Murphy Online and Banner will be offline for approximately 30 minutes this evening.
- Emergency Banner outage planned for 5 p.m. tonight
- Ordway offers UST discount for ‘Little House on the Prairie: The Musical’
See the show for just $30!
- USG to hold special elections
Applications for two open positions – freshman residential senator and transfer senator – are due by 5 p.m. Friday.
- Fall Lunch and Lecture Series opens with reflection on ‘Caritas in Vertitate’
The series begins Oct. 9 with a lecture by Dr. Michael Naughton and Dr. Robert Kennedy on Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical “Caritas in Vertitate.”
- Box Office partners with Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America
Purchase wristbands for $21.50, a savings of $8.49, and enjoy all the rides you can manage, from the park’s opening to closing for an entire day.
- Farewell reception planned for Cindy Nedved
She gave 11 years of service to the university through her work in Campus Ministry and Facilities Scheduling.
- Feminist Friday looks at ‘Issues in Global Women’s Health’
Everyone is welcome. Bring your lunch; dessert and beverages are provided.
- In the neighborhood
Carol Bruess loves living close to St. Thomas for a variety of practical and philosophical reasons. Over the weekend, she tells The Scroll, she came to an even-greater appreciation for neighborhood life when people showed up for an impromptu party to pay tribute to her dying “Big Old Tree.”
- Dance Team poster sale starts Friday
The team will sign posters at the Homecoming Pep Rally Friday and the football game Saturday.
- Study Abroad Photo Contest deadline is Oct. 15
Award-winning photos are rewarded with $100 for first place and $50 for second place.
- Find it at Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library during Theological Libraries Month
The library has planned several activities throughout the month to celebrate, including an exhibit of historic holy cards.
- USG hands out cookies, cider
Celebrate homecoming: All students wearing purple will be entered in a prize drawing.
- University Advocates for Women and Equity to hold fall meeting, reception
Everyone interested in women’s issues is welcome. Nominate yourself or someone else for the UAWE coordinating council.
- Up ’til Dawn to hold informational session Wednesday
Up ’til Dawn will meet at 8 p.m. in the John R. Roach Center for the Liberal Arts.
- Lactation rooms available for mothers on campus
Many locations also have diaper-changing facilities.
- Professional notes
UST students as well as faculty share their research in this week’s “Notes” column.