Archive Posts
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The Anderson Airport
Martha McCarthy isn’t suggesting that St. Thomas rename the Anderson Student Center, but the 2011 alumna sure finds a lot of similarities between the building and an airport. One difference: Our “hub,” she notes today in The Scroll, is “much prettier, and packed with purple pride.”
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Ooh, Purple
Purple is Susan Alexander’s favorite color, and she explains why today in The Scroll. -
A Good Relationship
Carol Bruess loves good relationships, and you might expect that, given her personality and the research that she does. She sees all kinds of healthy relationships here at St. Thomas, built on attributes such as mutual affection, hard work and good old-fashioned communication, and she writes in The Scroll today that she hopes you will show up to see them on display Wednesday at the "Years of Service Celebration." -
Tired of Buying Textbooks? Rent them!
Everyone knows textbooks are expensive, but the St. Thomas Bookstore is trying to provide alternatives for students, including a new Rent-a-Book program that will save students a lot of money. Dave Nimmer writes about the program today in The Scroll. -
Alert From the Department of Dog Advocacy
Susan Alexander was all set to roll out a big political campaign on behalf of dogs at St. Thomas. Then she read the university’s Political Activity Policy and realized she would need to shelve her plans to champion the rights of canines that have come to trust her as their leader on campus. Read about her predicament today in The Scroll. -
Swing Dancing Across the Keyboard
Lisa Weier is keeping very busy this January Term. Top on her list is writing her first book, <i>Swing Dancing for Dummies,</i> and she hopes to see you at a Swing Club event soon. You'll have a blast, she promises today in The Scroll. -
Shelby Bringing His Basketball Passion to St. Thomas
Here's a tip on a good way to spend this Saturday: Walk down to Schoenecker Arena, watch the Tommie men and women basketball teams play Augsburg, and listen to Don Shelby call the games as the public address announcer. The former WCCO-TV news anchor also will sell <i>The Season Never Ends,</i> a short stories anthology that Dave Nimmer describes today in The Scroll as "crisp … insightful … and poignant." -
Merry Christmas From the Super 8
Dave Nimmer will hang out this Christmas weekend at a Super 8 motel and a nursing home in Wisconsin. He writes in The Scroll today that he can't think of a better way to spend Christmas. -
2012 Challenge: Email on a "Human Scale"
Are you tired of email? Do you dread checking your inbox every morning knowing it will take too much time to go through it – and that you will repeat the exercise throughout the day? Well, Carol Bruess has some sound advice for you today in The Scroll to make you a better emailer, and, consequently, she promises a "happier and healthier" person in 2012.