Women’s soccer tops St. Ben’s, pushes winning streak to six

Seniors Erin Sprangers and Kirsten Moran both scored a goal and led the women’s soccer team to a 2-0 win against St. Ben’s at home Wednesday. The victory ran St. Thomas’ win streak to six games and its conference unbeaten streak to 17.

Strong defensive play by the Tommies led to its fifth shutout of the year. But it still took a while for St. Thomas to get things going Wednesday afternoon.

Sky’s the limit for classes, community events

The dedication of the new observatory atop the Anderson Parking Facility Tuesday initiated new advances in both the science and educational programs at St. Thomas.

“The primary mission of the St. Thomas physics department observatory is science education,” physics professor Gerry Ruch said. “We want to use this facility to reach as many people as we possibly can and get them excited about science and the natural world.”

Wartman and Tobin run all over Hamline, Tommies win 63-10

The St. Thomas football team flexed its muscles Saturday, improving to 3-0 on the season with an overwhelming 63-10 victory at Hamline. The 63-point performance was St. Thomas’ highest point total in 20 years.

“You never go into a game expecting you’ll score 63 points but we just played our hearts out,” said freshman defensive end Ayo Idowu. “The best part was the fact that we came in after halftime and kept up the tempo we had the whole game.”

‘Connected.’ – Sept. 24, 2009

In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’: St. Thomas H1N1 numbers rise to 60, St. Paul College students return to class after campus lock down, new tuition billing system causes confusion, pinhole sized camera is watching students in the Grill and volleyball team starts season with a win.

New billing system causes confusion

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.