The new business center is proceeding according to schedule; in fact, it is slightly ahead. The construction is one day ahead of the tentative timeline needed to open it on time. The walls for the first floor are nearly complete, and a crew is working on some interior work for the first floor while the other floors are being constructed.
He describes himself as a “Jack of all trades,” working at the University of Texas for 30 years before retiring. Others describe him as a “prolific writer and wonderful person.” Indeed, one may argue that Dave Oliphant has an impressive repertoire. Mr. Oliphant has been a poet, translator, publisher and teacher.
The Saint Leo Radio, WSLU, is going on two and a half years of air time, but most of that air time has been spent on the web. Shows include: Tolken Power Hour, The Asylum, Saint Leo Sports, The Appetizer, The Warehouse, The Breakdown, The Wasteland, BOSS Radio, and The Waterpipe. Radio personalities include: Tolken, Chris, Christina, J-Rod, Justin, Joe, Brittany, Britton, DJ Inferno and DJ Mars.
Saint Leo University will commemorate Veterans Day, Nov. 11 with an observance to be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Student Community Center according to the University Communications.
Chelsea DeVries is a 19 year old Saint Leo University student and has already written ten novels, two of which have been published. She is majoring in accounting and is getting her minor inwriting. This reporter interviewed DeVries to get a closer look at her book writing experiences.
Back in 2007, Sheldon Jackson College, located in Sitka, Alaska, was shut down due to low enrollment and lack of funding. Since that time, John Peterson, science professor at Saint Leo since 2001, intends to take a group of students from Saint Leo to help volunteer and revitalize the once prestigious college.
Getting a balanced diet is crucial for any college student, but balancing class work, practice for about 18 or more hours a week, and somewhat of a social life is nonexistent without the proper nutrition Not getting the proper nutrition can go a number of ways, so the purpose of the speaker was to give the correct information to all Saint Leo student athletes and to make informative decisions about eating correctly.
That is what Saint Leo senior Oscar Redden proclaimed during his spoken word reading during Tuesday’s Open Mic Night. Holding true to Redden’s enthusiastic rap-style poem, expression was something everyone conveyed that night.
Katie Gramlich and her boyfriend, Steve Ferraro, have been battling Steve’s Lymphoma for about a year. She, along with others found a place to fight for the ones they love through the Team in Training. The Team in Training was established a year after Steve’s birth, in 1988 in New York, the very state he grew up in.
With registration for spring 2011 slowly creeping up on the Saint Leo student body, the School of Arts and Science has some new and interesting courses that will be available for next semester.
