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TommieMedia Reporter’s Pope-Election Reaction Photo Goes Global
15 Mar 2013 by Alyssa Adkins, TommieMedia / No Comments
A photo of seminarian Nathaniel Binversie taken Wednesday, March 13, on the lower quad was distributed globally by the Associated Press. The photo was taken by TommieMedia’s Caroline Rode.
Habemus Papam: St. Thomas Community Reacts to the Selection of Pope Francis
13 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Dr. Don Briel, Dr. Charles Reid Jr., Dr. Massimo Faggioli and Monsignor Aloysius Callaghan offer their initial thoughts on the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the 266th Pope. St. Thomas students celebrate on campus.
U.S. News Ranks Graduate Programs
12 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
St. Thomas graduate and professional programs in business, education, law and social work are included in the Best Graduate Schools rankings published today (March 12) by U.S. News & World Report.
Studying the Sleep Habits of College Students
08 Mar 2013 by Roxanne Prichard / No Comments
Roxanne Prichard studies how and when we sleep and the environmental, biological and psychological variables that impede sleep. Simply put, she studeies what is it that makes us go to sleep and wake up when we do and the factors that interfere with that process.
Witness to History: A Purple Papal Pilgrimage
05 Mar 2013 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
St. Thomas Catholic Studies students and St. John Vianney seminarians studying at the Bernardi campus in Rome had aisle seats as Benedict XVI took one final drive through St. Peter’s Square in his Popemobile. Newsroom editor Kate Metzger recalls the morning she spent with them and 300,000 others in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.
As a Master’s Student in Iowa, Dr. Heather Shirey Heard Brazil Beckoning and Followed
28 Feb 2013 by Heather Shirey, Ph.D. / No Comments
Preparing for my first semester of college at the University of Iowa, I made some decisions about my course schedule that ended up being rather fortuitous for my later scholarship. First, to fulfill my language requirement, I chose to study Brazilian Portuguese.
Depth of Field Icons: Harry Truman
26 Feb 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
St. Thomas President Father Vincent Flynn (left) greets U.S. President Harry Truman (center) and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey on Summit Avenue as Truman and Humphrey travel from Minneapolis to St. Paul’s Hotel Lowry on Nov. 3, 1949.
The Scroll: The Legend of the ‘Sciarpa della Vittoria’
22 Feb 2013 by Lisa Weier / 3 Comments
Junior Lisa Weier is studying in Rome this semester – studying and, of course, checking out the Italian culture and bargaining with street vendors for their wares. In The Scroll today, read about her adventure in buying a scarf.
Back to Her Rural Roots
21 Feb 2013 by Mary R. Fisher / No Comments
For Kristi Schlosser Carlson ’06, a degree from the University of St. Thomas School of Law combined her family background and her passions with a satisfying career as general counsel and director of government relations for the North Dakota Farmers Union, a grassroots organization driven by its members to advocate for family farmers.
Eyo Ekpo Voted 2013 Tommie Award Recipient
19 Feb 2013 by Student Affairs / No Comments
With the exception of 1945 and 1946, the Tommie Award has been presented annually since 1931 to a St. Thomas senior.
Hooked
18 Feb 2013 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
Michaela Anderson ’15 is ready to show the fishing world that success on the water has no gender bias.
Welcome, President-Elect Sullivan
14 Feb 2013 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
The St. Thomas Board of Trustees elected Dr. Julie Sullivan, executive vice president and provost of the University of San Diego, as the first woman and the first lay person to serve as president of the University of St. Thomas in its 128-year history.
The Weigh-In: Joseph Ratzinger’s Lasting Legacy as the ‘Scholar Pope’
13 Feb 2013 by Don Briel, Ph.D. / No Comments
Pope Benedict XVI maintained a calm and prayerful expression of the papacy in a time of extraordinary turbulence, a time for which in some ways he was ill-equipped to respond but in other ways for which his papacy has been uniquely providential. We asked Don Briel to reflect on Benedict’s legacy.
Sugarhouse: Turning the Neighborhood Crack House Into our Home Sweet Home.
11 Feb 2013 by Dr. Matthew Batt / No Comments
Author and assistant professor of English Matt Batt offers an excerpt from his debut book, Sugarhouse, and answers a few questions about his writing.
The Fastest Game on Ice
06 Feb 2013 by Valerie Turgeon '13 / No Comments
University of St. Thomas alum Jon Palmeri ’07 straps on his skates for Red Bull Crashed Ice, a competition that makes the X-Games look like a kiddie ride.
Final Thoughts: The Importance of National Championships
01 Feb 2013 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
I will never forget the looks on the faces of three St. Thomas coaches when their teams won national championships.
Post-Election Reflections on Civility
28 Jan 2013 by Father Dennis Dease, president / No Comments
One evening, I noticed a framed photo of the late Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic. He’s standing next to a painting depicting a Gospel writer with an angel whispering in his ear. Havel, with a sheepish grin, is cupping his ear as if to eavesdrop for a little “inspiration.”
St. Thomas Dance Team Earns Sixth National Championship
20 Jan 2013 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
The Tommie dancers finished in first place in the Open Jazz Division at UDA College Nationals in Orlando, Fla., earning its sixth national championship since 2007 and its first back-to-back win in the jazz category.
Depth of Field: Black and White World
17 Jan 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / 2 Comments
The first “real” photos I took, with even a bit of photo knowledge in my head, were on T-Max 400 black and white film for The Aquin and The Aquinas yearbook. For the next three years black and white was all I shot as I learned how not to make a complete fool of myself with a camera.
Happy First Birthday, Anderson Student Center!
11 Jan 2013 by Anderson Student Center / No Comments
Celebrate on Thursday, Jan. 17, with free pizza and cake. Donations of children’s toys for those 3 to 12 years old will be accepted to support a Cheerful Givers nonprofit collection for children whose families can’t afford birthday celebrations.
Glenn Caruso ‘Three-Peats’ as Liberty Mutual National Coach of the Year
07 Jan 2013 by Gene McGivern / No Comments
St. Thomas head football coach Glenn Caruso was introduced in Miami on Jan. 7 as the first three-time recipient in the seven-year history of the elite national Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year program. He also was named Division III National Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA) on Jan. 8. The elite award is voted on by fellow Division III coaches.
Depth of Field: Photo Services’ Best Photos of 2012
19 Dec 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Simple blades of prairie grass silhouetted in the moments before night. The exultation of an improbable victory. A firm touch as a final goodbye. We’ve picked these moments, and the others you see here, from the more than 5,000 we collected in 2012 as our best of the year.
The Weigh-In: Beyond Grief at Sandy Hook
17 Dec 2012 by Bruce Kramer, Ph.D. / 4 Comments
After the killing of so many children and their teachers, our human journey is at a crossroads where our intentions – beautiful and transcendent, compassionate and caring, loving and forgiving, intelligent and thoughtful – continue to retreat in confusion and horror from the enormous evil we can and will inflict upon one another. For Bruce Kramer, Sandy Hook is personal.
Tommies Fall to Mount Union in D3 Football National Championship
14 Dec 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / 2 Comments
St. Thomas’ bid for a national football championship ended Friday night with a 28-10 loss to Mount Union in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.
Kristine Wammer and Her Students Take on a Major Source of Environmental Pollutants
14 Dec 2012 by Kristine Wammer / No Comments
Chemistry professor Kristine Wammer studies the effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment. “I am a ‘farm kid.’ I grew up on a corn and soybean farm in southern Minnesota that truly was the middle of nowhere, with the nearest town (Butternut) having a population that hovered around a dozen. Having no kids nearby meant that my brother Todd and I had to come up with creative – if slightly dangerous – ways to entertain ourselves.”