For the past few years around the time of final exams, students have been offered the chance to take a break from studying and enjoy a free meal in the Cayman café with Late Night breakfast. The meal was offered to any resident on Southeastern’s campus free of charge if they have a meal plan.

The Sims Memorial Library Breezeway filled with students as six friendly and adoptable dogs raced to meet them and be loved on. The dogs were brought to Southeastern by the St. Tammany Humane Society for “Puppy Therapy” as a way to help students relieve stress during finals week preparations.

The Battle of the Sexes competition ended Monday, April 30. The females won the competition with 773 transactions and a total of $4,615. The competition was sponsored by a partnership between RaceTrac and the university to raise money for Southeastern athletics.

Balancing a jazz band and classes

Four Southeastern music students have come together to do what they are passionate about: making music. However, having passion does not exactly make it easy, and the struggle to balance classes, school performances and rehearsal becomes more difficult as the semester goes on.

Forensic biologist and Southeastern assistant professor of biological sciences, Erin Watson-Horzelski traveled to Washington, D.C. on April 27-28 to participate in the USA Science and Engineering Festival. Her exhibit, “Maggot Monet,” featured a general introduction to the life cycle of insects and the importance of their role in nature.

The Delta Omega chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia performed for a crowd of students, family and alumni in the Pottle Recital Hall, on Monday, April 30. The fraternity is the largest and oldest that is solely focused on music. It was born in 1898 in Boston, Mass.

Lady Lions (15-34, 4-15) softball ended their season with a series sweep of conference rival UT-Arlington Mavericks (15-27, 5-15). The weekend sweep ended the season on a positive note as the team brought their win streak to four. The weekend games were held on Friday, May 4 at 6 p.

After several months of reconstruction along with a few hitches in the road, Strawberry Stadium’s football field is nearing the end of its renovation journey. After a few bids, the Lions Athletics Association was able to purchase the New Orleans Saints turf from the Mercedes Benz Superdome, saving several hundred thousand dollars.

The Southeastern Lions men’s and women’s track and field teams will be competing in the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships this weekend May 11-13 in San Marcos, Texas. The Lions ride momentum into the championships coming off of an impressive performance at the Golden Eagle Classic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

You must be thinking, “Football is saved!” right? Not so fast. The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has recently stated they will begin testing goal-line technology during live games before implementing the technology into more high profile leagues, such as the English Premier League and Spanish Liga.

The end of the semester is here, and students are focused on pulling up their grades during this final push through the last of their exams. At this time every semester, I end up thinking about how the previous few months have gone by surprisingly quickly and what I’ve accomplished thus far.

Well, here we are. Another semester has come and gone and we are all sinking our teeth into finals. While the stress and caffeine are taking their toll, we find it is these moments in life that offer an opportunity for reflection. At the beginning of this semester, in an editorial titled “A new look for a New Year,” we, the editorial staff of The Lion’s Roar, addressed our redesign of the paper and what you as the reader could expect from us this coming year.