A recent letter posted by the Rev. Robert Barringer and UST's Basilian fathers on a faculty discussion web site states that they will not support a revised core curriculum which reduces the required hours of theology and philosophy courses.
This year's graduation commencement speaker, James T. Hackett, president and CEO of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., said he will talk to the graduating students about "informed courage," while senior liberal arts major and student speaker Derek Smith will share the story of his lengthy college journey with his fellow graduates on May 17.
Although it will not exercise prior review of content, the publications committee that will oversee the Cauldron and the Laurels will take "corrective action" against those publications when necessary in its role as "publisher" on behalf of UST.
After more than 20 years, the Cauldron is signing off as an independent, student-run publication, leaving UST without its watchdog of a student paper.
A UST freshman hopes to establish an independent, student-run campus radio station by next school year. The student, Danny Dyer, said that he wants the station to be student-controlled while still being endorsed by the University.
UST 2007 alumnus John Joerns, a political science major in the Honors program, spent four months as one of 100 interns, at the White House's Office of Public Liaison, responsible for coordinating on-house events such as conferences and seminars.
On April 1, SGA members unanimously voted to approve Resolution 13 in support of a student-run coffeehouse on campus.