‘Connected.’ – Oct. 29, 2009

In this week’s edition of “Connected.”, the athletic center will open two months earlier than expected, graduation ceremonies will move to off-campus sites, St. Thomas may soon see hour cars on campus, BEAST hopes to have a bike racing team by spring semester and Halloween costumes sales are unaffected by the recession.

‘Connected.’ – Oct. 22, 2009

In this week’s edition of ‘Connected.’, H1N1 cases continue to climb at St. Thomas, engineering department constructs new bio-diesel system, St. Thomas hosts the Opus Prize ceremony in November, intramural football gets new players, and a Tommie sailer qualifies for national competition.

Johnnies win in overtime 20-17

An announced crowd of 12,903 watched a thriller as St. John’s needed overtime to pull out a 20-17 win Saturday afternoon, at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minn.

St. John’s running back Kellen Blaser dove into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown in the first period of overtime. A delayed signal from the referee caused a moment of hesitation before thousands of St. John’s fans and players rushed the field.