Last week, a select group of students from the sport business program got the opportunity to travel to New Orleans to see some of the behind-the-scenes preparation for the Super Bowl. On Tuesday morning, six students and Dr. Williamson left Saint Leo and drove seven hours to Louisiana. Upon arrival, the group picked up their credentials and toured New Orleans briefly before their week of work began.
This is the first year head coach Sean O’Connor takes his MLB and all three NCAA divisional experiences to Saint Leo University.
60 years after Watson and Crick’s discovery of the double helix, science is at it again. Researchers from Cambridge University have stumbled upon a new segment of DNA called a G-Quadruplex.
While the nation watched the inauguration of President Obama, a stone’s throw away in Virginia, the Republicans, who controlled a majority of the state’s House of Representatives, passed a bill that would allow their party an advantage in the next presidential election. The bill would change the electoral districts in the state, creating one majority black district but dispersing the black vote in other places. This change would also be coupled with a change in how the state would award its Electoral College votes.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, as the day of love draws nearer, questions such as, who you’re going to be spending it with? , what plans you will be making? are questions that will occupy your mind.
Advertisers such as Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser, AXE, Best Buy, Cars.com, Century 21, Coca-Cola, Doritos, Fiat, Ford/Lincoln, GoDaddy.com, Hyundai, Kia, Kraft’s Mio, Mars, Mercedes-Benz, Milk Processor Education Program, Paramount, PepsiCo, Skechers, SodaStream, Taco bell, Tide (Proctor & Gamble), Toyota, Volkswagon, and Wonderful Pistachios were all featured in between game time. When looking at the list of brands, it is obvious that NBC turned over a big profit for the 2013 year. However, the question still remains, was it worth it?
This past weekend, the Saint Leo University Lions took on Sunshine State Conference Rival Rollins College in a tri-sport showdown. Swimming, Men’s and Women’s Basketball were the three sports and the contests were highly publicized with the Student Government Union sponsoring the Swim Meet with free sunglasses, flip flops and ice cream. At the end of the day, the Rollins Tars were handed four losses as the Lions took them down in each sport with each contest having their own moments of spectale and wonder
In recent years, a new initiative targeted directly at labor unions has taken hold with many states passing a Right to Work Bill. These bills do two critical things to undermine the power that the Unions have: first it removes mandatory dues to the union as a condition of employment by a company, and second it would allow a business to hire a non-union member.
There is a way to take action, stand up, and use your voice for those who cannot by being part of a movement that is appropriately named End It.
Comedy, drama, stars, mental illness, dancing, break-ups, hook-ups, football, the Silver Linings Playbook has this all and more! This is a movie about finding the best things in life, no matter how torn up inside one becomes; there is always a silver lining for that person to discover.