Construction started Tuesday on the new Anderson Student Center. The City of St. Paul granted the highly anticipated permits Monday, allowing OPUS to break ground on the 20-month project.
The $66 million, 225,000-square-foot student center will feature four bowling lanes, a giant dance floor and an 1,800-square-foot atrium.
In two years, the number of students signing in to use the MaRC services has doubled.
Hot hitting continued into Sunday afternoon for the St. Thomas baseball team as the Tommies defeated Augsburg 19-9 and won the MIAC championship.
The men’s lacrosse team may need extra time in baggage check, because it’s returning from the national tournament in Denver with some championship hardware.
The Tommies successfully defended its national championship Saturday by defeating Utah Valley University 12-9.
“Unbelievable. It hasn’t really sank in yet,” junior Joe McCullagh said.
Senior Tom Wippler had two home runs, a solo and grand slam, along with six runs-batted-in.
The St. Thomas baseball team defeated Concordia-Moorhead 7-6 in 11 innings Saturday to stay alive in the MIAC playoffs.
The men’s lacrosse team beat Davenport University Friday afternoon 17-9 to advance to the Division III national championship in Denver.
“It’s undescribable,” junior Joe McCullagh said. “Everyone was going crazy in the locker room.”
Junior Joey Costello led the Tommie offensive attack with four goals, and junior Cooper Mazon and sophomore Tony Sadder each had four goals to contribute to the Tommie scoring buffet.
Kelly O’Connor, a 13-year member of the St. Thomas Public Safety department, returned last month from a yearlong military deployment.
The campus radio station encountered numerous obstacles in the concert’s planning phases.
Donations to the 2010 senior class gift will help create a scholarship for students who go on VISION trips, but some seniors are upset about a lack of student input on that decision.
Nearly 1,300 students, 1,248 to be precise, pledged to stop using the word “retard” or “retarded” last week as part of the Special Olympics’ national “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign.
The Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex is still 4 months away from opening, but TommieMedia was given a second guided tour to check up on its progress.
Since TommieMedia’s last tour in March, some of the floors have been painted purple.
It is unclear whether the heightened pressure on underage parties is making the surrounding neighborhood a better place.
The Undergraduate Student Government investigated the practice this year as one of its strategic goals, but found it’s not feasible.
St. Thomas started off its doubleheader against Concordia–Moorhead with a 12-0 shutout Saturday afternoon at Koch Diamond, but couldn’t keep the momentum going as the Tommies dropped the second game 5-1.
“The first game went well,” senior Roy Larson said. “It was nice to start out with good pitching and hitting performances.”
