The Spring Hill College Nursing division has brought back Student Nursing Association (SNA) and is trying to develop it for the future. The Student Nursing Associa-tion started in 2000 and has been on campus for a while, but has fallen through the cracks in the past couple of years because of the busy schedules nursing majors have. Last year, senior Mary Catherine Rome-ro was president and started laying the groundwork to get the organiza-tion back together. This organization consists of student nurses, and you can be any grade level as long as you have an interest in the nursing field. The clubs organization’s advisors are Mrs. Joan Sands, who approached the department chair to get the group active again, and Dr. Martha Gibson. This organization is big-ger than Spring Hill College; there are SNA groups all over the state. Sands says, “In the state of Ala-bama, there is an annual meeting in October, where we go and represent our little association.” She continued, “In 2004, our SNA won the Community Health Project Award at the Alabama Association of Nursing Students Convention held that year in Bir-mingham, Alabama.” According to Sands once you are in this group it feeds into the Alabama Nurses As-sociation after you are a registered nurse. From there you may be able to have a more “politically active voice in D.C. regarding health care and other issues.” The goal of the SNA group at Spring Hill is to develop a bet-ter understanding of the nursing profession, as well as provide ad-ditional educational opportunities for student nurses through service and other activities. “As student nurses we deal with those things on a lower level, how to be an advocate for patients and to understand the nursing role and to develop identity as nurses, helping one another get through the next four years,” says Sands. One of the service activities that

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Spring Hill College’s Stu-dent Government Associa-tion updated its Facebook page on Nov. 20, announc-ing that the Student Center would be open 24 hours during finals week. Includ-ed with this announcement was the hashtag “#WeGo-tYou.” In a nutshell, that is what the SGA is all about: working hard to bring changes to campus that stu-dents want. For instance, one of the projects being worked on by the SGA is new hours for the caf. This semester, several options for updated hours were presented to the student body and put to a vote. President of the SGA, se-nior Ricardo Pita, says, “We heard the students loud and clear. Approximately 67 percent of students that par-ticipated in the referendum chose an option that would keep the dining hall open until 8 p.m.” Now, the SGA is work-ing to implement these new hours. Pita says, “The SGA, in conjunction with Student Affairs, is currently in talks with Aramark to make sure that we can find and real-locate resources to make such request a reality. We are also working with them on the comprehensive en-hancement of McKinney’s.” However, despite the majority vote, there are still some students who wish that more could be done. One student, who preferred not to be named, says, “I originally thought it was great that the SGA was looking into changing the cafeteria hours; I have often thought the dining hours were too limited and should be extended. However, when they sent out the sur-vey for us to vote, I ended up voting to keep the same hours because none of the other options were really any better. So although I appreciate the effort, I don’t really think they’re making it any better.” But, even if some stu-

dents aren’t thrilled with the options for new dining hours, that isn’t the only project that the SGA has been working on. It is also dealing with one of biggest problems that students have complained about, which is the lack of places to study around campus. “I can confirm that we have made great progress regarding studying spaces,” says Pita. “We are working closely with Student Affairs and the Burke Library to extend the library’s hours of operation. Negotiations have been promising until now and I believe we can expect significant improve-ments in the near future.” He continues, “In ad-dition, we are working to enable certain academic buildings with 24/7 key-card access points in order to increase the availability of study spaces. The SGA remains steadfastly commit-ted to making sure students have adequate study spaces beyond current limitations.” Furthermore, that’s not all that the SGA has been involved in. Recently, when the Residence Life Advisory Committee came up with the idea to change the hous-ing lottery system to make it based off students’ GPA and credit hours, Pita stepped up. “As the only elected individual in that room, I pushed for the proposal to be presented to the Student Senate,” he says. “When it comes to matters that affect the student body in this manner, it is the Student Government who should and must speak for the students. After a lengthy discussion of the proposal presented by director Ber-not, the Senate unanimously opposed the measure.” Even though Pita felt from the beginning that the proposal should be opposed, he kept his own opinion pri-vate until after the Senate had a fair chance to discuss the idea. In the end, Pita thinks a good decision was

By Natalie WelchEditor-In-Chief

As finals week looms around the corner, students are bracing for late night cram sessions fueled by caffeine and the motiva-tion to come out of their classes with somewhat decent grades. Psychol-ogy professor Dr. Jaime Franco-Zamudio says that cramming is problematic for students hoping to do well. Her advice: students shouldn’t wait until the last minute to start studying for their final exams. “I suggest that students focus on studying for their exams in small chunks of time with a lot of breaks. This will help them to re-tain the material.” It’s a concept that she says is taught in her gen-eral psychology class. “…most of the time you will remember the first few chapters you read and the last few chapters you read, but that the middle chapters become muddled together in your memory.” As far as what she is antici-pating from students this finals season, Dr. J, as her students call her, says that students in her upper level classes are in the stages of completing presentations and projects and finalizing papers. Many students choose to camp out in the library to get all of these assign-ments done and to prepare for finals. In fact, Burke Library’s Evening Supervi-sor Matt Cobb, says that during finals week, the library is more congested

than at any other time of the academic school year. “It’s usually pretty tense and busy. There are a lot of people trying to do a lot of work in a very short amount of time,” he said. He continued by saying that the night before the first day of finals week is usually when the li-brary staff sees the biggest swarm of patrons. In the midst of this com-motion, he says that it’s easy for some students, under the pressure of dead-lines, to become agitated with library staffers. He explained that the library staff is only there to help and urges patience and un-derstanding while having those interactions. He said, “The staff is here to help but we can’t do everything. Follow the rules to keep the building quiet and clean. It helps reduce the stress of everyone.” While he says that the library gets pretty packed with students, Cobb also said that many times, students who are studying alone take up the study rooms. These rooms fill up quickly and after they are all occupied, students fill up the seats of the tables on the second floor of the building. Marci Ann White, a senior who has experi-enced her fair share of finals week anxiety, says that whether you survive finals week or not is all about strategy. Her tech-nique involves studying on

her own early on and then collaborating with a group as exam week nears. “Most of the time when I try and study with a group it ends up being a mess, because everyone has their own way of studying.” She also described her “finals week bag,” a survival package to get her through the week. “In my bag I have snacks, highlighters, my allowed coffee money for the week, ear phones, an intense study playlist, and my study guides.” For her, this survival kit comes in handy, especially on those nights where she’s studying before she has two or three exams on the same day. Although that may sound daunting, she doesn’t see it as something to panic over, saying, “For me, those are the best days. I like getting them done with.” White says that the two most important things for students to remember to do during finals week is eat and sleep. She advises stu-dents, especially freshmen who are having their first finals week experience, to “try and get through your study guides early. If you can get them done it makes it easier to study.” According to the Spring Hill College events cal-endar, finals week will officially begin on Mon-day, Dec. 8. Exams will be given up until Friday, Dec. 12 when students will pre-pare to leave for Christmas break.

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made. “I don’t believe that however you do in the classroom should dictate where you live,” he says. “Especially on a four-year residential campus, where in the case of a poor lottery number, you can’t opt out.” Furthermore, this isn’t the end of the SGA’s work with the lottery sys-tem. Pita says, “I expect the Student Government’s voice to be respected as we continue to work on improving our current system, for it is the only organization which has been en-trusted with the representation of the student body.”

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F R O M T H E C OV E Rthey have done was going to the Ronald Mc-Donald house to feed the parents there. The president of the group this year, Mary Kate Gallagher, planned out these events,“We went to St. Luke’s Paul’s Episcopal School and taught them how to properly wash their hands during flu season,” says Gallagher. The organization has also done other activi-ties to learn outside of the classroom. “In the past we tried to think of things to do that would be fun, because being in nursing, we are seen as kind of the dorks in the library all the time and there’s always a little stress involved so we wanted to do something fun, but where we learn too,” Gallagher says. One of the activities they did was an older adult simulation, where they blindfolded each other and hand fed one another to see how it would be to take care of older people when their vision starts to fade. According to Gal-lagher, these fun little activities help students actively learn while they’re not just reading out of a book.

The group has been having monthly meet-ings, but there is an executive board with officer positions that meets more often to help plan events. There is a president, vice presi-dent, treasurer, secretary, historian, member-ship committee chair, and a service committee chair. Gallagher says, “Last year we got a late start on electing the exec board, so one of our big goals is to get that going in before people get busy next semester.” There are also sophomore and freshman representatives that let every-one know when the next meetings and events are taking place. The requirements to hold an officer position are having a 3.0 GPA, and get-ting accepted into the professional component of the nursing department. According to Gallagher and Sands, the way the nursing division at Spring Hill Col-lege works is that you have to apply to the Professional Component after completion of your Pre-Professional Component, which takes place freshman and sophomore years. You then have to be accepted into the Profes-

sional Component, which takes place junior and senior years. “Sometimes it’s good to talk to someone older who has been through the nursing classes to help them out and we get to know our freshman nurses,” says Gallagher. One of the goals for next semester is to develop a big and little pairing, where a student that is in the Professional Component may help to advise someone who is in the Pre-Professional Component. Another nice thing about the group, ac-cording to Gallagher, is you can put it on your resume, but it also helps you move up and see how the real world of nursing works. Right now most of the students in the nursing pro-gram are trying to get involved in the group. Gallagher says, “We are excited to get back on campus and get things going this year. We ordered t-shirts, and we are planning more service events and trying to get more involved nationally, developing leadership skills while preparing for the work force.”

Like most people, I had never heard of Ferguson, Mo. before August of 2014. Now, it’s hard to re-member a time before the city was plastered all over the news. The shooting of an unarmed African-American man, 18-year-old Michael Brown, by a Caucasian police officer, has caused argu-ments, riots and vandalism. And since it was announced that Officer Wilson wouldn’t be indicted, things have only gotten worse. These protests aren’t just happen-ing in Ferguson, either. According

to Emily Hill’s Nov. 25 article on AL.com, a rally was held right here in Mobile. This entire issue really has me torn. On the one hand, I think there are many cases where police offi-cers do abuse their power, and that shouldn’t be allowed. It happens too often, which is why people are screaming for change. And, while I don’t always agree with the tactics that they take in these protests, I understand why this is happening. If you knew there was a prob-lem and yet no one would listen, wouldn’t you start to raise your voice or break a window, to shake people out of whatever world they were living in, where this wasn’t a problem? But, on the other hand, I also feel sympathy for the police officer. With a brother-in-law who works in law enforcement, I’m aware of many of the situations that officers are put in every day. It’s not easy. It’s dangerous and life-threatening to simply do your job. And while I don’t think it’s ok to shoot an unarmed person, when you’re in a situation where you feel as though your life hangs in the balance, it can be hard to be cool, calm and collected. After all, it only takes one mis-take, one time that you tell yourself “Don’t shoot; this person doesn’t

look like they have a weapon,” and that could be the last decision you ever make. Sure, in most cases, people probably won’t have any weapons. But they might. Really, I think this is all because of a bigger problem. Specifically, any Joe Shmoe around town could have a gun. I mean, let’s face it, if police officers were going into situations where they were positive – or at least semi-positive – that no guns were around, I think there would be far fewer circumstances like those that took place in Fergu-son. But. ecause every Tom, Dick and Harry can have a gun nowa-days, t hat means that every Tom, Dick and Harry could potentially kill a police officer. Once people’s lives are on the line, police officers included, they become a lot more trigger-happy. Now, this isn’t excusing the actions of Officer Wilson. Law enforcement officers are trained for this kind of thing and should be able to handle themselves well in tense circumstances. But, here’s the thing: I wasn’t there. I don’t know if the shooting was justified or not. In the bigger picture, there are no winners. A young man is dead before his time, another man has to live the rest of his life knowing that he caused that death, and the entire nation is forced to face a larger is-sue, one that we probably preferred

not to deal with. Maybe something good can come of this, but the costs have already been high.

On Nov. 20, 2014 a shooter took to the campus of Florida State Uni-

versity and opened fire inside of the library, killing one person and leaving three others injured. In the last decade, the most violent and tragic crimes have come from shootings on college campuses. On Feb. 14, 2008 a gun-man at Northern Illinois Univer-sity entered an academic building armed with a gun, ammo and knife. Driven by mental illness, the gun-man killed five people and injured 21 more before taking his own life. Then in April 2007, arguably the most tragic event on a college campus, a shooter first killed a stu-dent and a R.A. on West Virginia’s campus then chained the doors to a engineering building shut and began shooting. When the massacre came to an end, the shooter killed 32 people and injured 25. Our country has seen gruesome

footage, read heartbreaking stories and felt an undying grief for all of those involved in campus shootings. I ask the question: Out of all the places to direct a shooting, why a college campus? Why target young adults who are working towards their potential and aspiring to reach new heights and begin careers? Why target people who had the po-tential to become surgeons, lawyers and nurses only to have their lives so unfairly taken away from them? Some would argue drug and alcohol abuse, others mental instability but sadly a question of this kind can’t be answered. Parents plead with schools to im-prove security measures to prevent this situation. But just how much can you do to prevent a campus shooting? Walking through metal detectors before entering buildings?

Sure. Campus safety officers ran-domly searching bags? Why not. Realistically, none of these are going to happen and there is no sure shot way to prevent a campus shooting. It only takes one sick per-son to obtain a gun and walk right into a campus and there is nothing we can do about it. The most we can ask is for students to keep a watchful eye for suspicious activity and report it. The point I am trying to get across is that we can’t live in fear during our time in college. We can-not walk a campus fearing for our lives constantly and let our college years escape us. I hate to break it to you but there will be another campus shooting and we cannot stop it. All we can do is pray during our time of grieving and be there for those who are in need.

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By Natalie WelchEditor-in-Chief

By Ryan FlynnReporter

The Crisis in Ferguson Raises Bigger Questions

Campus Shootings: A Deadly Trend

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Spring Hill students show off their Badger claws at the men’s basketball game.Photo by Ryan FLYNN

Springhillian tour guide Mark Mullen shows perspective students around campus on Badger Day on the Hill.Photo by Ben FLEMING

Perspective students and parents walk around the Hill on Badger Day.Photo by Ben FLEMING

Spring Hill students compete in the intermurial flag football playoffs.Photo by Ben FLEMING

Spring Hill students Grant and Jacquelyn enjoy hanging around in a hammock on Spring Hill’s campus.Photo by Ben FLEMING

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Casey McSweeney, Colin Hinds and John Kendrick Jr. all pose together in front of Quinlan Hall after their morning classes.Photo by Ben FLEMING

Freshman Jose Sanchis competes in the intermural flag fooball league. Photo by Ben FLEMING

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Member Kiarica Smith and a member of the Bay Area Food Bank pose after their canned food drive.Photo Courtesy of Shaunicy MUHAMMAD

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Members Kiarica Smith and Kara Luckett pose after their canned food drive. The sorority raised over 700 lbs of canned food for the Bay Area Food Bank.Photo Courtesy of Shaunicy MUHAMMAD

There was a time when school was easy and there was no such thing as preparing for a test and studying – sadly, that time was kindergarten. With finals week creeping in, good study habits are vital to be successful in college. To help successfully end the first college semester for a fresh-man or help boost a soon to be graduate senior, here are five tips that were compiled from students at SHC.

Location- Where a student decides to study plays a huge factor in ef-ficiency. The place where a student decides to study should not have any distractions. These distractions cause the student to lose focus, and then all that information you retained goes down the drain. Junior Andrew Mcinnis says, “Avoid noisy areas so you can focus.”

Start in advance-A student can start going over information as soon as the class is over to help embed it in their head. Senior Elise Michaelis says, “I try to study at least three days before a test.” It is impor-tant to start in advance because if you wait too long to go over notes a stu-dent might find that the notes do not make sense. By starting in advance, a student gets the main idea of the topic and extracts the significant details.

Read from the textbooks- Students have this misconception that if certain information is not in the lecture then it is not important. This is a myth. Professors expect students to read from the textbook because usually the lecture was derived from the readings in the first place. Senior Nick Smith says, “It’s helped me a lot when I’ve kept up with the readings and hurt me when I didn’t.”

Study groups- Group discussions are vital for effective studying. Senior Justin Martin says, “Studying with other people in the class always

seem to be beneficial.” When students study together they tend to get a lot more done, by cooperating with each other. This cooperation promotes imagination and critical thinking. In addition, this environment ensures students won’t procrastinate.

Take breaks- This is important because it releases stress and allows the student to reflect on the topic, causing them to be more atten-tive. In addition, this allows the student to look forward to a reward as they study. Senior Matthew Keller says, “Taking study breaks have really improved my studying.”

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Top Five Procrastination Tips

By Jabulani ThompsonReporter

It’s that time of year again. Students are starting to load up on coffee and pull notes out from the beginning of the semester to prepare for exams. But sometimes, too much studying is overwhelming and students look for different ways to distract themselves. Because, really, who isn’t finding excuses to shop online or check Facebook every five minutes instead of studying? Senior Emily Thorpe says, “I think it’s super beneficial for my mental health to pretend like I’m doing something just as important as my homework or studying, so I like to procrastinate.” Here are the top five ways to procrastinate during finals week.

Run. “I like to go for a run because it seems like it’s good for me and it can somehow help me to complete the tasks at hand,” says Emily Thorpe. If you don’t want to study, but still want to feel busy then go for a run. It gets you to be active and can help relieve some stress. “It clears my head so I’m ready to focus,” says Thorpe.

Clean. If you are someone who likes to study in your room, but just are not ready to commit to the books yet, then clean up that mess. “It’s another excuse for me to put off what I need to be doing, but still feel productive,” says Thorpe. If you are looking for ways to be less distracted then cleaning might help. “Cleaning clears my mind and I have no other distractions in my room. Or even if I’m going to study in the library, I know I’m going to come home to a room that’s not like a mess,” says Thorpe.

Netflix. When you really don’t want to study, watching an hour or two of television is one way to take a break. “Catching up on all my favorite shows is just another way for me to feel like I have everything done that needs to be done before I start studying,” says Thorpe. Maybe you don’t have any seasons to watch, but if you still don’t want to study then just go on Netflix to find something that interests you and start a new series.

Food. Doesn’t matter if you are a health nut or a junk food addict, food can be a tasty way to take a break from studying. “It’s a huge stress reliev-er, so you got to relieve your stress when you’re studying,” says Thorpe. If you don’t have any cravings try looking up fun recipes on Pintrest.

Sleep. Don’t go into a coma and take a three hour-long nap, but try set-ting an alarm for 15 to 30 minutes and it could really make a difference. “I like to take a nap and feel well rested before I hit the nail on the head,” says Thorpe.

Studying and passing your finals are important, but don’t forget to give yourself a break and just relax. According to Thorpe, procrastination is im-portant because “you’re not stressing out about all the things you are trying to get done for three weeks; instead, it’s all just crammed into one week. You can enjoy life a little more.”

Top Five Study Tips for Finals Week

Erinn Vogel Reporter

Photo by Jabulani THOMPSON

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You see him all time with a bright smile on his face serving up food for the students of Spring Hill. I got the chance this week to talk with Mr. Tony briefly about his work at Spring Hill and what he enjoys most about being a part of the food services staff.

When did you first start at Spring Hill?I started here 10 years ago doing catering around the campus.

What do you enjoy most about working at Spring Hill?I enjoy learning the campus and learning how gorgeous the surroundings are and then leaving that and coming into the caf and feeding the students.

What has your favorite mo-ment been so far at Spring

Hill?Graduations. I see students going on to better their lives.

What is your favor-ite meal in the caf?All of it is pretty good. I like the fried chicken like everybody else. I enjoy the soup sometimes and the pizza is always great. My station is the bomb; you know I’m not trying to brag but you can put that twice.

Is Taco Tuesday your favorite day of the week?Yeah, I like tacos, the students like tacos and I have fun making them while the students have fun eating them.

Lightning Round with TonyBy Ryan FlynnReporter

Courtesy of Spring Hill College Facebook Page

SPORTS10 December 5, 2014

BCS or College Football Playoff? As the col-lege football season comes to a close, many teams are trying to make their case to earn a spot in the first ever col-lege football playoff. Last season was the final one for the old Bowl Cham-

pionship Series system. It relied on

the combination of different polls and computer methods to compute relative team rankings that would put two teams in the national champion-ship game, which is held after all of the other bowl games. Now there is a playoff selection committee, that consists of 13 members, that takes a wealth of information to determine the top 25 rankings. At the end of the season the committee will re-lease its final poll, which will determine the four

teams that will take part in the newly formed playoff bracket. Some teams that will not have a chance in the new playoff system may have had a shot in the old BCS system. So the question is, should college football use the BCS or the college football playoff? Here is how I look at it. Would we want computers deciding who should play in the national cham-pionship or should we leave it up to 13 people on a selection committee that have valuable and in-depth knowledge of college football? The BCS system in a sense was a flawed system because it took computer generated results that didn’t take in certain factors that the committee can take into consideration. Also the BCS system didn’t have as much emphasis on the games being played in the regular season because you could lose one game and still be in consideration for the BCS national champion-ship. In the new college football playoff system one loss can completely eliminate a team from making it to the playoff such as the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Baylor Bears who are sitting on the edge of the final four with each team hav-ing one loss on the resume. If we take a look back to the 2012 season, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish finished with an

undefeated record and a spot in the national championship game against the 11-1 Alabama Crimson Tide. They ended up losing the game by a score of 42-14. Many people argue that the championship game should have been between Alabama and Oregon. But the BCS rankings were computer generated and didn’t take into consideration that Alabama and Oregon won their divisions in their conference and went on to play in the conference championship, while Notre Dame didn’t have to since they were an independent team. If the college football playoff system was in place, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish may not have made it to the playoff or may have gotten in the number three or four seed but they would not have been in so easily. I think that the college football playoff com-mittee does a great job taking in all of the fac-tors that come out of every weekend of college football. They take in the things that no one else would really think of and they try to give each team the best opportunity to make one of the final four spots. I hope that the college football playoff will be in place for a long time and that they will make expansions to make it that much more exciting.

Brandon Krus Sports Reporter

Women’s Basketball Takes Home Opener Loss to UWF 57-53

The Spring Hill women’s basketball team opened its home schedule to the 2014 season against the Lady Argonauts from University of West Florida on Nov. 22 at the Arthur R. Out-law Recreation Center. The Badgers came out and played solid de-fense to open the game but could not convert on some open opportunities early in the first half. The Lady Argos started off strong and took a 28-15 lead going into halftime. Head coach Karen McConico made some adjustments during the intermission and the Badgers came out rolling in the second half. The Badgers started their full court press defense, which resulted in several key turnovers that helped them get right back into the game. As time was winding down in the second half, the Badgers took the lead on several key layups by freshman Jewel Hill and sophomore Leah Washington to make the score 51-50. Unfortunately, that wouldn’t be enough as the Lady Argos answered back in the final minute with a crucial three point play and offensive rebound that pretty much put the game away for West Florida. After the Badgers missed some despera-tion shots in the final seconds, the Lady Argos knocked down two key free throws that sealed the win by a score of 57-53. Leading the way for the Badgers were fresh-man Jewel Hill, a guard from St. Luke’s Episco-pal School in Mobile, and redshirt sophomore

center Leah Washington from Vanderbilt Catholic High School in Houma, La. Hill totaled 24 points, three assists, one block, and four steals, which was a season high for the freshman guard in all catego-ries. Washington also contributed 10 points, six rebounds, three as-sists, and three steals in the loss to West Florida. The women’s basketball team took on the Lady Jaguars of South Alabama in an exhibition game on Tuesday evening at the Mitchell center located on the campus of South Alabama.The badgers came ready to play as they stuck with the Lady Jags through the first half. Freshman Jennifer Clark hit a three and a pair of free throws that kept them within two points of South heading into halftime with the score being 26-24 South Alabama. However the Lady Jags came out with some full court pressure and took over the game by putting some full court pressure on the badgers and forced several turnovers to take a command-ing lead. The final score was 69-42.

By Brandon Krus Sports Reporter

Photo by Ben FLEMING

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Women’s Basketball vs University of West Florida

Men’s JV Basketball vs Jefferson Davis Community College Photos by Ben FLEMING

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The Final Showdown! by Alex Sierra