First-year student Joia Simpson died early Thursday morning after falling from a 10th-floor balcony at The Bridges apartments in Dinkytown near the University of Minnesota campus. This story has been updated to include information from a Hennepin County Medical Examiner report.
One of the largest crowds in St. Thomas history gathered to discuss a collective commitment to a new action plan to combat racism on campus Wednesday, the truck driver accused of gunning down 11 people in Pittsburgh Synagogue pleads not guilty Thursday, President Donald Trump says the number of military troops deployed to US-Mexican border could reach 15,000. Chief Story Editor/Social Media Manager Solveig Rennan has today’s News in :90.
The St. Thomas community joins for a discussion following last week’s sit-in, another round of funerals following the shooting in Pittsburgh starts, and the suspect in last week’s pipe bomb mailings faces a maximum of 48 years in prison. Production Editor Emily Sweeney has today’s News in :90.
Tensions rose when more than 100 students, faculty, staff and community members joined administration members in a three-hour discussion following the sit-in demonstration against racism on campus. The Oct. 25 meeting in the Anderson Student Center’s Dorsey Way focused on President Julie Sullivan’s “Action Plan to Combat Racism.”
All afternoon classes on Wednesday have been canceled due to a university wide meeting to discuss the recent racial slur on campus and 5,000 US troops have been deployed to the Southern border. Designer Jason Ortiz has today’s News in :90.
More than 500 students, faculty and staff sat in the Anderson Student Center atrium for a BESA-organized protest on Oct. 25. Protesters sat in silence for about 20 minutes before five speakers presented.
Students and faculty attended an open dialogue Tuesday in response to a racial slur incident that happened last week. This is the third incident regarding the same racial slur in the last three years at St. Thomas.
St. Thomas students gathered at the Black Empowerment Student Alliance and ASIA club general meeting Tuesday to discuss the racial slur written on a first-year student’s door in Brady Hall. The Twitter thread below was tweeted live by Chief Story Editor and Social Media Manager Solveig Rennan during the event.
Two events responding to the use of a racial slur last week on campus have been planned for Tuesday and Thursday during convo hour this week.
The Impact Project will be a year-long annual project that focuses on fundraising for different areas of campus each year. This year, students will be able to participate in the Impact Project by purchasing items that focus on sustainability initiatives.
A man has died from Wednesday’s fire in St. Paul, florida residents are still trying to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, a US Navy crash occured earlier today and Afghans prepare for a vote on the corruption of their government on Oct. 20. Senior PR Rep. Kleio Vrohidis has today’s News in :90
Registration for the midterm elections is due, the Taliban claim responsibility for an attack, a fatal shooting happens outside a St. Paul bar, and a student at Northern University is found dead. Reporter Jack Stanek has today’s News in :90.
62 cases have been confirmed of a rare polio-like disease across the country and the death toll of Hurricane Michael is on the rise. Reporter Sawyer Rutan has today’s News in :90.
Mike Pompeo travels to Istanbul to meet with Saudi Arabian officials after the disappearance of a Washington Post writer, Hurricane Michael’s death toll reaches 19, a missing Wisconsin girl may have been spotted in Florida, and two Republican Minnesota officials are attacked. Reporter Brady Halbmaier has today’s News in :90.
Investigators entered Saudi consulate building in Istanbul for Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing nearly two weeks ago, A bus carrying the women’s volleyball team from Bethel to the University of Minnesota collided with a vehicle in Wisc. killing the two people in the car, Professor Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is retiring. Advertising Director Amanda Gasow has today’s News in :90.
