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Students demonstrate SLU core values on MLK dayBy Annie Hayes

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This year ’s MartinLuther King Jr. dayallowed the Saint Leocommunity toexperiencecommunity serviceand the school’scommitment totolerance.

Students andfaculty packagedmeals for over100,000 needychildren, witnessed apresentation on truehate crime stories andhow to prevent themfrom ever happeningon our campus, and astatue was dedicatedto the university’s firstblack student.

The first part ofthe day focused onthe present need forfood. From 10 a.m. to2 p.m. students andfaculty participated ina Feeding ChildrenEverywhere event inwhich they sorted andpackaged food forhungry children.Teams of students andfaculty membersworked in anassembly linemeasuring ingredientsand putting them inbags to be shipped offto Nicaragua. Fromthe start it was “reallywell-organized andeasy, like a well oiledmachine,” accordingto Junior ShannonWerner.

The goal was tomake 100,000 mealsfor needy childrenacross the country.Although this mayhave seemed like atall order, half waythrough the dayJennifer Moralesexplained,“everything’s goinggreat, we’ve met ourgoal before, and we’lldo it again.” Sureenough thecommunity reachedthat goal as expected.

The next part ofthe day centeredaround how students

can prevent hatecrimes from everhappening on thiscampus. At 3 p.m.speaker Brent Scarpopresented his awardwinning documentaryJourney to a Hate FreeMillennium. This filmhighlights famoushate crimes fromColumbine HighSchool to the beatingdeath of MatthewShephard, a gaycollege student.Scarpo admits thathe’s “preaching to thechoir,” about hatecrimes, “but even thechoir needs to gettogether andrehearse.”

Scarpo’sdocumentary mayhave focused on thecrimes and those

affected, but the mostmoving part thattouched him indiscussing the filmafterwards was whenpeople of all races andbackgrounds dressedup as angels to faceanti-gay protesters atMatthew Shepard’sfuneral. He called onall in attendance to belike those angels andfight to end hatred inour community.

Finally the last partof the day was abouthow Saint LeoUniversity has been aproponent of racialequality since its earlydays. At 4:30 p.m. astatue titled “A Spiritof Belonging,” whichcommemorates SaintLeo College’sadmission of its first

black student, wasdedicated. Dr, Kirkled the dedication.

“The student,Rudolph Antorcha,was accepted in 1898when Jim Crow Lawsstill prohibitedintegration of schoolsin Florida. Whilethere is no way toprove that Antorchawas the first blackstudent to attend awhite college inFlorida, he wasprobably one of firstfew.” said LuciaRaatma of UniversityCommunications.

The statue willreside in thecourtyard ofApartments 5 and 6.It was created byStephen Dickey aprominent Tampaartist, and he waspresent at thededication. Dickeysays he had to makethe statue “with thespirit of Rudolph inmind” because therewere no pictures ofhim.

Finally JohnJeffery, a junior andmember of Alpha PhiAlpha, closed theceremony with thewords “long live thedream.” Alpha PhiAlpha was thefraternity MartinLuther King was amember of, and they,along with the rest ofthe universitycommunity, arededicated to fulfillingDr. King’s dream of ahate-free future.

In just one day atthis campus, therelatively small SaintLeo community wasable to package over100,000 meals forneedy children, figureout ways to preventhate crimes from everhappening oncampus, and dedicatea statue to thisinstitution’s firstblack student 67years before schoolswere desegregated.

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process Ghana and U.S.

inaugeration

Page 4Gatheringtextbooks

Legislation

Page 5100 days ofgraduation

MLK day pictures

Page 6 Millitary film

seriesFeeding children

everywhere

Page 7Superbowl survey

Comic strip

Page 8Har-Bowlsuperbowl

Randall Rolling

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“Long live the dream.”- John Jeffery, student.

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The RA interview process: Do’s and Dont’s

The process tobecome a ResidentAssistant (RA) is onethat has multiplesteps and requirescandidates to showto the Residence Lifestaff why they feelthat they are the bestperson for the job.As someone who hasapplied for the job inthe past, I foundseveral do’s anddon’ts that acandidate shouldconsider when goingthrough the processof becoming an RA.

First, the processitself is one that thecandidates should befamiliar with.Candidates mustcomplete anapplication online atwww.saintleo.jobs.The staff screensthose candidates andselectsapproximately 60-80candidates for thegroup round thattakes place over 2-3nights a few weekslater. They then splitthose candidates intogroups of 5 to 6 andask them toparticipate in a nightof group activities inthe apartment fourlounges. CurrentRAs will screen theseapplicants and thenrecommend to thestaff who shouldmove on to the

individual round.The fourty or soselected will moveon to the final roundin which they areinterviewed by afull-time staffmember and 2-3current RAs. Thenthe staff will selectwhich candidateswill be offered theposition.

I went throughthe process threetimes, with twotimes advancing tothe final round, onetime making it to thegroup round.Although I was notselected for the job, Iwas given a lot ofpractice on how tohandle myself in agroup setting andhow to answerquestions and giveproper answersduring an interview.Below are some Do’sand Don’ts for allthree rounds of theRA process:

The Application:Do’s and Don’ts:

DO be honestand forthcomingwith yourapplication. It showsthe staff that you areserious and that youtakes very seriously.

DO include acorrect and up-to-date resume andcover letter.

DO includeproper contactinformation andseveral ways to reachyou.

DON’T have anyspelling, grammaticalor punctuation errors.

DON’T forget tofill out all parts of theapplication

DON’T lie on anapplication. Don’tover-inflate yourresume or try to lieabout anything you’veaccomplished. It willcome back to hauntyou and it is nevergood to lie on a jobapplication.

The Group Round:Do’s and Don’ts:

DO talk to yourgroup and get toknow each other. Youwill all play a role inensuring that thegroup works well andthat you will bejudged not only as anindividual but as agroup.

DO work togetheron the tasks ahead.Make sure everyonehas a say in decisionsor in making a plan.

DO make a goodimpression. Dress toimpress and makesure to stand out forthe right reasons.Make sure you arepolite, proper andprofessional to thosewho are scoring you.

DON’T becomebossy or rude. Whenin group postions,some people willassume leadershiproles and will want tolead. That is fine andencouraged but don’tbecome a leader thatis bossy and does not

listen to others. Thiswas a mistake I mademy first timeapplying. I was soworried aboutimpressing the RAsthat I literally talkedover everyone andonly focused on me.That will show thatyou are not maturefor the position andwill not be a teamplayer.

DON’T talk backto anyone or be rude.Treat others the wayyou would want to betreated and if you arerude or interruptsomeone, make sureto apologize and tosay “excuse me.”

DON’T forget tosay thank you and becourteous to everyonein the process.Showing that givesthe impression ofprofessionalism, classand maturity.

The FinalInterview: Do’s andDon’ts

DO show up 10-15minutes early to thefinal interview. Notonly are you notrushed, but it showsyou are serious aboutthe position.

DO greet eachinterviewer. Smile,shake their hand andintroduce yourself.

DO answerhonestly andtruthfully to theirquestions.

DO take a secondor two to think beforeyou answer their

questions. They maygive you scenarios orquestions that mayrequire a detailedand thought outanswer. Don’t beafraid to take a fewseconds to think ofan answer beforeresponding. Makesure you answertheir questioncompletely.

DON’T be afraidto ask questions! Ifyou are confused orneed clarification,simply ask theinterviewer to clarify.

DON’T use it as atime to rant about acertain policy or acertain rule. This isnot the time or placefor it. They may askyou what you wouldchange about SaintLeo or a rule orpolicy that youwould like to see.Don’t make itpersonal, make itprofessional.

The applicationopens up onFebruary 1st. Goodluck to everyonewho applies andmaybe you could bethe next ResidentAssistant at SaintLeo University!

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By Ashley Reynolds

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RA selectionprocess rightaround the corner

Strong sense ofcommunity, studentleadership experience,andfree room andboard.These are allperks of being aResidence Assistant,more commonlyknown as an RA. Withapplications for the2013-2014 year goinglive on Monday, Feb.1, interested studentsare polishing up theirresumes andpreparing for the firstinterviews.

However, being anRA is not easy, andaspiring RAs have togo through a long andarduous selectionprocess to get theirjobs . First they mustattend an informationsession (the lastsession of 2013 was onJan. 23) which willgive them thenecessary dates andtimes for the rest ofthe process.

Applicants mustpost their resume andcover letters betweenFeb. 1 and Feb. 10.

After that, selectedapplicants are invitedto group interviewsFeb. 18-21 to testhow they interactwith others and workas a community. Onlyafter that will astudent be asked to anindividual interview.

So what are theylooking for?

In the firstinformation session,KJ McConnell,Associate Director ofResidence Life, wentover a few keyqualities they look forin applicants. Youneed a minimum GPA

of 2.5 to apply, but ahigher GPA helps.The other tworequirements are agood judicialstanding and that thestudent has lived oncampus at least twosemesters.. Whilethey want someoneactive in thecommunity, an RAneeds to be regularlyavailable.

KJ stronglysuggested applicantstake the course“Campus LeadershipSkills” (SLU-115).The class takes placeSunday nights from8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.,and is curtailed tothe skills specific tothe RA position. KJherself teaches thecourse, andemphasizes theimportance ofcommunitythroughout the class.

Even with all ofthese requirementsmet, with so manypeople competing forthe same job, it isdifficult to get theposition. There arecurrently 44 RAs oncampus between the12 residence halls,with more positionsopening up whenApartment 6 isopened. This is notenough for all thepeople that want toapply, especiallyconsidering manyprevious RAs areinvited to return totheir positions.

The Office ofResidence Life is inthe lobby ofApartment 6 and isopen Mondaythrough Friday from8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

After successfullycompleting the electoralprocess, both Ghana andthe United States,continue the greatDemocratic experiment.Mr. Obama and Mr.Mahama both took partin a series of inaugurationevents to honor their newterm as Presidents.

As echoed in thereference publication, theUnited States of Americahas for the past 2 decadesbecome a role model toGhana’s infant andperpetually nurtureddemocracy in the WestAfrican Sub Region. TheUS model of democracyremains truly inspirationalto many developingdemocracies across thelength and breadth of theglobe.

Remarkablyspeaking, Ghana, unlikethe US, is a pluralizeddemocratic politicalsociety, enjoying multi-party democracy,compared to theircounterparts in the USwho are mainly two-partydemocracy viz.Republican andDemocrats. These featuresnotwithstanding, the twomain political parties inGhana, from amongstwhom power had swungconcurrently over the lasttwo decades, are eachinclined to the ideals,political philosophies, anddemocratic ideologies ofthe two main politicaldomains in the US-Democrats andRepublicans. The newlyelected NationalDemocratic Congress(NDC), is much inclinedto the political ideologiesof the ruling Democrats inthe US, whilst theopposition New PatrioticParty (NPP), is deeplyrooted in the politicalideologies ofRepublicanism.

Another significantmilestone, worthy ofmention in our analysis oflast year’s electionbetween these twocountries is the fact, thatthey both recordedstraight jacket wins. In thecase of Ghana, a first

round landslide of 50.7%for the NDC against theircontenders record of47.7% for the NPP wasthe outcome. The US onthe other hand witnesseda complete victory for theDemocrats, in both thepopular votes, andElectoral College. Anotherlandslide for thepresumed predestinedBarack Obama. Is thissuggestive of a massivevictory of a politicaldemocrats’ ideology?

By honoring theConstitution, the newly –elect President of Ghana,His Excellency JohnDramani Mahama wasofficially inaugurated asthe President of Ghana onJanuary 7, and his NDC –led government was fullyconstituted.

In the United States,following the sameconstitutional order in theUS, the newly reelectedPresident Barack HusseinObama was fullyinaugurated and sworn infor the second timeconsecutively, at theWhitehouse on January20. The President’s Oathwas administered byChief Justice JohnRoberts. The Presidentwas accompanied to thestage for the solemnexercise by the First Lady,Michelle Obama, andtheir two daughters –Malia and Sasha. A family

Bible of the First Familywas used for the Oath ofallegiance. The Bible istold to have beenbequeathed to them byMichelle’s Grandparent.Previous occasions havebeen observed withBibles from differentsources used for the sameexercise.

By congressionalarrangement, because the20th fell on a Sunday, thegovernment honored itsconstitutional obligationof taking the Oath on the20th, but also madeanother arrangement byway of tradition orcreating a Convention totake another Public Oathof Office on the 21stwhich fell on a Monday.

“What makes usexceptional, what makesus America is ourallegiance to an ideaarticulated in adeclaration made morethan two centuries ago.We hold these truths tobe self-evident, that allmen are created equal,”said the President on alive telecast coverage ofthe event by CNN newsduring the Inaugurationevents.

On their successfulinauguration ceremoniesas the Presidents of theUnited States and Ghana,we say congratulations toMr. Obama and Mr.Mahama respectively.

The presidents of US and Ghana getinaugerated

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Last Novemberthousands of voters inFlorida waited for hoursto cast their vote for theelected offices on theballot from president toschool board members.Many voters expressedfeelings of outrage,disgust, and concernover this continuedvoting traffic jam. VoterID, registration status,and precinct votelocation were some ofthe main issues ofconfusion at polls.

In the 2012 election,the national media filledwith discussion on voterID laws and thecontroversiessurrounding them.Voter ID lawscommonly are aimed atcollege students andseniors. Some lawsrequire college studentsto produce an ID otherthan that issued fromtheir college. Other lawsprevent students fromvoting at the precinctlocal to the college.Senior citizens who nolonger drive are alsoimpacted. The specificsof the proposed lawsvary year to year;however, the aims of thebills remain the same.

As college studentsthese laws are designedto impact your role as avoter, and civicengagement urges youto stay informed. HouseBill 1355 is a recentexample of suchlegislation whichcontains provisions onlimiting early votinghours, restricting thirdparty voter registration,and increasing usage ofprovisional ballotsaccording to FloridaHouse ofRepresentatives Billtracking.

For the 2013 FLLegislative Session,Senator Jeff Clemens ofLake Worth filed a bill

By Shane Holman

Operations Manager

2013 Legislativeresponse to 2012election lines and voterregistration issues

proposing automaticregistration of voterslabeled Senate Bill 234(SB 234). It is designedto register all eligibleadults as votersaccording to a Jan. 9press release from theSenate Minority Office.Additionally, The TampaTribune reports thatSenator Weatherford (R)and Senator Gaetz (R)both have made effortsworking toward electionreform measures for theupcoming session. Sen.Weatherford hasproposed a newsubcommittee on ethicsand elections that Sen.Gaetz will head dealingwith these policymatters.

Furthermore, HB1355 of 2011 has beennearly unanimouslyagreed upon that itneeds some revision.The debate is on what isto be revised, and howfar to go. SenatePresident Gaetz (R)offered his thoughts onthe reform process inThe Tampa Tribune;"The only 10 laws thatwere divinely inspiredand could never needany amendment camedown from themountain with Moses."

The future of voterregistration procedures,voting day policies, andearly voting will be inthe hands of the FloridaState Legislature in the2013 session. Legislatorsrely a great deal onfeedback fromconstituents in theirdistrict, so students canlet them them knowabout their votingexperiences and whatthey can do to create animproved electoralprocess. Make a phonecall, vote in a poll on alegislators website, orsend an email. Mostlegislators will accept atleast one of thesemethods. Save the letterand check back in sixmonths to see how theyvoted and follow up.

Quality. A simpleword, but it means alot. Especially when itcomes to how a studentdecides to buy theirtextbooks. It seems likean easy decision, butthe cheapest price doesnot always guaranteethat a place isgoing to havegood service, betimely, or havedecent qualitytextbooks in timefor class.

There arenumerous waysto get thetextbooks. Themain place isthrough thecampusbookstore. Thebookstore offersnearly everytextbook neededfor Universityclasses, whichare organized byfield, class,section, andprofessor foreasy viewing.Employees areeager to helpstudents findtheir textbooksand teachcustomers aboutmaterials.Another benefitof buying fromthe bookstore isthat customerscan doublecheck whichtextbooks theyneed sinceprofessors sendtheir requiredtexts in advance. Thereis also a sense of truststudents receive frombuying or rentingtextbooks, knowingthey do not have toworry about missingpages or accidentalspills. Plus any bookbought from thebookstore is usableright away.

The quality offeredby the bookstore ishard to match up, butthere are other ways tobuy or rent textbooks.

Gathering textbooks infair ways

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As soon as studentssign up for classes nextsemester, they willoften look into whatbooks they need topurchase in advance sothey can order inadvance from theirfavorite places,particularly onlinewebsites. Somestudents become loyalto a certain website

after a while.“I buy mine from

Amazon mainlybecause . . . It’s atrusted site,” saidJunior DariusAnderson.

Amazon has heldan infamous reputationas a popular placepeople go to for theirliterary needs. Thewebsite has a wideselection of books thatpeople feel will bedelivered to them ontime and in the

promised condition.However, there aremany othercompetitive sitesstudents findthemselves ‘shopping’around. One such siteis Chegg which offersso many features ontheir website that it isdifficult to imagine astudent not finding atleast one thing they

like about it. Thewebsite makes iteasy to findtextbooks, coursehelp, homeworkhelp, and quoteson sellingtextbooks. It isworth checkingout.

Lastly,students use peernetworking togetrecommendationsand values ontextbooks. Oncampus, moststudents arefriendly eager tohelp their peersby selling oldtextbooks. Thesedirect buys areoften the mostprofitablebecause studentscan hear straightfrom anothercampus studenthow the classutilizes thetextbooks. Plus,there are usuallyhighlights andmarkings alreadyin the textbookhelpful helpful instudying.

“I buy them[textbooks] fromeither friends, or

I check the Facebookpage and see ifsomeone . . . post whatbook(s) that I need formy classes . . .” saidFreshman AlexandriaBlaha.

Looking for qualityover price when itcomes to buyingtextbooks can turn outto be more profitable ifstudents look in theright places.

Campus NewsCalling all seniors! 100 daysuntil graduation!

By Jessica Miller

Asst. Layout Editor

Although this may have seemed like a tall order, half waythrough the day Jennifer Morales explained, “everything’sgoing great, we’ve met our goal before, and we’ll do it again.”Sure enough the community reached that goal as expected.

From the start it was “really well-organized and easy, like awell oiled machine,” said Junior Shannon Werner.

MLK day volunteers helped to pack 100,000 meals to besent to Nicaragua

“It is important togive recognition toour seniors . . .” saidJustin Yates, theAssistant Director ofStudent Activities.

Indeed, ourupcoming graduateshave contributedanywhere from 3 ½to 7 ½ years ofeducation, training,and commitment tohigher learning. Withonly one hundreddays left, the truetest of what thesestudents havelearned from the pastyears comes to play.But as challenging asit is, the Universitywants to remindthese students thatthere are many waysto help them nowand even after theydepart into these

There are manyfree features andresources graduatescan take advantage ofbefore and aftergraduation. Depart-ments offer a wideselection of helpfuladvice. One Depart-ment is Career Plan-ning which focus onhelping to develop

resumes, network-ing, interviewingskills, cover letters,and obtaining intern-ships and jobs thatcan lead to careers. Asimple thing thatgraduates shouldknow is how to picktheir referenceswisely. It is impor-tant to choose refer-ences from peoplewho are familiarwith one’s work suchas achievements,positions, and volun-teer works. Do notforget to provide aresume and a list ofachievements toassist your reference.

Assistant Directorof Career Planning,Katy Boyd, said,“Visit Career Plan-ning, so you areprepared to success-fully apply for ajob.”

In addition, theDepartment ofAlumni Associationwants to help soon-to-be graduatestransition . Also, theUniversity providesspecial offers suchGeico discounts oninsurance, access toroadside assistance,and locksmith ser-vices. Volunteer

opportunities areavailable for gradu-ates to give back tothe school and itsother students.

Graduates arealways welcomedback even after theyleave. “We inviteeveryone back everyyear,” said NikkiCollins, an AssistantDirector of AlumniRelations.

Once a studentbecomes a lion, theyare part of a largefamily of supportthat encourages thecore values of com-munity, responsiblestewardship, excel-lence, personal devel-opment, integrity,and respect. Gradua-tion marks a greatpoint and should becelebrated.

“I am nervous,but excited to seewhat my futureholds,” said SeniorAshlee Litz.

Good luck to the2013 class graduatingthis spring. Thecommunity appreci-ates the time, com-mitment, and pridewhich has beengiven.

Scarpo admits that he’s “preaching to the choir,” about hatecrimes, “but even the choir needs to get together andrehearse.”

Students come togetherfor MLK and communityservice day

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By Alexander Campisi

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Films inspire community

The Military FilmSeries is a one monthtradition celebratingthe University’s 40year relationship withthe military. TheUniversity has beencatering to militaryfamilies througheducation and out-reach for four de-cades.

On Tuesday, Jan.15, in the board-rooms, the newestinstallment to the filmseries was played. Dr.Jack McTague over-saw the showing. “Thehistory departmentputs together themilitary film seriesevents and they al-ways show movies

relevant to militaryhistory,” he said. Thisis the third movie inthe series.

The movie shownwas “We Were Sol-diers” (2002) directedby Randal Wallacestarring Mel Gibson.It is based on a bookcalled We Were Sol-diers Once… andYoung, written byLieutenant General(Ret.) Hal Moore andJoseph L. Galloway.“We Were Soldiers”follows the dramabefore and during theBattle of La Drangspecifically at landingzone X-Ray in TheVietnam War on Nov.14, 1965. The authorsof the original bookwere actually presentat the battle of LaDrang. At the end of

the movie, before thecredits, a few slidesare shown remember-ing the names of thosewho fought and diedin landing zone X-Ray.

These kinds ofmovie series are goodto have on campusbecause when chosencarefully the moviesprovide a sort ofsupplemental educa-tion outside of theclassroom. The re-spective departmentsare made up of teach-ers and staff mem-bers, as well as stu-dent organizations.Most students saidthey were there forextra credit in variousclasses, but regardlessof what class theywere trying to getextra credit for, theyall enjoyed the movie.

Some students didnot know of the eventbeforehand.

“I usually don’tread all of the news e-mails that Saint Leosends because thereare just so many ofthem every day; it’seasier to just skimthrough them,” saidChristian Nevola, whodid not attend.

If an educationalevent appears that isrelevant to one’s field

of study in the class-room and the teacherhas not mentioned it,bring it to their atten-tion and see if theywill offer extra creditfor attendance. Inmost cases they willsay yes, and it willhelp support a stu-dent organization thatneeds it as well.

Feeding ChildrenEverywhere (FCE) is acharity organization thathelps to bring the mostbasic need to peoplethroughout the world . .. food. During the pastyear, FCE partneredwith Saint LeoUniversity (SLU) toextend an invitation toanyone who wanted tohelp in this noblemission.

Kile Riggs, EventCoordinator and one ofthe starting members ofFCE, stated “It startedwith four people sittingat a table with theirlaptops.” Since then,FCE has expandedvastly among the list ofcharities that search foraid to those in need.FCE makes their uniquemark though, byoffering nutritious mealsand gettingcommunities active andinvolved by havingvolunteers pack the foodthemselves. The mealconsists of lentils, rice,dehydrated vegetableswhich includes bellpeppers, onions, carrots,celery, and pinkHimalayan salt. The

Feeding children everywhere, 25 cents at a timemeal is simple to puttogether, yet it providesa plethora of healthbenefits: protein,Vitamins A, B6, C, D,and E, amino acids, iron,calcium, zinc,carbohydrates, folicacid, and magnesium.All these health benefitsand all that is needed tocook the meal is boilingwater. It seems that tobring all these nutrientstogether, plus shipping,would be costly, buttruthfully, 25 cents isenough to give someoneone meal. One can feedtheir average family offour for one dollar.These meals are shippedto village and towns inmany different countriesin giant semi-truck sizemetal containers. Themetal containers arethen giving to thatvillage or town to use forhousing or whateversuits their community’sneeds. Riggs explained,“One of the tribes wedonated to use the metalcontainer as a library.”The meals are alsoshipped to localcommunities such as thecity of Largo, Florida.

If the meal was notunique enough to addthe charity of FCE on aninterest list, then their

volunteer movementscertainly will turn afew heads in the FCEdirection. One candonate time, andbecome a volunteer atone of the manypacking events FCEhosts every year. FCEprovides tables,funnels, food, showercaps, and plasticgloves; all they need isa location andvolunteers. The mealpacking events consistof gatheringvolunteers intogroups, forming linesat tables, and havingthose groups worktogether in “factoryline” to distribute,mixed, and pack themeals together to helpfilled a shippingcontainer bound tohungry families.Thousands of mealsare packed withinhours, and then themeals are put directlyon the roads to theirdestination. So, howmay someone becomea volunteer? There aremultiple ways for oneto volunteer, fromstarted a new mealpacking event fortheir community, orone can join one ofthe many events

already registered.However, SLU is offeringtheir own meal packingevent at the SLU campus.On Martin Luther King Jr.Day, this past Monday, forSLU Community ServiceDay FCE had a mealpacking event on campus.Community Service Day isa time to bring thecommunity together.What better way to do so,then by helping to fillbellies and put smiles on

faces for a hungrycommunity?

For those thatmissed the event, andwould like to getinvolved or donatetoday, please visit theirwebsite at“feedingchildreneverwhere.com.”Through the website,one can even order theirvery own FCE meal totry.

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By Annie Hays

Contributing Writer

Survey: Which Teams will go to the Super Bowl?

Photos and Survey by Annie Hays

The 2012-13playoff season hasbeen full of upsetsand amazingvictories, includingthe Atlanta Falconsnearly losing to theSeattle Seahawks,and the San Francisco49ers defeating thehighly favored GreenBay Packers. On Jan.17, a few days beforethe San Francisco49ers competedagainst the AtlantaFalcons for the NFCdivisional title, andthe Baltimore Ravenswent against the NewEngland Patriots andfought for the AFCdivision, severalmembers of thecommunity wereasked who theythought wouldsurvive the finalround of playoffs andgo to Super BowlXLVII. Here is whatthey had to say:

Freshman Brady Brooks had noopinion on the NFC, but he hadhigh hopes the Ravens wouldwin because of “Ray Lewis(linebacker).

According to Freshman MarieRyan, Ray Lewis may be “anexperienced team leader” but“the Patriots have a solid teamall around.”

Tony Guzzardo, a returning stu-dent, agreed with Marie. “TomBrady (quarterback) and BillBelichick (coach) are a winningcombination for the Patriots.”

n This solid combination has worked well for the Patriots this season as they finished with a 12-4 record, whereas theRavens had a 10-6 record.

Freshman Craig Graves did nothave a strong opinion on theNFC, but he said, “The Falconswill win because they have had abetter season than the 49ers.”

n The Falcons did in fact have a better regular season record at 13-3 than the 11-4 49ers.

Junior Ravin Forde concurred, “Idon’t want to root for the Patriots,but they will probably win, unfor-tunately.”

n At the time of this survey, there was no way to predict who won the playoffs, but one thingwas certain: the Saskatchewan Rough Riders were certainly an unknown force to be reckoned with.

Dr. Woodard said,“The Ravensand San Fran will win becausethey both have a solid team.But the Saskatchewan RoughRiders may still make a come-back.”

n After this past weekend, the winners of the NFC Championships and the AFC Championships were the San Fransisco49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, respectively.

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Brothers, coaches,and now Super BowlXLVII opponents:John and JimHarbaugh will betaking opposingsidelines on February3 in New Orleans.

In thisweekend’s conferencechampionship games,the dominant secondhalf performancefrom the BaltimoreRavens placed theminto the Super Bowlto face the San Fran-cisco 49ers. Thismatch-up was unex-pected as the Balti-more trumped theNew England Patriotsin the second gameon Sunday and SanFrancisco made afourth quarter come-back to beat theAtlanta Falcons.

The shock of

By Meghan Donovan

Contributing writer

Superbowl turned Har-Bowlthese two teamsheaded toward theSuper Bowl was onlymade more attention-grabbing when thename Har-Bowl (shortfor Harbaugh-Bowl)started getting thrownaround. The coach ofBaltimore, JohnHarbaugh is the 15month elder tobrother Jim, the coachof San Francisco.

They are the firstbrothers in NationalFootball League(N.F.L.) history tocoach at the sametime. They come froma family of football—their father, Jack wasalso a football coach.Not only did theymake history in beingthe first two brothersto coach for the NFL,but they are to makehistory on February 3as they face off for aSuper Bowl game.

For both of the

brothers, this gamewill be their firstSuper Bowl as an NFLhead coach. Althoughboth have lead teamsinto the playoffs intheir previous seasons,neither have made aSuper Bowl appear-ance thus far.

Not to be over-shadowed by the hypeof the brother-coachesin the upcomingSuper Bowl, bothteams have overcomehardships shouldproduce an interestinggame next Sunday.

San Franciscofaced Atlanta for theNational FootballConference (N.F.C.)championship. Afterfalling behind shortlyafter the start of thegame, it appeared thatthe end of the seasonwas near for SanFrancisco. In an un-likely turn of events,San Francisco made a

fourth quarter come-back to win 28-24,clenching the NFCchampionship and aSuper Bowl berth.

San Francisco willbe led by ColinKaepernick, rookiequarterback whoreplaced Alex Smithhalfway through theregular season. Withonly 10 weeks of playunder his belt,Harbaugh has put theweight of the team’sSuper Bowl dreams onthis youngquarterback’s shoul-ders. Kaepernick hasbeen able to handlethe pressure thus far—winning two out oftwo post-season starts.His chance to go threefor three will be inSuper Bowl XLVII.

The BaltimoreRavens, led by hype-man and defensivelinebacker Ray Lewis,were able to lay crush-

ing hits on the favoredPatriots in lastweekend’s game. ForPatriots fans, itseemed there was noescaping injury asplayer after player wassent to the lockerroom from the severeblows delivered byBaltimore’s defense.Baltimore was able topull away early in thefourth quarter andcontinued to floor itfrom there, winning28-13.

Ray Lewis wassidelined for most ofthe year with a tricepsinjury but has comeback and helped histeam make their wayto the big game. Theprevious defensiveplayer of the year isexpected to show anelectrifying perfor-mance on February 3before he says hisfarewell to the N.F.L.

Randall’s team is rolling, rolling, rollingBy Corey Saccone

Contributing writer

The men’sbasketball team is ona roll this year. TheLions are led by thethree Wisconsinnatives Marcus Ruh,Jerrel Harris, andTrent Thomas; eachaveraging at least 13points a contest.

Againstconferenceopponents inDecember and earlyJanuary, theUniversity lookedsharp going 4-1 withtheir only losscoming against theUniversity of Tampa.The Lions went on an8 game winningstreak before theloss. They arespreading the ballaround the court andplaying solid defense,allowing roughly 63points a game.

With four seniorsready to graduateafter this season, themixture of youngtalent on the teamhas been striving inthe minutes they are

given. Juniors SpenserMitchell and ChimKadima give lead wayto next season as theyboth play soliddefense and containsteady offensiveawareness. Freshmanguards Trey Griseckand Jaylon Bell havegained excellentexperience thus farthis season as theirplaying minutes haveincreased.

“Losing a playerlike Marcus Ruh willbe tough, but I believeJerrel Harris will leadthe team with hisoffensive talent nextseason,” saidSophomore PaolaVasquez.

Tom Neary andShaun Adams havedone their jobs downlow in the paint,rarely giving up aneasy basket. Thecombination of theirexperience will helpwith FreshmanStephane Benechewho will certainly bethe middle man forthe next couple ofyears standing at 6’8.Sophomores Taylor

Bassett, with hisdeadly outside threepoint shot, and CaleGirten, with hisdefensive ability, willprovide much depthfor Saint Leo.

The overallperception of theteam is that they willwin it all this year.High expectationshave surfaced thissquad since day onewith the addition of a

fourth coach andyoung up andcoming talent.Starting offnationally ranked fordivision two as wellas beating Miami inexhibition and barelylosing to FloridaState was the start ofwhat has been a greatride towards theultimate goal.Nothing more,nothing less: a

nationalchampionship.

The upcomingschedule in Februaryconsists of eightgames, all of whichare conferencematchups. OnSaturday, Feb. 9,Saint Leo will havetheir senior day whenthey face BarryUniversity.