The Lions’ Pride SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 VOLUME LI NO. 10 SINCE 1965

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Superstorm leaves Northeast severely wounded

By Mike Gincel &

Nicole Rothchild

Contributing Writers

On Monday, Oct. 29,disaster struck theNortheast, in the lateevening. HurricaneSandy hit New Jerseyand New York with apowerful force thatwiped out most of theshorelines withexcessive flooding.

For weeks,Hurricane Sandy waswatched with a close eyeand was tracked for adirect impact to NewYork City and most ofthe New Jerseyshoreline. It was mergedwith a cold front thatcaused the storm tobecome more than 900miles wide and causedsnow in Kentucky andWest Virginia andcaused power outagesdown the Easternseaboard all the waydown to North Carolina.

It is now beingconsidered one of theworst hurricanes the

Northeast has ever seendue to the power of thesuperstorm. Residentsof these states are nowleft wondering how torebuild.

In the days leadingup to the storm,residents began toprepare. Many grocerystores shelves becameempty of bread andmilk. Lines for gas wentdown many roads and

houses were soonboarded up. This wasthe biggest hurricane tohit the tri-state area ofNew York, New Jerseyand Pennsylvania sinceHurricane Floyd of 1999and as recent asHurricane Irene in 2011.

This hurricaneaffected a lot more thanjust the Northeast. Morethan 12,000 flightscoming in and out of

the three major NewYork airports werecancelled. NewarkLiberty Internationaljust began resumingminimal flights onWednesday. John F.Kennedy Airport re-opened yesterday, withfew flights being able togo out and LaGuardiaAirport is starting toresume flights on Friday.JetBlue, one of the main

LaGuardia airlines, areoperating from JFK forthe time being. TheAmtrak train systemswill not be operating forthe next week or so.

The presidentelection was alsoeffected as BarackObama took time off hiscampaign to visit thevictims and surveyedthe damage of thehurricane. He cancelledhis visits to Virginia.Mitt Romney alsocancelled his visits toVirginia and movedforward to Ohio.

Despite the damageof over $20 billiondollars and low morale,the residents of theaffected states havebegun the clean-upsnecessary to re-openmany business and theboardwalks of NewJersey.

Photo Courtesy of WikicommonsHurricane Sandy wipes out New Jersey pier.

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Students use Focus the Nation as platform for presentations

On Nov. 1, theUniversity hosted theannual Focus the Nation.

The campus becamethe center of attention withpresentations as professors,students, staff, and evenprofessionals from the areagathered to hear fellowpeers from the Saint Leocommunity present onseveral subjects. TheUniversity set up severalareas in whichpresentations were heldand spectators werewelcome to come andenjoy the beautiful campusas they listened topresentations on our

economy today and itseffects. There were tents setup outside with a view ofLake Jovita, while otherpresentations were insideSaint Leo University’shallowed halls.

Focus the Nationbegan as a nation-wideeffort to discuss and seeksolutions to globalwarming and climatechange. Thousands ofeducational and religiousinstitutions and businesseshave participated. “Focusthe Nation: Environmentand Social Justice” has itsorigin in the significance ofthe moral and ethicaldimensions of these globalenvironmental challenges.Social justice involves the

recognition of the dignityof the human person.Poverty, hate,discrimination, violence,homelessness, hunger,and war, for example, allaffect the individual rightto live decently.Environmentaldestruction as a result ofclimate change representsa threat to human life. Inthis respect, students areapplying Saint Leo’s corevalues by preparingspeeches and powerpoints to becomeinformants of how eachindividual can have animpact.

There was onepresentation in particularthat stood out to everyone.

Junior Alexandria Vincentand Nicole Capodiffero,did their presentation ontheir experience asstudents in the Semester atSea program. These twostudents traveled throughLatin America during theirsemester abroad and reallylearned what it was like forthe children that live there.They were able to see howthe economy is and howbad the poverty is there.They were able to immersethemselves in a culturethey were not used to andsee how completelydifferent it was. Oneparticular moment thatwas engrained in them andthose listening was duringtheir story of going into to

town for lunch at a localrestaurant. One of thechildren turned and said “Iam happy.” The child justfelt so blessed to be in goodcompany.

Focus the Nation hasalways been an event thathad a lot of studentinvolvement. Students areexcited to bring awarenessto issues that students mayor may not be aware of.And they also especiallylike to explore differentways of solving theproblem. This year, thepresentations ranged in allsubjects as the studentsused their presentations tobring awareness to theUniversity.

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Opinion

“At first, I thought Sandy was just going to be anormal storm. I was shocked to find out how strongthe winds were and how powerful the waves turnedout to be. As a native to Long Island, I was shockedto hear what happened to Fire Island because thatwas like a summer get-a-way. All I could see werepictures from the news as well as Facebook. I was

pretty nervous for a while when I didn’t hear frommy mom. The last thing that she sent me were

pictures of the destruction done to my home as wellas my property. The storm turned out to be so bad,that there was no electricity so there was no way Icould contact my family. The destruction from thisstorm is irreversible. All the people of Long Islandcan do now is rebuild and fix what has been lost. I

hope that Fire Island can be fixed and rebuiltsomeday.”

-Peter Valcarcel, NewYork

Student reactions toHurricane Sandy

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It was surreal watching the news and seeing NJat the eye of the storm and then seeing the after-

math of the shoreline being wiped out. Everyone’spower was out and I was unable to communicatewith any friends or family…finally after a few

days of chaos I was able to contact loved ones andwas happy to hear everyone was okay, but my

heart goes out to those who were not so fortunate.- Lyn San Giacomo, New Jersey

Survey by Tara McLoughlin

Halloween isover, which meansthe countdown forthanksgiving offi-cially begins. Thereare so many thingsthat people had tolook forward to onthis holiday. Family,food, cold weather,Black Friday, and thethought that it willsoon be time to putup a Christmas Tree.But what about thestudents who stay oncampus for theholiday?

Some studentsstay in Saint Leo formany differentreasons. Often timesthese students do nothave relatives nearbyor something comesup that makes themunable to go home.But there is no doubtthat all of them wantthe same thing andthat is to spend timewith their family.Sean Vanguilder,Head of ResidenceLife, lives on campuswith his wife andbaby. They bothwork for the Univer-

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A Saint Leo Thanksgivingsity and accordingto Vanguilder “theuniversity is theirhome year round.”

When askedabout how hespent his thanks-giving holiday, heexplained that itwas mail routine.

“DuringThanksgiving break,we are here Mondaythrough Wednesdayin the office working.Depending on theyear, as we rotatebetween families tovisit on Thanksgivingday, we will eitherstay here and make aday trip to be withmy wife’s family, orwe will make anextend weekend tripto visit my parents,”he said.

He also explainsthat there are prosand cons to spendingthe holiday on cam-pus.

“There is a lot lessstudents around tointeract with. Sincethis is our home allyear, we have grownaccustomed to thechange when thestudents are here andnot here. While it is

nice to have studentsaround to talk withand do things witharound campus, it isalso nice for us tohave students leavefor a short timeperiod so we havetime to ourselves as afamily. I would say itis a mix for me. Sadto see the studentsleave, and at thesame time, it isrefreshing for meand my family as weget to spend timetogether withoutinterruption.”

Holidays areimportant for a lot ofpeople, and everyonecelebrates the holi-days in their ownspecial way. Remem-ber it does not mat-ter how it is spent, itmatters who is there.Enjoy!

I can’t believe that Hurricane Sandy hit oureast coast so hard. I’ve lived in Florida my wholelife and have never seen such destruction from onestorm, especially not a Category 1 Hurricane. Myheart and prayers go out to everyone and anyone

who was affected by this tragedy.- Andrea Lott, Florida

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OpinionHurricane Sandy: A link to Global Warming?

Monday, October 29,was another visit ofanother monster-Hurricane Sandy. Thedevastative impact of thisstorm through the 29th andthe 30th was justunspeakable. Residentsalong the coastal states ofNew Jersey, and Newark inNew York, were probably,the most - hit zones of thecatastrophe. Millions ofpeople have since beendisplaced and already inneed of emergency reliefs.

The associated floodsof the storm submergedmany homes and causeddestruction to properties ofvarious kinds. Fire guts inNew York rendered manyhomes and properties ash-wrecked. It was estimatedthat over 6.5 millionpeople suffered poweroutage because of thewrath of fire that caughtelectrical cables anddestroyed them in theprocess. The death toll wasestimated at 110 peoplewith over 110 housesdestroyed since MondayOct. 29 according tosources from CNN. InHoboken in New Jersey,thousands were trapped inwater.

Aside the quickemergency response fromstate agencies, non-governmentalorganizations andphilanthropist, politicalleaders in particular, havetaken keen interest in thedevastation in the face ofserious politicalcampaigning towards theroundup of the impendinggeneral elections.

President BarrackObama, whom manydescribed in thecircumstance, as the chiefemergency responseofficer, took the bull by thehorns, by suspending hiscampaign trips, and visitedthe affected zones toexpress his magnanimityand sympathy for thevictims.

In a relateddevelopment, RepublicanGovernor Chris Christie, acritic of the Obama – ledadministration was notedto have showered praiseson President Obama forhis prompt andhumanitarian reaction to

the victims of the disaster.“I have always praised

the president where praiseis due and criticized himwhenever he wentwrong,” Governor Christiesaid in an interview onCNN.

Among other politicalfigures at the frontline ofthe scene were: Mr.Andrew Cuomo, governorof New York, Mr. CoryBooker, mayor of Newark,and Mr. MichaelBloomberg, mayor of NewYork. The latter, wasreported to have openedadditional 65 sheltersacross the five boroughsand made relief itemsincluding: food, water,blankets and pet foodavailable for theevacuees.

“We will getthrough thedays ahead bydoing what wealways do intough times, bystandingtogether:shoulder toshoulder, readyto help aneighbor,comfort astranger, andget the city welove back on itsfeet,”Bloomberg said accordingto sources onfoxnews.com.

The power failure inthe midst of the stormcoupled with breakdownof the backup generators atthe New York City’sBellevue Hospital, alsoresulted in thenonoperation of thehospital, and patients hadto be evacuated to otherhospitals through theefforts of the hardworkingNational Guards.

The breakdown of thehospital’s supplementarypower plants wassomething that attractedmuch criticism from across section of the mediaand the populace, as theyconsidered it simplyunfathomable for ahospital of that standing tosuffer the blunt because ofinadequacies in powersupport.

Meanwhile, hospitalauthorities have explainedthat in spite of the fact thatthe generators werewaterproofed in their

technological buildup,water managed to enterthe fuel-supply pipelinesrendering the plants down.

Thousands of air fleetscheduled around theworld, enroute the SouthEastern ports of New York(JFK) and New Jersey(Newark) were cancelledand the ports virtuallycame to a standstill as aresult of the storm, posinghuge financial losses to theairline companies. At least50,000 travelers betweenthe UK and US wereestimated to have beenstacked up as a result ofthe storms, Simon Calder,travel editor of the UK’s‘The IndependentNewspaper, indicated in an

interview on CNN. Manygovernment departments,state institutions andfinancial establishmentslike the US Stock Marketwere temporarily closed,which may have economicconsequences in thefuture.

“Theoretically, theyshould have been able towork with some backupcomputers elsewhere. Itwas embarrassing,particularly because it gavetheir competitors aroundthe world an upper urgeand many would have lostconfidence in them. To theUS Stock Market as anentity, the impact wouldnot be that worse,”Professor Rick Scott,Assistant Professor ofFinance at Saint LeoUniversity said.

Experts say changes inthe environment as a resultof global warming arefundamentallyaccountable for theoccurrence. It is becomingincreasingly worrisome toinhabitants of the

hemispheres, on theimpact of devastativestorms that sweep citizensand their belongingsalmost every now andthen. It must be recalledthat somewhere aroundMarch last year, Japansuffered similar fate whensome citizens dwellingalong the coastal city ofIshinomaki were seriouslyhit by a tsunami andrendered many dead andproperty loses.

The causative factors ofclimate change havebecome a matter ofcontroversy, but uponconsistent observationsand testable theory, it hasbeen established clearlythat it is an anthropogenic

phenomenon.“It isirrefutable,people denyor showapathy, but itis prettyestablishedthat this iscaused byhumans, andwe have arole to play, ifnothing isdone, theconsequencesare huge forhumanexistence,”

Dr. Christopher Miller, anAssociate Professor ofBiology andEnvironmental Science atSaint Leo University said.

Scientists say, the levelof Co2 (Carbon dioxide),in the atmosphere nowremains 400 parts permillion (4ooppm) and thisought to be reducedconsiderably to about350ppm, but the increaseis rather phenomenal. Asmuch as our over- relianton the usage of fossil fuelpertains, the emission ofCo2 and other greenhousegasses into the atmospherecontinue to pose bothshort term and long termnegative consequences.

The way forward is toemploy energy efficiencyin our technological build-up in the automobilecompanies, industry andbuilding construction. Theautomobile industriesmust ensure energyefficiency by increasing themileage for fuelconsumption, whereasindustry efficiency

standards in heating,insulating and lighting ourbuildings must bedeployed.

Most importantly,there must be analternative fuel usage, ashift from the fossil fuel –based like coal, oil and gasto renewable energysources like solar, wind(geothermal) and hydro-power, which produces nocarbon emission into theenvironment against thebackdrop of the Co2 -dominated fossil energy.Nuclear sources are alsorecommended but notwith the fear of terrorismexploitation. As much aswe groan and moan of thedangers of fossil energy,they are not good sourcesof terrorist missiles ascompared to therecommended nuclearsources, and this is anotherarea of concern to theworld in the face ofterrorists’ attacks.

Capitalism and itsassociated impact ofconsumerism havegradually landed the worldinto a complex nucleus of anegative environmentalcycle where all areinescapable. “The solutionto this problem must gobeyond technology. Achange in our mindsetabout how we value thenatural world must take acenter stage. We havecome to a point, where weneed that positivementality towardsenvironmentalconservation andsustainability,” ProfessorMiller said.

The efforts onenvironmentalsustainability of theMillennium Developmentgoal of the global agendaought to be intensified bymember countries and theinternational body –United Nations perhaps.From the treaties andconventions of the 1992Rio de Janeiro agreementsand the CopenhagenAccord, the world’scommitment to makingan environment safe andpeaceful for its inhabitantsis clearly established.

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The Saint Leo Uni-versity men’s basketballteam stunned the Uni-versity of Miami onFriday, Nov. 2, beating theHurricanes by a score of69-67 in an exhibitiongame held on the cam-pus in Coral Gables.

The win againstMiami marks the firstwin in program historyover a Division I oppo-nent. Miami was pickedto finish fourth in theAtlantic Coast Confer-ence.

The team, whoreturns their entirestarting five from their2011-12 campaign, gotout to a hot start against

Lions blow away Hurricanes on FridayMiami as they jumped to a13-3 lead behind transferChim Kadima, who scoredthe first seven points forthe Lions. Miami ralliedback mid-way through thefirst half and cut the Lions’lead to 13-12 with 12minutes remaining in thehalf.

The Lions proceededto make another run thatkept the Hurricanes anarm’s length away, thistime led by Trent Thomasand Tom Neary. Saint Leoled by 10 points untilMiami’s Shane Larkindropped one in fromthree-point range as timeexpired in the first half,cutting the Lions’ halftimelead to seven.

Coming out of theintermission, the Lionskept Miami out of striking

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distance as they stretchedtheir lead to 13 at 52-39after a Thomas three-pointbasket, their largest lead ofthe game.

At the 10:07 mark,Miami’s Rion Brown naileda long-range shot that cutthe Lions’ lead to eight andsparked a run for theHurricanes. After twomore three-pointers fromMiami and another basketfrom the Lions, the leadwas then down to four.

With just over sevenminutes remaining in thecontest, Miami’s TreyMcKinney-Jones tied thegame at 56. After a fewtraded baskets, a pair ofErik Swoope free-throwsgave Miami a 60-58 lead,their first lead since leading3-2 in the opening minuteof the game.

Within 30 seconds ofeach other, Thomasdropped in two three-pointers to give Saint Leo a69-64 lead, the secondbeing the eventual game-winner. Miami cut thelead to 69-67 with 1:47remaining and foundthemselves with the ballwith just 36 seconds on theclock. After two missedshots by the Hurricanes,there were two secondsremaining in regulationand one final chance forMiami to tie or take thelead. A timeout called byHead Coach Lance Randallleft Miami with one finalplay, a three-point shot byKenny Kadji that rimmedout and gave the Lions themost monumental win inprogram history.

Thomas led all scorers

with 23 points despiteplaying just 28 minutes.McKinney-Jones ledMiami in scoring with 19.Saint Leo and Miaminearly mirrored each otherin almost every statisticalcategory; both squads

made nine three-pointbaskets, and Saint Leo shotslightly better than theHurricanes at 45 percentcompared to Miami’percent.

The 2012 Blood Bowlmarked the fifthanniversary that SaintLeo University baseballteam would play forblood.

The two assistantcoaches, Lee Parks andKeith Strickland, draftedtwo separate teams fromthe current fall roster.The two teams thenplayed a best-of-threegame series. The losingteam would be requiredto donate blood when theblood mobile comes toUniversity campus onWednesday, Nov. 28,from 2-8 p.m.

Coach Parksmanaged the Gold teamand Coach Stricklandmanaged the Black team,while head coach RussMcNickle acted as thecommissioner for theseries. The first gamebegan on Halloween at 5p.m. and was open to thepublic.

The Black team wasthe first to strike duringthe first game via asacrifice fly by MichaelRevell. The Gold teamquickly responded withan infield single fromJunior Michael Callahanin the top of the second.The game remained tieduntil the top of the ninth

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inning in a game that wasonly scheduled to goseven innings, whenredshirt SophomoreBobby Twitty hit a singledown the right field lineto score the go-aheadrun. The win was earnedby Senior Matt Hewitt bypitching 2 1/3 innings ofrelief, and redshirtSophomore StephenGrove closed the gamewith a save.

Game two wasslightly less thrilling. TheGold team beat the Blackteam by a score of 4-0,clinching the 2012 BloodBowl. The scoring washighlighted by pitcherSophomore BrandonMumaw’s R.B.I. singlethat plated the fourth runof the contest. He endedup going 3-4 during theseries and reaching base 4times; he was eventuallynamed series M.V.P. Thepitching was thedominant force in gametwo for the Gold team asSenior Charles Neely gotthe win by pitching threehitless innings, followedby redshirt JuniorBrandon Terry goingthree innings andsurrendering the lone hitto the Black team. Thegame was finished byone perfect inning byHewitt.

The final game of theseries took place onMonday, Nov. 5, and it

wasdecidedthat, sincethe Goldteam hadalreadywon theseries, theloser ofgame threewould berequired tobuy thewinningteam a mealat Moe’sSouthwesternGrill. TheGold teamopened thefirst inningby scoringwhenFreshmanTaylor Perez singled inSenior Ryan Brnovich,who reached on anerror to start the game.The scoring endedthere as the Gold team’pitching held on to theone run and led theremaining seveninnings. The entirepitching staff threw inthe final game, eachpitcher hurling onescoreless inning afterJunior Brent Kraussstarted with threescoreless innings andearned the win.

In the end, the Goldteam’s pitching staffwas too effective for theBlack team’

At the end of the2011 season, thewomen’s soccer teamhad a program-bestrecord of 15-3-1 and 7-0-1 in the SSC. Theywere regular seasonchampions for the firsttime and received a bidto the NCAAquarterfinals. After thisseason, many playersand Head Coach GedO’Connor had highhopes for the nextseason.

Fans were surprisedat the Lions’ record of 2-12-2 and 1-6-1 in theSSC. Many fans won-dered, “What happenedto the team that we allremembered as a win-ning machine? Was itbecause of the loss ofnine starters or was itjust bad luck?” Theanswer is that manynew players werebrought into leadershippositions that they were

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not used to, and thisseason was a learningcurve for women’ssoccer. O’Connor hasthe same goals everyseason for his team.

“Winning is impor-tant in terms of soccer,but it is also importantto develop leaders andto have mature youngwomen developing inthe program,” he said.“At the end of theseason, I want to seemature young womenand strong leaders.”

O’Connor alsorecognized the faultyseason that the teamhad.

“We didn’t play wellat all this season. We hadseveral first year playersin leadership positionsand some followedthrough and otherscould not live up to theposition.”

Despite thoughtsthat the team sufferedby losing many startersand players from the2011 season, O’Connor

does note that he alwaysloses seniors each yearand that he has to re-build.

“We did not haveenough experience onour team and, cominginto the season, I knewthat. I lose seniors everyyear, so that is really notthe reason why ourteam did poorly thisyear. It was leadershipand it was a learningcurve for many of thegirls.”

O’Connor alsowants fans of the Lionsto still support theirteam.

“I know that whenwe win a lot, a lot morefans come out. That istrue in most sports. Istill want fans to comeout and support usbecause it makes abetter environment anda better atmosphere out

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made nine three-pointbaskets, and Saint Leo shotslightly better than theHurricanes at 45 percentcompared to Miami’s 42percent.

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Just two days afterbeating their first Divi-sion I opponent at theUniversity of Miami, themen's basketball teamtook that momentumup to Tallahassee. Ittook a great deal ofeffort, but Saint Leofailed to upset theFlorida State UniversitySeminoles. The Lionsfell with a final score of65-56, never trailing bymore than 15 points atany time during thegame. Seniors TrentThomas and ShaunAdams both performedwell, leading the Lionswith 13 points each.Tom Neary led in re-

Saint Leo falls to FSU Seminoles on MondayBy Nicole Rothchild

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bounds for the Lionswith a total of eight.

As the former ACCchampions and currentholders of the number24 spot in the D-Irankings, the Semi-noles stood strong inthe first half with theLions trailing 28 to 35.Within the first fewplays of the game theLions were at a fivepoint advantage overthe Seminoles, butthen quickly fell to theFSU offense thatcaused them to trail forthe rest of the game.

The Lions will openthe regular season athome on Friday at 7:30p.m. against ShorterUniversity.

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The Lions lost bothgames they played lastweekend, falling to theUniversity of TampaSpartans on Friday, Nov. 2,and to the Eckerd CollegeTritons the next night,Saturday, Nov. 4.

The Spartans cameinto the match on Fridayranked number seven inthe nation and showedwhy they deserved thatranking, sweeping theLions in three straight sets(25-20, 25-16, 25-12).

During the first set,the Lions battled with theSpartans but eventuallyfell short, losing by fivepoints. In the second set,the Lions struggled tostring points together,never scoring more thantwo in a row. Tampa wasable to go on severalscoring runs and put theLions away, winning theset by nine points. Thethird set saw an even lessinspired performance withthe Lions scoring several oftheir points via unforcederrors from the Spartans.Tampa would overcomethose errors and quicklyput away Saint Leo bymore than doubling theirscoring output, winningby a score of 25-12.

Senior Sami Vierk ledthe Lions with 11 kills andJunior Molly Alexanderled with 10 digs. DanielleSelkridge dominated forTampa and notched 15kills in the winning effort.As a team, Tampa col-

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lected 37 digs, 46 kills, anda hitting percentage of.407. Meanwhile, the Lionshad 31 digs and 29 kills,with a hitting percentageof only .087.

The win improvedTampa’s record to 22-3 and11-0 in Sunshine StateConference play, whileSaint Leo falls to 10-13overall and 2-9 in confer-ence.

The following night,Eckerd College Tritonsvisited the Marion Bow-man Center riding a sevengame winning streak andleft with a four-set victory(26-24, 25-16, 23-25, 25-21).

The first set was aback-and-forth battlebetween the two teams,and the Lions had a fewchances to put the Tritonsaway, but eventually lostby a score of 26-24. Thesecond set was quick as theTritons notched 16 kills ontheir way to a 25-16victory. The Lions wouldrefuse to lie down andaccept the sweep, andbattled their way to a 23-25

win which was ended by akill from redshirt JuniorMeghan Donovan. Unfor-tunately, Eckerd would goon to win the closely-contested fourth set by ascore of 25-21.

Statistically, Saint Leowas led in kills by JuniorJordan Sisson with 10, inblocks by Donovan with 8,and Sophomore TawniWarren led with 15 digs.On the other side of thenet, Olivia Fraser led theTritons in kills and blocks,with 15 and 4, respectively.

The win was Eckerd’seighth consecutive andimproved their record to19-7 overall and 10-2 inSSC play. The Lions fell to10-14 overall and 2-10 inconference.

The Lions will play twomore home games thisweekend as they will face-off against the RollinsCollege Tars on Friday,Nov. 9, and the FloridaTech Panthers for their lasthome game of the seasonon Saturday, Nov. 10.

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Baseball’s Blood Bowlwasdecidedthat, sincethe Goldteam hadalreadywon theseries, theloser ofgame threewould berequired tobuy thewinningteam a mealat Moe’sSouthwesternGrill. TheGold teamopened thefirst inningby scoringwhenFreshman

aylor Perez singled inSenior Ryan Brnovich,who reached on anerror to start the game.The scoring endedthere as the Gold team’spitching held on to theone run and led theremaining seveninnings. The entirepitching staff threw inthe final game, eachpitcher hurling onescoreless inning afterJunior Brent Kraussstarted with threescoreless innings andearned the win.

In the end, the Goldteam’s pitching staffwas too effective for theBlack team’s lineup as

they surrendered onerun in the first inningof game one, butfollowed that up with22 scoreless innings tocomplete the threegame sweep. TheBlack team’s staffpitched effectively aswell, but the Goldteam’s timely hittingwould be enough toget the wins.

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On Tuesday, Oct. 30,Saint Leo held an Unde-clared Fair for students toget a better perspective onmajors and minors thatthey might want to pur-sue. For some students,this was their first timeinteracting with professorsfrom the different depart-ments.

Many incomingstudents come in witheither an undeclared majoror find that the major thatthey previously selected isno longer an interest forthem. The undeclared fairis a good opportunity forstudents to see someoptions that will stimulatetheir drive to graduatewith a degree in an areathat captures their atten-tion.

The fair had a well-rounded representation ofthe departments at the fair.The departments repre-sented were Philosophyand Theology, History,Political science, Honors,

Fine arts, Sociology,English, Global studies,Psychology, Mathematicsand science. The depart-ments used Halloweenholiday to their advantageand set up a fun way tointroduce each subject andget the students involvedin learning about differentdepartments.

As the studentsapproached each tablethey received goodie bagsof treats from the profes-sors, and/or studentshelping to represent eachindividual department.The students would also beeducated on what theminors or majors entailedand different classes thatstudents could take.

One favorite activity, orrather treat, used at the fairwere the English depart-ments “Smart Dum-Dums.” Not only couldyou learn what an oxy-moron was, but each treathad a unique messageattached; a seasonal takeon the fortune cookie.There were also many

upper level students whowere there to find outmore about differentclasses that could be takenas electives.

"I'm graduating soonbut the fair was invitingenough for me to come inand meet professors fromdifferent departments andI even got ideas for electiveclasses in the spring,” saidsenior Ashley Jean Baptiste

Many of the freshmanthat passed through alsomade comments abouthow although it seemed"different" at first, the factthat the professors werewilling to interact with thestudents in such a manormade them feel morecomfortable about askingquestions.

Now that class regis-tration is open, studentsshould embrace thepossibilities available tothem. And when switch-ing to other majors it isimportant to speak to anacademic advisor. Act fast;classes are already fillingup!

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Undeclared Fair has major impact

This year theSport MarketingAssociation featureda 10-yearanniversaryconference.

The SportMarketingAssociation is a formof marketing inwhich brands usemainstream oralternative sports toconnect with both abroad and/or atargeted group ofconsumers. This is aworldwideorganization thatschools from all overtravel to attendannually.

Several sportbusiness majorstravelled to Orlandolast month to attendthe conference. Thestudents wereprovided with freetransportation andaccommodationssuch as food andhotel stay provided

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from Saint Leo’s SportBusiness Association.

The conferencewas co-hosted by Dr.Eric Schwarz fromSaint Leo and BillSutton from theUniversity of CentralFlorida.

“The importanceof attending thisconference is toexpand professionalnetworks,” said Dr.Schwarz. “Also tolearn about the latesttheory and practice insport marketing, andto represent Saint LeoUniversity in the casestudy competition.”

The opening nightspeaker was GregDowney, whocurrently overseesBrand and ConsumerMarketing forNASCAR.

When asked howmany students attendthe conference eachyear, Schwarz said,“Each year it dependson budget, location,number of qualifiedstudents that apply tocompete, and those

that pass theinterview processahead of time.”

“Most years it isbetween four andeight students, and wehave one to two teamscompete. Sometimeswe will just have oneteam compete, andthe remaining peopleact as researchers. Itreally all depends onthe year and thestudents,” saidSchwarz.

In 2008 and 2010,Saint Leo placed firstin the case studycompetition. In 2009,two teams competedand received secondand third place. Thisyear, two teamscompeted andfinished in the topfive. Final results willnot be available for 10days until the followup evaluation iscompleted.

“Students receivethe case study on Oct.1,” said Schwarz.“They have two weeksto create a 1000-wordposition paper, and

then have another 10days to prepare their15 minute oralpresentation withpower point support.”

“The conferencewas a blast,” saidsophomore CodyMauch. “It was areally goodexperience. We wereable to learn aboutevent management aswell as marketing,and we also were ableto network withprofessors at otheruniversities andprofessionals in theindustry.”

“Greg Downey, thesenior director ofbrand and marketingfor NASCAR, and PatWilliams, senior vicepresident of theOrlando Magic, weretwo of the speakersthat we had theopportunity to listento. It was a lot ofwork and a few longdays, but it was agreat experience and Idefinitely would do itagain in a heartbeat,”said Mauch.

Next year thisconference will beheld inAlbuquerque, NewMexico, from Oct.22-26. Sportsbusiness majors whoare interested shouldlook into this aheadof time because itcould be a greatopportunity torepresent theUniversity and be apart of somethingimportant. It couldbe an opportunity tonetwork, to talk toprofessionals in theindustry, to getadvice and topossibly hand outand receive businesscards.

Networking is abig part of theprofessional field, sogetting advice fromindividuals that haveworked their way upcould be aworthwhileopportunity.

By Danielle Cortes

Staff Writer

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Carrie Voor and Alexandra Lavalle, pose for a picture in their first place Mime costumes.

Monster Bash draws crowd HurricaneSandy, cont.from page 1

Some of theheavy damage fellonto the New Jerseyboardwalks andocean-fronts. SeasideHeights, PointPleasant, Wildwood,Atlantic City andCape May allsuffered catastrophicdamage to theboardwalks.

Chris Christie,governor of NewJersey, has made ahuge effort to dowhatever it takes toget New Jersey backon their feet. Hestated in his pressconference onTuesday evening thathe will ensure thatthe boardwalks willbe rebuilt and thatNew Jersey willmake it out of this asa stronger and betterstate.

Hurricane Sandyalso affected a lot ofstudents at Saint LeoUniversity. A lot ofstudents come to thisschool from thenortheast and wereworried regardingthe massive stormand how it mayaffect their lives upnorth as well as livesof their loved ones.

“Massachusettsdidn’t get hit as hardas we thought it wasgoing to, thankGod,” said DeliaMulvihill, a seniorfrom Massachusetts.

MeghanDonovan, anotherMassachusettsresident, stated thather family has had

no power over thepast few days. Thetwo most impactedstates, New Jerseyand New York, hadseveral studentsscrambling to get incontact with theirloved ones. Somestudents wentwithout contact withtheir families for upto four days prior tohearing from theirfamilies and somestill are waiting.

Most studentsfrom the south havefelt the pain ofhurricanes beforeand many aresympathetic to theirnortheastern friends.“It may seem reallybad now but it willget better. NewJersey couldn’t haveprepared for this justlike Florida wouldpanic if we got 5 feetof snow. It’s justheartbreaking seeingpeople lose theirhomes,” said JuniorAnalisa Bosco.

HurricaneSandy may havedestroyed homes,beaches, parks andcities of theNortheast, but it didnot destroy the spiritof human beings.This storm hasbrought communityto these cities andneighbors beginhelping one anotherclean up and resumelives as normal. Thecleanup process willbe long and manythings will soonbegin to open oncemore as they begin torecover from one ofthe biggest naturaldisasters in thehistory of theNortheast.

Photo Courtesy of Pete Valcarcel

Photo Essay by Genny Feiler

Students and staff alike gathered around the stage for the results of the Costume contest.

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