Wartman and Tobin run all over Hamline, Tommies win 63-10

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The St. Thomas football team flexed its muscles Saturday, improving to 3-0 on the season with an overwhelming 63-10 victory at Hamline. The 63-point performance was St. Thomas’ highest point total in 20 years.

“You never go into a game expecting you’ll score 63 points but we just played our hearts out,” said freshman defensive end Ayo Idowu. “The best part was the fact that we came in after halftime and kept up the tempo we had the whole game.”

‘Connected.’ – Sept. 24, 2009

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In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’: St. Thomas H1N1 numbers rise to 60, St. Paul College students return to class after campus lock down, new tuition billing system causes confusion, pinhole sized camera is watching students in the Grill and volleyball team starts season with a win.

New billing system causes confusion

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The day comes every semester. Students line up in Aquinas Hall, write out a check, and pay their tuition bill.

University of St. Thomas sophomore Lauren Uhl processes payments at the Career Development Center, but one payment she forgot about, was her tuition bill.

“I’m mad about it because it’s not like I couldn’t pay this installment, I just forgot,” said Uhl.

Now she wonders how much of a late fee she will have to pay.

“Which is money I didn’t need to pay,” said Uhl.

Intramural football kicked off with Thompson’s 45-yard boot

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For many sports fans, the kickoff between the Pittsburg Steelers and Tennessee Titans marked the beginning of their favorite time of the year: football season. At St. Thomas, the real start to the season isn’t the NFL’s first game or even the opening game for the Tommie varsity football team.

The real season started Monday, Sept. 21 with the field goal kicking contest that “kicked off” the annual intramural football league. Freshman Jeff Thompson won the contest with a field goal of 45 yards.

Horak’s late header helps women’s soccer beat Augsburg

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[slidepress gallery=’womens-soccer-augsburg-091909′] St. Thomas women’s soccer team won 2-1 against Augsburg College at home on Saturday. “The first half [of the game] we dominated, and made them look tired and unfit,” coach Sheila McGill said. The Tommies came out hard early, and after an excellent assist from junior Regina Horak, senior Erin Sprangers scored the …

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