Of 66 aspiring entrepreneurs who submitted their ideas to the Fowler Business Concept Challenge, senior Keona Tranby took home the $10,000 prize for her business concept Pink Bow City Fashion Truck.
Fashion Truck wins Fowler Challenge
Opening Doors Campaign exceeds $500 million goal, despite recession
The recession may have been a factor making it hard to fundraise for some nation-wide university campaigns, but it wasn’t for St. Thomas’ Opening Doors since they closed it $15 million over the $500 million goal.
News in :90 – Oct. 19, 2012
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News in :90 – Oct. 18, 2012
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Local bar owners not sold on ID scanners
Blarney Pub and Gril has purchased scanners to ensure the legitimacy of customers’ identification, but the trend doesn’t seem to be catching on at some popular St. Thomas weekend hangouts.
To cheat or not to cheat?
According to a New York Times article, students at Stuyvesant High School, a New York City flagship public school, began using methods of low-level cheating.
‘Power Hour’ brings alcohol consumption awareness
St. Thomas students learned the effects of alcohol in plain terms: by watching people drink.
From coffee grounds, to compost gold
Biology professor Chester Wilson has been composting coffee grounds since the late 1990s. This year, members of the Green Team are working to grow Wilson’s composting project with help from a campus sustainability fund.
News in :90 – Oct. 17, 2012
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Students react to close presidential debate
Exactly three weeks before the November election, students gathered in different locations the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 16, to watch the third debate of the presidential debate series.
Latinos Unidos organizes Aztec dance on plaza
Student organization Latinos Unidos celebrated the end of National Hispanic Heritage Month by inviting Aztec dance troupe Kalpulli KetzalCoatlicue to perform.
News in :90 – Oct. 16, 2012
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News in :90 – Oct. 15, 2012
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Simple food pairs with hungry stomachs: Teas and Cheese
Sophomore entrepreneurship majors Ryan McMonigal and Nick Altmann spend their weekend evenings delivering homemade grilled cheese sandwiches and Arnold Palmers to St. Thomas students; a business known as Teas and Cheese.
Admissions won’t use social media for future students
Over a quarter of college admissions officers use Google or Facebook in applicant evaluations, according to a Oct. 4 Kaplan Test Prep’s survey. St. Thomas, however, does not go searching for future students’ online information.