October is nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer forms in the cells of the breasts of both women and, rarely, men. According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime. Next year, new breast cancer diagnoses are expected to number more than 200,000 for women and more than 2,000 for men.
Alarms were set for 12a.m. Pajama parties were held. Social media was raging. Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift watched as the affectionately coined “Swifties” lost their minds over her brand-new tenth studio album, Midnights. Millions enthusiastically canceled their plans on Oct. 21, 2022, to listen to Midnights at, you guessed it, midnight.
National Arts and Humanities Month is an annual celebration held every October that celebrates the different kinds of arts. Those arts include writing, painting, dancing, and many other unique forms of expressing creativity. One of these forms of creativity is theatre, a performance art where characters, played by actors, perform in front of a live audience. Saint Leo University is home to a chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, better known as the National Theatre Honor Society.
Every day at Saint Leo University, students can be seen on their way to class with their essentials: their backpacks, phones, and a cup of coffee to start the day off right. At the beginning of October, we celebrated International Coffee Day. Since then, people from all over the world have celebrated by enjoying the popular beverage and sharing it on social media.
When Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray was published at the end of the nineteenth century, it caused an uproar amongst society.
October is ADHD Awareness Month, and some Saint Leo University faculty and students shared their perspectives on the disorder to help educate the community. Continue reading to learn more about this condition and how you can help those who have it!
The month of October is all about being spooky. However, nothing says “Halloween” quite like candy! The Lions’ Pride Media Group was curious as to what Halloween candy students liked the most—so, they went around campus and asked!
According to G&R independent research, eight in ten Americans worry about violence. Every year on Sept 26, situational awareness is promoted through different platforms. During this year’s national situational awareness day, safety tips are shared in order to raise awareness of security and well-being. To learn more about personal safety, numerous resources are available at the end of this article.
From Sept 17 to Sept 24, 2022, the Dade City Center for the Arts hosted their annual Art Walk, which featured 22 local businesses and artists presenting their work to the community. The walk’s main objective was to educate people on the artistic environment, local history, and personalities that dwell in Dade City.
On September 8, almost a week before I left for my program abroad, I learned that Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom had passed away. The day after the queen’s passing, my host university reached out to all of the students informing us of how this event would affect our first few days on campus.
