More than 200 students, faculty and staff gathered in Koch Commons Thursday night for a “BE-In” event to reclaim the space of Ireland Hall after a racial slur was found in one of its bathrooms. The event was followed by a peaceful protest in front of the men’s dormitory.
The campus gathered Thursday afternoon to declare St. Thomas as an anti-racist community, following the discovery Wednesday night of a racial slur in Ireland Hall.
For the second time in a year, a racist word has been found in a dormitory on the St. Thomas campus.
The long search for a founding dean at the planned College of Health has ended with the hiring of MayKao Y. Hang, chief executive officer of the nonprofit Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.
An unidentified person backed into a visiting seminary’s vehicle, a St. Thomas student caused extensive flooding to Flynn Hall by drilling a hole directly into a sprinkler pipe and an unlocked vehicle was tampered with. These and more are part of the Public Safety briefs for August 30 – September 5.
The St. Thomas men’s soccer team (1-1-2) salvaged a 1-1 draw in double overtime against Wartburg College (2-0-1) Sunday afternoon at South Field thanks to a late goal in regulation from junior captain Halvour Houg.
St. Thomas (1-0 overall) opened the season with its 24th straight regular-season win at Palmer Field. Coach Glen Caruso is 12-0 in season openers.
Tommie quarterback Tommy Dolan connected with tight end Grant Slavik for three first-quarter touchdown passes Saturday as St. Thomas rolled to a 49-0 halftime lead over Trinity at O’Shaughnessy Stadium.
In the university’s latest efforts to combat racism on campus, St. Thomas hired Kha Yang as the first-ever Vice President of Inclusive Excellence in July. Yang is the first Hmong American member of President Julie Sullivan’s cabinet. University Affairs Editor Abby Sliva has the full story.
First-year students participated in a yearly St. Thomas tradition of marching through the arches on Tuesday. Director Samantha HoangLong captured some of the moments from the event.
Universities are offering online classes to accommodate for growing class sizes and busy college students. Columnist Maddie Peters argues that online classes are not beneficial to all students and universities should offer both options for courses.
An all-clear for John Roach Center was issued at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday after the university received a bomb threat.
Bans and fees on single-use plastic bags are being implemented in multiple states. Columnist Kayla Mayer argues that a bigger issue with plastic lies within packaging, which makes up 40% of plastic produced.
Head football coach Glenn Caruso addressed media for the first time on Tuesday since finding out about the university’s removal from the MIAC. Reporter Jacob Schneider has the full story.
Students will no longer need to rely on their student IDs to enter a dining hall starting this fall, thanks to new biometric hand scanners called Wave ID. Reporter Justin Amaker has the full story.
