While starting college is a new and exciting experience for incoming students, it is natural for them to be concerned about challenging classes, costs, time management, living away from home, meeting new people, and living a different lifestyle.
I am an international student from Scotland studying a sports MBA at Saint Leo University. When I moved to Florida, it was my first time being in the United States, so, unsurprisingly, I had a lot of questions. There were so many cultural shocks and everything was very different, but it was so exciting!
The Lions’ Pride Media Group’s graduating seniors — Alora Peters (Editor-in-Chief), Ryn Williams (Layout Editor), Arthur Cosson (Social Media Manager), Emmalee Welch (Staff Writer), and Jacob Onken (Staff Writer) — share parting words of advice and reflect on their Saint Leo experience.
As a commuter, it can be difficult to find ways to get involved on campus. So, let’s explore and highlight some ways that show commuting students can still partake in the same activities as on-campus students.
You have probably heard the question “What is your zodiac sign?” when meeting someone for the first time, right? Sometimes people get so excited about it that they assume they already know you and all your personality traits by only knowing your sign. But do zodiac signs really define people?
The sun has barely risen and I’m already twisting my straw around a Panera charged lemonade, sucking down 390mg of caffeine. I’m driving down the road, eyes burning, a yawn cresting my face. It’s a vicious cycle.
COVID-19 brought a lot of things. It brought a new look on health care and safety, it brought mandatory face masks, but it also brought a lot of changes in the way programs – including The Lions’ Pride Media Group – were run at Saint Leo University.
Black History Month is celebrated every February by millions across the United States of America. One of the most important reasons to celebrate Black History Month is that it promotes diversity. This speaks to the fact that we are all different, and all have something to contribute to our countries.
It is commonly known that February is the month of love, but it also is the month of a very different, but no less important, sort of love—National Library Lovers Month! In today’s fast paced world, let’s face it—libraries are overlooked. People seem to care less and less about books and more and more about, well, anything else.
As we crawl closer to Feb. 14, the closer we are to bitter singletons saying things like ‘Valentine’s Day is overrated’ or ‘love isn’t real’. But is that really the truth? Is Valentine’s Day a shallow, consumerism-driven holiday filled with nothing but candy and cookie-cutter, pre-packaged and disposable displays of love?
