BY GREG ROBINSON
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
The Student Government Union and finance committee are finishing up for the year, and a few big decisions have been made. SGU voted to use some of the surplus funds in the student activities budget to help finance the new business center.
David Ostrander, Vice President for University advancement, made a [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
Mama earth has been blown up, frostbitten, suffocated, dehydrated, drowned, melted, stepped on each day by billions, and keeps on turning; so why not give her a break?
So there is this seeming “fad” going around. People all over are telling one another to “go green” and “save the environment.” These [...]

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BY JESSICA PALL
Lions’ Pride Sports Editor

On April 8, a small group of Saint Leo students looking to learn information about furthering their education with graduate, medical, or law schools, came together for an hour and participated in a workshop designed to help them understand the requirements for application and what admission officers are looking for.
Sponsored [...]

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BY MINDY PIERCE
Lions’ Pride Sports Editor
The Pacioli Accounting Club hasn’t been around for long, but is making its own path in the Saint Leo community of clubs on campus. The club was just recently approved by the University’s Student Government Union (SGU) at the end of the first semester, but has some big plans [...]

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BY JORDAN COATES
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
The library is full, the coffee is flowing, stress is building, and the sleepiness is not from a night on the town. Graduation is right around the corner.
Now that the end of the year has come, it is time to write those final papers, make summer plans, and plan [...]

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BY COLLEEN SHANAHAN
Lions’ Pride Online Editor

On April 4, 2010, I woke up at 11:30pm at night after attempting to fall asleep at 9:00pm. It wasn’t the most pleasant night’s sleep, but at least I caught some sleep. After all, I was about to embark on a journey to outer space that wouldn’t be over until [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Assistant Layout Editor
When Senior Colleen Shanahan graduates, she will have left a unique imprint on many organizations.
She is an intelligent and talented young woman who has excelled in academic and extracurricular activities throughout her four years at Saint Leo University. Shanahan is an english major with a specialty in creative [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

Under this controversial health care plan 95 percent of Americans  will be covered for health insurance. This question is: how is this possible?
According to the White House’s website, health insurance is now more affordable by creating the largest middle class tax cut that America’s health care has ever seen. The [...]

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BY JESSICA PALL
Lions’ Pride Sports Editor
On April 15, students, faculty, and attending public will come together for Academic Excellence Day and learn about the projects and accomplishments of Saint Leo students.
“Overall, Academic Day is an opportunity for students to support each other, learn what their peers are working on,” Dr. Spoto said, “and to celebrate [...]

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BY JORDAN COATES
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
Fellowship and worship is thriving within the walls of Saint Leo’s resident halls as students come together to make up the ministry called “The Quest.”
“The Quest” is a student run ministry. The ministry has been around for about ten years, formally known as the “Lighthouse.” The “Lighthouse” started as a [...]

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BY COLLEEN SHANAHAN
Lions’ Pride Online Editor
Now, this reporter knows you have heard it all before: “Click here to claim your FREE LAPTOP, Congratulations, you are the thousandth visitor to our site click here to claim your prize, Like X store? claim your gift card here!” Everyone knows that nine out of ten of these sites [...]

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BY LINDSAY RENNER
Lions’ Pride Entertainment Editor
One of Saint Leo’s many charitable organizations, Students Engaged in Rewarding Volunteer Experiences, better known as SERVE, recently sent a group of 15 students and faculty to San Jose, Costa Rica. The expedition was Saint Leo’s first time organizing a trip of this nature through an outside organization, and proved [...]

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BY CARSON HOLTON
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
Why have the water fountains in Crawford and St. Edward’s Hall been replaced by five-gallon water jugs?
The pipes in these buildings and also the Abbey exceeded the lead action level that is designated and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In other words, the water in these buildings may [...]

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BY DANA JENNINGS
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

At Saint Leo University, safety is something that most students take for granted and believe is inherent at such a close-knit campus. Recent events that are still being investigated at the time of this article’s writing show that the Saint Leo community is not removed from danger and violence.
Students [...]

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BY JESS O’KEEFE
Lions’ Pride Assistant Editor
During the fall semester alone there have been four significant earthquakes, three of them occurring in the last month alone.
The first of these, is the 7.0 earthquake that shook Haiti in the beginning of January, sadly killing 200,000 people. Then Japan, on February 26th was hit with a 7.0 [...]

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BY MARY F. CHUHINKO
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
Sophomore, Nicole Parisi is organizing a bone marrow drive to help Jackson, a little boy from Tampa, who was forced to spend his 1st birthday in the hospital. Jackson has a rare disease with his immune system called CGD. He is on 8 different medications a day which he [...]

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BY SUMIRA SALIM
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

Project Prom is AST idea to help Pasco High School female students obtain the prom dress of their dreams, for not everyone has the funds to buy a dress.
This idea was contrived by combining all the talents the AST members have. After talking to Pasco High School, they were informed [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Assistant Layout Editor

Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated by many with green clothing, golden coins, and Irish goodies, but who was this mysterious Saint Patrick and what did he do?
Although children all over celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in their schools by wearing green and awaiting a trip from a leprechaun bearing gifts, [...]

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BY LEAH HOLLINGSWORTH
Lions’ Pride Staff writer

As tuition rises, money management becomes more important.
“It’s all about making choices,” Student Financial Services employee Andrew Strazi said. In order to keep on top of tuition, spending must be cut, saving increased, and budgets and journals constructed.
College students spend over two hundred dollars per [...]

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BY JESSICA PALL AND MINDY PIERCE
Lions’ Pride Sports Editor
It was September 30, 2009, and the car pedal was stuck to the floor mat causing the Lexus to accelerate and remain at a speed of 120 mph before crashing at the end of the freeway. A 911 call made by an off-duty state trooper frantically asking [...]

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BY KRISTIN BRITTAIN
Lions’ Pride Editor in Chief
Good news for current and former students, President Obama promises to make school a lot more affordable for students currently enrolled in college and for recent graduates paying back student loans.
College costs have grown nearly 40 percent over the last five years. 60 percent of all college graduates will [...]

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BY COLLIN GOOD AND
JESSICA OKEEFE
Lions’ Pride Editors
The evening of February 9, 2010 produced an event unparalleled in Saint Leo history – a political rally for President Abraham Lincoln.
The Saint Leo University Distinguished Speaker Series brought actor Jim Getty, widely known for his impressive portrayal of America’s 16th President, to the Greenfielder – Denlinger Boardrooms. Members [...]

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BY COLLEEN SHANAHAN
Lions’ Pride Online Editor
A chocolate fountain with strawberries and bananas. Servers bringing out chocolate filled trays for the picking. Goodie bags. Coffee. Cupcakes. Music. Sound like an amazing dream? This was real life at the Honors Program Chocolate Tasting on Saturday February 13.
The event was by invitation only and put on by [...]

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BY JORDAN COATES
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

Whether it is a time for relaxation, fun in the sun, or a trip home to see the family, spring break is right around the corner.
Spring break is a long celebrated and desired vacation from school and work. Originally, at the end of World War II, Fort Lauderdale, Florida was [...]

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BY EDGARD OLIVA
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
It’s the start of a new year and many games have come out in the last two months leaving many gamers excited and anticipating.
In the month of March, there are three games that people have been waiting for ever since their latest version of the game came out, one [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Assistant Layout Editor
The Valentine’s Day movie is a circus of A-list celebrities wrapped in a chocolate covered bow.
Valentine’s Day centers on the lives of a variety of people on the holiday of the same name. It depicts different types of love ranging from a school boy crush to high school sweethearts [...]

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BY DANA JENNINGS
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer

The Saint Leo University Quiz Bowl team went to North Georgia College & State University to compete in a tournament with 13 other college teams including Clemson University, Florida State University and the University of South Carolina. Led by their coach, Saint Leo University Psychology Chair Dr. Kevin Kieffer [...]

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Surprising Weather Shifts from Coast to Coast
BY YESENIA RIVERA
Lions’ Pride Staff Writer
Across the US, 2010 has been ushered in by a spell of extreme weather that is hitting from the West coast to the East coast. Weather reports from the Upper East coast-specifically New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and parts of Rhode Island, [...]

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BY CHERALYN BARRINGTON
Lions’ Pride Assistant Layout Editor
“We’ve gone through a very difficult year, but I have great optimism that we have begun to dig ourselves out of this hole,” said Obama.
“We are going to start building a new high-speed rail line right here in Tampa, building for the future, putting people to work,” he told [...]

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JORDAN COATES
Lions’ Pride Staff Wrtier

As graduation becomes part of the near future, two things come to many seniors’ minds: one, their future career, and two, having something to show for their past four years at college. Fear not graduates; Saint Leo is here to help. Dr. Patrick Draves and others have created a Saint Leo [...]

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