Volume 66 - ISSUE 8

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Volume 66, Issue 8

2016 Election Results Miss Southern Corrine Vaughn 549 Sarah Thanni 394 Onyx Joseph 131

Royalty Awaits

Miss Senior Stephanie Hypolite 61 Gabrielle Jackson 44

Vaughn elected Miss Southern

Senior Class President

see “Who’s In” page 3 Courtesy/Marvin Price JaMaya Mcgee, the 85th Miss Southern University consoles Corrine Vaughn as she is announced as the 86th Miss Southern University on Election Day Tuesday, March 15 outside the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union.

DIGEST MANAGING EDITOR

The Southern University Police Department has launched a new feature of the Jag Safe Application. “Where’s the shuttle” a newly implemented feature that allows students to see where the bus is located and how long it will take for the bus to arrive to their location and the next destination. Jag safe, which was launched in August 2015, gives students the ability to request safety escorts, report crimes anonymously and aid the Southern University Police Department with emergency contact information per student. Prior to the bus tracker, students would have to locate the bus using brcats.com. Now students can use the WiFi accessible and free app to determine where the shuttle will be located. “If you haven’t already, downloaded this free app, please do so. After you download it and enter your basic information, click on “where’s my shuttle” and click select your route. Then you select which location you want. Afterwards, you select the time you want the time you plan on departing on the shuttle and click view live,” said

Chief Johnson. SUPD Administrative Deputy, Kevin Johnson says that the new feature will keep the Department’s phones from frequently ringing as of March 21. “Effective starting Monday, we will no longer be taking calls and if they call, we will refer them to what the new process is,” said Deputy Johnson. Deputy Johnson also explains how the shuttle works in regards to picking and dropping students off. “With the route, as long as you are at your stop, it will pick you up and take you wherever you need to go on the list of stops.” Chief Johnson is encouraging all to students to register with the app to help the campus maintain a safe environment. According to Johnson, the department pays for the app to run but not enough students are utilizing the app to its potential. One of the features that students should take advantage of is “Friend Watch.” Johnson says that this tool can be used anywhere as long as the student user describes the activity that he or she is doing and set the timer that best suits them. To

Junior Class President Xavier Diamond 177 Charnelle Casma 59 Kigaillie C. Woods 38

What’s your location? SUPD Makes It Easier for Students to Track the Jag Train

BY BRANDON PRINCE

Joy Henderson 110 Aaron Haynes 107

Miss Sophomore Morgan Malone 238 Elise Gipson 135

Sophomore Class Senator Alana Stevenson 293 Keyarias Pegues 253 Jonalyn Fair 248 Simone Pillette 148 Lakeshmi Jackson 106 Brandon Prince/DIGEST Sophomore Music Education major Paris Daniels utilizes the the bus tracker on the Jag Safe app to find out when the shuttle will arrival time from T.T. Alain on March 17. avoid any further action, the user should simply deactivate the timer, but in the event that it does

See SHUTTLE page 3

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