This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014.
News in :90 – Sept. 9, 2014
Dining Services to teach healthy eating choices
Dining Services is planning two walking tours through The View led by a St. Thomas nutritionist to educate students on how to make healthy eating choices.
News in :90 – Sept. 8, 2014
This is News in :90 for Monday, Sept. 8, 2014.
Nail polish could detect date rape drug
Similar to drug-detecting cups and straws, a new nail polish able to discover drugs commonly used in date rapes may one day become available to students.
Tommies complete ALS ice bucket challenge
More than 200 St. Thomas participants took part in the ALS ice bucket challenge Thursday afternoon on the John P. Monahan Plaza.
News in :90 – Sept. 5, 2014
This is News in :90 for Friday, Sept. 5, 2014.
News in :90 – Sept. 4, 2014
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014.
Judge won’t dismiss nuisance claim against church
The case will be the first clerical sexual abuse case nationwide to use the public nuisance theory at trial.
News in :90 – Sept. 3, 2014
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014.
Marching through the arches: class of 2018’s first steps
The group of 1,665 marchers contained 1,414 first-year students, 251 transfer students and 11 international students.
Minneapolis Council approves $1.6B light rail
The council voted 10-3 Friday in the last local approval needed for a $1.6 billion light rail project that would connect the city to the southwest suburbs.
Former Minnesota top cop to head St. Paul archdiocese response to clergy sex abuse
Timothy O’Malley, 58, will become director of ministerial standards and safe environment for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the archdiocese said Monday.
A 2011 graduate’s three-year battle with cancer
Two days after Joe Hall ’11 graduated, he was diagnosed with stage four desmoplastic small round cell cancer.
Pope OKs protecting Iraq minorities, wants UN OK
Pope Francis on Monday said efforts to stop Islamic militants from attacking religious minorities in Iraq are legitimate but said the international community — and not just one country — should decide how to intervene.
US sending arms to Kurds in Iraq
The Obama administration has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, senior U.S. officials said Monday.