Alpha Xi Delta Football Frenxi

On Sunday September 21st, Alpha Xi Delta, a sorority on Slippery Rocks campus, held their annual philanthropy event. Their event, Football Frenxi, raises money for Autism Speaks. It is a great way to get out and be active while raising money for a great cause. The event is flag football not tackle to avoid injuries from happening.

Andrea Tracey braves the chill to cheer on her friends.

Joe Balldinger runs to try and catch the football before he gets his flag pulled. 

The Phi Sigma Sigma/Kappa Sigma team huddle up to have a quick warm up before their game starts. 

Teams are having fun raising money for a great cause. 

Angela Barbaro runs for the ball.

Members of the Alpha Omicron Pi team are huddled up to have a team talk before the ball is thrown again. 

Mr.Mom

When having a child you never think about the possibilities of the father staying home with the newborn. But why is that the norm of our society is for the mother to stay home and not the father. Studies say that the fathers who stay home with the children are more likely to take an active role in parenting tasks.  On the  flipside though, is it worth it to take off to stay home with your child. In some cases it is shown that men who take off experience a decrease in their earnings. 

Another reason why men don’t take that special time off with their child is because it literally is not offered and they have to use unpaid days to stay at home and care for them.  In what world is that fair. A father should be able to stay home and help his wife. After having a child it is very difficult to bounce back and take care of a child, that’s there a father comes in. But if a father doesn’t get paid for those days off, he wont stay home because money is a very important thing to consider when having a child. Why is it that men are feeling a conflict of choosing their family or their work. Why is that even happening. Men should not feel pressured to choose. It should be normal for men to take the leave just like it is for women. If this practice works in other countries why doesn’t it work here. Why cant men just take off for a few weeks to help their family and then return to work as normal? I see the pros and the cons to a man leave, but in most circumstances it seems as if the pros out weigh the cons. All in all it is your decision to take the leave.

Hey, Whats up, Hello

Hi everybody! First let me start off by saying thank you for reading my blog. This is my first ever blog so bear with me. Anyway, My name is Nina Deachilla and I am a senior Public Relations and Digital Media Productions major at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. I am an active member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority. I have held leadership positions in the sorority as well as the Panhellenic National Council on my campus.

I am graduating from SRU in December and I have to say I am extremely nervous to leave this great little town and experience the real world. When I'm not in Slippery Rock you can find me in Baltimore City. Over the summer I did an internship there and experienced a little bit of the "real world". Having the opportunity to do an internship was great because it gave me an idea of what I wanted to do come December. It also calmed my fears of being afraid to graduate.

Its weird to think my time is almost up. It seems like just a few days ago I was packing up all of my things and leaving for freshman move in. In a few months I am going to be packing up all of my things to leave. Everyday I ask myself where did the time go.

The next question that I asked myself is what am I going to when I leave here. Sure I will have a degree, but what do I want to do with it. I am hoping that this class will help me figure things out a bit. Sure I have worked with a lot of social media site, including Facebook and Twitter, but I have never written a blog before. I have wanted to but I have never take the steps to actually do one.

I don't typically read the news often, but if I do its CNN. I typically read and listen to CNN because growing up my mother was always watching that channel. Sure they have different opinions than other networks but they are just what i prefer.

If I would have to chose a non-traditional news outlet I think that I would have to chose Buzzfeed. I think some people don't associate the actual news with Buzzfeed all the time, but in recent years they have gotten better with reporting the news. I am constantly visiting the site to see what i can read. I think I like them because they break up the articles in a way that its better and its more pleasing to read.

Overall, I am really excited to be enrolled in this class and to experience the world of blogging. I can't wait to see where this class takes me.