St. Thomas icon missing

Priest, scholar and statesman, Archbishop John Ireland founded St. Thomas as a Catholic seminary in 1885.

Currently he is not a visible campus presence, due to construction of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex.

Early this summer, the statue was taken down, disassembled, placed in a crate and secured in a storage unit near McNeely’s underground parking ramp.

TommieMedia.com launches

Student-oriented St. Thomas news can now be found on one Web site: TommieMedia.com.

The all-digital student-run news organization launched Wednesday, Sept. 9, with a focus on visuals and daily updates.

Video, slideshows and audio pieces will be commonplace. So will text stories on everything from news to sports to variety stories.