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Financial Aid Woes: “Where’s the rest of my refund?”

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STEM Day at Southern University

Whitney Thomas

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“We go through the same thing every year it, never fails.

They’ll hold our refunds until weeks later or either they’ll disburse half the money and leave us stuck wondering where the other half went,” Keyonna Thompson, a third-year student and nursing major expressed.

Many of Southern University students are complaining about the tiring on-going process they go through to receive refund checks.

Although students may have similar scenarios, the process varies. Refunds normally are generated after an overpayment has been applied to an account.

A student’s registration status, financial aid disbursement, and account balance also play a part in the timing of money being disbursed, and the amount. There is a fourteen day process students must wait after the disbursement is applied and a thirty-five day process needed to transmit the funds from the university, straight to banking mobile.

Breann Marshals, a senior nursing major says that it’s not just about the money, “It is a process and we understand that, but I don’t feel it should have to be so long. I know for a fact other universities’ financial processes aren’t this long, so hopefully the speed of everything changes.”

The sentiment is shared across campus as some students have to wait for the end of the semester before receiving any funds.

Students should also know that refunds are issued based upon the remaining account balance and not the memo/authorized amount. Meaning, the refund will be used to pay off any fees, fines, or unpaid dues left on the account. After the account has a balance of zero, the refund will then be disbursed for the amount that is left due.

Hanna Webb, Bursar in the Comptroller Office gave a lot of information for students with her background knowledge of how the process works.

“During the first two weeks after refunds begin, we process daily.

Throughout the semester we generally process refunds twice a week. We have taken necessary

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A group of high school students chat with Assistant Professor in the College of Sciences, Dr. Lynette Jackson about promixity sensors in vehicles during STEM day held on Friday, November 15 inside the PBS Pinchback Engineering Building. (Dante Davis/DIGEST)

such as Scotlandville Magnet High School and the Southern University Laboratory School, “STEM Day” was intended to The end of the school week saw educate students on the different Pinchback Engineering Building career opportunities that are play host to the third annual available in the fields of science, Southern University “STEM technology, engineering, and Day” on Friday, November 17. mathematics.

Encompassing several different high schools across Baton Rouge The day was broken up into Dante Davis The Southern Digest

different sections: alumni/ departmental talks, research presentation, student led organizations, and a competition section. As there were a little under two hundred students, the students were split up into groups for the different activities and talks to allow them to experience as many and as diverse of a selection of events.

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Author and Professor at University of Texas at Austin, Leonard Moore, speaks to Southern University students in the ballroom November 13. (Tiffany Williams/DIGEST)

blocking black college students from truly succeeding in the United States on Wednesday, As part of Collegiate 100 week, November 13. Being a graduate Southern University’s chapter of of Jackson State University the Collegiate 100 men brought and current Vice President for in guest speaker, Dr. Leonard Diversity and Community Moore who spoke on the hurdles Engagement at the University Dante Davis The Southern Digest

of Texas in Austin, Dr. Moore explained why we, as black people, have to do things differently and that the goal is to graduate college not with a job but with options.

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The alumni talks featured Q&A’s from Southern University alumni who are currently working in technical fields. Students were able to learn the day to day tasks of professionals who work in different STEM related fields and ask questions. Julian Herbert, a 2008 computer science graduate who now works as a Senior Applications Developer for Amazon, shared his experience about how phone applications such as Snapchat and Instagram are built, maintained, and updated, “It’s [been going] good so far. We’re throwing a lot of information at them so finding a way to relate it to them and keep them engaged has been tough, but I feel like everyone has done a good job bringing it down to a level where [the kids] can understand it.”

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Jaguar Athletics 2019 SWAC Volleyball Tournament Friday Nov 22 - Sunday Nov 24 Itta Bena, Miss.

Men’s Basketball Friday 11/22 ~ 7:00pm at Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Monday 11/25 ~ 7:00pm At Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Tuesday 11/26 ~ 4:30pm Women’s Basketball Wednesday 11/20 ~ 7:00pm at Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Sunday 11/24 ~ 1:00pm at Texas Austin, Texas Hygiene Drive Now - November 26, the SUBR Lambda Omicron Chapter of Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society will be collecting all hygiene products on the 3rd floor of Higgins Hall for the NOLA mission.

Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management 20 for 20 Scholarship The 20 for 20 Scholarship fund was established to support students with unmet financial needs.

Applicants must complete and submit an essay that identifies why they selected Southern University, academic or co-curricular opportunities in which they have engaged in as a student, an outline of their academic and career goals, and how the scholarship will help address financial needs and academic goals. Applicants must demonstrate financial need for the scholarship as determined by the Office of Financial Aid. Applications for this scholarship must be completed and submitted to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management by December 2, 2019.

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SULC Ranked Most Diverse Faculty by Princeton Review

you are, no matter what gender or race.So it’s a big move for Southern University and an awesome move for us, in that we get to touch every aspect of different cultures, races and genders. It’s inclusion, it’s everything to us. It’s a wonderful experience, especially as a professor.” Professor Harris’ testimony reflects the sentiment of many, particularly her own students.

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As of 2020, the Southern University Law Center has been ranked as having the most diverse faculty of all law schools in the nation, a title it has had the distinction of holding several times throughout the years.

With the Southern University System being the only historically Black school system in the U.S., the recognition of diversity is particularly relevant in our current era.

The conversation of diversity has become an active one, particularly in reference to representation in academia. A study released by the National Center for Educational Statistics in 2017 addresses this: “Of all full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions in fall 2017, 41 percent were White males; 35 percent were White females; 6 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander males; 5 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander females; and 3 percent each were Black males, Black females, Hispanic males, and Hispanic females.1 Those who were American

Indian/Alaska Native and those who were of Two or more races each made up 1 percent or less of full-time faculty.”

The disparity in diverse educators is prompting much acknowledgement, especially when the growth of diversity in students is noted, “The percentage of American college students who are Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Black has been increasing…The percentage of Black students increased from 10

Michael Amenyah, a graduate of Georgia State University and native of Athens, Georgia spoke on the unique atmosphere that the SULC faculty introduced him to,”One thing I can say, the reason I came to Southern is because for DIGEST ART me diversity is everything. I really percent in 1976 to 14 percent in never fit in one box, I grew up basically between two worlds. I 2016.”

Professor Genora Harris from was either too African or I wasn’t Monroe, Louisiana expressed her Black enough growing up. So for own pride in this recognition, me, at Southern it doesn’t matter especially as a graduate of the where you’re from or who your SULC herself. “Diversity for parents are. Everybody treats us means that we get to show you like a family.” Amenyah’s that an HBCU can be diverse,” experience gives a much needed she explains,”It’s not only for insight into the importance of African Americans, but it’s for all faculty diversity, and why the individuals. That is what we were Southern University Law Center established on: that everyone can is recognized for serving this get an education no matter who purpose.

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Dr. Moore stressed the importance of getting out of our comfort zones to experience things that make us a more holistic and diverse individual. As he is a man that practices what he preaches, Dr. Moore told a story of how he took a group of forty elementary schoolers to not only get their passports, but also on an international experience to Africa. Stressing that in order to truly understand the scope of the world, you have to get out and experience it by traveling abroad, “he has a point. Black people are so reluctant to get out of our communities that we are missing out on a lot,” said junior Biology major, Destiny Banks.

country and addressed the fear of traveling to a country that may be considered “unsafe” by drawing a parallel to the fact that many of us come from dangerous areas.

Chicago and New Orleans both have some of the highest murder rates in the country so while it would be hyperbolic to compare either them to a country that has recently experienced serious civil unrest, it is not a stretch to say that we should not be afraid of going somewhere that isn’t the safest.

Dr. Moore then went on to address the fact that many of students have literally weights attached to them in the form of toxic relationships and drug He implored everyone to grind, abuse that prevent us from taking hustle, and work towards the college and the classroom as goal of getting out of the United seriously as we need to. “You all States and seeing another have to raise the standard…it is a

good time to be young, black, and a college student, but understand the future is coming,” explained Dr. Moore, “everyone is trying to eat, [people in India, China, Vietnam, etc.] are all coming here to make money.”

By the end of the presentation, Dr. Moore had the entire room, many of whom were forced to be there, engaged and on the edge of their seats, “He was a really good speaker and shared some important stuff,” said Collegiate 100 member, Derrick Stewart.

Dr. Moore then extended an open opportunity to anyone wanting to go to graduate school, “If you want to come to graduate school at the University of Texas and you get accepted, then we will pay for you to go to graduate school.”

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can get exposure, applicable skills and work experience, and leadership experience.

Student organizations like the microcontrollers club and the society of women engineers were present alongside the various STEM departments giving the high school students insight on how Southern University prepares its students for life outside of college.

The final, and arguably most exciting part of “SU STEM” day, was the robotics and engineering competition. Prior to Friday, teams of high schoolers worked for a little over a month designing, programming, and testing a small, remote controlled like car. The teams included two parts: an engineering team that would build the car and a business and marketing team that would determine the best way to pitch the car to investors.

The engineering team, with the guidance of Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering department Dr. Yasser Ismail, was responsible for making sure that the car was able to run independent of a human operator. As such, all the cars were equipped with up ten different sensors to calculate various variables. The cars were all able to detect objects in front of it and stop preemptively, detect the presence of a line and follow it around in a circle, and perform a cool doughnut. With various degrees of success, the teams were then judged by a small panel of judges. One of the judges, Dr. Lynette Jackson of the Computer Science department, was very impressed with the level of skill the kids showed, “I’m very impressed by them, I think they did very well.

They learned a programming language in a down to Earth, easy to understand way, and used it to solve a real world problem.”

The business and marketing team was responsible for researching the product and figuring out a way to sell it. The students used data about car accidents and the most effective tools that are in use today to help drivers avoid car crashes to create an argument for why a company should invest money in the product. Most importantly though, the team was responsible for creating a price point to sell the cars at because as Kenny Johnson, a high school student at Scotlandville Magnet High school, said best, “If it don’t make money, it don’t make sense.”

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Make it seven in a row against Jackson State Logan Williams

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The Southern University Jaguars traveled to Jackson, Mississippi for a heated rivalry game and pivotal SWAC matchup against the Jackson State Tigers.

Before kickoff in front of 40,085 fans at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, a pregame skirmish happened between the two teams and the game was chippy throughout.

The Tigers settled for 3 on their first series of the game after a long run from Junior running back Keyshawn Harper, who would finish the afternoon with 208 yards rushing. Jaguars quarterback Ladarius Skelton got the ball on his first possession of the day and move down the field in seven plays ending in a Hunter Registar touchdown to put the Jags up 7-3. On Jackson State’s next possession, Tigers quarterback Jalon Jones led them down the field on a 15 play 85 yard drive that resulted in a two yard touchdown catch by DD Bowie to give the Tigers a 10-7 lead in the first.

In the second quarter, Jaguars kicker Cesar Barajas tied the game at 10. On the Jaguars next possession, Jaguars quarterback Ladarius Skelton, who got the job done all day on the ground with 171 yards rushing, ran for a 29 yard touchdown to put the Jags up 17-10 in the second. Jackson State’s offense looked like a machine in the second quarter, as Jones would throw his second touchdown pass to Terrell Kennedy III. A Jaguar fumble on the ensuing kickoff gave the Tigers great field position and Jones would find

Junior running back, Carlos Stephens sprints through the open field to the end zone against the Jackson State University tigers on November 16 in Jackson, Mississippi.(Keith Lewis/DIGEST)

Ra’meik Wallace for his third touchdown pass to give the Tigers a 24-17 halftime lead.

After a back and forward offensive shootout in the first half, both offenses would stall on their first two drives of the second half. The first score of the second half would come from the defense of Southern in the form of a safety after a bad snap from the Jackson State long snapper.

The Jaguars would then tally another score in the form of a rushing touchdown from Skelton to give the Jaguars a 26-24 lead in the third quarter. After a Jackson

“We wanted to play a complete game with effort and discipline like we know how to.” #58 Jaylon Brinson Senior Center State field goal to put the Tigers up by 3, Bee Hinton would make the play of the

day. His 87 yard kick return would put the Jags 33-27 and the Jaguars wouldn’t relinquish the lead. Ladarius Skelton would run for his third touchdown in the fourth quarter and would lead the Jaguars to a 40-33 victory over Jackson State.

“When you are in these rivalry games you throw records out the window,” Jaguars head coach Dawson Odums said after the game. The Jaguars struggled to stop the rushing attack from the Tigers as they would total 308 yards on the ground. “We had a misalignment by See BOOMBOX CLASSIC page 5

Rolling: Jaguars blast Lady Bulldogs Jalyn Garner

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The Lady Jags faced off against the Lady Bulldogs of Tougaloo on a freezing Wednesday night. After their first win against Wiley College on Monday night, the Lady Jags turned around two days later and completely dominated Tougaloo on both sides of the ball.

To start the first quarter of the game, guard Brittany Rose started the offense off with a nice 7-0 run. A quick corner three, followed by a nice lay-up off of a fast break, and another easy two pointer off of one of many Bulldog turnovers.

Once the Jaguars had the lead there was no coming back for the Bulldogs. The defense set the tone early, Jaguars forced sixteen turnovers in the first quarter and completely clogged the paint for the Bulldogs allowing only four points and forcing them to play outside the paint, compared to the Jaguars who had fourteen points in the paint. Lady Bulldogs had problems stopping plays in the paint the entire first quarter. Late in the first quarter Cabria Lee drove down the court on a fastbreak, which pushed the Jaguars lead up to 20-7. Bulldogs guard Melissa Creese hit a three pointer seconds into the end of the first quarter, giving them only

ten points scored in the first quarter.

In the second quarter trying to get an offensive spark going for their depleted offense, Bulldogs forward Nyasia Beckles hit a quick jumpshot to get herself going in the game. But the Jaguars were quick to answer back by guard Jayden Towner with a contested lay-up, garnered by another fastbreak score by Chloe Fleming.

By the middle of the second quarter the offense was clicking on all cylinders and went off on a tandem, from dropping a corner three by Caitlin Davis and scoring off of turnovers the Lady Jags completely annihilate the Bulldogs.

At halftime the Jaguars were up 5819 on the Lady Bulldogs, with their field goal percentage at 66.7% and free throw percentage at 75%, in the first two quarters all the Lady Jags had to do was keep the same game plan and shooting rotation, they would have another W in the win column. In the second half of the game it was much of the same blueprint as it was in the first half of the game. Turnovers, fastbreak points, second chance points and a great offensive game plan the Lady Jags cruised past the Lady Bulldogs with ease. Ending the game with shooting over fifty percent on the floor, and almost eighty percent at the free throw line the Lady Jags improved to 2-1 on the season.

Senior guard Brittey Rose prepares to make the pass during the Jaguars game against the Tougaloo college bulldogs on Wednesday November 13. (Kyndall Jones/DIGEST)

Following a 69-63 loss against Wichita State at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas on November 17, the Lady Jags

will be at Nebraska (11/20) and at Texas (11/24) to continue their road trip.

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Intramural Complex: Three On Three Hoop Dreams Debrandin Brown

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Intramural sports at Southern University have always been an inclusive way for students living on campus to get out and active during the weeks leading up to the Bayou Classic and final exams.

This past Thursday and Friday from 5pm to 9pm, Southern University’s Intramural Sports held a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in the Intramural Complex. Like most intramural sports and activities, the tournament was open to any who were interested in participating.

It is noteworthy however that student-athletes were prohibited from competing, which led to a specific string of events that took place later in the tournament to the detriment of Southern.

The two games that took place saw good competition between the squads participating, the second game in particular saw a noteworthy turn of events taken place.

Although Southern won in the first night of competition, Southern University’s Intramural Team faced disqualification on the second night after the conclusion of their game vs Southeastern. The explanation given was that one of the players representing the Jags was a student-athlete who played football last year at a different university.

“I see where they’re coming from for disqualifying them because I guess they felt like the team had a competitive advantage against the other teams. Maybe next time they should be more specific and state that it is an amateur tournament, not for trained

Southern University flag football team traveled to Lafayette this past weekend to compete in the 2019 State Flag Football Tournament. There was a male and female team comprised of current students that attended Southern. The tournament began on Saturday where both teams played in two non-elimination games or pool play to see how the teams would be ranked.

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a linebacker but we fixed that,” Southern Senior linebacker Calvin Lunkins said after the game. The adjustments made in the second half proved to be fruitful as the Jaguars outscored Jackson State 23-10 in the second half. “We wanted to play a complete game with effort and discipline lke we know how to,” said Jaguars center Jaylon Brinson.

For the Tigers, their hopes at a

SWAC East title were crushed with the loss to the Jaguars on Saturday and they will finish the season aagainst Alcorn State on November 23rd. For the Jaguars, this win moves them to 7-4 on the season and they will touch the field in two weeks to take on the Grambling State Tigers in the Bayou Classic in New Orleans with a trip to the SWAC championship on the line.

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athletes,” said Tyler Smith, a junior marketing major from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Grambling went on to ultimately defeat Southeastern to win the tournament in the next round after Southern’s victory was taken off the books due to disqualification.

“It was a cool environment to be around. If you’re a fan of basketball then you could

probably enjoy yourself. The ending to everything was a let down though,” said Alexus Johnson, a freshman agriculture major from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Despite how the event as a whole ended for the Jaguars, those in attendance came out in a decent number and had mostly enjoyable experience for spectators and players alike.

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came up short the second game, they still made huge plays in the game that left the other teams stunned.

The next day, the teams came with determination to be victorious in a win or go home situation. The lady Jags first opponent didn’t show up and forfeited the game automatically advancing them to the championship game where they fell just short of winning.

team was disqualified after one of the parents from the opposing team protested to the staff following the loss. Southeastern was then allowed to play in the championship where they eventually loss to Grambling.

The player was ruled ineligible because he played at another university.

Coach Tanner from the rec had this to say about the decision, The boy’s team won the first “Why wait until we make it to two games in blowout fashion the championship and then let once again. In the semifinals, the team we beat compete…

The boy’s team played extremely the team was on the brink of the guy that was ruled ineligible well on both sides of the ball. The defeat when they were able to never participated at another Jags proved to be the best team overcome adversity after being university.” in the tournament after blowing down two scores. The team The teams QB senior Jerry out both opponents by double made adjustments at halftime Powell said “Even though I feel digits and going 2-0 on the day. and came back to win 21-20 we were cheated, I’m still proud The girl’s team came out the gate after scoring and converting of my team and in the end we swinging and blew their first on the two point conversion to went undefeated (6-0) in the opponent out. Although they beat Southeastern. However, the tournament.”

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Balling: Senior guard Jayden Towner shoots a 3-pointer at the women’s basketball game against Tougaloo College on Wednesday November 13 in the minidome. (Kyndall/DIGEST)

March ON:The Human Jukebox marching in to the infamous “Boombox Classic” to face head to head with the Sonic Boom of the South in Jackson,Mississippi on November 16. (Keith Lewis/DIGEST)

C’s Up: Collegiate 100 new inductee Greg Whitley and his cluster brothers putting on a show at their induction ceremony on November 12 in the Cottilion Ballroom. (Keith Lewis/DIGEST)

Knowledge: Speaker G.Mark Lafrancis speaking to students in the Southern University Law Center on November 14.(Tiren Causey/DIGEST)

Ball Out: Zhavion Hart attempts a lay -up in the Intramural Center in the 3 on 3 tournament on November 14.(Tiren Causey/DIGEST)

F/SYE: Students engaging in a conversation at the F/SYE Explore and Apply event inside the Union Ballroom on November 14. (Te’yanah Owens/DIGEST)

Men: The Collegiate 100 Black Men of Southern University host the Collegiate talk in the ballroom November 13(Tiffany Williams/DIGEST)

Royalty: Southern University’s royal court enters Jackson State University stadium during the Annual Boombox Classic in Jackson,Mississippi on November 16.(Keith Lewis/DIGEST)

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Alzheimers: Collegiate 100 men sell purple powerades and pass out ribbons to bring awareness to Alzheimer’s Disease in the Smith Brown Memorial Union on November 13. (Te’yanah Owens/DIGEST)

Lets GRUB: Students enjoying their food at the Breakfast Brunch hosted

by C100 men inside Mayberry Dining Hall on November 14.

(Te’yanah Owens/DIGEST)

Geaux Jags: Quarterback Ladarius Skelton directing traffic as he rushes for another Jaguar first down against Jackson State University in Jackson,Mississippi on November 16. (Keith Lewis/DIGEST)

Boss Up: Students sit and listen to a group of panelists about how to be your own boss in the Event Center on November 12.

(Isaac Armstrong/DIGEST)

Lets Talk: Author and Professor at University of Texas at Austin, Leonard Moore, speaks to Southern University students in the ballroom November 13 (Tiffany Williams/DIGEST)

Kick!: The Fabulous Dancing Dolls put on a vibrant halftime show in Jackson, Mississippi on November 16. (Keith Lewis/DIGEST)

IMPACT: Members of SGA Senate serving students and hearing them out at night in S.V. Totty Hall on November 14. (Te’yanah Owens/DIGEST)

Lights, Camera, Action: On October 13, Elijah Precciely, a Theatrw Club student partcipated in the production of “God’s Trombones” directed by Dr. King D. Godwin at Frank Hayden Hall.

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The Processional: Dr. Godwin, theatre department making noise Jayln Garner

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Southern University’s theater department held its first production of the year this past week, featuring a multitude of Southern University students and staff.

“God’s Trombones,” the production that the program has taken to this semester, is a series of seven sermans written by James Johnson. Johnson’s vision for the play repeated the idea that audiences don’t tend to listen to the content of things because we’re so wrapped up in the music of the church and the ritual of the church, that we ultimately miss the content of the church.

Johnson’s idea was to take seven big stories in the Old Testament and bring them to life on stage. Dr. Godwin had a thought; that since it’s a new beginning that they’ll start with something religious.

According to Godwin, he understands that the audiences are used to seeing plays where people are in relations and are talking back to each other, but we’re not familiar with seeing plays where it’s a more oral interpret prospective where there is one speaker and that speaker teaches a lesson to the audience, as opposed to playing someone else.

“The students that are a part of the play are all mostly no majors in the theater department, but their performance as a group didn’t show that,” alluded Godwin in regards to the success his students have had in rehearsals and performances.

According to some of the students, Godwin is constantly stressing the idea that there is no ceiling to the potential that the students have.

As for the future of the theatre program, Godwin plans on doing several shows next semester. Some of the upcoming plays include “Miss Evers Boys” which is about the Tuskegee Experiment, “Tell Pharaoh” by Lofton Mitchell that talks about the history of the black community See GODWIN page 10

Higgins Hygiene Drive

Diamond Butler

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Briana Green, Theatre Club student, performs during the production of “God’s Trombones” directed by Dr. King D. Godwin at Frank Hayden Hall on October 13. (Shania Sims/DIGEST)

Mario Sigur and JaDarius McNally, two Theatre Club students, partcipate in the production of “God’s Trombones” directed by Dr. King D. Godwin at Frank Hayden Hall on October 13.

(Shania Sims/DIGEST)

For years, the organizations of Southern University have done plenty for the surrounding community. In honor of the celebration of the 2019 Bayou Classic, the Phi Alpha Social Work Societies of Southern University and Grambling State University have come together to enrich the lives of the homeless, the most vulnerable population of the New Orleans area.

Along with the New Orleans Mission and the AETNA Health Plan, they have launched a drive to collect hygiene products that will be distributed to the homeless camps.

The New Orleans Mission (NOM) is a nonprofit 501c(3) Christian Humanitarian Organization that is dedicated to relieving human suffering.

NOM combats poverty, hunger, homelessness, exploitation, and oppression with the provision of food, clothing, shelter, medical care and other necessities of life.

This is the first time a drive of this proportion has occurred on the Southern University campus. Tangela Colson, an Assistant Professor, and advisor for the Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society, had this to say about this year’s drive and its long term future: “While this is the first time we are collaborating in this effort, we are marking plans for this to be an annual event.”

When creating the drive, student presidents, Briana Armstrong of Southern University and Courtney Jackson of Grambling State University, along with their members collaborated to create a community service project in the city of New Orleans since it allows them to fulfill the mission of social work for vulnerable populations. Additionally, the two organizations main goal is to give back to the city for graciously hosting the Bayou Classic.

Since the start of this drive, donating to the

See DRIVE page 10

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Back in Business: SU Alums join forces Shania Sims

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Southern University has a long history of successful entrepreneurs who have gone on to see much success in their post-graduation years. Two alumni in particular have gone a step further and combined business savvy into a joint venture that they hope can bring both of their businesses to the next level.

Jaccari Marshall, a California native and the proud founder of The Block clothing line, has always had a love for streetwear. When he got to Southern however, he met a classmate who knew how to use photoshop, which led to him making shirt designs with the help of his refund checks. This proved to be just a small stepping stone to the launch of his career.

“I’ve been running The Block since 2013, the end of my freshman year at Southern, but I didn’t start selling shirts until 2015,” said Marshall on his first year in the clothing business. According to Marshall, he knew that he never wanted to work for anyone else after seeing the way stress impacts individuals in the work environment.

While he was an athlete first during his tenure as Southern, working in fashion was always Marshall’s backup

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plan if sports didn’t work out. With it being a little over a year since graduation, Marshall has continued his journey to continue working for himself while residing in North Carolina.

Aristide Williams on the other hand, is a renowned chief and proud native of New Orleans who has always had a love for cooking. According to Williams, he simply got tired of eating over the hump and eventually decided he wanted to cook for himself when the idea to start his own business first came to him.

“To me, my food was good, but I never gave it to anybody else. Before I started

How To Plan, Party, and Pass: A Guide Kiyanna Givens

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It’s almost the end of the 2019 Fall Semester. Finals are on the way, and for most students, that means it’s do or die.

In order to succeed, goals must be set, along with a plan for studying and classwork. Being goal oriented is a great way to get things done. Having a planner also helps, but it’s also good to try making a “To-do” list and physically marking off things as they get done.

With the 46th Annual Bayou Classic coming up, a lot of students are going to be preparing for the festivities in New Orleans. Some faculty and Organization/Clubs will be busy as well due to their participation in the events.

It is imperative to use better judgement and plan out when to get work done.

“Since I came [to Southern] in 2017, I was in the band trying to find time to do everything. Eventually, all my assignments building up started to worry me,” stated Junior Mass communication Major from Houston Texas, Juwan Caleb about his own experiences managing time in the band.

“Don’t let all your assignments stack up and try to get one thing done at a time. Bayou Classic is the busiest time so just get it all done early.” stated Caleb when asked what advice he would give to someone struggling to multitask.

The difference between the first and second year experience as a student

however also increased the perspective of many as far as time management.

“Be proactive and handle your business before your business handles you. If you’re gonna go and support our Jags on the weekends, take care of your school work during the week or even Friday afternoon when a lot of students don’t have class,” Assistant Director for First and Second Year Experience, Avis O’Bryant-Chaney from Augusta Georgia professed.

“Time management is one of those things you have to learn and you have to know what your end goal is. If you master time management, you should not only be able to do what you want, but you should also be able to do things early while procrastinating minimally,” First and Second Year Experience staff, Akai Smith stated.

If you have a 3 hour course that you take three times a week, then you should be studying that material one hour per day for at least a three day minimum per week. Time management is really essential in this case, especially for Bayou Classic because everyone wants to be in the building on Friday & Saturday...but before you do that, you have to handle your business,” continued Smith.

“Keep God first and Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. The key is not spending time, but investing See GUIDE page 10

selling plates of food, I wanted to start off small.” said Williams. According to Williams, he began to draw inspiration by watching cooking shows such as “Chopped” and using Pinterest or writing about techniques on how to prepare food.

He began to post food that he would cook and started attracting attention around campus and building clientele when he started his own brand of lemonade.

According to Williams, that following summer changed his life changed forever.

Living in New York for two entire years and working under Chopped judges and

meal prepping for athletes, Williams honed his skills to the point where he was ready to begin his own culinary path.

Even though the two knew each other from their time in school, the friendship built by the two of them was birthed through inspiration and admiration for supporting each other’s individual business ventures.

It was at this point that they were in the early stages of creating a collaboration effort aptly named The Block Burger, a collaboration combining selling both merch and the love of food.

The concept itself originally arose in 2017 after a conversation between the two, but according to the pair, the timing wasn’t quite right yet. It wasn’t until two years after the fact that they had their first “pop up” in New Orleans together in August of 2019.

With Williams handling the food aspect of the business and Marshall doing promotion through clothing, the two believe that they have the makings of something different in the world of food and apparel.

“I just want acknowledgement for what we’re doing and positive vibes. Hopefully, we hope to inspire young entrepreneurs to be inspired and take leaps of faith. Put all their coins on the table and ask questions later,” said Williams.

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Kanye West talks about serving God during visit with Osteen

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HOUSTON (AP) — Rapper Kanye West told parishioners at Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on Sunday that his recent spiritual awakening has made him realize he’s no longer in the service to fame and money but “in service to God.”

West spoke to a packed crowd of about 16,000 people at Lakewood Church’s 11 a.m. service during an interview with Osteen from the stage. West told the parishioners about his recent conversion to Christianity and how God has been guiding him.

“I know that God has been calling me for a long time and the devil has been distracting me for a long time,” West said. He added that at his lowest point, when he was hospitalized in 2016 after a “mental breakdown,” God “was there with me, sending me visions and inspiring me.”

Rapper Kanye West, right, answers questions from Joel Osteen, left, during a service at Lakewood Church, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

January, including at the Coachella festival, conversion to be sincere. an outdoor shopping center in Salt Lake City “I don’t see why it would not be genuine.

Last month, West released “Jesus is King,” a and at an Atlanta-area megachurch.

Especially with someone with his platform Gospel-themed album that’s been described On Friday, he and his choir performed for that talks about God and love and unity, it can as Christian rap. inmates at the Harris County Jail in Houston. get really shut down unfairly,” said Gonzalez.

The rapper’s wife, Kim Kardashian West, and During Sunday morning’s appearance, West their daughter, North West, joined him at touched on a variety of topics in what he called When asked what advice he had for people, the church. They sat in the front row of the his “streams of consciousness,” including West told reporters, “Every single millisecond cavernous arena, the former Compaq Center, religion, the perils of fame and money, going be in service to God.” which was once the home of the Houston to church as a child, strip clubs and the devil. West and his wife are among the celebrities Rockets. Many of the parishioners seated who have expressed support for Texas death around West took photos of him with their “The only superstar is Jesus,” West said as the row inmate Rodney Reed, who received an crowd applauded loudly. cellphones. execution stay on Friday. Reed’s supporters said new evidence raises serious doubt about But West’s trademark boastfulness hasn’t “This is like the Super Bowl today,” said Amy his guilt in a 1996 killing. completely disappeared.

Holmes, who was visiting from New Orleans with her husband and decided to attend.

“Now the greatest artist that God has every On Friday, Kim Kardashian West traveled to death row in Livingston, Texas, and visited West also was scheduled to perform in the created is now working for him,” West said. evening at Lakewood with his “Sunday After the service, Osteen told reporters he was Reed.

Service,” a church-like concert featuring excited that West was “using his influence for Lakewood Church, where more than 43,000 a choir. Tickets for the free concert were the Lord.” people attend services each week, has become distributed through Ticketmaster and sold the largest church in the U.S. out within minutes Saturday, though some “We come from different backgrounds. Styles people have been reselling them for hundreds are different. But we’re still brothers in Christ. Osteen’s weekly television program is viewed by more than 13 million households in the We’re all on the same team,” Osteen said. of dollars.

U.S. and millions others in more than 100 West has been traveling around the U.S. Jose Gonzalez, a 25-year-old who attended nations around the world. holding his “Sunday Service” concerts since the service, said he believes West’s religious

Like her parents, Blue Ivy now an ‘awardwinning songwriter

“Brown Skin Girl” — which features Beyoncé namedropping Lupita Nyong’o, Naomi Campbell and Kelly Rowland and singing NEW YORK (AP) — At just 7, Blue Ivy lyrics like, “I love everything about you, from Carter is an award-winning songwriter. your nappy curls to every single curve” — was Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s daughter won the also nominated for best collaboration at the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award at Soul Train Awards. Most of the top winners Sunday’s Soul Train Awards for co-writing didn’t attend the show, and only three of her mom’s hit “Brown Skin Girl,” a song the 12 awards were handed out during the celebrating dark- and brown-skinned women. live telecast: best female R&B/soul artist (H.E.R.), best new artist (Summer Walker) Ivy Carter gives a vocal performance that and best gospel/international award (Kirk opens and closes the song, which also features Franklin).

Wizkid and Saint Jhn. Chris Brown and Drake’s “No Guidance” The Carters weren’t at the Orleans Arena in — which has spent the last five months, and Las Vegas to accept the honor named after counting, in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot the legendary Motown songwriting duo Nick 100 chart — was the big winner, picking up Ashford and Valerie Simpson. Ivy Carter song of the year, best dance performance and shares the win with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, St. Jhn best collaboration. Lizzo won album/mixtape and several other co-writers. of the year for “Cuz I Love You” and video of This week could get even better for Ivy the year for “Juice.”

Carter: Grammy nominations will be The awards show, which aired on BET and revealed Wednesday and “Brown Skin Girl” was hosted by actresses Tichina Arnold and could earn the young star her first Grammy Tisha Campbell, also gave special honors nomination (Beyoncé has won 23 Grammys to gospel music icon Yolanda Adams and and Jay-Z has 22).

Songwriter Hall of Famers Jimmy Jam & Mesfin Fekadu AP Music Writer

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, Blue Ivy, daughter of Beyonce, arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. At just 7, Blue Ivy Carter is an award-winning songwriter. Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s daughter won the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award at the Soul Train Awards on Sunday, Nov 17, 2019, for co-writing her mom’s hit “Brown Skin Girl,” (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Terry Lewis, who have worked with Janet Jackson throughout her career and have also crafted No. 1 hits for George Michael, Usher, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.

GODWIN from page 8 from, time of slavery all the way through the 21st century, and “Blues for an Alabama Sky” which takes place in the Harlem Renaissance period and talks about pregancy and abortion.

There are also plans to go on tour to help promote the theatre department and encourage more alumni support.

Feeling that success in these future productions could possibly lead to more opportunities down the road for the theater department. Godwin has high hopes for the future of the theater department.

DRIVE from page 9 homeless has received positive feedback from the student body.

Adrian Dabney, a 25-year-old freshman, says that “I feel that donating to the homeless will give them the help they need and would be a blessing to their lives.”

Especially for people who aren’t as fortunate as others during the Fall and Winter, drives such as these are made all the more important.

“I think that it’s important since the human body works better when it has what it needs,” said Nick Muhindi, a junior Mass Communication major. Though it is not a required thing to do, the organizations are encouraging the public to get involved and donate items. While collecting the items is an important first step, the students involved will also be responsible for working in the homeless camps to deliver the products and provide support and encouragement directly to the people. This will occur on Friday, November 29 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

For any student who would like to donate to the drive, they can go to the third floor of Higgins Hall.

The items that are being collected are socks, deodorant, toothpaste, feminine products, and any other hygiene products.

The hygiene drive will last from November 1 to November 26. If there is any student who has any questions about the drive, the can contact anyone on the Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society, Briana Armstrong, the President at Briana_Armstrong_00@ subr.edu, Bryanna Franklin, the Vice-President at Br yanna _Frank lin_ 0 0@subr. edu and Dejion Hughes, the Secretary-Treasurer at Dejion_ Hughes_00@subr.edu. As well the can contact the organization’s advisor, Tangela Colson at Tangela_Colson@subr.edu or by calling her office number, (225) 771-0218.

GUIDE from page 9 in it,” said Graduating Mass Communication Senior From Bruly, Louisiana Jaylin Fair. This can be said about many things, including college. When it boils down to it, students are investing time to go to classes and money to attend this university.

Its best to think of schoolwork as an investment. Let’s finish off this semester strong and fight

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You Work for Me, I Don’t Work for You Rocelyn Hamilton

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Being a student here at good ol’ Southern University, I am 99.99 percent sure that you have had a run in with that unnecessarily rude professor. Or that faculty member in another department that gives you an attitude and all you did was be polite and speak (cough financial aid cough). Or even better, those faculty members that feel like they can talk to you and treat you any kind of way just because they have been here since Moses parted the Red Sea or for any other reason why. Sound familiar? I am sure it does.

So I just have a question that needs to be answered: why do you all work here, at a college, where you have to deal with and essentially serve other people? More specifically, students?

I am being so serious and genuinely asking.

What makes you sit down and take the time to fill out this application for your current job position, knowing it is at a college just for you to be rude to the people who obviously have to come to you to be assisted? And what makes you think that you can be openly rude and talk to people any kind of way? Get back to me on that one.

The last time I checked, the reason that you are here is for the students and to serve the students. Your job is to educate us and aid us and point us in the right direction when we need help. Not project your miserable spirit or whatever else you got going on onto us.

You do realize the students are essentially the backbone of the university, right? Our money kind of funds your lifestyle and your cute little bonuses and your cars right?

Nobody held you hostage and told you to apply for a higher position at Southern University. Just like nobody held me hostage and told me to apply to college and become an adult. It was definitely a scam, but hey we are here at this point.

Of course, anything can be going on in people’s lives and we will never know. But that is not justification for you to come to work and spew it out at students who did nothing to you. Because trust me, your problems are above me and you just need to give them to God or deal with them however you please, I am not your problems. College students go through so much mentally and emotionally, even physically, and are expected to suck it up and still conduct ourselves and respect you but you don’t have to do the same? Nah

Where’s the rest of my refund ?

Jalyn garner

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They say that patience is a virtue or good things come to those that wait. However, at Southern University, the patience a student has to have when waiting to receive their refund, not even the biblical character Job could be so understanding. After sending in all information on time to the Financial Aid Office, in a time frame where processing should go through properly, a student’s refund should not still be pending, especially as we are closing in on the Thanksgiving holiday.

In situations where a person is an out of state student, living hundreds of miles away from home and not having any money is depressing. Not being able to buy certain things, or go places with friends because you have no money, isn’t fun. Your pride won’t allow you to continue to ask your peers for money, because chances are they don’t have it the money or they only have enough to take care of themselves.

Going to the Financial Aid Office can be a hassle in itself. The attitudes and the plethora of unanswered questions by the workers when asked the time frame in which you’ll receive your refund makes it even more frustrating.

When your questions can’t be answered,

you’re continuously given the runaround as to who to talk to about your problem. All while you’re going without your money for more days.

When will it come to a point where the financial aid process changes to a more up to date time period, where students won’t have to turn in paperwork, but everything is done on the computers? It garners for a quicker processing and students won’t have to play 50 questions with the people who don’t have the answers that they’re looking for, because the people over the financial aid process aren’t even following their own deadlines, guidelines, or headlines.

Money isn’t everything, but it’s everything to students who don’t have it because the higher ups are being lazy and unorganized in doing their jobs properly and students suffer because of it. It’s really insulting to know that as a student to be able to open a door at any building on campus it is paid for out of my tuition immediately with no time wasted, but to be able to receive a refund where it is given out in an amicable amount of time and students have to wait decades. So as Tom Cruise said in his infamous scene in Jerry MaGuire “ SHOW ME THE MONEY!”

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Why Are Students Failing Freshman Seminar? sydney brown

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Freshman Seminar is a class put in place to help incoming freshmen easily transition from high school to college and prepare students to enter the real world. A passing grade in the class is required for students to graduate (which explains why you might see a senior in your freshman seminar class). Although the course carries a reputation of being considered an “easy A”, seeing so many upperclassmen who aren’t transfer students retaking the class suggests something is wrong. It’s ignorant to assume all students have a lack of interest to turn assignments in or feel that the class is just a waste of time. However, balancing the workload and obligations that come with being in Freshman Seminar can be difficult.

During the first weeks of class, the instructor goes over the syllabus, the countless amount of homework assignments, and how many required events each student has to attend in order to pass. It’s almost as if the teacher doesn’t realize you have 15 other credits to worry about. The Jag Plan is supposed to be used as a log for your progress on attending a mandatory event. However, when it’s turned in incomplete or not turned in at all, your chances of failing the class are more than likely, even with completing all classwork and homework assignments.

As students we have many responsibilities, and even with those responsibilities we still like to have time to ourselves. With all these extra and superfluous assignments it is hard to stay balanced when it comes to homework. You might find yourself in a predicament where you have;

two homework assignments due at midnight, an online quiz that takes an hour and a half, and then find yourself stuck at a mandatory event that lasts two hours going from 6:30pm to 8:30pm where you cannot get your Jag Plan signed until the absolute end, forcing you to stay for the whole event. In my experience, my Freshman Seminar class gave me far too much work. I personally had class all day on Mondays and Wednesdays, so when it came to mandatory events during the day I could not attend them.

What would be a solution to having less upperclassmen in a freshman seminar class? As students, we need to take more personal accoubtability and responsibility. We are guilty of procrastination and poor time management. Completing assignments is extremely important, but we need to give ourselves more time to actually complete them entirely. (Even though this could be hard to do if most of your school work comes from a freshman seminar class…)

In Freshman Seminar, there is much talk about time management. There has even been a book given to students called 7 Habits for Highly Effective College Students, that is supposed to help us to become better students.

Even though we learn about the habits, we do not normally apply them when it actually comes to completing assignments or attending events.

Freshman Seminar instructors should stop giving so many assignments and should not require us to attend so many events so we can have more time to focus on more major classes.

Students should stop procrastinating and use better time management.

Maybe, just maybe, you would see less upperclassmen in a freshman class.

Do you know of any pressing issues on campus affecting students? email us: digest@subr.edu

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