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UST Mock Trial Team Goes Further than Ever Before

Mock Trial Team at Rhodes College The University of St. Thomas’ Mock Trial Team recently competed in the Dallas Regional of the American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) postseason tournament. On February 19- 21st, 700 teams from all over the United States competed to earn a bid to the Jackson Lewis […]

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Kite Festival

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Diego Lagos, SGA President

Diego Lagos by Sarah Oyarce / The Summa  Why did you want to run for SGA President? “I feel like I really understand the system. I have a lot of experience with it. So, with any organization it’s important to know the organization front to back. I feel like I […]

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UST Students Establish Venture in Food Services

Senior and communication major Maria Razo’s and her business partner, senior nursing major Edna Torres, did not have dreams of starting their own company. According to Torres, it actually started with the curiosity to try a preparada, a kind of fruit cocktail that can be stuffed with chili powder, grapes, […]

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Pope Knights Clinton Brand

Pope Francis gave the honor of papal knighthood to English Department chair, Professor Clinton Brand, on Feb. 1 at Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church for his work on the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission. Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 Apostolic Constitution, Anglicanorum coetibus, created the mandate for the Commission. The Apostolic […]

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Conversation Thrives at UST

Alyssa Barnes, now a junior, founded and leads an organization that has achieved national recognition and looks to make its mark on the university.  Conversation Generation started as a simple reading group back in the fall of 2013 and has grown to be a society of the national organization known […]

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Going Green in the UST Garden

Many people around campus have begun to notice the small farm that is in full bloom on the corner of Sul Ross and Yupon, across from Guinan Residence Halls. The farm is coordinated through the non-profit organization, Plant it Forward Farms, and Roy Nlemba is the primary farmer.  All of […]

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Six for Six: A Guide to Meals Under $6 Within Walking Distance of Campus

Photo Courtesy 401kcalculator.org Anyone who has dined in Crooker knows that eating their food, even on its best days, is not a viable, long-term plan. “Everyone needs some variety now and again,” freshman Alyssa White. However, the car-deprived freshman is not left with many affordable restaurant choices, but here are six […]

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Alumnus Running For Houston City Council

Alumnus Philippe Nassif will be running for Houston City Council at Large Position 1. Nassif has thus far built a career focused upon advocacy and political activism, beginning with his time at UST. “It began when I was running what we then called the Union of Politically Progressives.” Nassif said, […]