The Biden administration is approving the controversial major Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope. U.S. regulators closed the Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after it experienced a traditional bank run, where depositors rushed to withdraw their funds all at once. Mackenna Meyers has today’s News in :90.
Scooter’s reopened for the spring semester in Anderson Student Center with limited promotion after being closed since spring 2020.
Stacks Café reopened for the fall semester in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library after closing at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. However, Scooter’s will remain closed until staffing issues are resolved, according to Dining Services. Anya Capistrant-Kinney has the story.
Ukrainian officials say the Russian military has hit a strategic bridge linking the southern Odessa region with neighboring Romania on Tuesday, a Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be live streamed, and Tentative plans are in place to rebrand and reopen Scooter’s on August 21. Ad/Pr Representative Ethan Erickson has today’s News in :90.
Plans are in place to rebrand and tentatively reopen Scooter’s on August 21. The on-campus restaurant originally closed in the spring of 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Undergraduate Student Government amended three USG bylaws during its March 17 general council meeting at Scooter’s. Guests Executive Vice President and Provost Eddy Rojas and Dean of the Morrison Family College of Health MayKao Hang spoke at the meeting and finances were reviewed.
St. Thomas’ Undergraduate Student Government covered a brief list of items at their March 3 general council meeting at Scooter’s: the upcoming administrative breakfast and committee and finance updates.
St. Thomas community members showed up to Scooter’s for a watch party in support of women’s hockey coach Joel Johnson as he coached Team USA in the gold-medal game Wednesday against Team Canada in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
New Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services Pam Peterson and Interim Executive Director of Dining Services Steve Griffin discussed updates in dining services, USG open positions were talked about and USG President Adam Revoir emphasized face mask wearing at the Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting over Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 3.
St. Thomas students prefer pop culture quizzes over academic ones, and trivia nights are a regular thing on campus with multiple clubs hosting events nearly every week.
Campus life has almost returned to normal at St. Thomas, but there is one community piece missing: Scooter’s. Opinions Editor Cam Kauffman discusses the importance of Scooter’s for the St. Thomas community and how its closure impacts students.
St. Thomas has a variety of sustenance options at its dining venues. Some of our TommieMedia staff members wrote about their favorite meals on campus and why they enjoy them. We want to hear from you: what’s your favorite campus meal?
St. Thomas dining locations Scooter’s, Beaker’s Coffee Shop and Stacks Café are closing for the remainder of the semester after Friday, a Dining Services message posted on OneStThomas said.
St. Thomas partnered with Wonderlust Productions, a professional community-driven theater company, to create a performance project called “Dear Future Self.” It addressed ideas about the university’s slogan “all for the common good” and what the “perfect” Tommie would look like. On March 14, “Dear Future Self” was performed by St. Thomas students and Wonderlust Productions staff at Wednesday night in Scooters.
The student-led campaign Stop @ Buzzed is implementing programs to help students make smart decisions regarding alcohol.
