When junior Luke Darger’s band, The Word Party, ran out of money recording its first full-length album, the members pledged to raise $1,000 in a 30-day Kickstarter campaign.

Photojournalist Morgan Neu captured some international professors and their stories on the journey to St. Thomas.

After being open for a year, the eatery surpassed expectations, expanding its business far beyond that of the old cafeteria.

Their new mixtape, named “Project Colorful,” is their second major release and the beginning of a new era for the Bloomington natives.

Now, Now, a band based out of Minneapolis, took the stage Friday in the Anderson Student Center. Photojournalist Meg Thompson was there to record the concert.

On most Saturday afternoons for the last four years, St. Thomas football fans have witnessed tradition in the making when the team and coaches celebrate gridiron triumphs and belt out the lyrics of the Tommie victory song.

St. Thomas’ newest addition to campus, a men’s a cappella group, sings in the Anderson Student Center’s Woulfe Alumni Hall every Thursday and Sunday night. The group hopes to become an official St. Thomas club by next fall.

About 70 people filled Scooters’ seats, April 12, to watch Face Forward’s EXPOSED show presented by the UST Gospel Choir. The show included three slam poets, dance performances, African drumming and singing.

A St. Thomas music business major, music education major, and mechanical engineering and music major are featured for composing their own music. Check out the audio slideshow here.

“The Pirates of Penzance” opens Friday, March 8, at St. Catherine University and showcases students from St. Thomas and  the surrounding communities The musical follows a 21-year-old named Frederic and his adventures as an indentured pirate. Watch the audio slideshow here.

St. Thomas Chamber Singers will perform a piece a Mexican composer Jorge Cozatl wrote for the choir’s March 9 and 10 concert at Orchestra Hall. He has been working with the choir since October on a piece title “Pasar la Vida.” Listen to the song here.

The St. Thomas Concert Choir performed its pop concert on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Brady Educational Center Auditorium.

Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Festival Choir and Alumni Choir members performed at the spring concert in the St. Thomas Chapel Thursday night.

The evening focused on showcasing all the choirs’ talents as well as saying goodbye to the seniors.

Junior Aaron Behnke conducted the Chamber Singers’ first piece, “Seasons of Love” from “Rent.” As a vocal music education major, Behnke has taken conducting classes at St. Thomas, but said this was his first time conducting a large group.

The men’s basketball team presented its NCAA Division III national championship trophy Tuesday afternoon in Schoenecker Arena.