In response to PepsiCo’s recent disregard for the dignity of women, as evidenced by their sexist marketing techniques, I would like to see the removal of Pepsi products from our campus.
Obama’s actions not enough for Nobel Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 9 for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy.”
But many people are wondering, what exactly were those efforts?
Campus events would be better if more students stepped up
On Sunday night the Undergraduate Student Government held a special election. Freshman residential and transfer student candidates presented before the USG council and two were chosen within a half-hour.
Partying problem calls for compromise
Maybe the students wandering Merriam Park at 2 a.m., and the neighbors picking up their trash eight hours later, didn’t get to this point because of disrespect or intolerance.
Letter: St. Thomas caters to commuters, too
On October 6, 2009, Zach Thielke posted an opinion piece to TommieMedia.com highlighting the importance of new first-year students making connections with the St. Thomas community. Those connections are critical and I want to share how they can be formed for our first-year students that do not live on campus.
Freshman connections key to college success
Perhaps John Gardner of the Policy Center on the First Year of College said it best: “Residence halls are not just places for students to eat, flop and make love.”
St. Thomas passes on Al-Ahmed profile, punts on moral stand
St. Thomas’ decision not to run an alumni profile in the business school’s magazine because the Saudi government could not be reached for comment is a familiar one. The decision drew comparisons to online comment boards in October 2007, when an invitation for Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at a campus event was pulled because of concerns it would offend the Jewish community.
Again, our school sided with a powerful minority over an internationally respected voice expressing concerns over the treatment of human beings.
Health care needs to be changed, now
Reforming America’s health care system is a daunting task largely because it is so dysfunctional to begin with. We pay more for health care than any other country in the world by far and have some of the worst overall health outcomes. Our costs are also rising faster than most other countries.
Letter: A matter of civility and respect
One issue that we always find ourselves dealing with at the beginning of each school year is the behavior of students in our St. Paul campus neighborhood.
Students have a lot of energy, and especially at the end of the week they are ready to relax, to get together with friends and to party – and that’s fine. Neighbors know that is going to happen. They once were college students, too, and they know there always will be a certain level of activity.
Counseling could have spared families’ heartbreak
Sept. 21 was World Alzheimer’s Day, as well as Respect for the Aged Day in Japan. This is meaningful to me because my grandmother has been slowly deteriorating from Alzheimer’s disease for much of my life. She is currently in the moderate-advanced dementia stage, meaning she is completely dependent on the caregivers at her nursing home.
Plaques and tangles cling to much of her brain like barnacles, and the gradual, irreversible withering of higher brain function has choked out any real sense of awareness, reasoning, personality, memory or recognition.
Letter: It’s our neighborhood, too
Dear St. Thomas Students: We hope you had a great summer and want to welcome you back to this neighborhood for fall semester! The key word in that previous sentence being “neighborhood”. While you are here, aspiring to higher thinking and planning your future, we ask that you consider your actions when walking, biking or …
Check local laws before brandishing a samurai sword
Early Tuesday morning at Johns Hopkins University, an undergraduate student heard noises coming from behind his off-campus residence, and noticed the door to his garage was open. The student then grabbed his samurai sword, and investigated.
Discovering an intruder in his garage, the would-be ninja threatened to call 911. According to police, the suspect then lunged at him, and the sword-wielding student sliced the suspect’s left hand, almost severing it. The intruder was mortally wounded with an upper-body cut, and was dead when police arrived.
Making sense of the health care reform
President Obama rallied citizens for national health care reform Sept. 12 at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Using Rochester’s Mayo Clinic as a model, Obama called for accessible, effective health care at a sustainable cost, as Congress discusses the most ambitious health care legislation since 1994. It’s difficult to write a thrilling speech about reforming …
Tips on how to safely spend weekends
As the first weekend of fall semester approaches, students may be wondering where to find the biggest and best parties at St. Thomas.
About time St. Thomas had a sick student policy
The first day of class was a time for professors to set the tone and share their expectations for the semester. While reading their syllabi, many students may have also noticed the pandemic prevention advice regarding the H1N1 virus expected to circulate this fall. In addition to providing annual flu tips like using hand sanitizer …
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