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.
Hundreds of community members filled the Anderson Student Center Thursday afternoon at St. Thomas as part of a sit-in protest organized by the Black Empowerment Student Alliance. Chief Story Editor Solveig Rennan and Video Editor Charlie Siddons documented the event.
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.
Student, staff and faculty have spoken to protesters in the student center.
Director Noah Brown reports that speakers continue to address protesters at the student center.
TommieMedia Director Noah Brown reports that the silence has ended and speakers are now addressing protesters at the student center.
The silent protest in Anderson Student Center has started. The protest is in response to an incident last week, when a St. Thomas student found a racial slur posted on his dorm room door.
Director Noah Brown speaks with Sydney Simpson, public relations and marketing chair of BESA, ahead of today’s sit-in.
The University of St. Thomas will cancel all afternoon classes on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, for a campus-wide meeting related to the recent racial incident.
MacGroveland neighborhood resident Anne Brandrud calls on university administration to follow up on the protocol for hate crimes. She argues that a lack of concrete action could discourage future students of all races from attending St. Thomas.
Two members were sworn in, 17 clubs were funded, special election candidates and two guests presented at the Oct. 11 Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting.
Students and administrators gather for an open dialogue about the racial slur incident, the battle for House and Senate majority is projected to be won by only a handful of seats, and tensions rise in Saudi Arabia. Reporter Sophia Becker has today’s News in :90.
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.
