The football team arrived in Oregon this morning and promptly set to work preparing for Saturday’s quarterfinal playoff game against Linfield College.
With an early flight and two hours gained by traveling west, the team had a full day to get settled into a foreign atmosphere and turn their thoughts toward kickoff.
“It was a pretty long day with the time difference and everything,” junior Brady Ervin said. “Overall, it was pretty good.”
St. Thomas took its final step toward building the Anderson Student Center, setting up ground breaking for as early as April or May.
Students can run their hands over textured silk scarves, browse through displays of intricately beaded jewelry and examine handmade cards at the 12th annual Holiday Fair Trade Sale that features one-of-a-kind gifts from all over the world.
“I got a cool ring here last year,” junior Meghan Durkin said. “Now I’m looking for a gift for my mom.”
With no snow on the ground and the temperature at a relatively mild 44 degrees, St. Thomas brought a little bit of Christmas spirit to its St. Paul Campus Tuesday evening.
Students lined up outside the Tommie Triage Trailer, located behind Brady Hall, at 11 a.m. Monday to receive their H1N1 vaccine.
Ben Wartman rushed for 236 yards and two touchdowns to help St. Thomas roll to a 34-7 win over Coe College Saturday in O’Shaughnessy Stadium in the second round of the NCAA playoffs.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that some private college presidents are shaking off the recession and are on their way to becoming millionaires.
University of St. Thomas sophomore wide receiver and returner Fritz Waldvogel won the 2009 Jim Christopherson MIAC MVP award.
Waldvogel tallied 59 catches for 706 yards and four touchdowns in conference play. He added 313 yards and two touchdowns on 10 kick-off returns in eight games.
“I was a little surprised and completely humbled,” Waldvogel said, “but I’m more focused on the team’s success right now.”
With the current state of the economy, the federal government and the armed forces has become a safe job choice for an increasing number of college graduates.
The win is the first playoff victory for the program since 1990, when the Tommies defeated the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
A St. Thomas health official reported the lowest weekly increase in H1N1 cases of the semester Nov. 18, with just more than a 2 percent increase from the previous week.
Right down the road from St. Thomas, Macalaster College reached a milestone in sustainability. In 2009, Macalaster opened the doors of Markim Hall, its new LEED platinum certified building.
Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying practical and measurable green building design, construction and maintenance solutions.
The St. Thomas cafeteria produces nearly 5,000 meals each day. With the high number of people being served, it is common to see nearly 200 gallons of wasted food at the end of the day.
In an effort to become more sustainable, the cafeteria puts the wasted food to good use. Scraps from the cafeteria help feed nearly 3,000 pigs at a pig farm just north of Andover in St. Francis.
St. Thomas received a ‘B’ for its food and recycling program from greenreportcard.org and it seems as if St. Thomas is falling behind, as neighboring schools Macalester College and the University of Minnesota both received an ‘A-‘.
The food and recycling category examines dining service programs by giving points based on the quantity and availability of organic, sustainably produced and locally grown food.
Naked juice bottles and Starbucks coffee cups appear to be recyclable. But the containers cannot be tossed into recycling bins in the Twin Cities and that has been causing confusion for many.
