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INSIDE HOMECOMING STENCH UPSETS STUDENTS NEWS SOUTHERN HOST ANNUAL GALA ON THE BLUFF BOO AT SU GIVES BACK TO THE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY

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Courtney Jacobs/DIGEST Flies swarm around piles of trash left behind by fans after Saturday’s homecoming game against Alcorn State between Tourgee A Debose Hall and Pinkie E. Thrift Hall.

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The Southern Digest Horrid smells and remnants of food from Homecoming festivities have been accompanying students to class for the past three days.

The area affected most is located on Elton C. Harrison drive between Tourgee A. DeBose Hall and Pinkie E. Thrift Hall where many students commute to and from classes.

Some students said that they did not understand how some of the trash could be picked up around the area and not all of it.

Delwin Willams continuous study student in nursing from Schriever, La., said he does not know if the trash was overlooked or not.

“I feel that it should be cleaned immediately,” Williams said.

He said if the university is looking to be better, it should start

with the little things.

Williams said that he does not know if someone has it in their heart to pick it up, but maybe the school needs to be notified of it.

“This is horrible and it is a very bad smell,” Williams said.

Lauren Albert senior psychology major from Baton Rouge said she thinks it is unsanitary that she has to walk to class through the bad odors and the swarming flies that hovers around the area.

“They should be fined for leaving their trash behind,” Albert said.

She said because someone else has to pick up the tailgaters’ trash from the game and students have to deal with the foul odors, there should be a fine for the littering on campus.

Handy Beckham freshman psychology major from Baton Rouge said that seeing the left

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Wellness Fair introduces new fitness program BRITTANY PATTERSON The Southern Digest

The annual Wellness Fair hosted in the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union on last Wednesday introduced Southern University students to the new fitness program “Jaguar Fitness.”

The mission of fitness program is to increase and improve the overall health of the SU community.

The program will be available to all students, staff and alumni of SU upon the opening of the Intramural Complex.

Nena Gipson coordinator of health and wellness is partnering with The National Society of Leadership and Success to make students aware of the program.

“We will provide a variety of classes,” Gipson said.

She said the program would include a spin class, a power lunch class, Zumba class, boot camp, crosswalk, boxing, full body exercises along with Yoga

and Silver Jags.

Gipson described what the power lunch classes would be like.

“Power lunch is for those with limited time to workout. It is for those who can get in a quick workout,” Gipson said.

One of the other classes, Silver Jags, is for the older Jags from ages 50 and above.

Another program included in the “Jaguar Fitness,” is the Crosswalk. It will give students the opportunity to ride bikes and run on-campus along a pat According to Gipson, the “Jaguar Fitness” will come out of SU students’ tuition each semester.

For faculty and alumni there will be a small fee to pay.

The Wellness Fair also provided students with the opportunity to learn more about their bodies.

Students were able to test their blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol. There was also free HIV testing and breast

examinations given.

Staci Pitamo Nurse Practioner graduate student from Hammond, La. advising students to “know their numbers.”

“I would advise students to keep a good watch on their blood pressure, their weight, their body mass index, cholesterol, and their blood levels,” Pitamo said.

She also said she would advise students to eat healthy and exercise.

Students were also given information on safe sex, sexually transmitted diseases, Planned Parenthood, nutrition, fitness and breast cancer awareness.

Jenee Boothe Breast Health Educator at Young Woman Christian Association said that both genders should get a clinical breast examination.

“The first thing I would advise the young ladies, and even the young men, to have a doctor check their breast and also to do a self-breast examination,” Boothe said.

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She also said that students should check into their family history to see if there are any history of breast cancer or any cancer in their family’s history.

“The breast exams would check to make sure that individuals did not have cancerous lumps,” Boothe said.

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer center representatives participated during the Wellness Fair by giving breast exams and providing information on detecting breast cancer.

There were also other companies that attended the wellness fair such as: Life Share, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Planned Pregnancy, the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, and the Wal-Mart Vision Center and others.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, students can contact the BarancoHill Health Center by phone at 225.771.4770.

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Southern hosts annual Gala on the Bluff MEAGAN L. WILLIAMS The Southern Digest

Southern University’s College of Business presented its 11th Annual Gala on the Bluff Friday evening at The Belle of Baton Rouge Casino and Hotel.

The evening consisted of musical performances, presentations of awards, acknowledgements of honored guests, and words of thanks from the Southern University A&M College Chancellor and the Dean of the College of Business, Donald Andrews.

“The main purpose for the College of Business is to recognize its accomplishments, and raise funds. It’s a fundraising event that Dean Andrews has incorportated as one of the premiere events during Homecoming week as a way to bring back our loyal alumni, supporters of the college and corporate sponsors who contribute funding, co ops, sponsorships and internships and it gives them an chance to come back and see what’s been done over the years. Businesses get to see what the university is all about, ”said Southern University and A&M College Chancellor James Llorens.

“We are trying to improve the College of Business by raising money for our students to be as competitive as they can in the global economy. Education is very expensive, but ignorance is more expensive. These dollars help our students to do things that we would ordinarily not be able to do,” said Donald Andrews, Dean of the College of Business.

“We use the funds for student scholarships

but we also use the funds to help students in various programs to study abroad.” Andrews continued.

“Donald Andrews and I initially started the Gala. I attended a Gala for a different institution and thought that it was a great idea to implement into the College of Business.

My number one mission is to raise funds and scholarships for the College of Business ,” said Louis Henry, Cofounder of Gala on the Bluff, Doctoral Sponsor from Franchise Food Systems of Minnesota, Inc. and Southern University Alum.

The evening began with a welcome from hosts Robert Rene’ and Michelle McCalope.

“One reason for tonight’s event is to reunite alumni and let them know how we’ve been moving forward in the College of Business. As the queen of the College of Business, tonight also allows me the opportunity to interact with tonight’s guest sponsors and alumni,” said Kelly Brown junior business marketing and management major from Baton Rouge La., and Miss College of Business for the 20132014 academic school year.

Entertainment for the evening consisted of Harry Anderson and The Jazz Band, The Michael Foster Project, and The Emotions as the event’s headliner. Dinner was served for a two hour period throughout the event.

Harry Anderson, founder of the Jazzy Jazz Band and Southern University music teacher said, “Our band name ‘The Jazzy Jazz Band’ actually came as a mistake from our campus jazz band ‘the Jazzy Jags.’ We’ve been playing together for about a decade and started out

Meagan L. Williams /DIGEST Donald R. Andrews, dean of the College of Business, presents Janet Rami, dean of the School of Nursing, with her award during the annual Homecoming Gala on the Bluff at the Bell of Baton Rouge Friday night. Rami was one of three honorees in attendance. just playing as a house band. It was our fourth year playing at the Gala and we had a good friend of mine, Jim Parker from Florida to come and play. We always enjoy ourselves.

This year was one of the I teacher jazz courses on campus and it comes easily to me because it’s also something This year in particular was very nice, it was fun because we use different music every year and gives us something to look forward to from a musical standpoint. ” Throughout the evening awards were given

to honorees Janet Simmons, Leon Valdry and Anthony Williams and a host of sponsors.

Sponsor Lacy Baaheth, broker and owner of Baaheth Research and Development Laboratories and Lacy Baaheth and Associates said, “But tonight’s event gives us the opportunity to network and feel close to home again.”

This year’s Gala on the Bluff raised over $120,000.

Boo at Southern gives back to the children MARCHANDREA SEALS The Southern Digest

The senior class and student life hosted its first Boo At Southern University Carnival to kids ages 10 and up to have a safe and fun night to celebrate Halloween.

The carnival was located between John W. Fisher Hall and Horace G. White Hall dormitory.

The carnival had kid-friendly music playing, two moon bounces, and many different tables of organizations passing out candy, food, toys, face-painting and displaying science experiments.

Kent Batiste senior class president explained how important safety was for the platform.

“I always wanted to give back to the community, being a nursing major I have a lot of love for people,” Batiste said.

He said he that the class wanted to have something fun for the kids but also something safe.

Batiste described the atmosphere for the event.

“I wanted to give them a safe and fun environment because a lot of people do not really trick or treat or even celebrate Halloween,” Batiste said.

Andy Clark president of minority association of pre-health students said the environment was just for the kids.

“We just wanted to do something for the kids and let them have a little fun and we also told them about our organization and about becoming doctors and nurses and promote them to come toward the medical field,” Clark said.

Shanice Ciro senior class communications director said they had been planning the carnival since August.

“It is really good just seeing the senior class put on this program and I think we did really good,” Ciro said.

The “Boo at SU” carnival was advertised

Kayla Foster /DIGEST Children in the Baton Rouge community came on the campus to Southern University to participate in the first Boo at SU.

to local communities, surrounding elementary schools, The Advocate, and on radio stations and FOX News.

There were many kids and adults that came out to participate in the familyfriendly event.

Monica James from Baker, La., brought her four-year old son Derrick with her to the carnival.

“I like the small setting, it is not all that

busy and everything being held right here in this space and my son was amazed of how people dressed up and their makeup was impressive,” James said.

Kendrea Harris nursing major from Houma, La. said the carnival was very nice.

“I enjoyed seeing all the kids dress up, they was so cute,” Harris said.

From TRASH page 1 behind trash on his way to class is ridiculous.

“This is disgusting and it makes us look bad,” Beckham said.

Beckham said there is no other recommendation for this problem other than to clean it up.

“I don’t see how you can pick up what is around it, without picking that up,” Beckham said.

Kia Muse freshman nursing major from Greensburg, La., said looking at the trash looks disgraceful.

“It looks a mess and someone needs to clean it up,” Muse said.

According to Cordell Veal director of landscaping services, it takes up to three to four days to clean the entire campus after a game like Homecoming.

Veal said there was trash all over the campus after the big turnout of the game.

“We are still in the process of cleaning after the Homecoming game,” Veal said.

According to Veal’s reports, he has a staff of less than 10 workers, cleaning the entire campus of more than 500 acres of land.

“We clean the entire campus from the railroad to the river,” Veal said.

Although Veal said he is working with such a short staff, the left over trash from the game should be picked up by Thursday morning.

“I’m here for the students,” Veal said.

Veal said if students have any other complaints about litter on campus, they are urged to contact him via phone at 225.771.4743 or via email at: cordell_veal@subr.

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Jaguars prepare for TSU’s dual threat QB

SOUTHERN SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION SWAC Overall W L W L Jackson St. 7 0 7 2 Alabama St. 6 1 6 2 Alcorn St. 5 1 7 2 Alabama A&M 2 4 2 6 Miss. Valley 1 5 1 7 WESTERN DIVISION W L Southern 4 2 Prairie View 4 3 Tex. Southern 2 5 Ark. Pine Bluff 1 5 Grambling St. 0 6

W 4 5 2 1 0

L 4 4 6 7 9

Last Week’s Results Alcorn St. 44, Southern 38 Alabama Sate 31 , Alabama A&M 7 Ark Pine Bluff 38, Miss Valley 18 Jackson St. 51, Prairie View 38 Tex. Southern 23, Grambling 17 This Week’s Games Southern at Tex. Sou. Fri. 8 p.m Alabama St. at Kentuky Sat Grambling at Valley St. Sat. 2 p.m.

Alcorn vs. Alabama A&M 4 p.m.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Newcomer of the Week Randall Menard Southern U.: Despite Southern’s 44-38 overtime loss to Alcorn State, Menard turned in a career high with 119 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He finished with three receptions and was responsible for the Jaguars’ first pair of touchdowns in the first quarter.

Menard also recovered a blocked punt and returned for a touchdwon in the first frame.

Offensive Players of the Week Clayton Moore Jackson St.:Moore led JSU over Prairie View A&M accounting for five touchdowns to keep the Tigers (7-2, 7-0) unbeaten in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

He passed for 235 yards and four touchdowns. He also added 104 rushing yards Defensive Player of the Week Derrick Billups, Alabama St.: Billups had two sacks, two tackles for la loss, a forced fumble, fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry in Alabama State’s 31-7 win over Alabama A&M. For his efforts, he was named the Most Valuable Defensive Player in the 72nd State Farm Magic City Classic.

Specialist of the Week Haiden McCraney, Alcorn State.: McCraney went 5-for-5 in PATs and nailed a 29 yard field goal for a total of seven points in the Braves 44-38 overtime victory at Southern.

McCraney punted the ball three times for 118 yards for an average of 39.3 yards recording his longest at 40 yards.

MORRIS DILLARD III Digest Sports Editor

The spread offense is everywhere, which means the Southern Jaguars (4-4, 4-2) defensive unit will face another dual-threat quarterback. This week Homer Causey, a talented sophomore who’s quickly turning into one of the top players in the league at Texas Southern (2-6, 2-5).

Similar to quarterback Benjamin Anderson at Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Causey has proved to be more dangerous with his legs than his arm. He ran for 196 yards and two touchdowns against Pine-Bluff and hasn’t exactly cooled off since, rushing for 64 yards and one score against Grambling last weekend.

That’s why he’s seventh in league in total offense. That’s also why the Texas Southern quarterback has the Jaguars full attention.

Causey’s numbers aren’t eyepopping. A 53 percent completion percentage, an average of 144 yards passing per game and more interceptions thrown than touchdown passes. But he’s led the Tigers in rushing twice this season, and now it’s the Jaguars turn to figure out a way to turn in one of the worst performances of his career. And Southern head coach Dawson Odums is making no secret that Causey will be a hand full for his team this Friday.

“They have an exciting quarterback,” Odums said when asked about his teams’ matchup against the Tigers this Friday. “We got to do a great job of keeping

Ariana Triggs/DIGEST The Jaguar defense has not had a lot of success against moble quarterbacks ths season and will have a short week to prepare for TSU’s Homer Causey. contain on him, keeping him in the pocket and understanding our rush lanes.”

Causey’s 1013 passing yards ranks him eighth in the league.

His pass efficiency rate of 105.7 also ranks eighth. He threw for 124 yards against a Grambling defense that’s allowing 255 yards per game.

Jaguars starting free-safety Omar Cook, who leads the defensive unit with two interceptions and two fumble recoveries, said the unit’s main focus is to force Causey to throw the ball.

“We got to keep him in the pocket,” Cook said of Causey.

“Teams’ have had a lot of success running the ball against us. Our main focus going into this week, make them throw the ball so we

can get some turnovers.”

So it’s clear, Causey will be a handful.

Then again, only one quarterback has come close to the century mark against the Jaguars defense so far this season. Anderson had 99 yards on 19 carries and totaled three touchdowns.

“We faced a lot of mobile quarterbacks, he’s was probably the toughest one,” junior linebacker Daniel Brown said of Anderson. Brown pointed out that Causey is a more elusive than Anderson.

“He’s a better runner. We got to keep our eyes on him at all times and pursue the football.”

All of the Jaguars opponents have had a quarterback capable of

doing damage through the air and on the ground. Take last weeks game against Alcorn, for example.

The Braves quarterback, John Gibbs, rushed for 67 yards on 12 carries and had one touchdown.

Against Jackson State, freshman quarterback Clayton Moore, who’s 501 rushing yards lead all SWAC quarterbacks, ran for 47 yards on 12 carries and one score.

“We want to get a good pass rush so that we can force them to throw the ball so we can get some interceptions,” Cook added.

It was against Mississippi Valley that the Jaguars allowed 58 total rushing yards, the fewest yards they’ve allowed this season.

Lady Jags defeat first-place TSU, prep for Pine-Bluff MORRIS DILLARD III Digest Sports Editor

The Lady Jaguars (6-16, 3-3) volleyball team “turnt up” Tuesday night in Seymour Gym, defeating first place Texas Southern (11-9, 5-1) 3-2.

With the score 11-11, the Jaguars needed four points to cap its signature win of the season in set five. A trio of Jaguar players eventually scored and

an attack error led to the Lady Tigers first conference loss of the season after winning five in a row.

Head coach Vanessa Jacobs said that her team let their emotions get in the way in the first meeting between the two schools this season.

“I’m so excited, its something we should’ve did the last time,” Jacobs said after the match, whose Lady Jaguars loss to the Lady Tigers 2-3 a week ago. “This is exactly what been

practicing. They’re a well coach team and to beat them that’s something to say about our team.”

Freshmen’s Deysia Burden and Phalen Clark tied with 15 kills to lead the Lady Jaguars. Payton Mitchell and Simone Beasley had 10 kills apiece.

Clark said that this was a game they were looking forward too and her team needed a spark to regain their confidence.

“Everyone is SWAC is going to look at this game like, “What, Southern just beat Texas Southern,” said Clark, who was named Newcomer of the Week for a consecutive straight week for performances’ against Prairie View and first meeting against Texas Southern. “Now everybody is gunning for us.”

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SU women’s basketball prep for Dillard, men’s focused on No. 17 Marquette MORRIS DILLARD III Digest Sports Editor

It’s the start of the new college hoops season and the men and women’s basketball teams are scheduled to tip-off very soon.

The women’s basketball program will take the court first.

“You’re going to be pleasantly surprised at the athleticism and the quality of play,” women’s basketball coach Sandy Pugh told reporter’s at Wednesday’s press conference, which means Friday’s exhibition game against Dillard University is worth the look.

Pugh specifically came to the conference to talk about her squad.

“I’m here to talk about my favorite subject and that’s Southern University women’s basketball,” Pugh said.

Pugh’s squad finished third and went 12-6 in league games last season. Though they played one game in conference tournament last year before being knocked out

by Arkansas Pine-Bluff, they’ve been predicted to finish as the league’s best team this season.

In fact, her squad was predicted to finish first this season, ahead of three-time defending Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament champions Prairie View, who were predicted a second place finish. They also return two

second-team All SWAC team members, junior guard Kendra Coleman and junior Jasmine Jefferson. Coleman has led SU in scoring for the past two season’s.

Pugh feels that this squad is special.

“They’re going to get the ball up and down the court,” said Pugh.

“It’s definitely a different style than what we have traditionally played here at Southern.”

They’re upcoming game against Dillard is on that’s often won by Southern, defeating the Bleu Devils four straight times, including last year exhibition win 75-43.

On the other side, the men’s basketball ball program is probably underrated. League coaches predicted a Jaguar squad with two All-SWAC team members finish second by Texas Southern.

“We do understand that’s a early prediction,” Jaguars coach Roman Banks to the media also Wednesday. “Our goal is to go out and play the best we can.”

Both programs open their regular season schedule Nov.8.

Banks, who was named Louisiana’s top college coach, returns for his third season after guiding the Southern Jaguars to their first NCAA tournament since 2006. His team went 23-10 during the regular season and went undefeated on their home floor.

Banks was slightly frightened

Aristide Phillips/DIGEST Southern women’s head basketball coach Sandy Pugh spoke with reporters Tuesday evening about the upcoming season. SU is led by juniors Kendra Coleman, and Jasmine Jefferson who were both annouce as second team all conference players. when he found out that one of his veterans was unlikely to play this season.

“We thought we had lost the big kid of ours’, the senior Javon Mitchell,” Banks said. Mitchell has been away from the team to recover from health related issues.

He started all 33 games for the Jaguars last season.

“He’s been cleared by the doctors to participate again,” said Banks. We only have a few guys hat really played returning and to lose him definitely would have been a huge blow.”

Mitchell is one of the All-SWAC team members for the Jaguars.

The Jaguars played in their first

scrimmage game without Mitchell against Nicholls State Tuesday.

Overall Banks and his team are preparing for the new season. They’ll travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to play no.17 ranked Marquette. The Golden Eagles made it all the way to the elite eight before losing the Syracuse.

Banks added that Tuesday’s scrimmage wasn’t all about points, but how his teams’ chemistry is coming together.

“I’m very excited about what I seen last night,” said Banks.

“Hopefully we can develop into a very good basketball team down the stretch.”

From VOLLEYBALL page 4 The Lady Jaguars struggled in set one. They were outscored 16-9 to open the set and shot .243 percent as a team. The Lady Tigers shot 35 percent and had two errors, winning 25-20 in the opening set.

“We needed this win against TSU and we pulled it out,” Mitchell said after the match. “We worked hard. We practiced for this game.

Everybody came together and we just pulled it out.”

The Lady Jaguars next match is against second-place Arkansas PineBluff, who defeated the Lady Jaguars in Seymour 3-2 earlier this season.

Mitchell said she is looking forward to the Lady Jaguars rematch against the Golden Lions. The Lady Jaguars went 1-2 last year against the Golden Lions, which included a 3-2 win in the 28th Southern University Volleyball Invitational.

“We loss to them in five over here and we’re going to beat them in three over there,” Mitchell added.

Matches against Alcorn and Grambling will follow the Lady Jaguars trip to Pine-Bluff. Clark said the Lady Jaguars have to show up ready.

“We have to go hard because we just beat the number one team on our side of the conference,” Clark added.

Jacobs pointed out that Pine-Bluff would be a challenge after losing to them earlier this season.

“I have to put some stress on my girls in practice and make them uncomfortable in uncomfortable situations so that we can prevail,” said Jacobs.

Southern Jaguars offense missing in first half MORRIS DILLARD III Digest Sports Editor

The Southern Jaguars (4-4, 4-2) football team returned to practice this week with a new sense of urgency.

Last Saturday’s homecoming loss to Alcorn (7-2, 5-1) was shorty lived after being defeated in overtime 44-38.

They felt they dug themselves into a hole and waited too late to climb out.

“I think it just come down to execution and going out there and playing with a sense of urgency,” head coach Dawson Odums told reporters at Tuesday’s press conference when asked about his offense’s slow starts in the first half of games. “But when you look at the good things from that football game you find a football team that fought back all the way to take the lead.”

Unlike the Jaguars come from behind win over Prairie View (54, 4-3), when they rallied from a 22-point deficit, the offense’s last second spurts caught up with them.

The Jaguars have outscored 137-86 in the first half this season. A stat Odums is visibly dissatisfied with.

“We had some guys in position to make some plays that they didn’t make,” said Odums.

Alcorn held the Jaguars offense to 38 yards rushing and allowed 1.7 yards per carry. Odums pointed out that his team need’s to figure out how to execute in the first quarter and the finish teams off in the

fourth quarter.

“All-in-all I think I had our team in position to win despite us losing at halftime,” senior quarterback Dray Joseph said, who also spoke with reporters briefly Tuesday.

At this point in the season the Jaguars offense have been

The Tigers haven’t had much luck in the first half games as well. They’ve been outscored 13973 and have the eighth rank scoring offense in the league (15.8 points per game). Their defense isn’t stout either. They allow nearly 30 points per game and 419 yards of total

“I think it just come down to execution and going out there and playing with a sense of urgency.”

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shutout, held scoreless and just completely dominated in the first half. However, they have carried the lead into halftime in four games including a 7-3 over Jackson State, who came back and defeated the Jaguars 19-14 in front of 30816 fans, the largest turnout in Mumford this season.

“We’re going to go play against a Texas Southern team that’s feeling pretty confident,” said Odums, whose team will travel to Houston Friday to play the Texas Southern Tigers (2-6, 2-5).

offense.

“Like I always tell people, it takes all 11 guys to be successful on offense.

It’s kind of tough to run the ball but once we get it going it’s hard to stop.

Jaguar’s running back Lenard Tiller added that the offense could run and pass whenever they want too.

Tillery feel’s that every play can be successful if they fully executed them.

“We need points fast,” said Tillery.

“We can’t take clock off with the run game.”

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Spivey crowned Miss Southern University 2013-14 COURTNEY JACOBS

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Ayanna Celeste Spivey, a 21 year-old senior from Moreno Valley, California with a major in social work was officially crowned Miss Southern University during the coronation ceremony last Wednesday.

Spivey arrived at Southern University during the Spring 2010 semester, immediately following her graduation from high school.

Spivey has been involved with Student Government Association since her freshman year, starting out as a Freshman Class Senator. During her sophomore year, Spivey won the title of Miss Sophomore, and during her junior year, Spivey was the Association for Women Students Chief-ofStaff.

During those three years, Spivey has been helping and assisting the Miss Southern University’s that came before her with the Up Til’ Dawn initiative, as well as volunteering with anything else such as homecoming and other campus activities.

“You can’t run away from something knowing that you want to be involved and want to be a leader,” said Spivey, in response as to what inspired her to run for Miss Southern University.

“I’m not a political type person, but I love my university. It was a way to show everyone how I’ve grown so much and to bring students back to Southern University, especially out-of-state students.”

Spivey’s platform included health initiatives and recruitment, which lead to her forming C.O.P.S. C.O.P.S, or Community Outreach Program Services, which serves as doing community service and campus beautification projects. C.O.P.S. also helps raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Baton Rouge Sickle Cell Foundation, and the Baton Rouge Kidney Foundation.

“The reason I chose those three is because I wanted to continue the tradition of St. Jude,” said Spivey.

“Also, sickle cell is a common disease but it is also the least funded disease, and a lot of people don’t even know what it is. My mother suffers from kidney failure as well, and she’s been on dialysis for about seven years.”

Spivey’s platform was titled “The Prototype.”

“We were just brainstorming ideas, and someone said something about a robot. The first word that popped into my mind was the prototype,” said Spivey.

“You always have a prototype before coming out with the real thing, and I wanted to change the face of Southern University. I was thinking that the future brings change, and it just stuck.”

Spivey is excited about seeing the freshman class as

excited as they are, and hopes to see them in the years to come.

“Unfortunately some of my class members are no longer here, but it’s excited to see the freshman class as excited and involved as they are. It reminds me of my days as a freshman,” said Spivey.

Spivey’s main focus is recruitment. Spivey was recruited at the LA Black College Fair in California, and she plans to try and start programs that recruit students that are farther away from home. Spivey also wants to try and start a Miss Teen Southern University pageant where some of the funds that will be raised can be contributed to a scholarship program to high school queens.

A typical day for Miss Southern includes a lot of meetings and interviews, especially around the time of homecoming and other special events that happen on campus.

Spivey is as much as a student as she is a queen, having classes from nine in the morning to two in the afternoon.

“Sometimes I want to just put my hair in a ponytail and wear sweats, but I have to remember that I am a queen and I am a face, so I have to stay representable at all times,” said Spivey.

After graduating from Southern University, Spivey plans to move back home to start her career.

“I plan to move back home and attending California State San Bernardino, and getting my master’s degree in social work.

I want to become a public and medical social worker, and hopefully start a family one day,” said Spivey.

Spivey is also contemplating getting a PhD in higher education, but she wants to wait to see how graduates school goes first.

The coronation of Miss Southern University 2013-2014 was held in the F. G. Clark Activity Center last Wednesday. The theme “The SU Cinema Presents Old Hollywood Glamour” lended to the days of the silver screen and grandeur of elegance.

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Southern U. homecoming concert draws crowd COURTNEY JACOBS

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Tank, Kelly Rowland, Meek Mill, and August Alsina were among the many who performed at the Southern University Homecoming Concert 2013. The event took place on Thursday, October 24, 2013 in the Felton G. Clark Activity Center.

Many of Southern University’s current and past students attended this event.

The artists included Juvenile, Lil Cali, Level, Mystikal, and the four main acts: Tank, Kelly Rowland, Meek Mill, and August Alsina.

Juvenile and Mystikal were the two special guests, and as a special present, Juvenile brought his crew with him, and that included Lil Cali and Level.

Coming from the extremely diverse city of New Orleans, August Alsina has been active since he was just 14-years old.

While the other artists have been active for almost two decades or more, August Alsina is just getting into the music business. While most would automatically assume he is among many rappers, August Alsina is actually hitting the charts as a singer.

This was his first time performing at Southern University, and to show his appreciation, Alsina even posted a picture of him and the excited crowd on the popular photo sharing social network, Instagram.

“Performing here was awesome,” said Alsina.

“I would definitely love to come here again. The crowd was excited and that gets me even more excited to perform.”

Even though his career started in 2007, Alsina really jump started his music career just a couple years ago in 2011 when his older brother was murdered in the streets of New Orleans.

After August Alsina performed, Tank graced the stage next.

Kelly Rowland was next in the lineup, but during her performance, Rowland experienced some technical problems and was escorted off the stage. Not wanting to disappoint her fans, Rowland came back on the stage and performed three songs.

After Kelly Rowland exited the stage, Coppertop, the events’ MC, proceeded to get the crowd excited about the last artists to perform, Meek Mill.

Meek Mill came on the stage smiling and ready to perform for the crowd. As expected, since Mill was the mentor for late rapper Lil Snupe, Mill paid homage to the rapper by performing some of his songs.

Mill, like August Alsina, put videos and photos of the crowd rapping along to his music on Instagram.

Marlonika Conley, an 18-year old freshman nursing major from Harvey, Louisiana, attended the concert along with friends.

“I had a great time, I just wish they could have performed longer,” said Conley. Being a freshman, this was Conley’s first time attending a Southern

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August Alsina gives an excellent performance during the Southern University Homecoming Concert 2013 in the F. G. Clark Activity Center.

University Homecoming Concert. Conley said that the concert was what she expected, and that she can’t wait to see what Springfest 2014 will be like.

The artists that performed at the homecoming concert brought exactly

what was expected, and they put on a show that many freshman, and even upperclassmen and alumni, will remember.

Comedy and fashion show adds to homecoming experience MEAGAN L. WILLIAMS The Southern Digest

Homecoming week is one of the most anticipated events for Southern University community.

Students, alumni, family, friends, and local neighbors look forward to all the events the week has to offer. Homecoming kicked off Monday with its annual fashion and comedy show, only this year the two were combined into one event.

The Evolution fashion show kicked off at in the F.G. Clark Activity Center Monday night. The host for the evening was Lav Luv, a well-known comedian from Atlanta, Georgia.

“I’ve been doing comedy for about eighteen years. I started by going to amateur nights like everyone else so this kind of event is one thing that I have always enjoyed doing,” said Lav Luv. Throughout the fashion show Lav Luv used tweets from students as a part of his standup before introducing the next designer. Each designer modeled clothing from the homecoming week’s theme: Evolution of a Nation: Past, Present and Future.

Fashion scenes featured clothing styles that any student can relate to and afford by providing vintage, retro, sheik, and everyday styles.

“My clothing brand is S.M.A.C.E which is an acronym for seek, meditate, attack, conquer, evaluate. It’s a system that anyone around the world can use to reach their dreams and tonight my clothing line falls into place because I represent the present tense by using my clothing as a sign of the times with army apparel,” said Courtney Johnson, a junior Mass Communication major from New Orleans, La. and founder of S.M.A.C.E Clothing Co. Musical performances were apart of intermission between scenes and proceeding the fashion was the comedy show which immediately took place afterwards.

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Models walking on the stage clap as they finish showcasing different outfits during the Southern University Homecoming Evolutions of Fashion and Comedy show in the F. G. Clark Activity Center.

Edyda Kata, a sophomore accounting major from New Orleans, La. said. “My favorite part of the event the musical entertainment between scenes. I modeled for S.M.A.C.E and Grind so I was enjoyed modeling casual clothing because I was relaxed and could be myself.”

Beshane Nelson junior Fashion Merchandising and Textiles major from Baton Rouge, La. and co founder of Unrivaled Clothing said her line is for women who just want to be their selves.

“Unrivaled Clothing Unrivaled isn’t something that

you see everyday. Our brand is meant for young women who are unique and classy,” said Nelson.

The comedians for the event featured Damon Williams, Cocoa Brown and Nema Williams.

“I always enjoy the crowds reaction but comedy is tricky because the last time I was here at Southern was in the late 90’s. During that time Def Comedy Jam and different stand ups like that were taking place so I felt like the crowd was more excited to us then, ” said Damon Williams, a renowned comedian from Chicago, Illinois.

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Here’s the mistake made

by President Obama and the Democrats that nobody is talking about: They have been too fearful of confronting our country’s threeyear obsession with the wrong problem.

And here is the tea party’s greatest victory: It has made the wrong problem the center of policymaking.

The wrong problem is the deficit. The right problem is sluggish growth and persistent unemployment.

The paradox is that the deficit would be less challenging today if we had been less preoccupied with it since the 2010 elections. The deep cuts in government spending since then have slowed the very growth we need to make our way toward fiscal balance.

But relief may be on the way.

More from political exhaustion than any change of heart, we may be about to take halting steps toward dealing with the issues we should have been grappling with in the first place.

The president’s defenders would assert that he has been careful all along to emphasize the need for short-term stimulus to get the economy moving and to insist that deficit reduction was his goal only for the longer run.

That’s true enough. But there are the words, and then there is the music. Since a Republican Party driven by tea party thinking managed to make government spending and deficits Washington’s paramount concerns, the administration has backed off aggressive efforts to use government to pump muchneeded energy into an economy whose tepid growth since the 2008 implosion has left 11.3 million Americans out of work according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

By putting so much effort into negotiating a failed “grand bargain”

with House Speaker John Boehner in 2011 and subsequently agreeing to the sharp, across-the-board cuts of the “sequester” to get out of a crisis, Obama contributed to the deficit chorus. Because of the fiscal tightening, our unemployment rate is probably a point higher than it would have been otherwise.

We’ve done a heck of a job on the deficit, reducing it from about 10 percent of the economy in 2009 to 4 percent now. We’ve done badly by the jobless.

The administration would argue that it did a lot to avoid even more damage. It had to play the political hand dealt it by the 2010 elections while facing the overwhelming consensus among political elites that deficit reduction was urgent.

The commission that Obama appointed, led by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, spread this gospel with passion and zeal — even if both acknowledged, usually in much softer tones, that the economy still needed a short-term boost.

Of course, there should be no denying that we face fiscal challenges down the road. Over the next three decades or so, the retirement of baby boomers will be expensive. Most of the spending will be in health care expenditures under Medicare and Medicaid. In an environment free from crisis-mongering and hyper-partisanship, passage of the Affordable Care Act could have been seen as a first step toward what ought to be our goal: guaranteeing decent health-care coverage to all Americans, including the elderly, at a cost government can afford.

And, by the way, no matter how successful we are at doing this, there is no way around the need for more government revenue as long as large numbers of baby boomers are around.

But all this should be the focus of a measured discussion over the next several years, not an excuse for a frenzy of cuts — especially reductions right now that are only dampening the recovery. When the house is still smoldering, you don’t worry about how to cut your heating bill in the coming decades.

Here’s the good news. Congress is so sick of political chaos and failed quests for big budget deals that it might actually address the problem right in front of our noses.

Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chair, spoke last week

of the futility of shooting for a “grand bargain.” This is a positive signal.

And Obama now seems intent on pushing back against austerity.

“This obsession with cutting for the sake of cutting hasn’t helped our economy grow,” he said on Friday. “It’s held it back.”

The most helpful thing Congress can do immediately is to get rid of the sequester cuts. A Congressional Budget Office study conducted at the request of Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the Budget Committee’s ranking Democrat, found that if left in place, the automatic reductions could cost up to 1.6 million jobs next year. Allowing that to happen would be folly — and heartless, too.

So let’s douse the flames of slow growth and joblessness first.

Government does better when it deals with one crisis at a time. Let us achieve greatness by fighting one battle at a time effectively.

Louisiana finally does its part to support ObamaCare When does a major economic development project - one with the potential to breathe new life into an economically depressed area of Louisiana -- fail to merit attention from Gov. Bobby Jindal? Perhaps when the jobs in question are connected to the Affordable Care Act? Louisiana’s peripatetic governor, for whom no job announcement is normally too small to merit a press conference, has thus far had nothing to say about the August announcement that General Dynamics is bringing 600 jobs to Bogalusa for a new call center. But Bogalusa Mayor Charles Mizell says the new call center, which will help residents of seven states sign up for coverage under the new federal health-care reform law, is the biggest economic development news his city has seen in 100 years.

State Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa, says the 600 jobs in rural Washington Parish “is like 3,000 jobs in the city of New Orleans.” So while the ACA rollout continues to be plagued by massive technical problems, the people of Louisiana can now rest assured that their state is part of the solution.

So there is finally a step in the right direction. It is sad that job creation played a part in it. It is a blessing in disguise, a welcome surprise.

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What was your best memory of homecoming? “my best memory of homecoming 2013 was having my family and friends in one setting , my mother has never seen me in action in the bandroom during my 8 year tonure at su it was nice to make her proud. my 3 year old niece and nephew now want to follow “uncle nate’s” work after seeing the band perform.

NATHAN B HAYMER ASST DIRECTOR OF BANDS GRADUATED 2001 BATON ROUGE

My first home coming maze featuring Frankie Beverly performed.the mini dome was full and the fact that it was the first time i had ever seen them in concert made the best homecoming of all time.

DARRELL ROBERSON INSTUCTOR/MEDIA ENGINEER GRADUATED 1990 ALEXANDRIA

“seeing all my old friends” VIOLA R CYRIAQUE ACEDEMIC ADVISER GRADUATED 2005 BATON ROUGE

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