The Southern DIGEST ISSUE 8, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2018
Volume 71 ● The sentinel of the enlightened student body at Southern University and A&M College ● Since 1926
7 Tigers
21 Jaguars
Jaguars out muscle Tigers in State Fair Showdown
SU Student Life on the Rise? Leah Williams ● DIGEST Staff Writer
As the semester begins to wind down, the events on campus aren’t yet. This fall, new organizations and events have been coming to campus. The semester started off with the Official Back to School Party in the Mini Dome. The amount of students that showed up was so large, many of them couldn’t even get in the party before it ended. This set the tone for student life on campus this semester, showing how many students were willing to attend on campus events. An event that’s new to campus this semester that many students have been talking about is college prom. Southern will be hosting a college prom. Details have yet to come, but it will be Saturday, December 1, right before final exam week. Some students oppose the idea and feel that prom should just be a high school event. Other students are excited about it and ready to purchase their tickets. C’ance Gilbeaux, a junior engineering major from New Orleans, Louisiana, agrees with the night. “It is a sensational night for the sharpest and smoothest individuals,” says Gilbeaux.
Junior, linebacker, Calvin Lunkins, takes down Texas Southern’s running back, Tyler Cook, at the State Fair Classic Showdown in Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, Texas on October 20. Keith Lewis/(DIGEST)
Devin Hadrick ● DIGEST Staff Editor
The greatly anticipated inaugural State Fair Showdown was bound to live up to expectations. The Jaguars returned to Dallas, TX for the first time in thirty years, sharing venues with Texas Southern within the hallowed walls of the legendary Cotton Bowl and Texas State Fair. With one of the nation’s largest state fairs in walking distance from the stadium, many fans of the Jaguar Nation were treated to an atmosphere they have never experienced before. Heading into Saturday, Southern was sitting in the driver’s seat of the SWAC Western division
after last week’s emotional road victory against Prairie View A&M. With assistance from the dog day defense, Southern’s special teams jump started the game with a blocked punt that led to a scoop-and-score, putting Southern ahead 7-0. Transfer quarterback Ladarius Skelton, who got the nod from head coach Dawson Odums to start the game, increased their lead to 14 following a 9 yard touchdown run. The Jags attempted to march down the field for another score before Skelton threw his first interception of the season, but Southern’s stifling defense forced another three-and-out. Texas Southern’s special teams attempted to catch Southern
napping behind the wheel on a fake field goal attempt from the 25-yard line, but the defense rose to the occasion, stuffing TXSO’s placeholder. Southern went into halftime 14-0. Southern’s explosive offense seemed to be too much to handle as the Jaguars had their way with Texas Southern. However, sophomore kicker Cesar Barajas could not capitalize on a 35 yard field goal attempt to add to the lead. But a strip sack late into the third quarter gave Southern back the momentum. John Lampley replaced Skelton on the following drive, which made the difference as he connected with Senior Wide Receiver Trey Smith with a www.southerndigest.com
17 yard bomb in end zone that made the score 21-0. With time winding down in the third quarter, junior defensive lineman Tyran Nash recovered a strip-sack fumble. Texas Southern scored their first touchdown with 8:53 left in the game. After Lampley’s wayward pass was picked off deep in TXSO territory, Texas Southern began to dismantle Southern’s secondary. But the dog-day-defense would not allow the Tigers to claw into their lead. As the Jags held off a final scoring drive, they tightened their hold on the SWAC West with a final score of 21-7.
SGA President Anthony B. Kenney also has his own new initiative for campus. He is teaming up with Michael Foster, the junior music major from Baton Rouge, Louisiana that had a summer internship with Paramount Studios, for a bi-weekly video series called “What’s Really Going On at SU.” It not only is to highlight positive aspects of campus, but to brief students about what SGA has been doing.
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Student organizations on campus have also been thriving this semester, which was shown at this semester’s Student Organization Fair a few weeks ago. There were a few new organizations to campus, along with a huge turnout of students. An estimated 800 students attended the organization fair this semester.
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