steve LaCroix, about 4,000 tickets remain for the Nov. 15 game against Detroit and about 3,500 tickets remain the Nov. 22 game against Seattle.
The family of a St. Thomas student who died on a spring break trip to Mexico has filed a lawsuit alleging it happened after a struggle with a traveling companion who has competed in ultimate fighting competitions.
The Rev. Paul Sirba, former advisor at the St. John Vianney Seminary and a St. Thomas alum, was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth Thursday. Sirba’s promotion comes just months after he was appointed vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The 49-year-old Sirba …
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If you plan to buy a Minnesota Vikings ticket from the St. Thomas Box Office, hope for a little luck. Due to high interest, tickets will be sold through a lottery system.
“The system is designed to eliminate students waiting in line, missing class, and allow every undergraduate student a fair opportunity to purchase tickets regardless of class schedule,” said Colleen Stephens, manager of Box Office and Expeditions.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday the recession is “very likely over at this point,” but it won’t be sufficient to prevent the unemployment rate from rising. Currently at a 26-year high of 9.7 percent, unemployment is expected to hit 10 percent by the end of this year and keep rising to around …
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