Seventeen COVID-19 cases were reported the previous two weeks by the Center for Well-Being, ending a four week streak of an increasing case count. Joey Swanson and Lauren Dettmer have the story.
University President Julie Sullivan spoke and answered questions on graduation, future buildings, sports and vaccination plans, and the Land Acknowledgement Committee requested $74,000 for an art piece at the Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting on March 25. University Affairs Editor Scout Mason has the update.
Minneapolis police chief testified that Derek Chauvin had clearly violated department policy. President Joe Biden announced that he is shaving two weeks off his May 1 deadline for the COVID-19 vaccine handout. St. Thomas showcased the women who have contributed to the Tommie community during Women’s History Month. Senior Reporter, Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
Kneeling on George Floyd ‘s neck while he was handcuffed and lying on his stomach was top-tier, deadly force and “totally unnecessary,” the head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide division testified Friday.
George Floyd’s girlfriend tearfully told a jury Thursday the story of how they met — at a Salvation Army shelter where he was a security guard with “this great, deep Southern voice, raspy” — and how they both struggled mightily with an addiction to opioids.
After the ambulance took George Floyd away, the Minneapolis officer who had pinned his knee on the Black man’s neck defended himself to a bystander by saying Floyd was “a sizable guy” and “probably on something,” according to police video played in court Wednesday.
Onlookers grew increasingly angry as they begged Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, but Chauvin would not let up, and another officer forced back members of the crowd who tried to intervene, witnesses testified Tuesday at Chauvin’s murder trial.
The video of George Floyd gasping for breath was essentially Exhibit A as the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on the Black man’s neck went on trial Monday on charges of murder and manslaughter.
During Women’s History Month, St. Thomas shed a light on the women who have contributed to the Tommie community. Through their hands-on engagement, research and efforts to diversify the campus, Candy Sauer, Kathlene Campbell and Kha Yang have demonstrated their desire to make St. Thomas a better place.
Full-time student teaching in local classrooms is required for graduation from the University of St. Thomas School of Education and for a teaching license in Minnesota, but education majors had to adjust to online instruction when schools switched to remote learning due to the pandemic.
Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News Friday, and the George Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art Database, founded by St. Thomas faculty, has reached over 27,000 site views. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters has today’s News in :90.
Gov. Tim Walz on Friday is expected to expand vaccine eligibility to all Minnesotans 16 and older next week following a promised increase in weekly doses from the federal government early next month.
Three days after he was arrested outside of a Boulder, Colorado supermarket where 10 people were fatally shot, the suspect, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, appeared in court Thursday, Minnesota has identified 89 coronavirus infections in people who have been fully vaccinated and some St. Thomas students in certain jobs are eligible to receive their vaccines earlier than others. Photographer Rachel Bartel has today’s News in :90.
Several St. Thomas students and professors are working together to preserve street art in response to the killing of George Floyd that would otherwise be temporary. Senior Reporter Emily Haugen has the story.
An outdoor candlelit vigil was held for Erika Cruz and Kailin Wang, the two St. Thomas students who died in February, north of Tommie East and adjacent to the Prayer Garden last week.
