Road to Springfest: JagaPalooza

tanIya nIChols THE SOUTHERN DIGEST

Springfest is approaching and the entire student body is wondering what this year’s lineup of activities will be. Many students, including myself, experienced Springfest once, but previous years have left students with high hopes for something different.

Kamani Cannon, a junior criminal justice major from Los Angeles, CA. gave her views on what she expected for Springfest.

“Based on that video, I’m guessing an activity day,» she said. Cannon continued stating that she expected the same events as last year. Not knowing who was in charge of Springfest did not stop her from having low expectations.

Despite this, Kamani hopes to see unique events at this year’s Springfest. «I want to see a concert, but I know they probably won’t do it,” she stated. Cannon has already gone to two Springfests and they were the same, so that’s the main reason she doesn’t have high hopes.

Eden Palmer, a freshman accounting major from Atlanta, GA. described her views about Springfest after seeing the promo video.

“I’m excited for SpringFest,» she said, but, just like Cannon, she said she is also looking forward to a concert. Eden also doesn’t know who plans Springfest so she feels that is part of the reason she believes they might recycle activities from last year.

The events last year were very fun such as a game night at Quarters. Students were given a balance to play games and provided transportation. The Pop-up shop and the Aux Cord Wars were the next day and both events had tons of student engagement and allowed everyone to support local black businesses. The infamous Silent Night Party was that following Wednesday and it truly was an event for the books. There were food trucks out and tons of dancing and music since you can switch channels on headphones. SGA also introduced the Spring Choice awards, which was a cute way to give students some recognition. It was a red carpet event with cocktail attire that many students looked amazing in. Both the Zydeco Fest and movie night were well attended that Friday. Free crawfish is never turned down in Louisiana and Soul Plane was played that night on the Mayberry lawn. Since so many students have experienced these from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Contestant 4, James Robinson, New Orleans native, presented himself as a Mass Communication major.

Contestant 5, Traveon Newsome, described himself as a junior Criminal Justice major from Houston, Texas. He is also a part of Southern’s football team student-athlete. Last but certainly not least, Contestant 6, Cherson Paul, also known as CP, represented Haiti as a first-generation immigrant majoring in Sociology from Golden Gate, Florida.

Afterward, all the contestants exit the stage and prepare for the following three categories: Date Night, Late Night, and Talent. During the brief intermissions, Jags showed their dance moves by doing line dances and participating in the trending TikTok dances.

Social Media Influencers and Entrepreneurs Give Advice for Future Entrepreneurs and Influencers

kara Porter THE SOUTHERN DIGEST

“Stay motivated through any challenge you face” was one of the central points given to the audience at the Content Creator X Entrepreneurship Workshop held by On This Bluff and the College of Entrepreneurs last Thursday in the auditorium of Stewart Hall.

This event gave upcoming student content creators and entrepreneurs tips and tricks on making their businesses successful in various ways. The event included a guest speaker, a panel discussion, networking, and a pop-up shop.

The Content Creator X Entrepreneurship Workshop opened up with words from their guest speaker Nicholas Harris, a Southern University alumni, and owner of Humble Takeover. Humble Takeover is a lifestyle apparel brand and media platform that focuses on obtaining success and conquering failure.

In Harris’s speech, he gave about 15 powerful words that helped him through his journey in entrepreneurship and will hopefully help the student’s entrepreneurship journey as well. These words included timeliness, business relationships, consistency, innovation, focusing, sacrifice, and most importantly, never giving up.

Harris’s central point was, «You will experience a type of failure in your business. It is meant to happen, but it is not about if but when. Your job is not to quit your business. You might stop your business but never quit. You want to see the fruits of your labor that you put in.» events at least once they want something new. However, she said, “I know who I don’t want at the concert if they do have one, Rob 49.»

Bringing back an overplayed artist makes a concert not worth it. On social media, students are hoping for a concert this year.

Jag Activity Board member, Jada Jackson, a senior psychology major from Homer, LA., gave insight into what to expect at Springfest.

“The students can expect something different because that is what we focused on during planning,” Jada stated.

The next part of the workshop was a panel discussion with eight panelists altogether: four panelists for content creators and the other four, entrepreneurs. The four panelists that discussed the content creators were Macy Vessel of Macy V TV, Karah Rainwater, owner of Black College Culture and a student ambassador for Coach and Nars, Mia Moore of Miamorsbeautybar, and Jazmon Derousselle of TheJLorisShow.

These panelists spoke about what inspired them to start creating content,