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Inspired by a classic scene from Chariots of Fire — in which Harold Abrahams successfully completes Cambridge University’s Trinity Great Court Run before the King’s Gate Clock strikes 12 — the students of Thomas Aquinas College staged their own quad run this past weekend.

Eleven women and 23 men took turns, during which they sprinted, in pairs, a clockwise course around the academic quadrangle, beginning and ending by St. Bernardine of Siena Library.

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The slideshow below features photos from Tuesday’s championship intramural game, in which the team captained by Brian Schardt (’16) triumphed in close, hard-fought battle:

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The Supreme Court of the United States has granted a writ of certiorari to Thomas Aquinas College’s challenge of the HHS contraceptive mandate.

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At their Friday, November 6, conference, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will consider Thomas Aquinas College’s petition for a writ of certiorari in its challenge of the HHS contraception mandate. The justices will also consider other lawsuits against the mandate, which seeks to compel Catholic religious institutions to facilitate free contraceptive, abortifacient, and sterilization coverage for their employees.

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The Supreme Court of the United States has granted a writ of certiorari to Thomas Aquinas College’s challenge of the HHS contraceptive mandate.

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At their Friday, November 6, conference, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will consider Thomas Aquinas College’s petition for a writ of certiorari in its challenge of the HHS contraception mandate. The justices will also consider other lawsuits against the mandate, which seeks to compel Catholic religious institutions to facilitate free contraceptive, abortifacient, and sterilization coverage for their employees.

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On Saturday night the Sophomore Class hosted the 2015 Halloween Dance in St. Joseph Commons — an evening of costumes, skits, and dancing. See photos below:

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In anticipation of Saturday’s Halloween Dance, students gathered in the campus coffee shop on Wednesday evening to carve pumpkins. Photos below:

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“The Entropy Players,” an auxiliary of Thomas Aquinas College’s St. Genesius Players, staged an informal production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest on Saturday night. The performance — which starred four seniors, Jon Turrentine as Jack Worthing, Sean Donnelly as Algernon Mocrieff, Gianna Coccia as Gwendolyn Fairfax, and Gabrielle Buonocore as Cecily Cardew — took place on the lawn of the Doheny Hacienda, the official residence of Thomas Aquinas College’s president.