The school year of 2012-2013 has just started and the papers and homework are already stacking up nicely. A good place to get those done and help with homework, research, and papers is the Daniel A. Cannon Memorial Library on campus.
It is almost time for elections. Are you ready to make a difference? Political advertisements, interviews, and speeches are being publicized in the favor of each candidate working to earn your trust, or more specifically your vote. But before you can think about who you believe can make a positive change, you must be registered in the state of Florida to vote. For those who are not registered in the state of Florida to vote, there is a simple solution that will have you ready for November 4th, 2012.
As the new year begins and the students begin to settle in to their lives here at Saint Leo University, we look back on the weekend before school where the new students were welcomed with open arms in to their new homes.
For over twenty years, Rock the Vote, a non-partisan voter registration organization, has made its mission to get more young people involved in the political process. Since 2000, Rock the Vote has been using a bus tour equipped with the latest technology and high profile musical acts to do just that. On Tuesday, August 28th, the 2012 Rock the Vote bus tour began at Saint Leo University.
As the semester is coming to a close, some students will be back next semester, but for others, this is the last couple of weeks of their academic careers at Saint Leo University. The Lions’ Pride Newspaper would like to give some of its seniors a spotlight to recognize their accomplishments from their time here at Saint Leo University.
The Saint Leo University dining hall recently opened its doors, figuratively and literally, to a new seating section on Monday, March 26. Overlooking Lake Jovita and the newly-filled-in bowl, there is now outside seating, complete with a canvas tent to protect the users from the elements. Not only does this new “expansion” give the cafeteria the ability to increase its capacity, from 350 to 400, it also allows students to take in the sunny Florida weather.
The Saint Leo University Lions softball team has been swept in two consecutive conference series. The Lions got swept in a three-game series by Nova Southeastern University and followed it up over Easter weekend by getting swept by Florida Tech at home. The losses move the Lions’ record to 17-28 on the year and 2-13 in Sunshine State Conference play. The Lions lost 3-2 and 5-1 on Thursday night and got beat 10-2 on Friday making it their eighth loss in a row.
Bagdad, Fla. native, Bubba Watson, won the 2012 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Ga. which took place from April 5-8. Watson beat South African, Louis Oosthuizen in a two-hole playoff. The pair were tied after both players pared the 18th hole and remained at 10-under. After both pared the 18th again on the first hole of the playoff, on hole No. 10 Watson hit his tee shot well into the woods putting Oosthuizen in a great position to win the hole. But Watson followed up his disastrous tee shot with a brilliant one. With only a narrow window to work in, and his Masters hopes on the line, Watson struck the ball beautifully, hooking it just enough to land it on the green. Oosthuizen then missed a difficult putt that would have saved par, which set up Watson’s eventual tap-in for the win.
Did you ever see a movie and realize that the only reason you went to see it was because it had gnarly actions scenes? While Wrath of the Titans was a good action movie, the plot left something to be desired. It is the sequel to Clash of the Titans, an equally horrible movie in terms of plot and character development. While the cast is quite impressive in terms of acting chops, there is not any real acting happening, unless you count fighting with swords acting. The film has very little going for it, but the same cast, plus a few new faces.
On Monday, April 9, the U.S. Poet Laureate for 2011-2012, Philip Levine, visited Saint Leo University to give a poetry reading in the Greenfelder-Denlinger Boardrooms. This event was sponsored by the Department of English, Fine Arts, and the Humanities as well as the Cannon-Memorial Library and Student Services. Members of Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, acted as ushers and greeters.