A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature.
News in :90 – May 9, 2013
This is News in :90 for Thursday, May, 9, 2013.
Night Access policies change, ‘Super Single’ rooms added
Residence Life is eliminating some night access policies and adding a new style of dorm room to help on-campus upperclassmen student retention rates starting next fall.
On-campus tobacco ban one step away from passing
The president’s staff, including the Rev. Dennis Dease, passed an Undergraduate Student Government proposal that would ban tobacco use on campus Monday for final review in the fall.
Student’s Empty Bowls project supports Asmat region
When senior justice and peace studies major Sarah Beyer headed an Empty Bowls Project her freshman year to raise money for clean water in Iraq, she didn’t expect to continue the event for three years.
News in :90 – May 8, 2013
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
Study shows students interested in displayed nutritional facts at The View
The students in one of communication and journalism professor John Cragan’s Communication Theories and Methods classes created a survey and administered it to 100 of their peers.
News in :90 – May 7, 2013
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, May 7, 2013.
News in :90 – May 6, 2013
This is News in :90 for Monday, May 6, 2013.
Phillip Phillips cancels St. Thomas spring concert
Phillip Philips told St. Thomas STAR officials that he’s canceling the remainder of his spring concert tour including a performance that was scheduled for Saturday on the John P. Monahan Plaza.
Phone Center raises $427,000 for annual fund
The St. Thomas Phone Center raised $427,000 for the university annual fund this year, a decrease from the 2011-2012 school year when it raised $600,000.
Search widens for clues on missing Minn. woman
Stearns County authorities have joined the search for clues to the disappearance of an Eden Prairie woman whose ex-boyfriend committed suicide outside the Eden Prairie police station.
Students collaborate for environmental video project
Classes at St. Thomas have teamed up with Macalester College dance students and Pilobolus, a modern dance company, to create a semester-long project sponsored through the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts’ education and outreach program.
News in :90 – May 3, 2013
This is News in :90 for May 3, 2013.
Summit Singers give first spring concert
Around 500 students packed the O’Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium Wednesday night for the Summit Singers’ first spring concert performance.