The Record

CSB/SJU was named one of the 45 “Best Buy” schools by The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 and was the only Minnesota school to boast the honor this year. This is the third time both CSB and SJU have received the “Best Buy” award; the other two recognitions came in 2002 and 2003. There are [...]

The St. Ben’s Senate (SBS) passed one motion at its first meeting of the 2010-2011 school year Wednesday, Sept. 1. The motion asked for $137.00 to go toward a sustainability concert sponsored by Echo. “Echo is hoping to invite different clubs on campus to create a united front of sustainability,” Sen. Maddie Hansen said. “The [...]

After what many students considered a disappointing close in 2008, the newly-named McGlynn’s Sports Café reopened on Monday, Aug. 30 and is back with new choices. Located next to O’Connell’s in the HCC, CSB/SJU students and staff are excited about the café’s comeback. “It’s not just pedestrian fast food,” Director of Culinary Services Tom Oehler [...]

In the past few years, CSB/SJU has attempted to increase the diversity of the student population and this year is no exception. Although the official numbers will not be available until next week, it is projected that nearly 10 percent of new students enrolled at CSB/SJU this fall will add that desired diversity to our [...]

Just a few months ago, the possibility that the 2009-2010 academic year would be the last for the Outdoor Leadership Center (OLC) felt very real for student managers Keenan Brugh and Luke Gellerman. Thanks to the problem solving skills of students and faculty, the OLC is open for business again this year. Facing the possibility [...]

The CSB/SJU campuses were nationally ranked and honored in the Princeton Review’s first “Guide to 286 Green Colleges.” The review identifies and rates “green” institutions that serve as examples for other college campuses. Princeton’s Review recognized CSB/SJU as signing on with the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and creating a sustainability plan.

At the last St. John’s Senate (SJS) meeting of the year, Emily Reznecheck and Emily Masters of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)  aired their complaints with senate leadership over late expense approvals. “We’ve had a lot of hurdles to jump,” Reznecheck said.

Scholarship and Creativity Day was first held in 2001. Since then students have taken advantage of the day to present their research to their teachers and peers. This year’s event added a new twist to the already enriching day — a theme.

The Science Museum of Minnesota opened its “Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World” exhibit in conjunction with the St. John’s Bible Project. The exhibit, which runs until Oct. 24, offers an inter-religious look at the scrolls that are the earliest known texts of the Bible. The exhibit includes three sets of five scrolls, [...]