The St. Paul Fire Department marched in the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Friday afternoon. Photojournalist Madison Ordner captured the event.
St. Paul Fire Department marches in St. Patrick’s Day parade
Tommies lose heartbreaker, fall 60-57 to Tufts
The St. Thomas women’s basketball team suffered its first and final loss of the season after falling 60-57 to Tufts University in the NCAA DIII national semifinals.
St. Thomas professors publish young adult coloring, historical fantasy books
Ever wondered what professors are doing when they aren’t teaching classes or grading papers? In the case of justice and peace professor Mike Klein and English professor Heather Bouwman, that mystery has been solved.
USG President Muhammad denies anti-Semitism, calls for unity
Mayzer Muhammad, president of St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government, has disavowed tweets made three years ago and has denied that he is anti-Semitic.
FemCom hosts first-ever healthy sex panel discussion at St. Thomas
Students gathered in Woulfe Alumni Hall on March 13 for a healthy sex teach-in hosted by St. Thomas’ Feminist Community, which featured a panel of seven St. Thomas students from a variety of sexual identities who talked candidly about their experiences with sex and sexuality.
Tommies lobby at the Capitol for increased state grant funding
After Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton suggested a 17-percent increase to state grant funding, St. Thomas students spent their annual Day at the Capitol lobbying and showing support for the budget increase.
Poland confirms Minnesota man as Nazi commander
Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man exposed by The Associated Press as a former commander in an SS-led unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians in World War II, prosecutors said Monday.
Minnesota’s flu season has likely peaked
According to the Center for Disease Control, the flu activity in Minnesota was elevated for the twelfth week in a row as of March 4 and has likely peaked.
Dorsey Way promotes campus unity
Opinions editor Letizia Mariani discusses how the university’s recent renaming of Campus Way to Dorsey Way promotes unity on campus.
Final Four Bound! Women’s basketball team thumps Whitman
No. 2-ranked St. Thomas set a school record for victories with Saturday night’s 65-48 win over No. 16 Whitman to advance to the Final Four.
Freedom is an avenue for betterment, not belittlement
Columnist Samantha Miner discusses the true definition of freedom and argues we aren’t expressing it equally or fully.
Women’s hockey loses to Plattsburgh State in NCAAs
The St. Thomas women’s hockey team lost to Plattsburgh State 4-2 Saturday afternoon in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Tommie Spotlight: Kathryn Larson
Leading the women’s hockey conference in points and goals and second in assists for regular season games, it came as no surprise when senior forward Kathryn Larson was chosen as the MIAC player of the year — again.
Should St. Thomas offer more online classes?
St. Thomas seemed to be on the cutting edge in the 1990s when music professor Christopher Kachian developed its first completely online course. Since then, however, the university’s online course offering has been relatively stagnant.
Tommies Unspoken project promotes campus-wide solidarity
Small black boxes can now be found scattered around campus for St. Thomas community members to submit anonymous secrets or confessions.