This week's guests were Men's Basketball coach Mike O'Donnell and junior Tyler Browner as they discussed the upcoming men's basketball season. The team's home opener is Tuesday, November 6.

Also, tune in on Thursday, November 1 for a live broadcast from Econo Foods in Houghton as the men's and women's conference tournaments are previewed.

Seniors Kaylor Holmstrom and Dana Pakulski recounted tales of their times as Paloheimo Fellows this week on Finlandia Fridays. The Paloheimo Fellowship is an opportunity for Finlandia students to study a topic in Finland for several weeks for little-to-no cost.

For full show notes go to finlandia.edu/fridays

Leading the Pride is a monthly podcast that focuses on accomplished Suomi College and Finlandia University alumni. This month’s guest is Matthew McLaughlin (‘17), who was one of the first graduates from Finlandia’s new Biology program. McLaughlin was also a graduate of the ROTC program, a four year hockey player and the Class of 2017 student speaker. He commissioned into the US Army as a second lieutenant after college and is currently utilizing the Health Professions Scholarship Program through the Army to attend medical school at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine. McLaughlin hopes to become an army medical officer after finishing medical school.

Listen as host, Olivia Myers, and McLaughlin talk about his decision to take a gap year, the challenges of getting into medical school and the struggles of finding a club hockey team to join in Idaho.

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This weeks show features Bridget Durocher, Kaylee Laakso and Ashley Aho from the women's cross country team.

Author Lindsay King-Miller was invited to campus this week to speak about her book Ask a Queer Chick; a Guide to Sex, Love, and Life for Girls Who Dig Girls. While on campus King-Miller dropped by Finlandia Fridays to discuss and inform others of her experiences.

“The campus has been incredibly welcoming. Everyone has been asking great questions, making me feel like everyone has read my writing which makes me feel so special, unique and amazing.”

King-Miller visited several classrooms in her time at FinnU, including a nursing class. In the nursing class, she talked with nursing students about LGBTQ family care and the experiences she and her partner have gone through to have children.

“In a medical setting, especially when going through something so intimate and vulnerable like giving birth, it is so important to feel you’re affirmed and supported for who you are” said King-Miller. Miller stated that the nursing class asked a lot of important questions on how to make LGBTQ family’s medical experiences positive, to which she responded, “just ask.”

See the full notes at https://www.finlandia.edu/news/author-lindsay-king-miller-lgbtq/

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This weeks show features Matt Marchel Head Women's Hockey Coach and Colin Longeway Head Men's Club Hockey Coach

Visiting artist Libby VanderPloeg dropped by Finlandia Fridays to share her artistic wisdom, and to settle the debate, is it GIF with the “g” sound or GIF with the “j” sound, like the peanut butter. VanderPloeg is nationally known and has work appear in the New York Times, Netflix, Huffington Post, Penguin Random House, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and TED events.

For full show notes go to finlandia.edu/fridays

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This weeks show features Connor Hannon and Joe Burcar from the men's hockey program.

Lion Around dropped by the Chapel of St. Matthew this week to talk about a more serious subject - The Month of Action. Chosen for a specific reason, the Chapel of St. Matthew houses the office of the campus pastor, who is a confidential source for students to go to when they need to talk about anything.

Delving into the nitty gritty, The Month of Action is month-long campaign funded by a grant from the Michigan State Police to help raise awareness about sexual assault and gender and body positivity. The events associated with the grant are two documentary screenings, a talk with guest speaker Byron Hurt and other various activities used to increase student’s knowledge of the focus topics.

Read full show notes at http://www.finlandia.edu/news/lion-around-get-serious-talking-month-action/

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This weeks show features Mariah LaPointe-Dunham, Joe Burcar and Travis Wilzius live at the Kaleva Cafe.