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The Making of a Spy Catcher
20 Sep 2012 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
When Randy Thysse ’85 was growing up in the Minneapolis working-class suburb of Brooklyn Center, it was suggested that he learn a trade, like neighbors who were plumbers or glaziers, or maybe he could follow in his dad’s footsteps and learn carpet laying.
The trade he settled into, and which he never once considered while growing up, is sometimes called spycraft.
The Community Pays Social Tribute to Monsignor Lavin
17 Sep 2012 by Kate Metzger / 3 Comments
Many community members are taking to social media to pay tribute to Monsignor James Lavin, who died Monday, Sept. 17, at age 93. Read what some of you had to say.
An Apiarist’s Sweet Summer
24 Aug 2012 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
St. Thomas junior Matthew Schmidtbauer is an electrical engineering student with aspirations of someday working for a high-performance electric car manufacturing company. The subjects of his pastime, however, are not motors or revolutions per minute, but tens of thousands of honeybees that he cares for each summer.
Fair Game
21 Aug 2012 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
Jerry Hammer’s earliest recollection of the fair is fleeing from it when he was three years old. “We were watching a [midway attraction] … where a man sits in a cage, and a light bulb above his head turns off. When it turns back on, there [was] a guy in a gorilla suit standing in the cage where the man used to be. I remember looking out the window to see if the gorilla was chasing us home. … My 6-year-old brother [Robert ’74] just laughed.”
Final Thoughts: A Filmmaker’s View
16 Aug 2012 by Brad Jacobsen '86 / No Comments
In 15 years, my work for St. Thomas has taken me around the globe with my camera, lights, microphones and tripod. I never travel light.
An Angel in Africa
07 Jun 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Father Dennis Dease’s magnanimous involvement in Uganda reflects his commitment to the mission of the university
Waiting for Lightning to Strike in Kitembe
07 Jun 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Brian Osende ’10 B.S.M.E., ’11 M.S. returns to Uganda and brings light to his grandparents’ village for the first time
Up Front: A Life of Service
07 Jun 2012 by Fr. Dennis Dease / No Comments
My decision to retire next year didn’t exactly come as a surprise to many colleagues and friends who know where we are in pursuing significant milestones.
Reason for Hope
07 Jun 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
KAMPALA, UGANDA – The miracle workers are busy here these days.
In a former retail storefront on a rut-filled dirt road in Ndejje, a poverty-stricken area southeast of Kampala, the first Hope Medical Clinic opened in November 2007. The sign outside says “Eddwaliro,” Ugandan for “health care,” in bold red letters, and 40 to 50 people show up every month or treatment of malaria, typhoid fever and the flu.
Out of Africa
07 Jun 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Degrees in hand, Ugandan students seek to make an impact in our world
Home and Away
07 Jun 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Sisters Felista and Olivia Mpanga have found comfort and friendship in Minnesota
Trustee Profile: Mark Gregg
07 Jun 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Mark Gregg will never forget the lessons he learned at St. Thomas.
Student > Athlete
01 Mar 2012 by Gene McGivern / No Comments
How do 700 student-athletes find the time?
Student Centered
01 Mar 2012 by St. Thomas Magazine / No Comments
The newly opened Anderson Student Center will offer Tommies a plethora of foods, services, and social activites
This Dorm’s Life
01 Mar 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Ireland Hall and a century of Lavin Burgers, ghosts and snowball fights
Book Excerpt from ‘Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don’t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy’
01 Mar 2012 by James Roberts '82 / No Comments
Why we spend money we don’t have in search of happiness we can’t buy
When Life Gives You Art
01 Mar 2012 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
A young alumna who had career goals of becoming a doctor made an about-face when given a unique opportunity.
Final Thoughts: Welcome, Students
01 Mar 2012 by Mike Orth / No Comments
The new student center is more than just a building
John Abraham Takes a Stand
01 Mar 2012 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
Using science and civility, engineering professor John Abraham calls a climate-change skeptic’s bluff
The Art of Caricature
10 Jan 2011 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
John Kascht draws on truth and exaggeration to capture his subjects
Under the Milky Way
10 Jan 2011 by Gerry Ruch / No Comments
First published images from the new observatory offer "awe-inspiring" view of our universe
Final Thoughts
10 Jan 2011 by John Kascht '83 / No Comments
Can you identify Kascht’s cast of caricatures from the cover of the 1981 Aquinas yearbook?
