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USAF Thunderbirds take the show at Airfest 2011

This year’s Airfest took place at MacDill Air force Base on the weekend of November 5, 2011,featuring the USAF Thunderbirds. With 500,000 people in attendance, the Thunderbirds demonstrated the high degree of skill required to take modern war-fighting crafts into battle. Mock battles were performed overhead, and while the aircraft flew near Mach speeds towards each other, spectators watched as the planes maneuvered sideways and upside down in order to avoid collision.

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Anonymous: Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

Over centuries, one issue within the literary world has sparked speculation and intrigue from academics and non-academics alike: did Shakespeare indeed author the plays that were credited to him?

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PROGRESSIVE BLACK MEN, INC. DRESS FOR SUCCESS

On October 20, 2012, Progressive Black Men, Inc. held a presentation on how to “Dress for Success.” Although the title of the presentation was “Dress for Success,” the message was that it takes more than just looking the part in order to be successful. Walkens “Ken” Lallemand, President of Progressive Black Men, Inc. introduced Mr. Reggie Hill, Director of Recruitment, as guest speaker. Hill told the crowd that in order to be successful, one must do more than what an average person would do. Hill outlined four major rules that he noticed that successful people following, and says that he leads his life around them and if one desires success, these rules should be your starting point.

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First Thursdays Event in Downtown Dade City

As a part of an initiative to bring Saint Leo to Dade City and the community of Dade City to Saint Leo First Thursdays was created to show students what Dade City has to offer. There has been discussion over making street signs with the name Lion Country of Field of Pride to integrate Saint Leo into Dade City. Saint Leo students are being encouraged to explore Dade City more and the community is being encouraged to come to public speaker series on campus and athletic events.

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Uncertain Future for Libya following Gadhafi’s Death

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, better known as Muammar Gadhafi, the ousted dictator of Libya, was killed in a violent gun battle between the National Transition Council of Libya and supporters of the fallen regime. Gadhafi’s death brought an end to a forty-year reign of oppression and terror, and ushered in unprecedented rejoicing throughout the nation of Libya.

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Getting pre-“Occupy”ed: The art of the 21st century protest

As a college student, the tradition dictates that I should be broke beyond all measures of sanity and reasonability, and I certainly am. I make a salary that is firmly planted in the single digits, as this is all that’s really available to me, given my age and status as a full-time college student. When I graduate, I will likely end up for a time among what the New York Times cites as the 25% of Humanities majors who find themselves unemployed, or even potentially among those 29.4% who have found themselves working a job they could have held without obtaining a degree, which will undoubtedly leave me questioning my decision to attend a university at all. My student loans are many and only grow the longer I stay in school. My future, in short, is debt-ridden and uncertain.

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The Occupy Movement: A Look at the Discontent of America

The opening line of the declaration reads as follows, and in some ways, says it all: “As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.”

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Not Just Snakes

Every year in October, Dade City’s annual Rattlesnake Festival takes place. This year, the festivities were as grand and unique as ever, boasting food, vendors, and entertainment.

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Early-Voting Shuffle Could Push Republican Primaries into December

The Florida Republican Party has decided that they will move their 2012 presidential primary on Jan. 31 ahead of the Iowa primary, which is traditionally one of the first in the nation. This was followed up by Nevada declaring their primary for Jan. 14, as well as South Carolina rescheduling for Jan. 21, throwing the Republican Party into complete disarray.

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