Archive Posts
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Google and Crossword Puzzles: Cheating or not?
People have long used dictionaries and encyclopedias in working on crossword puzzles, so Doug Hennes didn't think twice when he started "Googling" for answers on a recent puzzle. Some people think that may be "cheating." Is it? He reflects on the issue today in The Scroll.
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TommieMedia.com is Doing its job – and Well
Dave Nimmer likes the stories that TommieMedia.com is publishing these days. They are accurate, fair and balanced, he says today in The Scroll, and he has found the site "neither a lap dog or a pit bull." -
Spring (Break) Semester (Midterm) Respite (Fun) is Near!
Carol Bruess is pretty excited about spring break and the "buzz" that precedes it on campus. She describes what that buzz looks like and sounds like and feels like today in The Scroll. -
Spring!
Now that spring has arrived officially, Brady Narloch likes the sounds that he is hearing: baseballs popping into leather mitts and birds chirping in the trees, not the crunch of snow under foot and the howl of the wind. The change is quite welcome, he writes today in The Scroll. -
The Czech Connection
Did you know about the "Czech Connection" at St. Thomas? It's one of many impressive efforts to foster and integrate globalization at St. Thomas, says Dr. Susan Alexander. Learn more from her about those many connections today in The Scroll. -
What Would Tom Feely Think?
As the demolition of O'Shaughnessy Hall began Thursday, with the west wall of the third-floor gymnasium coming down stone by stone, Doug Hennes wondered, "What would Tom Feely have thought about this?" The late Feely played, coached and taught in the gym for 50 years. You can read Hennes' observations today in The Scroll. -
New Semester, new Position
When Tonia Jones changed jobs at St. Thomas, she found herself both excited and nervous because of the "vastly different" nature of her new work as an academic counselor. She quickly learned, she writes today in The Scroll, that one aspect has not changed: "I am still charged to serve students." -
The Sticky Note
Years ago, Carol Bruess jotted on a Post-it note the observations of then-dean Tom Connery on what distinguishes the best professors. She still has that Post-It note, and today in The Scroll she reflects on what it means to her. -
Through a Glass Brightly
The O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center and Susan Alexander both have new windows. While Susan appreciates hers, she writes today in The Scroll that she is more grateful for the library's stained-glass tribute to Zora Neale Hurston.