The St. Thomas community gathered to honor coach Glenn Caruso. The Coach of the Year trophy was on display, and cake was provided. (Cynthia Johnson/TommieMedia)

Caruso is the only coach to win the award twice, and all were welcome to enjoy a piece of cake and see the trophy.

Along with the trophy, Liberty Mutual donated $50,000, which Caruso will give to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Bucky’s Pride and the local Ronald McDonald House Charity.

Bucky’s Pride, founded by Caruso, is particularly special to him because it is an organization that helps the families of children with cancer and blood disorders. As a child, Caruso suffered a life-threatening blood disorder.

Caruso said that the success he has had at St. Thomas is due to his players and other members of his staff.

“I think it’s more a function of an entire community and less the function of one person,” Caruso said. “What we have here is more than a football team—it’s a community.”

Off the field, Caruso and his players exemplified this statement by taking time to serve the community by participating in the St. Thomas Up ‘Til Dawn benefit. The players wrote 2,000 letters to raise funds for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Bob Kolnik, a member of the alumni board of directors, said that Caruso is a “great assest to the St. Thomas community, well-deserving of the award.”

“Coach Caruso always talks about being a village and bringing everybody together,” Kolnik said. “I always try to remind him that it still starts at the top.”

Nick McAndrews, Cynthia Johnson and Anastasia Straley contributed to this report.

Students wait in line at the Bookstore Monday, Jan. 30. (TommieMedia)

The bookstore faced the busiest day of the year Monday, said Bookstore Director Tony Erickson. The university registrar and service center both ran into similar situations. That’s what happens on the first day of a new semester.

“At about 12, the store will be packed, and we’ll have people waiting in line to get in the store,” Erickson said. “We will have to close the store down for a while because of fire regulations. That usually happens three or four times the first day of the spring semester.”

Freshman Sean Warner was in the bookstore Monday because it was the only time his schedule permitted buying books.

“It wasn’t open yesterday, and I was in Mexico over J-Term,” Warner said.

Service Center Director John Barron said that the center has been working overtime for the last ten days printing classroom materials.

“We have been very busy with calendar year-end documentation for a variety of departments on campus,” Barron said. “So a lot of what we have been doing is not class related, but we have also been doing a lot of class related stuff too.”

University Registrar Paul Simmons said that the registrar’s office is normally busier during the first day but because technology has simplified the process, things have stayed relatively calm.

“We have gone from 20 years ago where we used to have gymnasium registration where everything was done by paper, in person…to web-based registration,” Simmons said.

Freshman Nicole Scott said that she bought most of her books in the bookstore over the weekend, and it wasn’t really busy. On Monday, Scott bought the last book on her list, knowing the line would probably be long.

Sophomore Mohamed Samaha bought his books Monday and thought it went well.

“It actually went pretty fast. Me and my roommates just waited until today for some reason…kind of procrastinating I guess,” Mohammad said. “It went fine though, I got everything I needed.”

Patrick Roche, Katherine Curtis, Olivia Cronin contributed to this story.

This is News in :90 for Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

This is Sports in :60 for Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.

This is Sports in :60 for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.

On Jan. 18 at 1:10 a.m., Public Safety documented an electronic copyright infringement at the request of Information Resources & Technologies.

On Jan. 18 at 1:11 a.m., Public Safety documented an electronic copyright infringement at the request of Information Resources & Technologies.

On Jan. 18 at 1:12 a.m., Public Safety documented an electronic copyright infringement at the request of Information Resources & Technologies.

On Jan. 18 at 1:13 a.m., Public Safety documented an electronic copyright infringement at the request of Information Resources & Technologies.

On Jan. 18 at 1:13 a.m., Public Safety documented an electronic copyright infringement at the request of Information Resources & Technologies.

On Jan. 18 at 9:34 a.m., Public Safety documented an attempted theft in O’Shaughnessy Science Hall. A UST student reported an unidentified suspect tried to scam him out of money via a fraudulent online transaction.

On Jan. 18 at 9:54 a.m., Public Safety documented a vehicle accident near at the intersection of Cretin Avenue and Grand Avenue. A UST student stopped at the intersection was rear ended by a second vehicle, damaging the rear of the student’s vehicle.

On Jan. 18 at 4:59 p.m., Public Safety documented a welfare concern at 1128 Harmon Place. An Interprofessional Center staff member reported an unidentified IPC client expressed a desire to hurt themselves and then contacted MPD to perform a follow-up welfare check.

On Jan. 19 at 8:58 p.m., Public Safety assisted Residence Life with an odor of marijuana in Ireland Residence Hall. The odor was determined to be coming from a UST student’s residence.

On Jan. 19 at 8:15 p.m., Public Safety and the Minnesota Police Department responded to an intoxicated person outside of 1128 Harmon Place. An intoxicated non-UST affiliated individual was transported by MPD to detox.

On Jan. 20 at 1:42 a.m., Public Safety and the St. Paul Police Department responded to intoxicated persons on the upper quad. A disorderly intoxicated UST of legal drinking age was transported by SPPD to detox, and the student’s intoxicated guest was sent home with a sober caregiver.

On Jan. 20 at 3:12 a.m., Public Safety documented a robbery at Super America at 2051 Grand Ave. The St. Paul Police Department reported that an unidentified suspect robbed the store with a firearm and then fled the scene.

On Jan. 20 at 3:12 a.m., Public Safety and the St. Paul Police Department responded to a suspicious incident on the 100 block of Cleveland Avenue. SPPD’s search of a UST student’s residence, as requested by the student, was completed without incident.

On Jan. 21 at 12:47 a.m., Public Safety responded to a suspicious odor of marijuana in Ireland Residence Hall. An odor of marijuanna was determined to be coming from a UST student’s residence.

On Jan. 21 at 4:32 a.m., Public Safety responded to a medical in Byrne Residence. A BYR residence who had fallen was assisted by officers and declined further medical attention.

On Jan. 21 at 10:37 a.m., Public Safety assisted a UST student in Morrison Hall. The student’s bike, initially reported as missing, was located in secured found property and was returned to the student.

On Jan. 21 at 10:18 p.m., Public Safety assisted a UST student with a welfare check in 2171 Grand Avenue.A second student, who the first student was attempting to locate, was found in their residence and was okay.

On Jan. 22 at 2:19 p.m., Public Safety documented a robbery from at an off-campus location in Minneapolis. A UST student reported that while riding the Metro Bus on Nicollet Avenue, an unidentified suspect grabbed his phone from him and fled the bus.

On Jan. 22 at 3:38 p.m., Public Safety documented a burglary on the 2000 block of Roblyn Avenue. A UST student reported several pieces of personal property were stolen from his secured residence.

On Jan. 23 at 11:10 a.m., Public Safety rendered assistance to a non-UST affiliated individual in Morrison Hall. A non-UST affiliated individual in crisis and calling from out of state was transferred to Ramsey County Emergency Communications Center, who was able to get assistance for the individual.

On Jan. 23 at 3:42 p.m., Public Safety documented an attempted theft in Morrison Hall. A UST student reported an unidentified suspect tried to scam her out of money via a fraudulent online transaction.

This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.

This is Sports in :60 for Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.

This is News in :90 for Friday, Jan. 20, 2012.