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Last week’s welcome events reminded me of the incredible rush I had exactly one year ago when I was a freshman coming to St. Thomas. There was a mix of excitement and nervousness for me as I was moving my stuff into Murray Hall and meeting the three men I would be spending the next nine months with.

Recently, I was disappointed to learn that the senior class gift for the Class of 2010 has been designated to scholarships for future students participating in the VISION program

It is a wondrous feeling knowing that no matter how much you write or how detailed your writing is regarding an experience, as soon as you finish you realize there is still more.

I remember in the spring of 2005, when I was a high school senior walking around on the St. Thomas campus. One of the first things that caught my eye was the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. I remember being in awe of the great beauty I found when I stepped into the narthex, and thinking to myself “This must be a school that takes its Catholic identity seriously. What else could have inspired such a beautiful chapel?”

Pick your favorite: mine is “Tutugate.”

For at least five years, our university has been marred by frequent controversies pertaining to speakers sharing their views on campus. In such cases, the inability of opposing parties to effectively communicate and receive information with their intellectual opponents has brought the issue to a fever pitch.

In response to PepsiCo’s recent disregard for the dignity of women, as evidenced by their sexist marketing techniques, I would like to see the removal of Pepsi products from our campus.

On October 6, 2009, Zach Thielke posted an opinion piece to TommieMedia.com highlighting the importance of new first-year students making connections with the St. Thomas community. Those connections are critical and I want to share how they can be formed for our first-year students that do not live on campus.

One issue that we always find ourselves dealing with at the beginning of each school year is the behavior of students in our St. Paul campus neighborhood.

Students have a lot of energy, and especially at the end of the week they are ready to relax, to get together with friends and to party – and that’s fine. Neighbors know that is going to happen. They once were college students, too, and they know there always will be a certain level of activity.

Dear St. Thomas Students: We hope you had a great summer and want to welcome you back to this neighborhood for fall semester! The key word in that previous sentence being “neighborhood”. While you are here, aspiring to higher thinking and planning your future, we ask that you consider your actions when walking, biking or …

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