The Students in Free Enterprise club and Sam’s Club have financially helped three St. Thomas students implement process improvements and sustainable tools in an Eagan gas station and deli. The students worked to decrease customer wait time and improve unnecessary bottlenecks from forming around register areas.

Spring has arrived and St. Thomas students are taking advantage of the warmer weather. Check out a slideshow of spring fever on campus.

The St. Thomas baseball team opened conference play with two victories in a doubleheader matchup against Hamline Saturday, March 31, at the Metrodome. The Tommies defeated the Pipers 3-1  in the first game and 5-4 in the second game.

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.

Senior forward Ali Johnson’s game-high and career-best 24 points guided the St. Thomas women’s basketball team to an 87-60 victory over No. 1-ranked Amherst College in the NCAA tournament consolation game Saturday.

The St. Thomas women’s basketball team had a busy day in Michigan Thursday in preparation for Friday’s NCAA Final Four game. The team started its day by traveling to an elementary school for a community-service event and skills clinic and finished the day with the NCAA tournament team banquet.

Three St. Thomas pitchers combined for 20 strikeouts as the baseball team swept the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Tuesday afternoon at the Metrodome. The Tommies held on to win a close 3-1 first game and won second game against the Titans 6-1.

The St. Thomas women’s basketball team advances to the Final Four after an 83-72 overtime victory over Calvin College Saturday at the University of Chicago. The Tommies will play Illinois-Wesleyan in the national semifinal game next Friday in Holland, Mich.

Junior guard Kellie Ring made two free throws with 15 seconds left after a key steal, and No.10-ranked St. Thomas held off Tufts, 50-47, in the NCAA Division III Sweet 16 basketball game Friday, March 9, at the University of Chicago. The Tommies will play the winner of University of Chicago-Calvin College Saturday night.

“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.

The Asmat Art Gallery has found a special place in the Anderson Student Center. The exhibition displays art from the Asmat culture in Papua, Indonesia, including photographs, carvings, weavings and video.

St. Thomas scored early but not often Wednesday night, and it cost them a 3-1 loss to defending national champion St. Norbert in the first round of the NCAA Division III hockey tournament.

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.

Fifth-year senior Annie Hejny is an elementary education and art double major. She has found a passion for painting that she hopes will find a place in her future.

The  St. Thomas women’s basketball team had a 51-45 victory over Coe (Iowa) College in the second round of the NCAA Division-III basketball playoffs at Steve Fritz Court Saturday night. The Tommies will face Tufts (Mass.) in next weekend’s Sweet 16.