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welcomed to apply.

Applications will be accepted up to Jan. 4, 2013, and only those from U.S. citizens will be accepted. Students must be undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate from an accredited institute of higher education.

The program lasts for 10 weeks from May to August, and terms may be extended.

Students accepted will report to various locations across the country. Students may receive stipends up to $650 per week depending on academic status. Travel to and from appointment site will be paid when the distance is over 60 miles one way.

Learn more and apply now at DOE Scholars (http://orise. orau.gov/doescholars).

today SOCIAL WORK SYMPOSIUM

The Department of Social Work will host a Senior Research Symposium Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Global Communications Room, Room 313 T.T. Allain Hall.

Seniors will be defending their research projects with oral presentations.

A YULETIDE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT

Southern University presents “A Yuletide Gift of the Spirit” Christmas Concert and Christmas Tree Lighting starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. inside the Activity Center with performances by the Southern University Band’s wind ensemble, concert choir, the Everett Parker Community Ensemble and the SU Liturgical Dance Troupe.

Tickets are available at the SU Ticket Office and Ticketmaster for $10. Group tickets can be purchased at the SU Ticket Office only, for groups of 20 or more at $5 per person. Proceeds benefit the SU Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship Fund.

BLACK HISTORY CLUB

The Southern University Black History Club will hold meetings every Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Higgins Hall Room 117. Come out and join us for the next meeting.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLUB

The Southern University Criminal Justice Club invites you to their weekly meetings.

Every Tuesday at 6pm in Higgins Hall Room 226.

BIBLE CLASS

The Way of Holiness Ministries will be hosting an Enrichment Bible class in the Lakefront room of Smith-Brown Memorial Union tomorrow from 7-9 p.m.

DOE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The U.S. Department of Energy Scholarship Program introduces students or recent college graduate to DOE’s mission and operations. As a participant in the DOE Scholars Program, you will have a competitive edge for familiarizing yourself with DOE functions while showcasing your education, talent and skills.

Students in engineering, physical sciences, environmental sciences, computer science and information technology, physics, business, public policy, program management, mathematics, statistics, safety and health, accounting and finance, law, communications and other related areas are

SU HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAM

The Center for Social Research has a HIV/AIDS prevention program and you can get involved. Did you know Baton Rouge is #1 in the nation in AIDS case rates? Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to educate your peers about HIV/AIDS Prevention?

Then join us as a Peer Educator Today. Contact Darnell Pledger at 225.771.3010 or via e-mail at Darnell_Pledger@subr.edu.

Follow them on Twitter @SU_

Stoppin_HIV and like them on Facebook SU HIV/AIDS Prevention Program. You can also obtain more info at subr. edu/socialresearch/hiv CSS PAPER SERVICE

The Center for student Success is excited to announce our paper review service! free service 24 hour turn-around period feedback provided we check: sentence structure, clarity, thesis statements, spelling, etc. call or stop by the center for student success for more info. Stewart hall Rm 107 Call for more info (225)7714312.

BOOKSTORE DONATES SCHOLARSHIPS

The Southern University Bookstore operator Follet Higher Education Group donated $10,000 in textbook scholarships. The Southern University athletic department and SU Human Jukebox received $5,000 in the form of textbook scholarships. The scholarships will apply to books purchased from January to December 2013.

SU-RACETRAC PARTNERSHIP

Good day all you Southern Fans, We have an exciting partnership with RaceTrac that extends beyond the field this season. From today until the end of the calendar year RaceTrac will be partnering with Southern University to help provide funds for the university. The RaceTrac location down the street across from the airport at 3730 Harding Blvd. will give five percent back to Southern University on all (non-fuel) inside sales. Just let the store associates know that you want your purchase to go towards Southern. They will take care of the rest. Let’s help fuel Southern Programs.

STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES

The Smith-Brown Memorial Union is open on Friday in the game room with bowling alley and Burger King. Note: half price game room and bowling alley.

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Who’s Speaking Out? Did you enjoy your Thanksgiving break? Why? “Yes, I did enjoy my Thanksgiving because after Thanksiving Southern won the Bayou Classic!”

Bria Turner

freshman mass communication Baton Rouge

“Yes, I enjoyed the time to relax and indulge in a fresh hot cooked meal made with a little love and care.”

Quantreal Williams

senior history Wichita Falls, Texas

“Yes. I enjoyed my Thanksgiving break because I was able to see my friends and family from out of town.”

Travante’ Johnson sophomore political science bogalusa, la.

“Yes. I enjoyed my Thanksgiving break because I got to take a break from school and got a chance to see my boyfriend.”

Sarah Larrier

freshman psychology new orleans

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Athletics has plans for earnings Judge Charles Hawkins II The Southern Digest

An estimated $435,000 in earnings from the 39th State Farm Bayou Classic will be utilized in the 2012-13 Southern University Athletics budget.

William Broussard, SUBR athletic director clarified the earnings were always directed to athletics.

Broussard focused on the athletic department bottom line, anticipates using the funds to balance the athletics budget’s expenditures to revenues while, students feel that the revenue should be distributed through the university.

“Every dollar that we make in revenue goes to our projected revenue for the year which then has to balance out with the projected expenses for the year so that there is no general fund for the athletic department,” Broussard said.

There are no general funds or reserve funds for athletics every dollar is allocated to a line item.

“We run like a nonprofit organization where we generate the funds with the expectations of it going towards salaries, expenses in the department, equipment costs, travel costs for

“We run like a nonprofit organization where we generate the funds with the expectations of it going towards salaries, expenses in the department, equipment costs, travel costs for student athletes, or any of the other 150 line items that we have for expenses.”

William Broussard SUBR Athletics Director

student athletes, or any of the other 150 line items that we have for expenses,” Broussard said.

Broussard was informed last week ticket sales were up 9 to 10 percent from the 38th Bayou Classic.

“Outside of our diehard fans chances are the games casual fans have seen us play, we’ve won in relation to the increase in ticket sales for Bayou Classic,” Broussard said.

This year’s attendance was 45,980 Jaguar and Tiger fans, in comparison to last year’s 40,175 and 43,494 in 2010.

Students like Eli Scott, a freshman nursing major from Baton Rouge, does not agree with the funds benefiting athletics directly.

“I think it should go to the

school itself because students bought tickets,” Scott said.

“Maybe the largest portion should go to the athletic department, but we all buy tickets.”

He said since the entire university plays a part in the Bayou Classic then the earnings should be divided respectively.

Kai Burks, a freshman political science major from Marksville, La., said the effort of the students should be recognized when distributing the earnings.

“The students put fourth effort and not just the athletic department,” Burks said.

She said without the university there would be no athletic department.

Bryan Garner, a freshman

textile merchandising major from New Orleans, felt the same way.

“It should go to whole school,” Garner said.

Garner mentioned the band’s role in the classic experience warrants them a significant portion of the profits.

“The entire school plays a part, not just the football team,” Garner said.

Darius McKenzy, a junior criminal justice major from Baton Rouge believes the profits should be split down the middle.

“I think some should go (to athletics), but not all of it,” Mckenzy said.

The official earnings from this year’s game will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

SU Board gives Architecture 90 days Charles Hawkins II The Southern Digest

NEW ORLEANS —The fate of Southern University-Baton Rouge’s School of Architecture was at hand during Friday’s board meeting, a fate that now will be determined within three more months.

The board decided at the Hyatt Regency’s Treme Room to grant the program 90 days to gain approval from the accrediting agency to transfer the architecture program to Southern University-New Orleans.

SUBR Chancellor James Llorens submitted a recommendation earlier this month to terminate the architecture program, months after postponing shuttering the program at the August board meeting.

Faculty Senate President Thomas Miller thought the meeting went in their favor.

“What we were granted was a 90 days to come up with an OK from the National Architectural Accrediting Board to allow accreditation to transfer from one campus to another, and if we can do that in 90 days we still have other issues to work with.

He said the program is the entranceway for young African-

“And out of Louisiana State University and SU in the past 10 years, 14 African-American students have graduated in architecture from LSU, 91 from Southern.”

Thomas Miller Faculty Senate President American men and women to get into the profession and if its shut down that would be a very big door closing. “ I don’t think the board changed their minds so much as we presented them with an option that would reasonably satisfy all parties and I think that is what they went with,” Miller said.

He said the board simply wen with if they can get the accreditation then the board would be in favor of it, but they have 90 days to do it.

“We have to exhaust all possibilities before closing down a program which is the entrance way for young AfricanAmerican men and women into one of the key professions in this country.”

He said the program is one out of seven at historically black colleges and universities.

“And out of Louisiana State University and SU in the past

10 years, 14 African-American students have graduated in architecture from LSU, 91 from Southern,” Miller said.

He said to imagine what the percentage would be like if we closed the program Board member Walter C. Dumas was glad the postponement took place.

“I felt we have a chance to make a presentation so its up to us to justify our existence and we have the capable people to make the right presentation,” Dumas said.

He said they have prepared to have success in the transfer because they definitely need black architects.

Lonnie Wilkinson, Dean of Architecture approved the outcome of the board meeting as well.

“It went as we expected and we are glad the board saw fit to continue discussions for the 90 period,” Wilkinson said.

He said they plan on keeping the board informed of how accreditation discussion are coming along, and he was glad to see two graduate architecture students present at the meeting.

“It made sense for us to pursue every possible avenue for the department,” Wilkinson said.

He said the awareness of the information, which was passed out to board members helped in keeping the discussions open.

Quintrell Mazant, graduate of the architecture program explained his thoughts of the board meeting.

“It was actually great and informative,” Mazant said.

He said it explained the problems and what can be done to solve the problems.

“Some architecture students are scared of where they will be placed,” Mazant said relaying talks with current Southern University students.

halts vouchers Melinda Deslatte The Associated Press

A New Orleans-based federal judge halted Gov. Bobby Jindal’s voucher program in Tangipahoa Parish on Monday, saying it conflicts with a decades-old desegregation case.

The ruling could have implications for the statewide program throughout Louisiana, since more than 30 of the 69 parish and city school districts are under federal desegregation orders, according to the Louisiana Federation of Teachers.

Many of those parishes also are participating in the voucher program, which covers 4,900 students around the state.

U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle ruled that a series of sweeping education changes pushed by Jindal and passed by lawmakers earlier this year clash with court orders in Tangipahoa’s 47-year-old desegregation case.

Lemelle ordered a halt in Tangipahoa Parish, about 60 miles east of Baton Rouge, to the voucher program and changes in laws governing teacher salaries, job protection and hiring and firing.

The voucher program pays private school tuition for some students from lowperforming schools. Schoolsystem attorneys argue it diverts state money from local schools and from efforts to comply with orders in the 1965 desegregation case seeking equal treatment and funding for all students.

School leaders also claimed recently enacted changes to laws involving teacher pay and hiring-and-firing standards conflict with federal court orders that spell out required hiring practices in Tangipahoa Parish and are designed to increase the number of black instructors in the district.

Superintendent of Education John White said that the voucher program doesn’t affect the desegregation order and that officials will appeal the ruling.

Fifty students are enrolled in private schools in Tangipahoa Parish with taxpayer funds, and it wasn’t clear Monday when they would be required to move back to the public schools they left. The voucher program is available to students from lowto moderate-income families who would otherwise attend a public school graded with a C, D or F by the state.

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Minn. man guns down robbers Amy Forliti The Associated Press LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — A Minnesota homeowner who shot two unarmed teenagers in the midst of an apparent Thanksgiving Day break-in told authorities he feared they had a weapon, but acknowledged firing “more shots than I needed to” and appeared to take pride in “a good clean finishing shot” for one teen, according to investigators.

Byron David Smith, 64, was charged Monday with two counts of seconddegree murder in a criminal complaint that was chilling for the clinical way investigators said he described the shootings.

Smith told investigators he shot 18-year-old Haile Kifer several times as she descended a stairway into his basement, and his Mini 14 rifle jammed as he tried to shoot her again after she had tumbled down the steps.

Though Kifer was “already hurting,” she let out a short laugh, Smith told investigators. He then pulled out his .22-caliber revolver and shot her several times in the chest, according to the complaint.

“If you’re trying to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again,” Smith told investigators, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.

Smith was also charged in the death of Kifer’s cousin, 17-year-old Nicholas Brady.

Minnesota law allows a homeowner to use deadly force on an intruder if a reasonable person would fear they’re in danger of harm, and Smith told investigators he was afraid the intruders might have a weapon. However, Smith’s actions weren’t justified, Morrison County Sheriff Michel Wetzel said.

“The law doesn’t permit you to execute somebody once a threat is gone,” he said.

Smith told investigators he was fearful after several break-ins at his remote home in Little Falls, a central Minnesota town of 8,000 people. The sheriff’s office had only one report of a break-in, on Oct. 27. Smith reported losing thousands of dollars in cash, gold coins, two guns, photo equipment and jewelry.

Wetzel said that while the shootings happened on Thursday, Smith waited until Friday to report the deaths, explaining that “he didn’t want to trouble us on a holiday.”

In the complaint, Smith said he was in his basement when he heard a window breaking upstairs, followed by footsteps that eventually approached the basement

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Byron David Smith’s brother walks past the bedroom window of Byron’s home where Nick Brady, and cousin Haile Kifer, allegedly broke in before they were shot and killed

by Byron on Thanksgiving Day, in Little Falls, Minn. Byron David Smith, 64, of Little Falls, told police he shot Kifer, 18, and Brady, 17, during a break-in Thursday. But authorities said his actions exceeded reasonable self-defense and planned to charge him Monday with second-degree murder.

stairwell. Smith said he fired when Brady came into view from the waist down.

After the teen fell down the stairs, Smith said he shot him in the face as he lay on the floor.

“I want him dead,” the complaint quoted Smith telling an investigator.

Smith said he dragged Brady’s body into his basement workshop, then sat down on his chair. After a few minutes, Kifer began coming down the stairs and he shot her as soon as her hips appeared, he said.

After shooting her with both the Mini 14 and the .22-caliber revolver, he dragged her next to Brady. With her still gasping for air, he fired a shot under her chin “up into the cranium,” the complaint says.

“Smith described it as ‘a good clean finishing shot,’” according to the complaint.

The next day he asked a neighbor to recommend a good lawyer, according to the complaint. He later asked his neighbor to call the police.

A prosecutor called Smith’s reaction “appalling.”

“Mr. Smith intentionally killed two teenagers in his home in a manner that goes well beyond self-defense,” Morrison County Attorney Brian Middendorf said after Smith appeared in court Monday morning. Bail was set at $2 million.

Defense attorney Gregory Larson declined comment.

John Lange, who described himself as

Smith’s best friend, said Smith shouldn’t be in jail.

“You have a right to defend your home,” Lange said. “He’s been through hell.”

But Liberty Nunn, a Little Falls resident who said she knew Nicholas Brady’s older sister, said Smith could have simply shouted at them to stop. She said she hopes Smith goes to prison “for a very, very long time.”

“Those are two young lives that were taken,” she said. “It’s just not right.”

Minnesota sentencing guidelines call for a range of roughly 21 to 30 years in prison for a person convicted of a single second-degree murder count.

Smith’s brother, Bruce Smith, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune his brother had retired after a career as a security officer with the U.S. State Department.

Bruce Smith declined to talk to an Associated Press reporter Monday outside his brother’s home. A makeshift barricade blocked the driveway and a board leaning against it bore the spraypainted words “Keep Out.” Brady’s sister, Crystal Schaeffel, told the Star Tribune that Kifer had stolen prescription drugs from her home before. Little Falls police records show Crystal Schaeffel reported a theft Aug. 28, but the department said the report was not public because that investigation was continuing and because it named juveniles.

Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day Mae Anderson The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history.

Shoppers are expected to spend $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday, up 20 percent from last year, according to research firm comScore. That would not only make it the biggest online shopping day of the year, but the biggest since comScore started tracking shoppers’ online buying habits in 2001.

Online shopping was up 28.4 percent on Cyber Monday compared with the same time period a year ago, according

to figures released late Monday by IBM Benchmark, which tracks online sales.

Sales from mobile devices, which include tablets, rose 10.1 percent. The group does not track dollar amount sales.

The strong start to Cyber Monday, a term coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed people were doing a lot of shopping on their work computers on the Monday following Thanksgiving, comes after overall online sales rose significantly during the four-day holiday shopping weekend that began on Thanksgiving.

“Online’s piece of the holiday pie is growing every day, and all the key dates are growing with it,” said Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru.

“The Web is becoming a more significant part of the traditional brick-and-mortar holiday shopping season.”

It’s the latest sign that Americans are becoming addicted to the convenience of the Web. With the growth in smartphones and tablet computers, shoppers can buy what they want, whenever they want, wherever they want. As a result, retailers have ramped up the deals they’re offering on their websites during the holiday shopping season, a time when stores can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue.

Amazon.com, which started its Cyber Monday deals at 12:01 a.m. Monday, is offering as much as 60 percent off a Panasonic VIERA 55-inch TV that’s usually priced higher than $1,000.

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Cuomo: Sandy costs billions

Judge order new look into Katrina case Michael Kunzelman The Associated Press

Michael Gormley The Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — Superstorm Sandy ran up a $42 billion bill on New York and the state and New York City congressional leaders are preparing big requests for federal disaster aid.

The cost includes $32 billion for repairs and restoration, but also includes an additional accounting of $9 billion for mitigation of damage and for preventive measures for the next disastrous storm.

“It’s common sense; it’s intelligent,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of the effort to seek preventive work for the next storm. That would include protecting the electrical power grid and cellphone network.

“Why don’t you spend some money now to save money in the future? And that’s what prevention and mitigation is.”

Cuomo said that Sandy caused more costly damage than Hurricane Katrina that slammed the Gulf Coast in 2005, although Katrina had a far higher death told than Sandy.

He said New York taxpayers can’t foot the bill: “It would incapacitate the state. ... Tax increases are always a last, last, last resort.”

The most basic recovery costs for roads, water systems, schools, parks, individual assistance and more total $15 billion in New York City; $7 billion for state agencies; $6.6 billion in Nassau County and $1.7 billion in Suffolk County, both on suburban Long Island; and $527 million in Westchester County and $143 million in Rockland County,

photo by Kathy willens/AP PHOTO

Utility workers walk past a badly damaged house in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the Rockaways, in New York. The house is one of 200 homes that has been designated unsafe by the New York City Department of Buildings because of damage from Superstorm Sandy. Sandy ran up a $42 billion bill on New York and the state and New York City are making big requests for disaster aid from the federal government, according to one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration officials.

both north of New York City; according to a state document used in the private briefing of the delegation and obtained by The Associated Press.

Cuomo met with New York’s congressional delegation Monday to discuss the new figures that he said is “less than a wish list.” The delegation, Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will now draw up a request for federal disaster aid.

Sen. Charles Schumer said the unprecedented damage “demands a strong and equally serious response from the federal government.”

“Make no mistake, this will not be an easy task, particularly given the impending fiscal cliff, and a Congress that has been much less friendly to disaster relief than in the past,” Schumer said.

“We will work with the (Obama) administration on supplemental legislation, to be introduced in the upcoming December session of Congress, that will set us on the road to meeting New York’s needs. This will be an effort that lasts not weeks, but many months, and we will not rest

until the federal response meets New York’s deep and extensive needs.”

“It really is survival,” said Rep. Peter King, R-New York. “This is an emergency. This should be separate of all the debate about the fiscal cliff and everything else.”

King said he spoke with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who pledges to be cooperative in the finding enough disaster aid. He confirmed the new total provided by the Cuomo administration official.

King, who represents hardhit Long Island, said combined effort involving New York, New Jersey and Connecticut is needed to extract enough federal disaster aid to rebuild and recovery the Eastern Seaboard.

“I am certainly going to do all I can to fight for this,” King said in an interview after a meeting with Cuomo and congressional delegation from New York.

“The governor is showing leadership here,” the Republican said. “He was emphasizing bipartisanship.

We’re not Republicans and Democrats, we’re all New Yorkers and this is the worst financial hit New York

has ever had.”

Schumer and King are both veteran and powerful members of their house.

Hard times were already facing the state and city governments which were staring at deficits of over $1 billion before Sandy hit on Oct. 28. State tax receipts have also missed projections, showing a continued slow recovery from recession that could hit taxpayers in the governments’ 2013-14 budgets this spring.

Bloomberg announced earlier Monday that Sandy caused $19 billion in losses in New York City, which is part of the $30 billion estimate Cuomo used.

“I’m always optimistic. I always believe that we’re going to win,” Bloomberg said, then wryly cited the city’s failed bid for the last Summer Olympics, which centered on a proposed stadium in Manhattan that would have been eventually used for the NFL’s Jets before the project was shelved. “I still think we’re going get that stadium on the West Side. I still think we’re going to get the 2012 Olympics.

I’m always an optimist and never give in.”

NEW ORLEANS — Allegations of prosecutorial misconduct tainted a Justice Department inquiry into the source of leaked information about the probe of deadly police shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge said Monday.

U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt ordered the Justice Department to conduct a new investigation of news reports that said a former police officer was going to plead guilty when the case was under seal.

Engelhardt initially called for an investigation in June. But he said a report submitted by Jan Mann, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s former top lieutenant, is tainted and must be redone.

Letten demoted Mann earlier this month for anonymously posting comments on a newspaper’s website about a south Louisiana landfill owner who is the target of a probe by Letten’s office.

Engelhardt said the Justice Department should consider appointing an independent counsel to review the activities of Mann and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sal Perricone, who resigned in March after acknowledging he criticized judges and politicians and commented on cases in anonymous posts on nola.com.

“First of all, having the DOJ investigate itself will likely only yield a delayed yet unconvincing result in which no confidence can rest,” Engelhardt wrote.

A different judge had called for an investigation after The Associated Press and The TimesPicayune newspaper reported Feb. 23, 2010, that former Lt. Michael Lohman was expected to plead guilty in the case the following day to participating in a cover-up of the Danziger Bridge shootings.

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Joseph ties Classic series Morris dillArd iii The Southern Digest

Southern quarterback Dray Joseph, whose eyepopping numbers earned him Southwestern Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, debuted as the starter for the Jaguars in the Bayou Classic for the first time in his career.

Southern settled on Joseph at quarterback following a position battle during spring practices under then head coach Stump Mitchell.

Joseph won outright over underclassman J.P. Douglas, who was suspended indefinitely the week of the Alabama A&M game.

Joseph threw two interceptions, while Douglas was picked off eight times.

Struggles with interceptions were what cost Joseph playing time last season, finishing 113 of 212 for 1544 yards, 13 touchdown tosses and nine interceptions. This season, he leads the league with 2511 yards and 26 touchdowns.

The 6-foot-1 212 pound junior quarterback tied a school record with five touchdown tosses to help the Jaguars rally from a 14-point deficit to beat the Tigers 38-

33 in the Bayou Classic.

“Ironically I played in this game three times but this is my first time starting,” Joseph said. “Tonight I started the game off. The game was 0-0 and I had to lead my team to victory.”

Charles Hawkins caught three of those TD tosses for the Jaguars, who blew the game wide open with a dominating second half en route to their first win over the Tigers since 2007.

“The whole week I envisioned it,” Joseph said, who went 22 of 37 passing. “I just came out and tried to do my best.”

The win moved Southern into a second place tie with Prairie View in the West standings though the Panthers beat the Jaguars in October.

The record-tying throw came at the start of the fourth quarter on a pass to wide receiver Lee Doss, who caught it for 27 yards.

Earlier, Joseph threw one to running back Jerry Joseph and three to wide receiver Charles Hawkins, who finished with six catches for 99 yards.

Southern kept Joseph in the game in what looked like an obvious attempt to go for the record.

photo by norman j. Dotson jr./DIGEst

Southern Quarterback Dray Joseph, hands the ball off to Sylvester Nzekwe behind the line of scrimmage.

Joseph, was named SWAC Offensive player of the week, Nzekwe had a total of 119 rushing yards helping to lead the Jaguars to a 38-33 victory over the Tigers.

Other notable quarterbacks to throw at least five touchdowns in the Bayou Classic include SU’s Quincy Richard and GSU’s Bruce Eugene, whose six scoring tosses is the record.

In that game, Richard threw for 552 yards and connected on three of his five touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to lead Southern into the post season with a 44-41 victory.

Southern clinched the SWAC West Division title, under then head coach Pete Richardson.

“This is the most touchdown passes in my whole career playing football,” Joseph said. “It feels great to just come out and just execute. I think coach Germany did a great job keeping the defense off balance with the run and pass.”

The win snapped a four game losing streak against the Tigers, who went 0-9 in conference games this season.

Joseph now has 44 career touchdown passes.

The Jaguars offense wasn’t

flawless playing against a defense that ranked sixth in the conference against the pass (194 yards per game), seventh in scoring defense and eighth in total defense.

They did fumble twice, which set up two GSU touchdowns.

Joseph led SU’s offense like a point guard, one who can score and dish.

He shredded the Tigers secondary, distributing his passes among eight different receivers, for 284 yards and no interceptions.

Hawkins outruns adversity Aristide PhilliPs

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SU Wide receiver Charles Hawkins is chased down by Robert Bailey and Trey Williams near the 50 yard line of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome during the State Farm Bayou Classic. Hawkins scored three touch downs for the Jaguars and had a total of 99 recieving yards.

It’s been a challenging season for senior wide receiver Charles Hawkins who had to deal with a number of trials this season.

Hawkins, a 5-foot-8 walk-on from New Orleans, had a season that would have made other players be a non-factor and liability on their roster.

In his first game of his senior season against New Mexico Hawkins had a productive game, six receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown, but in the game he pulled his hamstring.

His road to recovery was trying. Hawkins had to sit out the next two games and slowly work his way back to the starting line up.

A week after the New Mexico game he had to cope with the loss of his 19-year old cousin Daniel Brown of New Orleans.

“I did have doubts but I just persevered. I kept dreaming and I kept thinking and I kept working hard and I went to rehab everyday and I got better with coach Fingers.” Hawkins said.

That hard work paid off. Seven weeks after pulling his hamstring Hawkins had five receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown in a loss to Prairie View A&M. Two weeks later in Hawkins’ last game in A.W. Mumford against Alabama State, he returned the kickoff 99-yards for a touchdown- something

that he has never done in his college career.

He garnered five receptions for 94 yards and another touchdown against Alabama State.

That performance landed him and his fellow Jaguar and quarterback Dray Joseph Southwestern Athletic Conference Players of the Week.

The Hawkins and Joseph collaboration goes beyond the playing field.

“Charles Hawkins is my best buddy here,” Joseph said in a postgame interview against Alabama State. “Him and Lee Doss… we are together all day everyday, you can’t separate us.”

The connection between the two was apparent in the 39th annual State Farm Bayou Classic where Joseph connected to Hawkins six times for 99 yards and of those six connections three of them went for touchdowns earning a career high for Hawkins.

“This whole season was very emotional for me,” Hawkins said. “I lost my cousin and pulled my hamstring and in the last two games of my career I went out with a bang. I scored five touchdowns in two games and this Bayou Classic win is one of the best things to ever happen to me.”

You couldn’t have scripted a better ending for a player going out and playing the best game of your career in your home town, in front of your family and friends in the biggest arena possible.

Hawkins said he dedicated this season to his cousin and his grandmother.

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Team members celebrate a victory ending the season for the Jaguars with a win at the 39th Southern University Jaguars gather around the Bayou Classic trophy reaching for a touch and a kiss of the trophy after their 38-33 victory over the Grambling annual Bayou Classic Saturday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

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rom Friday to Sunday Southern University and Grambling State fans and alumni could enjoy the greekshow, battle of the bands, The Bayou Classic board meeting, Bayou Classic Career Fair, Bayou Classic, and a host of after party activities. Southern prevailed 38-33 over the Tigers to tie the Classic series.

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Southern University drum major does a backbend at halftime during the 39th Annual Bayou Classic game against Grambling State Saturday in the MercedesBenz Superdome. photo by ariana triggs/DigEst

Lacumba is ready for war at the State Farm Bayou Classic against Grambling State in New Orleans. photo by ariana triggs/DigEst

Miss Black USA Selena Watkins made a special appearance at the 2012 State Farm Bayou Classic in New Orleans. photo by wil norwooD/spEcial to thE DigEst

Jaguar fans go wild with excitment in the Superdome as the final seconds of the game run down and the Southern Jaguars claim victory over Grambling, to become the champions of the 2012 Bayou Classic. photo by ariEllE burks/DigEst

Southern University Marching Band the Human Jukebox and the winner of the Battle of the Bands Competition Vs. Grambling State University Marching Band Friday Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans. photo by wil norwooD/spEcial to thE DigEst

Beatriz Alo of the Southern University Dancing Dolls, performing with the other Dolls(not pictured) at last Friday’s Battle of the Band in the Superdome. photo by ariana triggs/DigEst

The Southern University football team watches as they go head on with the Grambling State Tigers in the 39th annual State Farm Bayou Classic at the MercedesBenz Superdome. photo by wil norwooD/spEcial to thE DigEst

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews performs along side the Southern University Marching Band during halftime Friday at the Bayou Classic in the Superdome. photo by ariEllE burks/DigEst

Kendrick Lamar performs at the Bayou Classic Fan Festival Saturday in Champions Square at the Mercedes Benz Superdome

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New Orleans own Juvenile of UTP Records performs fan favorites at the 2012 Bayou Classic Fan Fest in New Orleans. photo by wil norwooD/spEcial to thE DigEst

Southern University Marching Band takes centerfield during halftime Saturday at the Bayou Classic in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. photo by ariEllE burks/DigEst

Wiz Khalifa surprised the crowd and performs with Curren$y at the Bayou Classic Fan Festival Saturday Champions Square at the Mercedes Benz Superdome photo by trEvor jamEs/DigEst

Southern University alumni enjoy music from the SU Human Jukebox and cheer on the Jaguar Football team at the 2012 State Farm Bayou Classic in New Orleans. photo by ariana triggs/DigEst

Rickey Smiley makes an appearance at the 2012 Bayou Classic Fan Fest in New Orleans’ Champion Square. photo by wil norwooD/spEcial to thE DigEst

Grambling State University Marching Band takes the field during halftime last Friday at the Bayou Classic. photo by ariana triggs/DigEst

The Southern University Dancing Dolls dance to the sounds of the Human Jukebox during halftime at the 2012 State Farm Bayou Classic in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. photo by ariEllE burks/DigEst

Juicy J performs at the Bayou Classic Fan Festival Saturday Champions Square at the Mercedes Benz Superdome. photo by ariana triggs/DigEst

Southern University’s cheerleaders get the crowd hype at the 2012 Bayou Classic game in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

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SU holds off Grambling to win Classic Aristide Phillips

The Southern Digest

NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Jaguars snapped a four-year losing stint to rival Grambling State, defeating the Tigers 38-33 in the 39th annual State Farm Bayou Classic.

Southern 4-7 (3-6 Southwestern Athletic Conference) came off back-to-back one point losses to Alabama A&M and Alabama State.

While Grambling State (1-10, 0-9 SWAC) on the other hand, dealt with the worst record in its school history.

It would appear that this would be the best and easiest opportunity for the Jaguars to get a much needed win to cap a disappointing season.

That wasn’t the case …

On Southern’s first two possessions their drives ended on a fumble in their own territory that led to sophomore quarterback D.J. Williams connecting with receivers Anthony McGhee and Musa Mahmud to give the Tigers an early 14-0 lead.

But the Jaguars who had a bad habit of starting slow got into gear when linebacker Corry Roy forced a fumble giving the Jaguars the ball inside the GSU 30 yard-line.

On SU’s fourth possession Dray Joseph connected on a 13yard pass to Jerry Joseph (no relation), and from that score led a 38-6 run.

“We needed to just settle down, I think that’s been the biggest problem for us we get to anxious at the start of the game and being anxious enables you

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Southern linebacker Franchot West recovers the forced fumble of Grambling State quarterback Frank Rivers to seal the Jaguars 38-33 win over the Tigers Saturday during the Bayou Classic.

to just do to much which makes you mess up,” Joseph said.

Joseph tied former SU quarterback Quincy Richard five-touchdown mark for the most touchdown passes in the Bayou Classic by a Southern quarterback.

“The whole week I envisioned it. I just came out and tried to do my best the line just gave me a lot of time to execute the plays.

The receivers caught some balls and they dropped some but its all apart of the game,” Joseph said.

Joseph finished the game with 284 yards passing along

with his five scores and was named Bayou Classic MVP, and SWAC player of the week for his performance.

Also New Orleans natives and St. Augustine alums Charles Hawkins and Lee Doss both had good games for 179 yards combined receiving and four touchdowns.

Hawkins a former walk on playing in his final game in a Southern uniform had a career day score of three touchdowns.

“This isn’t nothing new, we do this all day everyday at practice we hang together; me Lee, Mike Berry and Dray we do this every

day its just another game,” Hawkins said.

Although there were many career highs in the game, Grambling still had the opportunity to spoil it for Southern.

With the score 38-33 in Southern’s favor the Tigers had the ball at their own 16-yard line with 1:23 left in the game.

At this point junior backup quarterback Frank Rivers led the Tigers into SU territory.

With the ball on the 42-yard line freshman defensive end Donald Phillips sacked and forced Rivers to fumble and

junior linebacker Franchot West recovered sealing the win for Southern.

The 2012 edition of the Southern Jaguar football team faced the reassignment of their head coach and a number of close losses in their season.

Of the Jaguars seven losses, four of them were by six points or less.

“These guys have been through a lot and we played in a lot of games like this and it just goes to show you that the future looks bright for the Southern Jaguars,” interim head coach Dawson Odums said.

Search for next head coach begins Morris Dillard III The Southern Digest

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Southern University interim coach Dawson Odums sends signals to his players during Saturday’s Bayou Classic game.

Spike Lee couldn’t write a better script for the Southern Jaguars 2012 football season. Multiple players returning next season said they hope to see their interim head coach Dawson Odums return to the sidelines full-time next season.

The hard part comes next for Southern-finding the right coach and investing in him. Odums doesn’t seem rattled by any of this. Does he know something?

SU first-year athletic director William Broussard met with the media before the Bayou Classic to discuss the search. He said the search has been aggressive and competitive.

“There’s going to be about 30 to 40 athletic directors looking for a football coach for their program,” Broussard said. He said Southern had generated a flow of applications and would move to a national search this week.

“You’re competing to find the best

possible candidate for the position,” said Broussard. “You’re putting together your committee, identifying what you think are going to be the keys to success.”

Broussard said SU has put together its committee and will work aggressively in naming a new coach by mid-December.

Odums took over as head coach of Southern on an interim basis when the university decided to reassign Stump Mitchell September 14. Under Odums, the Jaguars finished the season 4-5 and tied for second in the West Division. Mitchell went 6-16 in two seasons.

Odums coached the team to backto-back wins over rivals Jackson State, Florida A&M and Grambling State, which snapped the school’s four-game Bayou Classic losing streak.

“I really believe I am the head coach,” Odums told the media during the annual Bayou Classic press conference. “I’m doing all of the work of a head coach. I was only interim for one game. I know that it’s

not my decision.”

Odums joined the Jaguars Spring 2010, hired as the defensive line coach to help improve the teams’ defense under Mitchell. He previously coached at North Carolina A&T and served as an interim head coach during his tenure at Clark Atlanta.

Many believe Odums’ candidacy for the full-time job greatly improved when the Jaguars started winning again. Not to mention, Odums has the backing of many underclassmen, including defensive back Virgil Williams and quarterback Dray Joseph.

Williams said before the game he wanted to “continue playing for him.”

“He’s pushed us hard and made us step up our game,” Williams said. “ He’s a guy who stands for discipline.”

“The slow starts make it an uphill climb,” interim head coach Dawson Odums said, whose team has been outscored 211-96 in the first half this season. “Considering we went through a coaching change, we didn’t know which way the team was going to go.”

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Jags fail to execute against Tulane Aristide Phillips

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NEW ORLEANS — The Southern men’s basketball team couldn’t capitalize off the football team’s success at the Bayou Classic falling to Tulane 68-65 Saturday at Devlin Fieldhouse.

The game couldn’t have started out any worse for the Jaguars behind by 11 less than 4 minutes into the game.

“We kept fighting up hill to get a run together and our run actually came late but you know its hard to face a team of this magnitude on the road and get your self down,” head coach Roman Banks said.

The Jaguars first points came from Jaylan Mitchell who played a key role in keeping Southern (1-5) in the first half of the game scoring seven points along with three blocks and steals.

Derick Beltran on the other hand was cold from the three point line going 0-5 in the first half.

“We just got to execute. My performance wasn’t where it was supposed to be I don’t know why it was a couple of bad shots here and there,” Beltran said, “but our team is getting better.”

The Jaguars were fortunate enough to be down by only 13 points going into the half, despite Southern’s shooting percentage was below 30 percent, Tulane (42) wasn’t much better shooting only 33.3 percent.

In the second half, seniors Jameel Grace and Derick Beltran both got into scoring in double digits to bring the Jaguars within pulling the upset.

Beltran who struggled in the first half scored 12-points of his 14-points in the second half and Grace who was also nonexistent in the first half scored 16 of his 18-points in the second half.

But on the other side, Tulane’s Josh Davis and Ricky Tarrant were hot scoring 11 points a piece.

Davis went 4-5 in the field and Tarrant went 3-5 behind the arch.

In the closing seconds of the game SU pulled within two

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Southern’s Derick Beltran fires off a no-look pass to Chris Hyder during the first half of the Jaguars’ nonconference game against Tulane Saturday in New Orleans.

when Grace hit a layup with 15 seconds remaining.

A free throw by Kendall Timmons pushed the Green Wave’s lead to 68-65 with 12 seconds left in the game.

Needing three points, Beltran took the last shot to tie and missed ending the game and sealing Tulane’s win.

Jameel Grace led the team with 18-points and freshman

Malcolm Miller who averages 12 points a game came off the bench to score 16.

Southern ended a ten day road trip with Saturdays loss to Tulane and will look to try to get back to fixing the little things.

“We have to go to practice we been on the road so we’ll have to work on the little things. If we can work on the little things it can effect the outcome of

the game it will help us some,” Banks said. “We are not off by much but we got to clean up a lot of little things and if we can do that I think we can compete down the line.”

The loss marks the Jaguars third in a row and of those three losses all were less than 10 points.

“Its just something we need to adjust to, these close games that

we are losing hurts, because we work so hard,” Beltran said. “But these next couple of games these teams are going to feel us we are coming together every game and getting better and better.”

Southern returns home to the F.G. Clark Activity Center this weekend as it resumes its nonconference slate. The Jaguars host Champion Baptist College Saturday at 2 p.m.

Jaguars drop two, continue season-opening swoon Digest News Service

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The season-opening slide for the Southern women’s basketball team continued over the weekend, losing both of its games at the A&M Classic.

No. 24-ranked Texas A&M pummeled the Jaguars 88-48 last Friday. The Aggies shot 60 percent in the second half and outscored the Jaguars 52-20 in the paint on the night en route to their second consecutive victory.

Southern tried to bounce back Sunday against Marshall, but the Thundering Herd held the

Jaguars to just 10 points in the final 17 minutes of play, the Herd overcame the Jaguars, 57-47, on Sunday afternoon in the final game of the A&M Classic.

The losses drop Southern’s record to 0-5 with the team traveling to Toledo, Ohio to play in the Glass City Tournament this weekend. The Jaguars open play at 11 a.m. CDT Saturday against St. Bonaventure, followed by Toledo taking on Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

The winners of Saturday’s games will play at 1:30 p.m.

CDT Sunday, and the losers of Saturday’s game hit the court at

11 a.m. CDT Sunday.

Marshall 57, Southern 47 Veronica Ruiz led the Herd with 12 points, going 4-for8 from the field and adding two three-pointers. The senior forward earned her first doubledouble of the season after finishing with 10 rebounds.

Suporia Dickens followed with 10 points, all of which came in the first half. She earned six rebounds, three of which came off the offensive glass, and a career-high three assists.

Dickens was effective from the free throw line, going 4-for-4.

Marshall out-rebounded Southern, 39-31, while grabbing 12 offensive rebounds.

Southern went on an 11-0 run to open up the second half, extending its lead to 33-24.

Adrian Sanders led the Jaguars with 13 points, and was the only Southern players scoring in double figures.

No. 24 Texas A&M 88, Southern 48 The Aggies got a combined 30 points from Karla Gilbert and Kelsey Bone, a 16-point lead into the locker room and would quickly extend that lead to 20 before Southern mounted its

only threat. The Jaguars rallied for an 11-4 run, pulling within 13 points at the 15:14 mark of the second half, but would get no closer. Kelsey Bone and Karla Gilbert answered by putting the game out of reach, scoring 20 of the Aggies’ points on a 26-4 run that put them up 71-35 with just over 6 minutes to play.

Peyton Little scored 11, while Courtney Walker and Kristi Bellock added 10 each to round out five A&M players in double figures.

Kendra Coleman scored 11 points to lead Southern, no other Jaguar scored in double figures.

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This list was obtained from the Southern University Registrar’s Office and the Graduate School as of November 26, 2012. If you have any questions or discrepancies PLEASE CONTACT YOUR INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE or REGISTRAR’S OFFICE @ 225.771.5050 or THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OFFICE @ 225.771.5390. This is not the final official listing for the Fall 2012 candidates for graduation. The list will be updated daily in the Registrar’s office and Graduate school office. This list of graduates represents the most accurate information available at the time of publication. The appearance of a name on this list and/or participation in the ceremonies is presumptive of graduation, but not conclusive.

Southern University and A&M Jonathan C. Pannia, Plaquemine College Cynthia Preston, Baton Rouge Fall 2012 Candidates for Graduation Samuel Ross, Greensburg Shelby Montrel Skipper, LaPlace COLLEGE OF AGRICULTRUAL, Egypt T. Taylor, Birmingham, Ala. FAMILY AND CONSUMER Lexus L. Thomas, Opelousas SCIENCES Jeremy Miguel Williams, Vacherie Grace Namwamba, Ph.D., Dean David Rashad Minnick, Student Marshal Bachelor of Music Kanavis Egland, Houston Bachelor of Sciences Lisa Wickliffe, Port Arthur, Texas Brittany T. Butler, Lake Charles Shayla L. Dailey, Hoover, Ala. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Bertha Carey Davis, Baton Rouge Donald Andrews, Ph.D., Dean BreAnna D Ellis, Zachary Chadwick J. Scott, Student Marshal Destiny J. Gallow, Baker Andrew George, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Accounting Kyranikka Lauree Green, Alexandria LaChristal Atkins, Mansfield William H. Head, Baton Rouge Chantal M. Benjamin, Zachary Le’Montio Jerignon Hobdy, Winnfield LeAshton Collins, Napoleonville Paris M. Hulbert, Baton Rouge Kenric G. Delone, Gonzales Esha M. Johnson, Baton Rouge Keverick D. Dunn, Jackson Lauri Channelle Joseph, Port Allen Hope C. Fontenette, St. Martinville Johnice L. Kennedy, Baton Rouge Marcus D. George, Chicago Shondrica T. Lee, Baton Rouge Resha A. Gibbs, Pineville Ire’Ann Vermeka Levine, Abbeville Keith V. Mitchell, Jr., Plaquemine Terri J. Mccray, Baton Rouge Brittany Shanae Polley, Lancaster, Texas David Rashad Minnick, Tyler, Texas Jasmine R. Richardson, Baton Rouge Shannon Christine Pearson, Westminster, Leila Robles, Seymour, Ind. Colo.

Chadwick J. Scott, Baton Rouge Evan Tremaine Platt, New Roads Shamala Michelle Scott, Baton Rouge Shineisha Antwane Richard, Baton Rouge LaTrina LaNee’ Stone, Baton Rouge Brittany Robertson, Baker Lawren L. Thompson, Plaquemine Gloria D. Smith, Baton Rouge Courtney L. Valentine, Baton Rouge Wilbert Lee Thomas, Baton Rouge Chantele Marie Veals, Baton Rouge Brittany N. Variet, Baton Rouge Chelsea D Washington, Lake Charles Sonya Nicole Warren, Baker

Dwayla K. Wilson, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Economics Areba McCoy Wolf, Baker Nicholas Crawley-Brown, Baton Rouge

Tia Dunn, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Urban Victoria Denise Young, Portland, Ore. Forestry Alexis Cyntel D’wan Smith, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Finance Latoria Lynettra Coleman, Baton Rouge COLLEGE OF ARTS AND Reginald Guidry, Fresno, Texas HUMANITIES Chadwick J. Scott, Baton Rouge Joyce O’Rourke, Ph.D., Dean Bachelor of Science in Business Samuel Ross, Student Marshal Management Bachelor of Arts Brandon Rashad Bailey, Baton Rouge Victoria E. Bishop, Shreveport Darrius Alonezo Baitey, Decatur, Ga. Carlton Jermaine Byrum, Buffalo, N.Y. Daniel C. Banguel, Baton Rouge Jocha Taeethah Gordon, Baton Rouge Katera K. Bell, Winnsboro Samarolyn T. Guess, Baton Rouge Jermaine A. Brumfield, New Orleans Shala Denise Hampton, Phenix City, Ala. Amanda Burks, Baton Rouge Charles H. Hawkins, Baton Rouge Tremel J. Castex, New Iberia Jasmine S. Henderson, Lake Charles Racquel Lenee Cole, Eunice Ashley S. Johnson, Baton Rouge Aaronesia M. Christophe, New Orleans Patrice T. Jones, New Orleans Anquinette M. Elie, Alexander Troy Kennedy, Baton Rouge Demario D. Ellis, Pasadena, Calif.

Melissa A. Lemelle, Baton Rouge Santana Green, New Orleans LaTausha J Miller, Alexandria Aaron Christopher Hampton, Baton Carlista R. Mohammed, St. Augustine, Rouge Trinidad Tobago LaKeitha D Harden, Baker Ashlee Ann Noel, Baton Rouge Lee O. Henry Jr., Bastrop Amanda J. Plummer, Baton Rouge Brad A. Isaac, Ventress Sean E. Saulsberry, New Orleans Heather Jackson, Houston Beaunka Nicole Smith, Hammond Kerry E’Tienne Jackson, Baton Rouge Jonathan Spland, Zachary Tyrone Moore, Jr., Baton Rouge Bianca D. Spurlock, Donaldsonville Marcus Matthew Noah, Baton Rouge David Louis Sylvester, Baton Rouge Kyle G. Russell, Baton Rouge Reuben Maximilian Thomas, Baton Rouge Jamien Scott, Plaquemine Dellarisha D. Ventress, Opelousas Vantashia Danyelle Semien, Port Allen Wendi S. Williams, Slaughter LaShawn Williams, Lafayette Marina Levine Zeno, Lafayette Stephen Womack, Pearland, Texas Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications Brittny Charlene Barnes, Geismar Brittany N. Cretchain, Baton Rouge Sharlie Miller Davis, Baton Rouge Brittney Nicole McClain, New Orleans Cassandra Ann Mullins, Baton Rouge

Bachelor of Science in Marketing Stephanie R. Chatman, Beaumont, Texas Isiah Edwards, Zachary Shermoneke S. Forest, Plaquemine Terah L. Gibson, New Orleans Robert L. Harrison, Jr., Baton Rouge Alaina Elizabeth Kinnon, North Plainfield,

N.J. Ahmad S. Parker, Baton Rouge Alan Lamar Robertson, New Orleans Madeline D. Smith, New Orleans COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Verjanis Peoples, Ph.D., Dean Angela Jones Bess, Student Marshal Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education Avis Michelle Dennis, Vidalia Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education Jasmine Benoit, Duson Allegra Davis, Baton Rouge Nichaelia M Jones, Baton Rouge Dereka Gail Lewis, Port Allen Danielle D Sanders, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education Keiara R Skipper, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education Angela Jones Bess, Baton Rouge Sir Edward Staten, Baton Rouge Brandon LeShawn Williams, Baker

Tobago Gerrell L. Evans, Zachary William Simien, Baton Rouge Cassie M. Smith, Greensburg Abayomi O. Sodipo, Baton Rouge Martina Webb, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology Lukman O. Ajala, Baton Rouge Jeremy L. Perry, Clinton Lanndon J. Smith, Gramercy Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Curtlin J. Anthony, Plaquemine Christopher Chambers, Zachary Ivanna Deralynn Chriss, Baton Rouge D’Mekus D. Cook, Cullen Rene’ Jamal Dalcourt, Youngsville Kayla J. Dunbar, Lake Charles Corey Michael Graham, St Francisville Fritz Jurl Hurst II, Baton Rouge Damien R Lewis, Baton Rouge SCHOOL OF NURSING Cheryl Taylor, RN., Ph.D. Dean Louis Sakwe, Student Marshal

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Hazel Harris Abram, Prairieville Farzana L. Ali, Baton Rouge Briana Allen, Vacaville, Calif.

Brianna A. Amacker, Amite Bachelor of Science Sharde’ Michelle Angelle, Lafayette Kadra Almare Ausbon, Sunshine Ashley Armstead, Baton Rouge Ashika Brown Randall, Baton Rouge Jenea L. Arnold, White Castle Vicky H. Cusher, New Orleans Audrei RoRita Bailey, Baton Rouge Jeremy Richad Eason, Baton Rouge Taleisha M Banks, Baton Rouge Lameetreia M. Ferguson, Jackson Celeste Ann Barras, Zachary Delicia M. Henderson, Baton Rouge Brittney D. Bell, Slaughter Marcus R. Herbert, Baker Whitney A. Bess, Saint Gabriel Staci Nicole Jackson, Hammond Christy R. Blanton, Baton Rouge Isaac S. Miller, Baton Rouge LaKeisha Antoinette Brown, Chicago LaRhonda S. Milligans, Baton Rouge Tiffany Lasha Chester, Baton Rouge Ashley Nicole Williams, Columbus, Ga. Phyllis Chiagoro, Burlington, N.J. William Tucker, Columbus, Ga. Kia C. Crawford, Opelousas Kimberly Michelle West, Pearland, Texas Jornel R. Dixon ,Baker Chris Lawrence Dudley, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Music Education Allison Victoria Dupre’, Stafford, Texas Kiana Pierce, Baton Rouge Atud Teboh Etih, Jamestown, N.D. Joshua P. Rideaux, Baton Rouge Eddricka Rachelle Fleming, Baton Rouge Kiara J. Foulcard, Franklin Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Mandip Kaur Goraya, Baton Rouge Deborah Renea Allen, White Castle Carlencia D. Gray, Galveston, Texas Ashley N. Anderson, Mansfield Lionel Green Jr., Baton Rouge Charles Ray Carter, Jr., Baton Rouge Servine Augustus Hayes II, Baton Rouge Jalesia Cousin, Folsom Andrew Stephen Hebert, Fordoche Amber Alisha Gause, Baton Rouge Monique L. Hinton, Baton Rouge Brandon M. Green, Lafayette Sheemela Gail Howard, Baton Rouge Brittany Champagne Jacob, Plaquemine Marshon Megal Isaac, Baton Rouge Angela A. Ringo, New Roads Trinette Amelia Jackson, Bogalusa Kayshea L. Whitaker, Baton Rouge Tomnisha LeNee’ Jarreau, New Orleans McKinley Williams, Jr., Baton Rouge Natasha Danielle Jones, Zachary Ashely D. Willis, Loreauville Dominique Kimble, Eunice Markeita N. Langham, Baton Rouge COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Jarvis Josephus Malveaux, Opelousas Habib P. Mohamadian, Ph.D., Dean Tameka R. Neville, New Orleans Duane K. Driggs, Student Marshal Tana Ann Peters-Montrel, New Orleans April Jonita Pickens, Tucson, Ariz.

Bachelor of Science in Civil Chelsea Lekeshia Pierre’, Shreveport Engineering Demetrice Chaney Price, LaPlace Thomas Massey, New Orleans Brittany Sade’ Reed, Eunice Melvin Millard Louis McElwee Jr., Bettina A. Riley, Baker Independence Tyleatha Robertson, Baton Rouge Jasmin S. Richardson, Baton Rouge Alexis Nicole Robinson, Atlanta Quentin Jerrod Stampley, Zachary Louis Sakwe, Baton Rouge Leroy L. Scott Jr., Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Electrical Casslan Rae Shaw, Livingston Engineering Anne N. Shu, Baton Rouge Tamara A. Alexander, Simmesport Alleia M. Starks, Greenwood Adrian Darnell Burkhalter, Baton Rouge Tamika H. Stewart, Gretna Duane K. Driggs, Arouca, Trinidad and Tracy Inez Stewart, Baton Rouge

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This list was obtained from the Southern University Registrar’s Office and the Graduate School as of November 26, 2012. If you have any questions or discrepancies PLEASE CONTACT YOUR INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE or REGISTRAR’S OFFICE @ 225.771.5050 or THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OFFICE @ 225.771.5390. This is not the final official listing for the Fall 2012 candidates for graduation. The list will be updated daily in the Registrar’s office and Graduate school office. This list of graduates represents the most accurate information available at the time of publication. The appearance of a name on this list and/or participation in the ceremonies is presumptive of graduation, but not conclusive.

Marrissa D. Williams, Port Allen Briana Danielle Wilson, Hammond Kendra L. Young, Monroe Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs William Arp III, Ph.D., Dean Mary E. Davis, Student Marshal Bachelor of Arts Kai Lyn Ceaser, Baton Rouge Breshatta M. Davis, Baton Rouge Megan M. Edwards, Plaquemine Lareco L. Harrison, Baton Rouge Mijarelle Nicole Isaac, Baton Rouge Joharrah J. Jackson, Baton Rouge Michelle A. Johnson, Baker Chanael D. Laster, Baton Rouge Andrea S. Mitchell, Baton Rouge Venese Machelle Morgan, San Jose, Calif.

Jarquevious K. Nelson, Baton Rouge Darria M. Sails, Marrero Candace Williams, Baton Rouge

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Joy J. Armwood, Zachary Cameron Darnell Booker, Clinton Monica Shatell Bracken, Glynn Amber Buchanan, New Orleans Lingeria Lonje’T Carnes, Baton Rouge Megan B. Daniels, Baton Rouge Mary E. Davis, Ferriday Richard J Davis Jr. Utica, Miss.

Stephanie Marie Davis, Baton Rouge Antonio Stanford Delaine, Baton Rouge Ronda R. Ellis, Baton Rouge Kendray J. Evans, Houma Kirshika L. George, Baker Re’Kos D. Gipson, Baton Rouge Kimberly Griffin, Crosby, Miss.

Lakeidra M. Harris, Baton Rouge Lakisha M. Harris, Baton Rouge Jake Joseph Joffrion, Geismar Christopher R Lynn, Memphis, Tenn.

Brittney R. McMillon, New Orleans Chibuzo Okpalaeze, New Orleans Brittany Vannese Rogers, White Castle Marlon C. Smith, Miami River Isaac Smith, New Orleans Samantha Suel, Baton Rouge Allen Almonzo Taylor, Alexandria Byron Keith Tyner Jr., Bogalusa Jennifer Volcy, Baton Rouge Filnetica Le’Shel Watson, Lawtell Antquain Cy’ed Williams, Baton Rouge Natasha F. Wilson, Clinton TaWanda Maria Wilson, Baton Rouge College of Sciences Robert H. Miller, Jr., PhD, Dean Ronald D Alexander, Student Marshal

Bachelor of Science Jentoria Vinette Anderson, Zachary Ronald D. Alexander, Baker Tiffany Cierra Anthony, Baton Rouge Thais U. Armstrong, Baton Rouge Devyn W. Baker, Zachary Ariel Lane Bray, Baton Rouge Cicel L. Benton, Baton Rouge Tia M. Burden, Baton Rouge Reginald Burrell Jr., Baton Rouge Markiya Burnette, Baton Rouge Rasha D. Burt, Baton Rouge Aja Byrd, Houma Meli’Sa Jade Cade, Baton Rouge Timothy P. Cavalier II, Geismar Demetrice M. Coleman, Baton Rouge Frederick William Coleman, Memphis, Tenn.

Laura Yvette Cooper, Baton Rouge Mary E. Davis, Ferriday Prince U. Eleeh, Baton Rouge Leslie Nain Encarnacion, Kissimmee, Fla. LaQuinton R. Evans, Baker Nyasha K Fleming, Baton Rouge Beryl A. Fowler, Baton Rouge Keiantia Veronica Franklin, Baton Rouge Dana D. Garner, New Orleans Katherine M. Grimes, Denham Springs Adrianna M. Guillory, Lake Charles Trinese S. Hall, Baton Rouge Mieke Jonelle Hampton, White Castle Victoria Harris, Baton Rouge Suredrika J. Harrison, Baton Rouge Brittany Henry, Kentwood Alaina Katheryn Holliday, Greenwell Springs Marcus Dione Hooper, Baton Rouge Shirley M. Jackson, Baton Rouge Deshane M. Jarrell, Baton Rouge Alicia D. Joseph, Baton Rouge Chasity Elizabeth Johnson, Shreveport Jerry Joseph II, Ville Platte Anitra Louise King, Lake Charles Martin J. Knightshead, Chauvin Torren LaFleur, Baton Rouge Joshua Darnell Lands Sr., Baton Rouge Melchessadech Crice Lavigne, Baton Rouge Curtis Joseph Lawrence, Baton Rouge Annetta F. Leblanc, Brusly India Johnell Littleberry, Baton Rouge Candace Lorraine, Baton Rouge Bianca Loyd, Zachary Kimberly McKinley, Mabletun, Ga. Melisa A. Morgan, Baton Rouge Neotha N. Moses, Baton Rouge Sierra N. Nevels, Tangipahoa Jasmine D. Newman, Baton Rouge Dayshawn G. Obi, New Orleans Dena Demetria Owens, Monroe Cherissa Pikes, Baton Rouge Preston S. Poche III, Edgard Bianca Chanaye’e Pointer, Baton Rouge Corey P. Ray, Baton Rouge Jaleesha N. Rundell, Baton Rouge

Beonka R. Savoy, Lafayette Kolbi B. Senegal, Baton Rouge Kayla Helene Smith, Baton Rouge Aliana A, Stafford, Coushatta Chandra Charlita Stewart, Baton Rouge Polite D. Stewart Jr., Baton Rouge Jasmine N. Sylvester, Baton Rouge Omar Jamal Spears, Baton Rouge Otia J. Stewart, Baton Rouge Steven Lee Stewart, Baton Rouge Chardonnay Taylor, New Orleans Jemeka Janee Thibodeaux, St. Martinville Tishaunte Monica Tommer, Franklin Jeffrey Thomas II, Zachary LaShante’ J. Thomas, Destrehan Shatara Evette Walker, Baton Rouge Oscar Earl Warren, Hammond Robin D. Watts, Denham Springs Roger Wesley, Baton Rouge Ri’Ana D. White, Baker Samantha Williams, New Orleans Montrice Marie Willis, Baton Rouge Tromel Charles Willis, Baton Rouge Natasha Shannon Witt, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Jeremy Buckner, Baton Rouge Antonio Montrel Butler, Baton Rouge Tegra Chevalier, Lafayette Matthew L. Foster, Baton Rouge Caurtnai Crisha Hill, Ferriday Francesca D’Vonne Holiday, Baton Rouge Laura M. Hurst, New Orleans Ian M. Lambert, Baton Rouge Kemeyontha M. Link, Baton Rouge Andrew Antonio Moore, Shreveport Angela Phelps, Baton Rouge Erin N. Smith, LaPlace Nicholas M. Williams, New Orleans Bachelor of Science in Social Work Tamyra Ann Heim, Baton Rouge Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology Kenyana N. Coates, Baton Rouge Janessa Tachelle Doucett, Baton Rouge Cassandra M. Williams, Baton Rouge Mary Alice Newton, Baton Rouge Tiauna M. Plummer, Euless, TX

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Congratulations to all the seniors who are graduating this semester. I am not a graduating senior but I will give credit when credit is due. To make it through various curriculums, professors, fines, holds, and financial aid mishaps requires a lot of patience and diligence.

SU may have its own cluster of problems but it has taught some of you life lessons that you will never forget. Some of you will leave this establishment of higher learning a better person ready and willing to mold yourselves even further into the person that you would like to be.

Some of you will break away from common paths and design you own roads to greatness.

Unfortunately, there are others who are graduating and this will be their highest accomplishment in life. They have no desire to better themselves because once that good ol’ degree is placed in their hands; they lose all ambition to conquer other conquest in life.

Yes, to obtain a degree is a remarkable feat, but it isn’t the

Jessica Sarpy highest achievement that a person can achieve.

Before you walk across the stage think about your next move in life.

Make a plan for yourself even if it’s a tiny one. Set a new goal and design your own path to greatness. Do not let others decide your next step for you.

You’ve had the testicular fortitude to make it this far. Why start letting anyone tell you what to do now?

Never give up your desire to learn and better yourself. As you walk across that stage realize that you are joining the ranks of something

so much greater than yourself.

You are alumni of the great Jaguar Nation! You are forever etched in our university’s history. Once that precious degree is placed in your hands, utilize it! Do everything in your power to show the rest of the nation what a superior product of the Jaguar Nation is capable of.

Southern may not be a lot of things, but it will forever be a part of you.

Take pride in your establishment.

Give back when you can, despite some of the horrific undergrad experiences you’ve encountered. Come back and visit. Send your kids. Be proud and never forget where you came from.

“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful.

Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.” ― Winston Churchill

Congratulations graduates Best advice I can give to those graduates getting ready to leave Southern University is keep your head up and move forward. When you walk across that stage you will join a whole new world even if you don’t leave Southern University immediately.

I already have one degree from dear ole SU so I know a little bit about what is going to happen to you in the following weeks. So let me give you all a few pointers on what to expect before graduation.

First thing, expect random charges to magically appear on your account.

You have to do a check out sheet that requires you to go to various departments to make sure you don’t owe them any money because we all know Southern is quick on the draw but slow on the returns. So to be safe do a pre walk through of various places such as the library and the police department to make sure you don’t owe anyone and that there are no mistakes, because, they do happen and you don’t want that kind of stress during this time.

Secondly, make sure that you don’t have any discrepancies with grades and classes. You don’t want to get to graduation practice and have your name not appear on the list leaving you trying to push last minute course substitutions and track down old professors from sophomore year in two days. Also make sure any transfer credits appear on your transcript because if they don’t you will have a worlds of trouble trying to find them so get on top of it.

Thirdly, have a little patience until after you walk across that stage to let “that professor” have a piece of your

get online @

Norman J. Dotson Jr . mind. Trust me we all have “that professor” in our department that deserves a little RNS after the way they treated you in their class but hold off until you for sure have victory nicely rolled up in your hands because that little booklet they give you on the stage is empty so you don’t want them reneging after you go H.A.M. on Dr. So and So for being a *insert proper expletive or insult*. So just take a breath and enjoy your special day when you see them from the stage (which will feel like the top of the world) and don’t worry about coming down until the next day to let ‘em have it.

Lastly, live and let go. Yes, we all know that SU has its problems but if don’t let go of the bad times that we went through here and learn to embrace the good, then the problem will never end. We here at Southern University, according to a report done by the Baton Rouge Area Commerce in 2011, rank below the peer average percentage (13 percent) at a measly 5.4 percent of alumni support in the budget. This is due to a poor undergraduate experience the report

concluded, however, what the report doesn’t report are the good experiences we all have had that made this crazy journey worth it all. I know that Southern has done some pretty messed up things to us, I have experienced a professor in my department terrorizing students and pitting them against one another creating a poisonous learning atmosphere and have experienced being bad mouthed by educators behind my back where it can be heard by other students to discredit me.

I’ve been in those long financial aid lines with the over worked lady with a little too much “tude” for you to deal with in one day. I’ve blown up on professors and even in the middle of the police department, I’ve been made promises for something that was later reneged on, I’ve had my shared disdain for my lovely university but at the end of the day I had to realize that we, Southern University Family, have a problem that we need to fix. We can’t just walk away and leave the problem to fester and grow into an even bigger cancer than the one we have now.

It’s time to lead ourselves into a complete remission but it takes us giving half a care about our university.

So before you walk across that stage take your problems and leave them by the announcer when he call your name, don’t carry them with you across glory.

So congrats grads but the end is far from near in so many ways. You are getting ready to embark on new journeys that will lead you to places unknown but always remember dear ole Southern University, give back, and spread the contagion that is Jaguar Pride.

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