The day comes every semester. Students line up in Aquinas Hall, write out a check, and pay their tuition bill.
University of St. Thomas sophomore Lauren Uhl processes payments at the Career Development Center, but one payment she forgot about, was her tuition bill.
“I’m mad about it because it’s not like I couldn’t pay this installment, I just forgot,” said Uhl.
Now she wonders how much of a late fee she will have to pay.
“Which is money I didn’t need to pay,” said Uhl.
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.
For many sports fans, the kickoff between the Pittsburg Steelers and Tennessee Titans marked the beginning of their favorite time of the year: football season. At St. Thomas, the real start to the season isn’t the NFL’s first game or even the opening game for the Tommie varsity football team.
The real season started Monday, Sept. 21 with the field goal kicking contest that “kicked off” the annual intramural football league. Freshman Jeff Thompson won the contest with a field goal of 45 yards.
This is News in :90 for Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
[slidepress gallery=’womens-soccer-augsburg-091909′] St. Thomas women’s soccer team won 2-1 against Augsburg College at home on Saturday. “The first half [of the game] we dominated, and made them look tired and unfit,” coach Sheila McGill said. The Tommies came out hard early, and after an excellent assist from junior Regina Horak, senior Erin Sprangers scored the …
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The St. Thomas football team erased the memory of a Division-III record six-overtime defeat at St. Olaf last year with a 27-16 win to open its MIAC season Saturday at Palmer field.
More than 250 St. Thomas students and community members gathered Thursday evening in Murray-Herrick Campus Center to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fast.
“It’s been a great event. This year is the largest turnout they’ve ever had partially because they’ve decided to invite more people,” theology club president Bridget Kapler said. “They’ve started to ask all of the clubs [and] all of the religious organizations on campus [to attend].”
[slidepress gallery=’nin-09.18.09′] This is News in :90 for Friday, Sept. 18, 2009.
Going for $10 a piece through the Box Office and Expeditions, tickets to the Vikings versus Packers game had been generating quite the buzz.
After a six-overtime defeat at St. Olaf last season, the Tommies are looking to avenge that loss this Saturday at home against the Oles (2-0).
Two players who are excited to play together for the first time in front of the home crowd are brothers Tony Margarit, a fifth-year senior, and sophomore Ricky Margarit.
“We have always played backyard football, backyard basketball and stuff, but we never got to play in a competitive environment with each other,” Tony Margarit said.
[slidepress gallery=’construction-noise’] The construction of the new Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex is making progress, but it’s also giving some on-campus residents more than they’ve bargained for. “I can hear jack hammers and the crane going up, and a bunch of hammering,” said Brady Hall resident Peter Anderson. “Then I try to go back to …
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In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, possible H1N1 cases are growing on campus, construction noise proves to be a problem for residents and classes, Campus Life says ‘no’ to homecoming dance, ‘yes’ to more fall concerts and two brothers share the football field this season.
[slidepress gallery=’nin-09.17.09′] This is News in :90 for Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
When the St. Thomas women’s soccer team opened its conference season last year, the women were underdogs to win the conference title. This season, St. Thomas opened its title defense with a 3-0 win against St. Catherine University at home Wednesday afternoon.
“We came out with intensity,” coach Sheila McGill said. “We played as a team.”
