AFROTC freshman class largest in recent years

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The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) program is seeing a dramatic increase in numbers over the last four years. Cadet Paul Kolars, AFROTC wing commander, said this year’s freshman class is the largest class size he has seen.

St. Thomas’ program isn’t alone as the other 273 ROTC programs across the country have also seen an increasing trend in numbers.

Women’s soccer tops St. Ben’s, pushes winning streak to six

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Seniors Erin Sprangers and Kirsten Moran both scored a goal and led the women’s soccer team to a 2-0 win against St. Ben’s at home Wednesday. The victory ran St. Thomas’ win streak to six games and its conference unbeaten streak to 17.

Strong defensive play by the Tommies led to its fifth shutout of the year. But it still took a while for St. Thomas to get things going Wednesday afternoon.

Sky’s the limit for classes, community events

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The dedication of the new observatory atop the Anderson Parking Facility Tuesday initiated new advances in both the science and educational programs at St. Thomas.

“The primary mission of the St. Thomas physics department observatory is science education,” physics professor Gerry Ruch said. “We want to use this facility to reach as many people as we possibly can and get them excited about science and the natural world.”