Instead of the normal fall colors that blanket the lower quad this time of year, tables at Tuesday’s convocation hour were draped in the colors of the rainbow for Allies’ celebration of National Coming Out Day.
Chief Photo Editor John Kruger captures the fall season on campus.
Students from David Kelly’s remote sensing geography course had a rare opportunity Thursday to climb into an airplane and experience geography from the sky. The students boarded a plane at the Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport and spent the afternoon learning how remote sensing works first-hand.
With the sun shining through fall foliage and the leaves falling gently to the ground, the St. Catherine University Cross Country Invitational began Saturday.
After leading 14-10 to start the second half, St. Thomas scored 20 points in the third quarter to open up the lead. All-American Ben Wartman rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown.
Augsburg hung around in the first half, but St. Thomas dominated the final 30 minutes to bury the Auggies 55-17 at Palmer Field Saturday.
St. Thomas led 14-10 at halftime, but the Tommies scored 20 points in the third quarter to open up a lead that would only grow from there.
Summer’s end usually plagues many Minnesota natives with unwanted thoughts of the harsh winter that’s sure to come. Such thoughts make it hard to appreciate Minnesota’s greatest season: fall.
Even after the bans on party buses and inappropriate T-shirts at the Tommie-Johnnie football game, some students still rode party buses at least part of the way to the game, and some students snuck forbidden T-shirts into the stadium.
The third annual field-goal kicking contest was held Monday, Oct. 4 at Palmer Field. The event lasted from 5 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. and was organized by senior Marguerite Maginot, the intramural supervisor.
On Wednesday, Sept. 22, Scooter’s launched its new pizza delivery initiative in an effort to get more business and better serve the student population at St. Thomas.
Some St. Thomas students, alumni and staff put on their running shoes Sunday, Oct. 3 for the 29th annual Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, “the most beautiful urban marathon in America.”
STAR presented the fall concert Oct. 2 in the new field house of the Anderson Athletic Center. Alternative rock band Jack’s Mannequin headlined the event, with opening act Unicycle Loves You.
The Tommies battled the Johnnies Saturday in Collegeville. After a disappointing loss in overtime last year, St. Thomas redeemed itself by beating St. John’s 27-26.
Freshman duo Katy Scherer and Stephanie McCartan led the St. Thomas women’s soccer team to a 2-0 victory over the Hamline Pipers Saturday afternoon.
The St. Thomas women’s volleyball team beat Concordia-Moorhead 3-1 Wednesday at Shoenecker Arena. The Tommies finished the night strong with the help of senior Katie Bonine’s 14 kills and 12 digs throughout the game.
