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Southern University Law School First Board meeting of the fall semester addresses key issues makes great strides BY LAQUENCIA PARKER DIGEST MANAGING EDITOR
The Southern University Law Center has been given the opportunity to establish the Hope Zone Legal Clinic in partnership with the Office of Community Development in East Baton Rouge Parish. The clinic will offer residents of the area legal assistance and address issues associated with vacant lots and abandoned properties that have been deemed to be attractors of criminal activity. SULC students, under the supervision of a licensed Louisiana attorney, will staff the Clinic, dealing with issues pertaining to heirship and blighted and adjudicated properties in approximately four interconnected neighborhoods. Through this, SULC and the Office of Community Development hope to improve public health and safety through the reduction and prevention of chronic crime, while also preventing future crime. “I’m very hopeful that the Office of Community Development and SULC will establish a long-term and sustainable relationship to eliminate blight in Baton Rouge,” said Interim Chancellor of SULC John Pierre. Hope Zone Legal Clinic will also help to train residents on how to advocate for neighborhood changes related to code enforcement and nuisance abatement in their neighborhoods. It is anticipated that SULC will receive 44,000 dollars from the East Baton Rouge City-Parish government to establish the clinic, which will take place in 2016. SULC is also working with the Peggy Browning Fund in their Southern Law Schools Collaborative Project. Southern is one of four HBCUs chosen to participate. The others included are: Texas Southern University Law School, North Carolina Central University School of Law and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College of Law. The collaboration between the Law Center and PBF will allow for the creation of experience providing internships for law students throughout the southern United States.
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The first Southern University System Board meeting of the Fall 2015 semester took place August 28 on the second floor of the J.S. Clark Administration Building. Among the many discussions that took place among board members, a few of the most prominent include the new endowed professorships of Dr. Revathi Hines, Gkuoqiang Li, Ph. D, and Patrick Mensah, Ph. D. Hines, a professor in the College of Social Behavioral Sciences, along with Li and Mensah, both professors in the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, received 5,000 salary supplements. As endowed professors, they are expected to deliver an annual address to the faculty and public, and furnish the university with annual reports of academic activities and accomplishments undertaken during the period that the professorship is held, amongst other things. Attorney Tony Clayton requested to establish a policy for the number of hours that would determine full time employment for faculty members, as he discussed the salary of an unnamed professor. Clayton argued for the reevaluation of this particular faculty member’s salary, as he teaches only two courses, and receives approximately 180,000 dollars, while maintaining a full-time job at a local law firm. Interim Chancellor of the Southern University Law Center John Pierre explained the situation as one of circumstance, a result of an approval made by former System President Ronald Mason to allot outgoing chancellors 80 percent of their salary. Pierre also noted that he did not want Southern to become a “farm club” for other law schools.
“When you have a law school on your campus, it is an expensive investment,” stated Pierre, who also corrected Clayton’s usage of the word “forced” when referring to faculty members who took participated in the early retirement incentive plan. The plan revolved around the impending budget cuts the Law Center would face, aided by the idea that some tenured faculty members who were considering retirement in the near future would do so at the moment, freeing positions in order to save money. The participants will receive 33 and one third percent of their salaries in installments over the course of three years. The intention is to leave these positions vacant prior to the Fall semester of 2018, with an exception if a position is deemed vital between then and now. “The faculty members who decided to take an early retirement were not forced,” explained Pierre. Another major development in the course of the meeting was the arrival of Southern University at New Orleans Student Government Association President Brian Alexander. Alexander spoke of what he felt to be a “lack of genuine responsiveness to concerns facing the students of SUNO” by the Board. Alexander also alleged that international students were wrongfully awarded scholarships, but did not reveal his sources for fear of retaliation. “When word got out that I would be coming before the board, I received an average of 30 calls within a half-hour from the chancellor and people who work for the chancellor,” stated Alexander. Chancellor Victor Ukpolo had no response. The next board meeting is scheduled for Friday, September 25 on the Baton Rouge campus.
SUPD launches new app Student safety; a top priority BY LAUREN JOHNSON DIGEST EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The Southern University Police Department launched its new safety app, titled Jag Safe, this fall. The newly active app allows students to request safety escorts, report crimes anonymously, and supplies students with emergency information. The app was a joint effort that began in the 2015 spring semester with Police Chief Joycelyn Johnson, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Dr. Brandon K. Dumas, Dean Of Students and Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor Marcus Coleman and former Student Government
Association President Nicholas Harris, collectively. Students have the ability to submit anonymous reports, in the form of text, video or photo. “If a student knows that they can submit an act of crime and remain anonymous, I’m sure more students would feel secure and more at ease to report crime,” said Johnson. Being the first Historically Black College to partake in the 911 Cellular Company, SU has the ability to take advantage of the newest version of the app,
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JAGS SAFE from page 1 and is also able to create its own logo, designs and features. One distinct feature that the Jag Safe app has is the Bus Tracker. The after hour shuttle will no longer be on a request basis, but will run from 5 p.m. until 1 a.m. on a route, in which students can track and know of the estimated arrival time and location. “The students that have an iPhone will have to download an additional app titled the 911 Cellular Bus Tracker,” said Johnson, ensuring that all students can find and access this certain feature. Another feature is the Friend Watch, which is used when one is alone and wants additional safety. This feature allows students to set a timer, once time is up or the timer is deactivated, a text will be sent to your emergency contact informing them that your timer has been stopped and a link that will show your location, only if your location is turned on. “Students can at any time change their contact for this feature, by simply editing it under profile,” said Johnson. The “Get Help” button is one of the app’s most integral features, as it immediately contacts the SU Police Department. When asked how this app will benefit the campus Johnson responded saying, “I believe this app will help improve the communications amongst our department and the students, faculty and staff,” said Johnson. “Now students faculty and staff can tell us things without actually being seen.” Students are urged to download the free app in the Google Play or Apple Store. After downloading there will be a brief informational page that is optional. “Even though this page is optional it would be nice for students with illnesses to make note of that, so that if an officer is called out we are already familiar with the situation,” added Johnson. Johnson informed that wifi is not essential for the app to work and that dispatchers will receive the alerts and send out an officer. “You don’t have to have your wifi on, but location has to be on to have an officer find you in time of emergency,” said Johnson. “We will use this app on game days, and for emergencies, I want students to use the app and become familiar with it, but this is not a toy, don’t play with it because there are penalties and consequences for playing,” finished Johnson The SU Police department plans to regularly publish literature to inform students, faculty and
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As the start of the Fall 2015 semester, Southern University is moving forward with deeming the official Dean of Education, Arts and Humanities, Dr. James A Taylor Sr. Prior to the position Taylor has more than 45 years experience in education. His university teaching positions, since 1984, include Graduate Faculty Adjunct appointments at Nicholls State University and Southeastern Louisiana University, undergraduate full-time teaching at Dillard University, fulltime graduate teaching at Southern University at New Orleans. Taylor has also served as department head of Curriculum and Instruction at Southern University at Baton Rouge. In 2010, he assumed the position of Assistant Dean of the College of Education and added duties as Chairman of the Department of Educational Leadership in 2012. Taylor has completed fifteen years as a fulltime faculty in HBCU’s. He also serves as one of the six members of the Faculty Advisory Council to the Chancellor. Taylor has future plans on how to better the college from its current standing with the university. “If the new president says that were moving forward, we are going to be systematically making a change to create a brighter future for this college, our students and for our state,” said Taylor. “We are a state university and it is our job to serve the needs of the people of the state first.” Taylor went on to state on ways to better improve the college. This begins with the restoration of lost programs such as the art and theater. Rebuilding the faculty is also a part of the goal. Due to the lost of staff within the past semester every department is short faculty members. The college plans to reinstate a minimal of seven faculty members with teaching methods that differ from current professors as part of a strategy to reorganize the department in order to make learning more effective and more efficient. “I love my Southern students.” stated Taylor. “There is warmth and caring about the Southern students that I have not seen in my previous students. The up side to that, is that they will work with you if they believe in what you’re doing. The students at Southern are very friendly and that’s an asset you don’t find at all the other universities.”
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The road to glory is not paved with gold but with adversity. Southern University football is used to adversity, and in the preseason their aim was to overcome it whether it was the heat or NCAA approval. The goal for the season is very simple; make
well-oiled offense. “We have a well-rounded offense and we’ve been working on the deep ball all summer. The quarterback has the hard job and all I have to do is back him up,” said veteran, Mike Jones. Jones has a history of remaining vigilant into the new seasons. In last season’s Bayou Classic, he caught three passes for 130 yards, including touchdowns of 45 and 55 yards
Courtesy/Jaguar Athletics The Southern University football practices at Louisiana Leadership Institute preparing for their season opener on September 5 against Lousiana Tech in Ruston, Louisiana.
it to the Southwestern Athletic Championship and win it all. Accomplishing this would mean the Jaguars third trip to Houston to vie for the title. In the SWAC, simplicity isn’t a luxury. Between now and Sept. 5, Southern has to finish their core training before facing Louisiana Tech. “We have to take it one game at a time,” said SU football Head Coach, Dawson Odums. Southern believes they have a weapon with which to negate any potential threats; their
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as Southern won 52-45 to win its second consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference West division title. Jones said that he has a better connection with Howard since last season. “It’s simple, he puts it out there and I go get it,” finished Jones. Besides him as a threat, Randall Menard See CHARGED UP page 5
Southern University’s Women’s Soccer Team Takes a Hard Loss on The Road against Nicholls State BY SKYLER FRANKLIN DIGEST SPORTS WRITER
On the road, it’s never safe to say that every game will become a win, but for the Southern University women’s soccer team, it has become a fight for glory, for a chance to reach a higher pinnacle since the previous season. Late Sunday afternoon on August 30, the Lady Jaguars traveled to Thibodaux, Louisiana to face Nicholls State University. The team put forth a much more preponderant effort than in the previous games, having lost both of them by three or more in the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Tournament last weekend. An effort was shared in both halves but still Southern came up short, resulting in a 0-2 defeat. Both goals were unassisted by Nicholls. First goal was attributed at 57:24 by Spencer Valdespino, which made for her third goal of the season. The second goal was scored not too much later at 61:30 by Bethany Holler, which made for her first goal of the season. Southern’s defense was nothing less than tenacious for the first half. The Jaguars didn’t allow any points on the board for the first 57 minutes of the game. The defense held onto the rest of game and didn’t attribute to any more points. The Lady Colonels outshot the Jaguars by 28, attempting 30 goals while Southern only attempted two. Jamie Blackston, a senior forward from New Orleans, Louisiana took
those only two attempts. Being outshot allowed sophomore and Canadian native Kendra Lewis, who started at goalie, to act as a defensive powerhouse, finishing with 15 saves this game. The loss of graduating senior, Sarah Forde, was apparent as the new goalie sets her foot into the dirt to accost for some vicious saves. Forde left her last season only touching the SWAC tournament. Lewis has now a heavy responsibility on the team being the only person that fits the job description.
@ There were three yellow cards in total and SU took home two of them. Those two were by Blackston and freshman midfielder Jah-Nya Press. Whilst still a loss on the road, Southern put an effort forward in competitive play in the nonconference matchup and at the beginning of every season, there’s trails and tribulations to face on the road. Southern to buckle down has to put everything on the dirt because to make an appearance in conference once again. Southern now falls (0-3) in which look to improve their offense when they take on their next opponent, Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, Louisiana whom is apart of the Southland conference. The away game is set to take place on Tuesday September the 1 at 7pm.
Approved; Southern Athletics cleared by NCAA BY FELIX CUNNINGHAM III DIGEST SPORTS EDITOR
“A sampling of certification forms submitted recently appears to be correct,” decreed the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Southern University athletics for the first time in a long time have cleared the studentathletes to the NCAA’s liking. “The institution was reminded that it has additional required actions to complete during the probationary status,” the NCAA added. The submission of the forms is normally a routine matter, but Southern’s submission of unusable data in the past led to an 18-month NCAA postseason ban for all Jaguars programs. The punishment was set when the Southern University Athletic Department sent unusable data from inaccurate student-athlete Academic Progress Rates to the NCAA in December 2013 under former Athletic Director, William Broussard. However, unusable data was produced before his time. The academic ban was lifted for all Jaguar sports on May 15.
Southern knows trials and tribulations set upon by rulings first hand. Elated by the news of the ban-lift, interim Athletic Director and head men’s basketball coach, Roman Banks said, “The students and coaches are very proud of the actions that transpired here and wish to show that Southern can compete in the future.” Since then Southern has appeared to attempt to further develop the habit of verifying the veracity of paperwork, in order to achieve approval from the NCAA. As a result of Southern’s probationary status, the NCAA had to approve the submission before the university could proceed with supplying Academic Performance Program information by Sept. 28, a deadline that must be met by all NCAA members. That information will be used to evaluate the student-athletes’ Academic Progress Rates’ for the 2014-15 academic year in all 15 Jaguars athletics programs. See CLEARED page 5
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On the road again; Jaguars seek to rebound BY FELIX CUNNINGHAM III DIGEST SPORTS EDITOR
Southern University volleyball broke out of the gate early in the preseason, finishing first in the Western Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. On the road from August 28-29, however, Southern was not playing in the SWAC. They were on the road in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the Southern Miss tournament against toughened nonconference teams in which they lost three straight in a row. On Friday, August 28, Southern fell to Nicholls in all three sets, (13-25, 14-25, 21-25). Southern fell in the defensive ranks on the first two sets by allowing Nicholls to gain double-digit numbers. The third, however SU came to capsize on Nicholls weakness but after a timeout on a 1515 tie, Southern kept a lead for a single point then fell in the rankings due to attack errors by senior middle blocker, Lelia Lealamafatao and junior outside hitter, Melodie Malone. Southern then settled at 21 points at the end of a very compromising set. On Saturday, August 29 first were served by Southern Mississippi in three sets and was swept in all three sets (17-25, 15-25, 7-25). The third set burdened SU with a score of 7-25. Southern Mississippi took a three-point drive and opened past Southern defense with six kills, capsizing on four errors from SU players and three service aces down the middle after a 4-4 tie at the beginning of the set. On the same afternoon, the Lady Jags came back from their loss and suffered
Courtesy/Jaguar Athletics Freshman setter, Vaterra Calais sets the ball with a perfect form in tournament play over the weekend a in Hattiesburg, MS on August 28-29.
a three-peat of losses against Mercer University (14-25, 21-25, 18-25)
CLEARED from page 4 The approval of the forms only means that the new system of recording and submitting data adheres to NCAA requirements. The APR data will be evaluated on a program-byprogram basis and the NCAA will issue its annual updated numbers on all schools next spring. Banks credited, “ It was a broad-based initiative and the collaborative efforts of the Academic Task Force for developing a sustainable process for providing accurate
and usable certification data to be submitted.” Banks added, “This process ensures that the SU Athletic Department is able to progress forward with submitting its Academic Performance Program information by the Sept. 28 deadline. The successful completion of this task would not have been possible if it were not for the tireless efforts of many University employees and consultants.” SU athletics will now focus on supplying the NCAA with the data needed to calculate the APR scores for the department’s 15 Division I athletic programs in the
Johnson, Former SU Track and Field coach accepts job at Alcorn BY FELIX CUNNINGHAM III DIGEST SPORTS EDITOR
Alcorn State University acquired an Olympian and NCAA Champion with the hiring of Brian Johnson as Head Coach of their cross-country team in the 2015-2016 season. Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Derek Horne announced the selection of Johnson as the new leader of the Brave’s track and field program. “We are very excited to have Brian join our staff. He is a great recruiter and is a seasoned coach. We look forward to him coming on board and making a positive impact on our track program,” said Horne. Johnson, after having the helm over his alma mater, Southern University after the 2013-2014 season, joined as an assistant to the University of Georgia during in 2014. As a native of Iowa, Louisiana, Johnson led Southern track and field program from August 2010 to 2014, was an assistant at the school starting in 2003 and an SU alumni. He coached both the men and women’s Jaguar track and field programs to second place at the 2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.
Southern did not reach double digit points in the first set until senior middle
Johnson was the tool of success of Hawaii native, Devin Jenkins, a standout runner in the program that is now a student at Texas A&M. Johnson helped Jenkins capture the 60-meter dash, 100-meter and 200-meter medals at 2014 SWAC conference meet. Jenkins had times in three events that were good enough to qualify for the NCAA East preliminary rounds in the 100, 200 and as part of the Jaguars 4x100 relay team. His best time in the 100 was 10.16 (at the Georgia Tech Invitational), which tied for sixth fastest in the East, and his 20.32 in the 200 at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational was fifth fastest. The tops 48 times in the regional qualify for the NCAA. Southern’s 4x100 relay team’s 40.16 at the LSU Alumni Gold tied for 17th in the East and the top 24 times qualify. Both Johnson and Jenkins left at the end of the season to different ventures. Johnson had an outbreak career at while SU before joining the institution’s coaching ranks. As an SU track and field standout, Johnson ranked every year in the top 10 worldwide in the long jump.
blocker, Chinasa Ekweairiri, took the kill down the stretch but Mercer still were up 10-16. Southern captured their next points with another kill and three attack errors by the opposition which ended the first set (14-25). Southern, in the second set on the road became a struggle battle for points because both teams tied five separate times (3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8) in the beginning of the set. Southern lost the lead after an attack error by Malone by being blocked by Emily Krogman and Paige Alsten of Mercer. Southern then suffered in the back-end for points at the end of the second set. The third set instituted a saving grace for Southern to be in the lead in the beginning of the set to attribute a high lead by stunning Mercer early with four kills, two service aces, and two service errors. Left and right Southern was scoring points out of the gate until the (11-11) tie, then Mercer came back to attribute a winning stretch with not allowing Southern to score until point 24 showed on the board. Southern at the end of the stretch ascended to high heights when they took advantage of Mercer’s speed rolling mistakes by gaining four points by attack errors and a singlet from a bad set. Unfortunately and ironically, Southern fell by an attack error at the end of the third set. Southern bands together and face a toughened non-conference matchups as they travel to Edinburgh, Texas for the University of Rio Grande Valley Tournament from Friday, September 4-5 to face San Jose State, UT-Rio Grande Valley, and Incarnate Word.
Southwestern Athletic Conference. Implemented in 2003 as part of an ambitious academic reform effort in Division I, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term. This strategy was to allow student-athletes to graduate on time and increase the retention rate at universities.
CHARGED UP from page 4 is back from a toe injury that sat him out last season. Justin Morgan is noticed that he will receive more touches on the football this season and is open. “He’s very versatile,” said Odums. “He’s probably one of the most talented guys on the team. He’s compact. He’s got explosive speed. He can play the slot receiver, he can play the outside receiver, he can play running back.” Lenard Tillery’s top run last season was at approximately 1,000 rushing yards and then Tyre’ Brackens and Jamarkcus Jarvis left in the offseason. Willie Quinn sits in at the number one slot as receiver since last season he was the opposing threat in his catches as well as his dual role in kick returns. Anthony Moseley returns to his spot after a season on leave as the senior offensive lineman and edges to not disappoint the team. Last but not least, sophomore
Austin Howard rises out of the gates of being a freshman and now embraced his title as quarterback. Howard completed 168 of 325 passes for 2,334 yards and 17 touchdowns with only eight interceptions in the previous season. He also rushed for 201 yards and four touchdowns. Howard spoke on his past experience with, “I’ve been starting and doing this football thing since 6 years old, 7 years old,” Howard said. “It really wasn’t a big deal to me. I knew if I had the opportunity I was going to take full advantage of it.” And taken advantage he has. Odums bounces out of the gate and speaks well on Howard. “I think Austin is the better quarterback and his ability is second to none. He plays fast and he can be as good as anybody. When you coach him against good opponents, he comes down to earth,” said Odums.
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Gay in the South BY WILLIAM WALLACE DIGEST A&E WRITER
As of September 2015, I will have lived twenty years of my life in the, so-called, South as a gay male. Thinking back to as far as I can remember, I would have never guessed that this is who I was meant to be. I grew up in a somewhat religious household where church wasn’t optional and prayer over every meal was a must. Everything I learned in church and everything that I was taught by my parents was how to be a smart and well-behaved man. Unfortunately, their definition of a man and my type of personality just didn’t seem to match up. I had feminine tendencies that seemed to be unsettling with everyone around me. My mother would always glare at me when she saw something that didn’t fit her fancy. I swear if I looked hard enough, I could see flames burning in the back of her eyes. Threats of a whipping were frequent and fear of what she may do was bestowed in my heart. If you ask me, a child shouldn’t be taught or influenced to fear their parents. Love and a sense of trust should be the go to feeling when thinking
of your mom or dad. Now, if dealing with my mother wasn’t enough, I had to deal with daily bullying from poorly potty trained, inconsiderate, incompetent children I called classmates. Elementary and middle school where probably some of the worst years of my life…so far. Throughout those eight years, it never occurred to me that kids are taught hatred and discrimination, but from whom? Their parents! The majority of the population in the southern parts of America consists of the elderly, whom have most likely lived through some part of the Civil Rights Movement. Hopefully, we all know that that was a time where Negro men and women came together to fight for their rights. But the homosexual community was still seen as a foul and disgusting niche of human society. These thoughts and accusation were passed down from generation to generation, which continually made it difficult for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) community to “come out of he closet”. Now I have never lived up North, but people that
I’ve known from the North say that the atmosphere towards gays is less discriminative. The Trevor Project, created to help prevent suicidal attempts in the LGBT community, has studies that show southern states such as Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee are ten percent more likely to have LGBT suicide attempts. Hmm, I wonder why. Personally, growing up as a gay male in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was and still isn’t the easiest thing to do. However, I know for a fact that I am psychologically capable of handling any disgust and hatred that I may face. So, baby, won’t you come my way because I’m ready to show you what I’m made of. A couple words of advice: stop belittling others because they don’t like what you like, talk how you talk, and dress how you dress because if you open your mind just a tad bit more, and stop being simple-minded, you would realize that all of us are different and unique in our very own way. Spend a little less time peeping into other’s personal lives and take some time to fix your own. No one is perfect and no one is asking us to be.
Reaction to Nicki Minaj’s VMA gripe proves her point BY GERRICK D. KENNEDYD LOS ANGELES TIMES
LOS ANGELES _ Turns out it wasn’t Miley we needed to worry about. Virtually all the chatter heading into Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards had to do with what kind of ruckus Miley Cyrus might raise as the show’s host. Two years ago, remember, it was Cyrus _ the Disney Channel star turned twerkhappy enfant terrible _ who scandalized a nation with her super-raunchy performance alongside Robin Thicke on the VMAs. Then, in 2014, Cyrus didn’t perform, and viewership dropped 18 percent. So MTV spared no opportunity hyping Cyrus’ gig as emcee for this year’s event, broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. But apart from her flummoxed response to a show-stopping accusation by Nicki Minaj, it wasn’t Cyrus who provided Sunday’s thrills. Indeed, compared to Minaj’s vitriol toward the host and a mercurial speech by Kanye West, the host seemed downright tame as she introduced performers and acted in a series of painfully unfunny sketches lampooning her reputation as a popculture troublemaker. “This show hasn’t had a host for the last two years,” she said in her opening monologue, before bragging that the network will probably return to that setup next year. Yeah, probably. MTV prides itself on the VMAs’ air of unpredictability _ the special sauce that distinguishes the show from
more buttoned-up affairs such as the Grammys _ and Sunday its first taste came when Minaj accepted her award for best hip-hop video. (Other winners, which matter here even less than they do on other performance-heavy awards shows, included Taylor Swift for video of the year with “Bad Blood,” Fetty Wap for artist to watch, and Big Sean for video with a social message for “One Man Can Change the World.”) After thanking her pastor, Minaj turned her laser-like gaze to Cyrus and basically asked her if she cared to repeat the disparaging comments she’d made about Minaj last week in an interview. Cyrus replied that her words had been twisted but seemed genuinely rattled. Was it all an act? Perhaps. (OK, almost definitely.) But the moment provided the undeniable charge we’d tuned in for. The VMAs’ other jolt was also an acceptance speech, this one by West, recipient of the Video Vanguard lifetime achievement award. Recent winners of that prize, including Justin Timberlake and Beyonce, have given elaborate performances as part of their coronations. West didn’t sing or rap, but his long, evidently improvised speech _ which followed a tribute from Swift, whom he famously interrupted at the 2009 VMAs _ felt like a performance anyway as he held forth on his checkered history with Swift and his conviction that “art ain’t always gonna be polite.” Then he announced that he planned to run for president in 2020, a declaration that feels just right in the age of Donald
Trump. Actual performances? Oh, yeah _ the VMAs had a few of those too, most notably from the Weeknd, who oozed new-superstar charisma in his summer smash “Can’t Feel My Face,” and Justin Bieber, who used MTV’s stage to continue
in “Trini Dem Girls” and “The Night Is Still Young,” the latter of which featured a hatchet-burying appearance by Swift, with whom she clashed in the runup to the VMAs. (The less said about shaky, unfocused performances by Demi Lovato, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and
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his comeback campaign with a take on his new single “What Do You Mean?” Tori Kelly flexed the night’s most impressive vocal chops in a deeply felt rendition of her song “Should’ve Been Us.” And Minaj was reliably dynamic
Pharrell Williams, the better.) Cyrus also closed the show with a new song about how she smokes pot and loves peace but isn’t a hippie. Like the rest of her disappointing antics though, the tune felt like an empty provocation.
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10 years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is vibrant but wary BY CHRIS ADAMS
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NEW ORLEANS _ David Herzenberg is back in the city he once called home _ back to the place that is blighted and dysfunctional and infuriating yet at the same time magical and musical and wonderfully distinctive. Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans and surrounding areas and forced away hundreds of thousands of residents, Herzenberg among them. Over the resulting decade, he went to Norfolk, Va.; and Charleston, S.C.; and Tacoma, Wash. He is now hard at work in the Upper Ninth Ward, one of the neighborhoods hit hard when Katrina came ashore and the city’s levees failed, flooding 80 percent of New Orleans _ with some neighborhoods under 10 or more feet of water. Although precise numbers aren’t available, at least 986 Louisiana residents died from drowning, injuries, heart conditions and other causes, nearly half of them 75 or older. More than 1 million people from the region were displaced _ sometimes for weeks or months as they decided whether they could salvage their moldy, waterlogged homes. And while the most prominent images of Katrina were from New Orleans, the storm zone was far wider: From suburban areas such as St. Bernard Parish that were also inundated, to Mississippi, where the storm surge simply flattened coastal homes. But today, in New Orleans, Herzenberg is back, as is the city around him. For evidence you can ask the mayor, Mitch Landrieu, who talks of an “ascendant city” that has come
back unevenly but has basically come back everywhere. “You see kind of a mishmash,” he said in an interview at City Hall, down the street from two of the iconic images of Katrina destruction: the Superdome-turned-evacuation center and the Hyatt Regency hotel with its blown-out windows. “It’s not really a tale of two cities. Most of the city _ in most of the neighborhoods _ is moving back in the right direction.” You can ask health, education, demographic and economic experts. They regularly catalog the progress the city has made, while also documenting some of the very serious problems that remain. Some of those are because of Katrina, but many existed long before the storm chugged its way across the Gulf of Mexico. Or you can ask the residents. They live in neighborhoods pockmarked with poverty and still-abandoned properties; they drive over cracked, warped and pothole-filled streets to get to their homes. But for many, it was a choice they made. “Initially, I didn’t think I was coming back,” Herzenberg said on a sweltering August day as he oversaw a small crew of workers on the corner of Alvar and North Derbigny streets. His neighborhood contains both the famed, colorful houses of the postKatrina Musicians’ Village and other, still vacant ones. Herzenberg evacuated the city Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005, one day before the storm’s Monday landfall. He left behind a Mid-City neighborhood and a home he sold during his post-Katrina, crosscountry wanderings. “It’s taken me 10 years to get back,” he said. “But I am.” The rest of the city is, too _ sort of. Drive around today and you’ll find
those cracked streets and abandoned houses and vacant properties. Those things existed before Katrina, meaning the storm is only partly responsible for the decay still very much evident. The Data Center, a research center that has exhaustively chronicled New Orleans’ rebirth, notes that the city’s poverty rate has risen to pre-Katrina levels “and is now a crushingly high 27 percent.” Violent crime rates are still roughly double national averages, despite a reduction from pre-Katrina levels. Like the rest of the country, the city is also contending with the hangover of the Great Recession, which officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009 _ coming right as the New Orleans’ economy was regaining its footing. The economy stalled here, as it did everywhere, but since then measures of job growth and business startups show an entrepreneurial spirit alive and well. “Katrina was a major force in New Orleans, but it was not the only force,” said Allison Plyer, executive director of The Data Center. “The city was and it is growing much more strongly than it did pre-Katrina. We had a weak economy, pre-Katrina. The city was losing population. The region had very slow population growth. And now the economy is very strong _ much stronger than the nation. So our economy was weak compared to the nation pre-Katrina, and now it’s strong compared to the nation.” Overall, the city has regained 79 percent of its pre-Katrina population. The census stood at 485,000 in 2000, dropped to an estimated 230,000 in 2006, and was back to 384,000 by 2014, according to the Data Center. The broader metropolitan area is back to 93 percent of its pre-Katrina, 2000 population of 1.3 million
people. But concerns remain _ and among the biggest are those levees and flood walls that bracket canals throughout the city. It was those levees and walls that failed. They have since been fortified by $14.5 billion in federal and state money, and experts say the protection they provide is substantially stronger than it was. But the city needs to be vigilant about maintaining the system. Asked if she was confident about the levee flood walls that tower above her backyard, Juanita Doyle _ who lives in the Lakeview section of New Orleans _ said: “Do I get to laugh?” Elsewhere, in the shadow of the London Avenue Canal levee, Sidney St. Martin remains optimistic about the town he was forced to temporarily leave. But he remains wary about the flood wall directly behind his Warrington Drive home.
Warrington Drive is still incomplete. Vacant, overgrown lots compete with empty Katrinadamaged homes as well as those that have been rebuilt. On the corner of Warrington and Mirabeau Avenue, a plaque commemorates the levee breach. A few house up, an open-air display shows images of the flood and diagrams of the levee failures; the Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden, as it’s called, is run by an organization dedicated to educating the public about Katrina. St. Martin has a small role in the endeavor: One night a week, he waters the exhibit’s flower garden. As for the repaired levee walls looming behind him: “Am I confident? No,” he said. “If they broke, would I be surprised? No.”
candidateS for miss fresHman Chloe’ Washington Micah Pegues Jyla Ford Alexus Jordan Maya Kleinpeter Morgan Malone Alana Stevenson Elections will be on Tuesday, September 8th and Run offs on Thursday, September 10th. Candidates will be vying for Miss Freshman and Freshman Class President.
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Supply and Demand BY TREVOR MOORE DIGEST COMMENTARY WRITER
On the first day of class, one of my instructors immediately began discussions about the first three chapters of our textbook. Dumbfounded, I immediately began to panic. Here he was talking about the text, when just a few moments ago I was trying to locate my class! As soon as we were dismissed, I took a visit to the SU bookstore, with hopes of purchasing this textbook, with my university issued book voucher. Unfortunately, the book I needed wasn’t there at the moment, but after being told to check back soon, I left. Two days later, I made my way back to the bookstore, hopeful that I’d be able to purchase my book. As you can probably guess, it still wasn’t available for purchase. But, I needed to
acquire a few more titles of texts that I needed to purchase, so I bought those and decided to wait for the ever-elusive first textbook again. As I traveled to the bookstore for the third time, lo and behold, I stumbled across the book that I’d been looking for all this time. I made my way to the counter, textbook in one hand, and book voucher in the other. The familiar feeling of disappointment overwhelmed me as I was told that the remainder of my book voucher would not be enough to cover the actual cost of the textbook. I was under the impression that the university provided book vouchers to prohibit out of pocket spending for students. Admittedly, we ultimately pay for it, as our book voucher money is taken from our refunded amount. Why is it that I’ve paid so much and seen so little?
A Christian Lie: Part 1 BY ROMEL WILLIAMS
DIGEST COMMENTARY WRITER
“It’s Friday morning in Jerusalem. The work week, which begins Sunday and ends around midday Friday, is nearly over. The pressures on to get everything done before Shabbat (the Sabbath) begins” this is a statement from cbn. com Inside Israel. When does the day begin? Why in the statement it says, the work week ends at midday Friday but not Friday midnight? The sojourners in Israel right now, observe the Sabbath day coming from the 4th commandment in Exodus 20:8-10 which stats “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it Holy. Six days shout thou do labor, and do all thy works: But the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it thou shalt not do any works”. So when is the start of the Sabbath? Better yet, the beginning of a new day? From the creation of God in Genesis 1:5 the scripture states “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called night. And the evening and
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the morning were the first day”. Did we just read morning and evening were the first day? No, but evening being stated first, is the beginning of a new day. Deception has been brought up and truth has been buried deep into the earth. The simple believe everything but the prudent seeks it out and dig himself up from the earth. With acknowledgement of the information provided, I now speak to whom this message is brought out to, those who are of Christian belief. Who gave this sect the authority to change the Sabbath day Saturday to the first day Sunday? Who can be so bold to change God’s word? Let’s take a read at some Christian history. Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome during much of the first half of the 4th Century AD, attributed his success as a military leader and ruler to his faith in the Christian God. He was the first Roman emperor to profess Christianity, and subsequently codified certain Christian traditions as Roman law. One of these traditions was the celebration
Maybe I am reading too far into this, or perhaps I’m hitting the nail on the head. I’ve chosen to voice my opinion, because I know I’m not the only student with this issue. Many of us have gone to purchase books and been unable to for a multitude of reasons, none of which are good enough. Bottom line is this: since the time for book vouchers is over, students are on their own to purchase textbooks. And for those like myself, who aren’t necessarily on the wealthier side, we’ll be waiting on our refund checks to buy books. Mark Twain once said, “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” Seems like it’ll be a while before I increase my knowledge.
of the Sabbath on Sunday. In AD 321, the emperor decreed, “On the venerable day of the Sun [Sunday] let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed” (Codex Justinianus lib. 3, tit. 12, 3; trans. in Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3, p. 380, note 1). Note that Constantine was a sun worshiper, yes that means he worshiped the sun on Sunday and enforced it to the Christian belief. But let’s not stop there, we have another statement from a Baptist Minister from New Hampshire, “Thus we see Dan. 7:25, fulfilled, the little horn changing ‘times and laws’. Therefore it appears to me that all who keep the first day for the Sabbath are Pope’s Sunday-keepers and God’s Sabbath-breakers.”American Elder T.M. Preble, Feb 13 1845. It’s time to wake up from the lies and come back to the truth, Psalm 119:142 “your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and your law is truth”.
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I just transfered here ; I want to know! BY WILLSHIKA CARTER
DIGEST COMMENTARY WRITER
“Pretty Wednesday” and “Red Bean Monday”. These two days are integral aspects of culture here at Southern University. However, if you are a transfer student (like myself), a freshman, or attending from out of state, you may not be aware of these traditions. After only a few weeks of being a student here at Southern, I’ve come to the realization that there are little to no traditional means of accessing information pertaining to campus activities. Granted, our generation lives for “the Gram”, Instagram, that is. But I personally find it troublesome to scroll through a social media platform in order to discover what will be taking place on campus. I’m not disagreeing with utilizing social media as a platform to disperse information, but it should not be the main nor exclusive method. That is unless, as an institution, the university would like to start suggesting to freshmen and transfer students all the necessary social media accounts to follow upon registering. Granted, the purpose of seeking higher education is to attain a certain set of skills in order to be successful, but I have found that one’s perception of a university relies heavily on the experience provided. Education aside, who does not want to enjoy the place where they will spend a minimum of four years of their lives? Truthfully, I am sure I take more issue with the fact that most of the information regarding events is on social media. As a student in the Mass Communications Department, I definitely understand the benefits of employing social media, however, I find it crippling all the same; it removes the personal aspect of interaction. Despite being well-versed in the various social media platforms, I tend to gravitate away from them for this reason. As a senior, my undergraduate career is drawing to a close, yet I still find it necessary to be involved. Not necessarily in terms of partying, for which I have been bombarded with many flyers, but more so in respect to taking advantage of all the opportunities to relish in what SU has to offer. Granted, I have received a couple of emails, literally two, pertaining to events on campus. But, coming from a university that sends considerably more than two emails before noon daily, I cannot help but wonder what I happen to be missing out on.
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Career Day Tips (1). Dress for Success
(2). Bring (20) Copies of your Resume (3). Registration begins 10:00am on September 16th.
How To Prepare: Review the list of companies in attendance and determine the companies you want to target.
Dress in business attire: A suit is appropriate for both men and women, as is a shirt and tie for men and a blouse and skirt/dress slacks for women.
Prepare your elevator speech and be able to state your interests, skills, strengths, etc. in under three minutes.
Pick up the DRESSING FOR THE INTERVIEW tip sheet in the Career Services Office.
What To Bring: Multiple Resumes: You will need a copy of your resume for every company or organization with whom you plan to speak.
What To Do When You Arrive: Check your coat and any extra bags you may have. Survey the layout of the room and locate your target companies.
Portfolio/Briefcase: To store your resumes, pad, and pen as well as the literature and Business cards you will accumulate.
Quickly walk around and take note of how the company reps are engaging with the students.
What To Wear: Professional Dress: If you are going to the career fair from class, take the time to change to professional attire. Remember, you are selling yourself and want to put your best foot forward.
Know what type of student the company is looking for and pay questions being asked. Pick up additional literature for your target companies and review it briefly while waiting to speak to the representatives.
What To Do When It’s Your Turn: Smile, shake hands and introduce yourself. Ask the company representative about his/her company to get more information. Answer questions enthusiastically making eye contact regularly. Listen carefully, answer clearly and offer your resume if you are interested in the company. Ask for a business card and thank the company representative for his/ her time. After Your Career Fair Interview: Capture quick notes about your conversation. Put the card and literature away and head to your next company. Follow up on company instructions from Career Fair.
After the Fair: Send thank you letters to the company or organizations you would like to pursue. Watch for posting on JOBS4JAGS! and apply to the posting on time. Attend company sponsored events on campus and visit the office of Career Services.
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