Picture this – you find the perfect holiday gift for a loved one. You’ve looked for weeks, scouring the internet, calling stores, and you find it. You get to the checkout, pull out your card, and—you realize you spent the last of your savings on dinner last night.
Eliza Smith is a freshman at Saint Leo University majoring in nursing; however, she is not only pursuing a bachelor’s degree. Smith is on a mission to use her talents and gifts to educate and entertain people of all ages.
For many across the nation, Thanksgiving is the one time of year for friends and family to pause, set aside life’s everyday problems, distractions, and intrusions. It also gives people a chance to gather with family and friends, as well as reflect on what truly matters while enjoying a great meal.
Diwali, otherwise known as the Festival of Lights, is a five-day-long celebration of good over evil and light over darkness. It is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. This year, Diwali festivities ran from Monday, Oct. 24 to Friday, Oct. 28. However, Saint Leo University and the Indian Student Association held their Diwali event on Oct. 24.
Alternative R&B artist Steve Lacy came out with his newest album Gemini Rights in July of this year, but it’s still a staple in many listeners’ playlists. Gemini Rights deals with the duality of his personality and includes some of the biggest hits from last summer.
Saint Leo University first opened its doors to students in 1890 and was Florida’s first-ever Catholic institution. Because of its historic past, there are different stories about what could have occurred in the past hundred or so years… specifically, ghostly activity on campus and beyond.
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.
