ST. PAUL, Minn. — Doors open for Beach Night with a feels-like temperature of 7 degrees and purple aloha shirts for the first 250 students through — a true commitment to the bit. But the party is on inside, already. Crudites and chicken skewers are disappearing apace; an open bar is working like a bug light. Decades of St. Thomas men’s basketball alums are filing into a private reception, sorting through rosters and info sheets for a soon-to-open $175 million arena, warming up the space for one of their own.
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Johnny Tauer, Ph.D., walks in at 6:26 p.m. The four-shot almond milk latte in his right hand tracks.
Five years ago,
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