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The photos below are from a recent Sophomore Natural Science Class, taught by Dr. Sean Collins. “We had just finished reading Pascal’s treatise ‘On the Weight of the Air,’ in which he disproves the age-old claim that ‘nature abhors a vacuum,’” Dr. Collins explains. “He shows that all the phenomena attributed to ‘nature’s abhorrence’ of a vacuum can be much better explained by the weight of the atmosphere. So we did an experiment to replicate Pascal’s observation that the weight of the atmosphere will hold water in a plastic tube up to a height of about 29 feet, but not higher.”

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On Friday night, the College hosted the inaugural concert of this year’s St. Vincent DePaul Lecture and Concert Series. Members of the Symbiosis Ensemble played music by Mozart and Haydn in St. Joseph Commons. After the concert, the annual Students vs. Tutors game of Trivial Pursuit took place in the Dumb Ox Café.

Posted: September 16, 2013

Members of the Sophomore Class have helped to revive a longstanding campus tradition, the Family Rosary. Every night at 9:15, students join Head Chaplain Rev. Joseph Illo in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel to pray for the entire Thomas Aquinas College “family” and its members’ intentions.

Last night, however, on the 12th anniversary of 9-11, students prayed for the wellbeing of their country in what was billed as a “Rosary for the Nation.” They prayed for the victims of 9-11, for the future of the United States, and for peace in our world.

Each fall the sophomores, juniors, and seniors take turns hosting welcome events for the new freshman class. This past weekend, the sophomores got the ball rolling, throwing a “Roaring 20s” dance in St. Joseph Commons:

Next weekend, the juniors will take their turn ...

Posted: September 9, 2013

On Monday, August 26, 2013, a record 103 students from across the country and abroad matriculated as freshmen at Thomas Aquinas College — the Class of 2017.

Among the various orientation events this past weekend, freshmen enjoyed a series of ice-breakers on the academic quadrangle:

Afterward, the new students enjoyed a chance to get to know each other at a the casual social:

Posted: August 26, 2013

Photos from this morning’s Orientation meeting for members of the Class of 2017:

Posted: August 23, 2013