BY KATIE GAISER
Lions’ Pride Layout Editor
“Edges” the musical is not just a typical show with cute dance numbers, creative props, and Broadway tunes. This show is about the lives of four young individuals searching for the answers to questions like “Who am I and who do I want to become?”
As college students on the [...]

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BY MARY F CHUHINKO
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
I sit in the Saint Leo cafeteria. Across from me is one of the Theater department’s veteran stars, Miss Julia Teal, who sits with her hands in her lap and a polite smile across her face. She wears a simple white gypsy blouse hidden underneath is an ink blue [...]

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BY LINDSAY RENNER
Lions’ Pride Entertainment Editor
A popular Saint Leo event, Theta Phi Alpha’s Rock Against Cancer, returned to campus for its third year on Saturday, April 10th. Sponsored by Arizona Peace Tea and Henry C’s in Dade City, the lineup consisted of Connor Zwetsch, a sixteen—year old girl from the Tampa area, Boxer and Clover [...]

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BY JORDAN COATES
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
Georg Buchner’s modernist masterpiece, Woyzeck, was acted within the walls of the Selby Auditorium at Saint Leo University.
Buchner began writing Woyzeck in 1835. He was a 23-year-old German playwright, medical student, and social revolutionary. Buchner died and it is unknown when the final scene was actually written. Four drafts [...]

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BY ANDREW LEVENGOOD
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
On the third Saturday of every April since 2008 ,record stores that sell 50% music retail, are not publicly traded, and have 70% of their stores in the state they originated in, sell special releases from various artists available in no other capacity.
Record Store Day was started on April [...]

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BY JORDAN COATES
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

Photograph by Jordan Coates

The UNTouchables giving an intense performance.

It was as simple as putting pen to paper, words to the microphone, a friendship to a dream, and together expressing themselves through poetry and rhymes to create Saint Leo’s original hip hop group, The UNTouchables.
College for most students is packed with [...]

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BY NICK MOREO
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

The day of May 25, 1996 was a tragic one in the music industry as 28 year old Bradley Nowell, lead singer of Sublime, died of a heroin overdose. Nowell’s death was tragic, and came right before the release of their very successful self-titled album. Bradley Nowell was cremated, and [...]

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BY ANDREW LEVENGOOD
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

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Jimi Hendrix

A new studio album by the enigmatic guitarist Jimi Hendrix is soon to be released despite his death in 1970 due to unexplained circumstances.
Valleys of Neptune will be a sequel to the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s mind-blowing album Electric Ladyland, and will consist of tracks recorded between February and [...]

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BY MARY F. CHUHINKO
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

A Mad Tea Party by Salvador Dali

Original Art work by John Tenniel

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn’t be, and what it wouldn’t be, [...]

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BY ANDREW LEVENGOOD
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

On February 2, Rob Zombie released his first album since 2006’s Educated Horses, Hellbilly Deluxe 2.
Intended as a sequel to 1998’s Hellbilly Deluxe, Rob Zombie’s newest album comes with much anticipation. For the first time, Zombie’s album featured his full touring band; usually Zombie relies on friends and [...]

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BY LINDSAY RENNER
Lions’ Pride Entertainment Editor

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The cast of Jersey Shore

Every so often, there comes a televion show that manages to simultaneously inspire waves of love and disdain, with little grey area. One of the most recent shows to inspire such feelings, and in such a large quantity, is MTV’s Jersey Shore. Similar to many [...]

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BY SUMIRA SALIM
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

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Have students been wanting an iPhone but not willing to change to AT&T? Well, there is talk about Apple breaking its contact with AT&T and partnering with other carriers such as Verizon Wireless within the year.
“I think it’s awesome because people who want an iPhone would rather have Verizon [...]

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BY LEAH HOLLINGSWORTH
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

Photograph by Leah Hollingsworth

Disney Characters Mickey and Minnie looking festive

Kumquats are “any of several small yellow to orange citrus fruits with sweet spongy rind and somewhat acid pulp that are used chiefly for preserves,” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. I’m not sure how I feel about kumquats, but I [...]

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BY LINDSAY RENNER
Lions’ Pride Entertainment Editor

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Marla Singer and the narrator in Fight Club.

I’m the first to admit that when it comes to movies, my taste tends to veer more towards the indie side of the spectrum, and even more towards the violent and existential. However, there is a part of me that can [...]

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By ANDREW LEVENGOOD
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

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Conan O’Brien

After only seven months on the air, Conan O’Brien will no longer host the Tonight Show. After NBC requested O’Brien move the Tonight Show to 12 p.m., half an hour after than its normal 11:30 p.m. slot, in order to boost ratings, Conan refused citing that the [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Assistant Layout Editor

Michael Oher (played by Quinton Aaron) and his adoptive mother Leigh Ann (played by Sandra Bullock) have a touching moment.

The year 2009 brought America many new movies to love, hate, and remember; here is a list of the most memorable.

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BY MARY F. CHUHINKO
Lion’s Pride Staff Writer

Court theater marquee.

Photograph by Mary F. Chuhinko

It was a bitter cold night in New York City. The wind whipped at the people’s faces that stood patiently in line to retrieve their ticket for the preview performance of “A View from the Bridge.” The historic Cort Theater is the home [...]

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BY JORDAN COATES
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
As the clock ticks down before ringing in the New Year, people all around the world anxiously await the upcoming year. Some may be focused on the stigma that how you spend your new years eve is a foreshadow for the upcoming year. Some may be sharing that magical midnight [...]

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BY SUMIRA SALIM
Lions’ Prida Staff Writer

Photograph by Sumira Salim

A shot from the crowd

A Christian concert held every year that has grown to be to one of music’s largest annual tours.
It was held on January 17, 2010 at the St. Pete Times Forum. In past years, Winter Jam was held at the USF sun dome but [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Assistant Layout Editor

With a busy schedule, life can often seem like a juggling act; here are ten ways to simplify things this years.
1)Clean or Organize Personal Space
The saying goes, “cluttered room, cluttered mind.” One thing that often helps people find peace of mind is to de-clutter personal living space by organizing. [...]

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By Cheralyn Barrington
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

Paris is a treat for the eyes, the mouth, and the soul.
The trip I took with Saint Leo over Thanksgiving break to Paris, France, was an experience I could never forget. In Paris I saw the most beautiful cathedrals, architecture, and artwork I could ever have dreamt about. The pastries [...]

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BY ASHLEY STOLLINGS
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

Photograph provided by Amanda Cassar

Cast of Guys and Dolls.

Singing, dancing, laughter and cheers filled the audience as they watched Saint Leo University’s Drama Ministry performance of the Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls.” The production was shown for three days in the Marmion Center where family, friends, and students came to [...]

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BY ANDREW LEVENGOOD
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

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Album Cover

2009 has marked the emergence of some high profile super groups, but no band compares to Them Crooked Vultures. Them Crooked Vultures is made up of Queens of the Stone Age singer/guitarist Josh Homme, Nirvana drummer/Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl, and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones [...]

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BY SUMIRA SALIM
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

Photograph by Sumira Salim

The acapella group performs for the guests of the art show

The art show on Thursday, November 5 was a big success. There were so many people on the main level of St. Edwards’s Hall; it was hard to move about the room. As people walked around looking [...]

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BY CASEY MCKENNA
Lions’ Pride Entertainment Editor
For those who appreciate the wit and humor of Steve Martin, whose movie appearances include Father of the Bride and L.A. Story, his memoir, Born Standing Up, shares the interesting and surprising path that lead Martin to his career in comedy and acting.
Martin shares the story of his constant [...]

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BY LINDSAY RENNER
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
Growing up, many children were read to by their parents at night. One of the most beloved books since its 1963 publication is Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. This classic children’s tale was recently adapted for the big screen by acclaimed author Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze. This [...]

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BY MARY F. CHUHINKO
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

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The winning team of the competition, the Cigar City Mafia.

Saturday October 10, 2009 the United Skates of America in Tampa hosted the 2009 Roller Derby Championship. It was a night of nonstop action as the much anticipated event pitted the SwitchBlade Sisters against the undefeated Black Widows. [...]

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BY ANDREW LEVENGOOD
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

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This fall marked many new releases by rock groups of the past, one of the most notable of these was Alice in Chains new album “Black Gives Way to Blue.” This was to be their first record without original lead singer Layne Staley, who died in 2002 due to [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
A Pretty Much Terrible Tragedy of One Opie Diggs, tells the tale of what would occur had Oedipus Rex lived in modern times and resided in a trailer park.
This play, written and directed by Saint Leo’s professor and theater director, David McGinnis, was witty, humorous and well-performed. The play [...]

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