During Hana’s second annual Asian Culture Show Thursday evening, the student organization invited guests to celebrate and learn more about Asian culture.
Spring football practice gets underway
Blue Ox wins Macalester Cup with three shutouts
St. Thomas’ Blue Ox Rugby team ripped through its final tune-up matches before next week’s national tournament as it swept the Macalester Cup Saturday.
One year after Zamlen’s death, friends gather to remember
St. Thomas students and close friends shared prayers and stories of Daniel Zamlen during a memorial prayer service held in the St. John Vianney Seminary chapel Thursday evening. The service was held on what would have been Zamlen’s 20th birthday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his death.
Baseball splits with Johnnies, improves to 16-2
As Brady Field said, “It’s always tough against the Johnnies,” and the junior catcher couldn’t be more right as the Johnnies snapped the No. 1-ranked Tommies’ 13-game winning streak Wednesday afternoon at Koch Diamond.
False fire alarms burn university’s dollars, students’ time
False fire alarms cost St. Thomas money from its tuition-fueled budget, but the overall costs extend far beyond cash. On-campus residents are familiar with false fire alarms.
Take a look at Target Field
With the Minnesota Twins’ home opener less than a month away, many students are excited for the new season and especially Target Field.
Snapshots inside and out of Twins’ new stadium
Even though the Twins won’t play its first regular season game at Target Field until April 12, TommieMedia got a sneak peek inside the new $412 million dollar stadium.
Group’s protests draw mixed reactions
St. Thomas’ Knights of Columbus have a tradition of praying in front of Planned Parenthood every Friday.
The group meets at 3:15 p.m. in the lobby of St. John Vianney Seminary and then car pools to the business on Ford Parkway in Highland Park.
Junior Sean Grismer said the group consists mostly of seminarians.
Down goes O’Shaughnessy Hall
Some St. Thomas students spent their Thursday morning gawking at the demolition of O’Shaughnessy Hall.
“I heard a rumor that the building was going to get demolished at 7:15,” sophomore Dominic Bouck said. “I thought it was pretty cool. I imagined a round ball so the claw was a little surprising.”
Library coffee shop to begin brewing Wednesday morning
With construction finally complete, Coffee Bené will open its independently run coffee shop on the first floor of the library.
Women’s hockey splits games against Oles, stays in first
The St. Thomas women’s hockey team took on St. Olaf last weekend, defending a five-game MIAC winning streak. But the Oles put an end to that streak on Friday night in Mendota Heights, Minn.
Big weekend for swim teams brings victories, records
The St. Thomas swimming and diving team raced to success and broke records this weekend at the two-day Minnesota Challenge at the University of Minnesota.
Men’s bball tops Augsburg, extends home win streak to 53
St. Thomas men’s basketball pushed its conference home winning streak to 53 games after defeating Augsburg 77-66 Wednesday, Jan. 27, at Concordia University’s Gangelhoff Center.
This week in photos – Jan. 15, 2009
[slidepress gallery=’thisweekinphotos-1-15-09′] From the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis to the Coffee Bené construction in the library, photographers Aaron Hays and Josh Kleven captured some images from on and off-campus locations.