After passing the state Senate vote 37-30 on Monday, Gov. Mark Dayton’s promised signature is the last step in making Minnesota the nation’s 12th state allowing gay marriage and the first in the Midwest to do so outside of its legislature.
The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, the last legislative step before Gov. Mark Dayton’s promised signature will make the state the 12th in the U.S. to do so.
The St. Thomas baseball team will begin its 2013 NCAA tournament as the top-seed in the Whitewater, Wis. regional to be held May 15-19.
The Central College batters made it a rough day for starting pitcher Kendra Bowe as she surrendered five runs in nearly three innings in the St. Thomas softball team’s five-inning, 9-1 loss at the NCAA Midwest Regional tournament.
St. Thomas moves on to Sunday’s MIAC tournament championship game where it will face the winner of No. 2-seed Concordia-Moorhead and No. 3-seed Augsburg.
Catcher Emily Gregory’s five RBIs led the St. Thomas softball team to a 5-0 win against Washington University-St. Louis in the second round of the NCAA Division III regional softball championships Friday in Pella, Iowa.
A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature.
Residence Life is eliminating some night access policies and adding a new style of dorm room to help on-campus upperclassmen student retention rates starting next fall.
Phillip Philips told St. Thomas STAR officials that he’s canceling the remainder of his spring concert tour including a performance that was scheduled for Saturday on the John P. Monahan Plaza.
PULSE ended the year in front of 1,300 audience members in its spring performance, “Revolution,” at the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex Friday.
Classes at St. Thomas have teamed up with Macalester College dance students and Pilobolus, a modern dance company, to create a semester-long project sponsored through the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts’ education and outreach program.
As students, faculty and staff prepare to see the Rev. Dennis Dease enter retirement on June 30, preparations for university president-elect Julie Sullivan’s inaugural ceremonies are set for Thursday, Oct. 17 on the St. Paul campus.
Campus Life Director Margaret Cahill said she was delighted with the outcome of the event after planning it for more than year.
Former boxer and television personality Laila Ali, boxer Muhammad Ali’s daughter, spoke to the St. Thomas community about how eating healthy and working hard can impact the body Monday.
Trading in footballs for nails, helmets for hard hats and cleats for boots, the St. Thomas football team tackled a project instead of its opponents Saturday afternoon.
