The Tommies faced the University of Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils in St. Paul Wednesday on St. Thomas’ south field. Team captain sophomore Callan Faulkner said the players had high hopes for their first home game.

The 20 solar panels on Brady Hall’s roof have been producing energy non-stop after being installed in February. The students who have been involved with the panels from idea to installation are happy with how the panels are working so far.

Students living on campus during the busiest construction summer in St. Thomas history watched as the metal frameworks of new buildings took shape, elevators were modernized, residence halls got exterior makeovers and sidewalks were torn up.

The incoming class of 2014 currently includes 1,522 students and is the largest St. Thomas class ever, which resulted  in a few changes in planning for this year’s summer orientation sessions.

Graduates received their diplomas in an unfamiliar place Saturday. Commencement ceremonies were held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, due to the construction of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex.

The softball team held off elimination Sunday with a 6-1 win over Illinois-Wesleyan at the regional tournament in Indianola, Iowa.

Senior Marta Radcliffe threw a complete game and had two RBIs to lead the Tommies. Sophomore Kayla Boward went three-for-four at the plate, tacking on a run and an RBI.

The women’s softball team took a throttling from Linfield College to the tune of 9-1 Saturday at the regional tournament in Indianola, Iowa.

The women’s softball team continued its national tournament run Friday with a 3-2 walk-off win over Illinois-Wesleyan University in Indianola, Iowa.

PULSE presented Pandemonium Friday, May 14 in the lower quad.

The engineering department held its senior design clinic between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Owens Science Hall atrium.

Kelly O’Connor, a 13-year member of the St. Thomas Public Safety department, returned last month from a yearlong military deployment, during which he served with the Minnesota Army National Guard’s 175th Forward Support Co.

Masked workers are removing caulking containing asbestos from the greenhouse near the John Roach Center to help prepare extra greenhouse and lab spaces for the growing biology department.

Seniors Dima Koshevy and Kyle Smisek earned second place in the finals when the St. Thomas crew raced at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta.

2007 “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks sang from 10 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the O’Shaughnessy Education Center auditorium, which was about 100 people below capacity.

Country singer Phil Vassar kicked off the annual spring concerts Saturday with an outdoor performance in Lot O on South Campus.