Freshman seminarian Connor Orabutt proudly displays the papal flag while atop the shoulders of one of his peers. Onlookers were eager to see which student groups would show up in the waves of new Tommies. (Andrew Brinkmann/TommieMedia)
A look from inside the arches reveals a sea of purple. Freshman gathered on the lawn in front of the John Roach Center and Aquinas Hall Tuesday morning. (Andrew Brinkmann/TommieMedia)
Brazilian international students Gustavo Faria (left) and Diogo Placer (right) take a selfie with Tommie. St. Thomas international students led the March Tuesday morning bearing their homelands’ flags. (Andrew Brinkmann/TommieMedia)
Executive President of Undergraduate Student Government Michael Gaytko welcomes the class of 2019. A speaker informed the crowd that the freshman class contains 32 valedictorians. (Andrew Brinkmann/TommieMedia)
Freshman Matt Carson leans in for a handshake with one of the many students and staff who crowded the sidewalks Tuesday morning. Freshmen marched into the lower quad sporting their Tommie apparel. (Andrew Brinkmann/TommieMedia)
The lower quad bursts at the seams as freshmen pour through the arches. Freshman enthusiastically sported purple in honor of the first Tommie Tuesday of the academic year. (Andrew Brinkmann/ TommieMedia)
Chief photo editor Andrew Brinkmann captured this year’s March through the Arches on Tuesday on the St. Paul campus.