Current members of Students of Color: Claim Our Seats are working to create a multicultural center. The creation of the center is the activist group’s goal for the year.
Activist group SOCCOS pushes for campus multicultural center
OPINION: Sullivan’s racism reaction is repeated word for word
Opinions editor Sam Miner argues that President Julie Sullivan uses identical sentences in her responses to campus racial slur incidents, and that the university should do more to address the issues.
AP: FCC votes along party lines to end ‘net neutrality’
In a vote along party lines, the federal government has ended sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet.
Tommies topple Gusties, snap three-game skid
Forward Ryan Boll dropped 14 points and added nine rebounds as the Tommies snapped a three-game losing streak with a 64-51 win against Gustavus-Adolphus.
AP: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith named to fill Franken seat
Minnesota’s governor has chosen Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to fill Sen. Al Franken’s seat until the November election, and she will run in that election to complete the final two years of Franken’s term.
Becoming a Tommie: The D-I to D-III journey
Eight St. Thomas athletes who transferred from Division I schools to play in Division III tell TommieMedia why they made the move.
Talks on transgender issues see high turnout, few problems
After weeks of looming concern, St. Thomas simultaneously hosted two series of events, Man, Woman and the Order of Creation and Trans Solidarity, Monday with high turnout and low hostility.
AP: 3 hurt when bomb strapped to man explodes in NY subway
A man inspired by the Islamic State group set off a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body Monday in a crowded subway corridor near Times Square, injuring the man, slightly wounding three others and sending New York commuters fleeing in terror through the smoky passageway.
Transgender rights protesters picket OEC conference
Security was tight as protesters picketed on Monday morning outside the O’Shaughnessy Education Center, where two opposing conferences were being held.
Fischer, women cruise past St. Kate’s for fifth-straight win
Forward Lauren Fischer was perfect from three as the seventh-rank women’s basketball team cruised past St. Kate’s 79-46 Saturday at Schoenecker Arena.
Nonprofit sells snacks to students, donates mittens to children
St. Thomas sophomore Chuecheng Yang recently founded the nonprofit company Elewake, which sells snack bags to students and uses the proceeds to buy winter hats and mittens for elementary students at the Hmong International Academy in the Twin Cities.
Stop @ Buzzed campaign to students: eat before drinking
The student-led campaign Stop @ Buzzed is implementing programs to help students make smart decisions regarding alcohol.
Twin Cities winter events calendar
Designer Christine Hastings looks at the most popular holiday events in the Twin Cities this winter.
St. Thomas community reacts to Franken’s resignation
The St. Thomas professor who lost to Minnesota Sen. Al Franken in the 2008 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Senate primary said Thursday that he believed Franken was not resigning for the right reasons.
AP: Franken to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he’ll resign in the coming weeks amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations.