Cauldron

Basilians support current core

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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.

Graduation speakers selected

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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.

Speaker Policy committee forms

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A speakers policy committee, co-chaired by UST's Vice President of Academic Affairs John Hittinger and Faculty Senate Chair Rick Young, was appointed to create guidelines for non-political speakers invited to lecture on-campus after civil rights activist Dolores Huerta was "uninvited" from speaking in February.

Publications committee lays guidelines

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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.

Grafitti defaces Crooker's outer wall, not considered an 'epidemic'

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

An unidentified person[s] spray-painted a two-word explicit phrase on the north wall of Crooker Center in the early-morning hours of April 1. The red spray-painted phrase was discovered by UST security officer Sam Garza and the incident is estimated to have occurred between 3:25 and 3:45 a.m.

SGA purchases St. Thomas statue

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Although a statue of St. Thomas Aquinas arrived on campus March 25, it currently does not have a home. For now, it sits in the student activities lounge in Crooker until the Student Government Association's placement proposal is approved.

Stench plagues Crooker

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Although Crooker Center houses UST's dining hall and the offices of student-run organizations, a certain smell is keeping some students away.

Crime Report

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Feb. 12: Unidentified suspect(s) used a marker to write obscenities on the complainant's vehicle and placed several scratches on it in the Moran Center parking garage. The incident occurred sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.

Not just Crooker: UST just plain stinks

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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.

The long, strange trip

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It's hard to believe that my college career at the University of St. Thomas has actually come to an end.

A lasting tribute

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This time last year, my grandfather passed away. Everything stopped cold for me. I rescheduled my midterms and then proceeded to forget entirely about school. As the designated writer in the family, I numbly wrote his obituary, which ran in the Chronicle next to the crossword puzzles that he did every day.

Nobody's perfect

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Shocking though it may seem, I'm not actually perfect-I do, in fact, have some minor character flaws. As my editors, friends and parents know, procrastination is one of my biggest weaknesses. Something most people don't know is that I also have a teensy anger management problem.

GUEST COLUMN: On free speech

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I was disappointed to learn that the administration of this University has once again stifled free expression on our campus with the cancellation of the venerable Dolores Huerta's speaking engagement.

GUEST COLUMN: On curriculum reform

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

UST is taking a hard look at its current curriculum. Since this planet is witnessing the Sixth Great Extinction, my recommendation is to concentrate on healing this world by environmental restoration and structuring our accounting, taxes, political, social and economic spheres to live well and get out of our fossil-fuel-based, automobile-centered, throwaway, war-ridden economy that requires 1.4 billion of the world's citizens to live in poverty.

Freshman plans on-campus radio station

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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.

BOOK CHECK: The God of Animals

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Twelve-year-old Alice Winston lives on a horse farm in Desert Valley, Colo. Her emotionally calloused father struggles to make a living, always waiting for his big break; her mother is bedridden with depression and has not gone downstairs in years; her sister, Nona, escapes the farm in a fit of passion to marry a young cowboy.

BOOK CHECK: The Cure

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Varley O'Connor's third novel, "The Cure," is an astute look at a family changed by disease. The book begins with 3-year-old Scott waking one morning in 1931, sick with a fever, but soon, he's completely devastated by polio, isolated in intensive care with an iron lung and body braces.

CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT: Nicole Bouchier

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Senior psychology major Nicole Bouchier, AKA "Claudia Van Damage," has been a member of the Houston Roller Derby team for a year. Roller Derby is a sport that incorporates entertainment with high-contact athleticism. For information on upcoming bouts, visit www.

Video game hit gets 5 stars

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It took me a while to jump on the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare train, but I haven't gotten off since. In CoD4, developers Infinity Ward take a well-deserved break from the World War II setting; instead, as the sub-title suggests, the game takes place in the near-future.

Alum finishes White House internship

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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.

Students plan for post-grad weddings

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

First comes love, then comes marriage - then comes graduation? UST students who become engaged during their college career undertake a balancing act between managing coursework and planning a wedding. Appointments to sample wedding cakes and choose floral arrangements while studying for midterms and writing papers present challenges that most do not face until after college.

SGA approves bill to fund coffeehouse

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

On April 1, SGA members unanimously voted to approve Resolution 13 in support of a student-run coffeehouse on campus.

Student Activity Fee to increase by $25

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Full-time UST students will pay $25 more than this year's $85 dollars per semester for the student activity fee starting in the fall.

Alumna responds to recent events

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I'm writing to share your grief and to thank you for your brave column. I was moved by it because you really hit the nail on the head when comparing the loss of the Cauldron to the death of a living being. For those of us who pulled all-nighters, missed out on parties and dates, skipped meals, turned flabby and sacrificed "friendships" just to get the paper out--and get it right--the Cauldron was worth so much more than the ink and paper it was printed on.

Alumna supports free speech

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Regarding "University should encourage free speech" -- bravo!