This is News in :90 for Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
News in :90 – Nov. 5, 2012
Birthday parties get a new Superhero Service
Birthdays are exciting for children, but sophomore entrepreneurs Jesse Stone and Mariann Kukielka developed a business plan that helps kids feel super beyond just one special day.
St. Thomas alumna builds her own success
After its creation in 2010 and taking first place in the 2011 Fowler Business Challenge, Cognific is set to launch in PrairieCare hospitals in two weeks.
40-hour weekend of prayer draws hundreds
In honor of the feast day of St. Charles Borromeo, the patron saint of seminarians, more than 350 parishioners and seminarians gathered at St. Thomas and joined in the 40-hour weekend of prayer.
USG approves French club, sets Tommie Tuesday event
The Undergraduate Student Government unanimously approved the French Club, a club that started the process of drafting a constitution last year, but ran out of time in the academic year to seek university club status.
Haunted Cretin gets new leadership and spooky ideas
With a new assistant director of Campus Life leading the way, Haunted Cretin went a different direction this year with a new date, Nov. 1, and a new theme.
News in :90 – Nov. 2, 2012
This is News in :90 for Friday, Nov. 2, 2012.
Sandy aftermath: finally, a flight back
TommieMedia reporter Kayla Bengtson writes about her last day in New York after superstorm Sandy.
In Depth — Why Vote?
College-aged voters helped put President Obama in the White House in 2008. Gallup’s early-October polling predicted a similar number of likely voters among young people in the upcoming election.
$10M in gifts go toward new arts center
Two estate gifts from the Opening Doors capital campaign and a grant match will go directly toward funding a new performing and visual arts center.
St. Thomas graduate enrollment shrinks 9 percent
The St. Thomas graduate school’s enrollment shrank almost 9 percent from last year.
Students turn their ‘swag on’ for Thursdays
Flynn Apartment Coordinator senior Muhdi Sharif turns on his swag every Thursday at St. Thomas.
Northeast air travel resumes as JFK, Newark reopen
Air travelers stranded in the Northeast are a little closer to getting home.
A Tommie perspective of superstorm Sandy
TommieMedia reporter Kayla Bengtson is in New York, writing about superstorm Sandy and its effects, describing the city that never sleeps as a dead zone.
News in :90 – Oct. 30, 2012
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.