St. Thomas has a new club on campus that aims to help bridge the political divide, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida started carrying clear plastic backpacks Monday, and the Oklahoma teachers rally for higher pay continues for a second day.
Two St. Thomas seniors, one a former refugee, started an apparel company designed help nonprofits and spread hope to refugees.
Top Stories for this week is out now, Red Lake police uncover the bodies of two fisherman, and a teen dies in the aftermath of the Maryland school shooting. Reporter Kat Barrett has today’s News in :90.
The U.S. State Department issued a security warning on March 9 to American travelers headed to Quintana Roo, Mexico. YouTube tightened its restrictions on firearms videos, St. Thomas launches a television marketing campaign and more than 40 billion photos have been shared on Instagram. Reporter Taylor Shupe has today’s News in :90.
For the first time since the early 2000s, St. Thomas launched a new TV marketing campaign. The commercials, running under the “We are Tommies” campaign, will air from mid-February to the first week of May.
Ten clubs received funding, a new member was sworn in and President Julie Sullivan visited during the March 8 meeting of the St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government.
A pedestrian bridge collapses at a university in Florida, a former women’s hockey coach wins a near $3.75 million lawsuit against the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and North Korea’s foreign minister meets with Sweden’s prime minister. Video Editor Luke Moe has today’s News in :90.
English professor Heather Bouwman was named a finalist in the Middle Literature category for the 2018 Minnesota Book Award for her book “A Crack in the Sea.”
A new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicles under massive slabs. No deaths were immediately reported.
President Donald Trump was included in a rare joint statement, Governor Mark Dayton gave his final state of the state address, St. Thomas faculty, staff and students gathered yesterday for a March for our Lives demonstration. University Affairs Editor Solveig Rennan has today’s News in :90.
The death of Stephen Hawking, three men charged with the bombing of a Minnesota mosque and a 500 pound British bomb excavated from an Italian Adriatic town are all part of today’s News in :90 with Carolyn Meyer.
President Donald Trump fires Rex Tillerson and St. Thomas students organize a March for Our Lives walk out. This and more on News in :90 for March 13, 2018.
TommieMedia’s second Top Stories show, a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, regulations on self-driving cars in Minnesota, and a city council ruling on student renters are all part of today’s News in :90. Director Sophie Carson reports.
The trial of Michael Laurence Campbell began Monday. Campbell, 21, was charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide after the September car crash that resulted in the death of St. Thomas junior Ria Patel, 20.
Mark Dayton’s proposed funding for security enhancements and mental health improvements in Minnesota schools, a filed lawsuit against Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart and fines against passing untrained pets as service animals are all part of today’s News in : 90 with reporter Matthew Curry.
