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bypass this legality by using the fee to offset “infrastructure” cost. This essentially includes the costs of appliances and technology, amongst others.
The Student Government Association Senate held a routine meeting Tuesday, October 5 at 7pm in the Mocha Room of the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union.
Outside of the food pantry issue, an idea was proposed to give students an itemized report, which includes hyperlinks to see exactly where their fees are being used. This led to the proposal of the “Good Government Act” bill, by Senator Caleb Holmes. This bill is currently undergoing revision, but will ultimately serve as a safety net for students’ financial concerns. Director of Athletics, Roman Banks, came before students present to announce the Athletics’ Department decision to take an Athletic Fee Increase proposal of $50 to the Board of Supervisors (BOS).
Following the Freshman senators being sworn in, the meeting proved controversial, as discussion of making students pay a fee to use the Jaguar Eats on-campus food pantry took the floor. Under the proposal, every full-time enrolled student student could see a $5 fee charged during the fall and spring semesters, and a $1 fee during the summer semester.
“In order for Southern University's food pantry to move forward and continue to strive," Senator Blake Reddick explained, "the implementation of a $5 fee per semester and $1 for the summer semester will allow the Student Government Association food pantry to have more selections, better supplies, and better equipment for the students. Instead of leaving campus to go
to the grocery store, they'll be able to get everything they need here on campus.” Concern shifted to determining if students could afford the additional expense without struggling financially. Senator Caleb Holmes expressed his
disapproval. “A lot of these students are on Pell grants and scholarships, meaning they already don’t have the financial needs," said Holmes, "Our job is not to increase taxes on students who already can't give any more of their money.”
SUSON Holds WIC Clinic
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The Southern University School of Nursing started off last week with their WIC Clinic, which assisted young and middle aged mothers with the needed necessities to care for their child/ children in the proper manner.
“This fee increase that will be voted on Friday [at the BOS meeting] is sensitive to students. The food pantry, which began The ID you all use to get into operations last school year, gets games and other events is not the majority of its assets in the case with all institutions. We donations, making it illegal to never want to take that away from charge students for use. However, the student body. The student according to Director of Student Leadership and Community Engagement, Tiffany Freeman, See SENATE page 3 the university would be able to
SGA Senators visibly passionate about the topics discussed during the Senate Meeting held Tuesday, October 15 in the Mocha Room of the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union (Jacqueline Morgan/DIGEST)
More than two decades ago, the School of Nursing vision, was spearheaded by the Dean of the Nursing School, Dr. Wanda Spurlock, who wanted to open a Women Infant and Children (WIC) clinic housed Dean of the Nursing School, Dr. Wanda Spurlock, explains how the WIC on a college campus. Back then Clinic got started and how it is thriving today. (Isaac Armstrong /DIGEST) it was supported and funded via a grant, now the WIC clinic is self- services, and not only am I housed care and social services that the sufficient, with the clinic being on a college campus . . . it is a women would need. paid for each person that they see. HBCU.” For a lot of young women around To date, Southern University in What goes into the clinic is a lot of the Scotlandville area highly Baton Rouge is the only WIC marketing, dedication, manpower, benefit from the clinic. With clinic on a college campus and has and experience. Experience being the area being such a vulnerable continued to serve the community, registered nurses, the nursing community the Scotlandville for Dr. Tonda Martin, who’s over students, registered dietician, and area, there is a bus route which is the WIC clinic on campus, feels a social worker which is different accessible for the people can’t get that the reward for her is “ being from other clinics because other to and from as well as students. an integral part of this program is clinics don’t have social workers. The youngest female to come into twofold” she went on to say that “ the clinic to date was a thirteen The wealth of education and I have the opportunity to support year old, with the majority of knowledge base that is had to the community by providing provide for the participants, to accessibility to health and referral See WIC page 3 have the accessibility to health
Learning About Top Jags
Top Jags official meeting on Friday October 6, 2017 at Samuella V. Totty Hall on Southern University Campus.
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The group of Junior achievers going to Southern commonly known as Top Jags is a group of highly achieving careeroriented students at Southern University A&M college that work towards academic excellence and community involvement. As Ms. Yolander Smith, a Top Jags coordinator commented, the endeavor of this program is to “Promote top talented students
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The Top Jags program is tailored to help students who meet a certain requirement (3.0 cumulative GPA in addition to a 21ACT Score or an equivalent SAT score of 14401490) with the integration and continued matriculation through college. This allows the program to be available for both incoming and See TOP JAGS page 3
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College of Business The Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics is offering ten $2,000 scholarships to current freshman and sophomore students to provide support to Finance majors who are pursuing a concentration in risk management and insurance. Contact Ms. Holmes at 225-771-5934 or adela_ holmes@subr.edu for details. Food Pantry SU students are able to visit the Jaguar Eats food pantry located next to the computer lab in the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union every Mon, Wed, and Fri from 4:00pm-8:00pm to receive free food items. Student IDs must be present. Camphor Memorial UMC Wesley Foundation Bible Study, Fellowship, Food and Fun! Join Pastor Elenora M. Cushenberry and Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church every Wednesday at 5:30 pm at the Wesley Foundation. ALL students are welcome! Please call (225) 7754106 for more information! SU One Card If you have completed the registration process and have not received your Southern University ID “SU1 Card”, please follow the attached instructions to obtain your card. Only first time students, transfers and returning students who require an ID at this time should complete the SU1 Card ID Form. The ID office is currently located in J.B. Moore Hall auditorium. Fling Golf Calling all athletes! Harness your competitive spirit while making new friends and learning a new sport. For more information, call Curtis at 225-202-1821. Spring 2020 Registration Registration for the Spring 2020
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Couseling Center The Southern Univeristy Counseling Center will host National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Activity on Thursday, October 23. from 11am-2pm in Jaguar Square/ Courtyard. The Southern Univeristy Counseling Center will host a Bacchus Mocktail Party on Friday, October 24. from 6pm-9pm inside the Cotillion Ballroom. Jaguar Athletics Football Saturday 10/26 ~ 2:00pm at Alcorn State Lorman, Miss. Men’s Basketball Friday 10/25 ~ 6:30pm v. Wiley College (Texas) F.G. Clark Activity Center Soccer Sunday 10/27 ~ 1:00pm v. Alcorn State Jaguar Park 2019 SWAC Volleyball Roundup in Jackson, Miss. Friday 10/25 ~ 3pm at Mississippi Valley State Saturday 10/26 ~ 12:30pm v. Alabama State Saturday 10/26 ~ 5:00pm v. Alabama A&M Sunday 10/27 ~ 3:00pm v. Jackson State S-Club For Former Student Athletes $100 Contributions includes T-Shirt & Lapel Pin. For more information contact: Travean_scott@subr.edu or Taylor_stewart@subr.edu. Career Expo The College of Agricultural Family and Consumer Sciences will host a Career Expo on October 31. from 10am-2pm in Pinkie Thift Hall. Attire is Business Professional. Please bring your resume. SU ROTC SU ROTC will host a Veteran’s Day FUN RUN 5k on Saturday, November 9. from 7am-9am beginning at the AROTC Building.
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Southern University Athletics Director, Roman Banks explains the deficit faced by Athletics due to previous years of declining enrollment. (Jacqueline Morgan/DIGEST)
events that are related to athletics allow you to use your [student] ID to get in. Then you introduce this [fee] and those events begin to multiply. We can do more.” Banks explained that due to the number of students enrolled at the University declining over the years, the athletic department is in a hole. In order to align the University with NCAA guidelines, and “take us to the next level,” the fee is necessary. At Friday’s BOS meeting, there was minimal discussion around the proposal as the Board unanimously approved the fee increase, agreeing to adhere to students’ concerns about transparently reporting where the fee is being used. Students will see the fee increase beginning in the spring 2020
semester. According Director Banks, the fee will generate about $325,000 for the upcoming semester alone, totaling a $650,000 increase for 2020-2021 academic year.
Junior Class President, Kelsey Perine, shared her opinion about some ideas presented throughout the meeting. “Learning that there are legal ramifications behind money being added to the food pantry makes me think differently about a fee being given to students, but I do feel like something should be done to improve it. As far as the athletic department, I’ve seen what happens when students don’t bring in the money, so if that increase will help, then I’m all for it.”
WIC from page 1 women ranging in ages 15-23. The clinic typically WIC cereal is given which has a lot of iron, the services around 25-30 individuals a day. main problem seen in the community is low iron The clinic fulfills several different functions with in the kids. Times where children are in the clinic it arguably the most important being educating. There is advised to the mothers to give children the WIC are a lot of people who don’t know the importance cereal or a snack if the mother doesn’t have anything of breastfeeding. The WIC clinic promotes to give to the kid. Sarah, who came into the clinic breastfeeding and give breast pumps for free as with her second baby, said “ I’d just graduated high well as providing general breastfeeding education. school, so it was really helpful to have the proper Breastfeeding is actually a requirement to be taught, people to help you; given that the milk is so high”. before you talk about breastfeeding you’ll learn For the participants who have Medicaid or Covat about formula first. they’re eligible to receive WIC. Once you have For Registered Dietician Leticia Sarkodee- Adoo Medicaid all a person would have to do is come in being able to help women in their motherhood, in and make an appointment with your Medicaid card, making sure that they properly get the necessary picture I.D. to show proof of who you are, and fill nourishment for the infants goes a long way for out a small questionnaire; go from there depending her. “ I come from an area where we have a lot of on what the person needs are. young mothers with kids, and they don’t get a lot of these services so it gives me great pleasure”. Ms. Sarkodee-Adoo said that they give nutrienctaint education also in addition to what to get in order to prepare nutritious meals for the kids.
The staff highly encourages anyone needing their services to come to the 3rd floor of the JK Haynes Building at the School of Nursing on the.campus of Southern University & A&M College between the hours of 9:00AM and 3:30PM, Monday through Friday or contact the clinic at 225-771-3324.
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This program takes great pride in helping student in career advancement. In fact, this program provides students with many internship opportunities and a chance to network and to develop a strong leadership and professional status. Raelyn Henderson,
a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a member of the Top JAGS leadership team Explains: “I have had an overall good experience in Top JAGS. They are great in advocacy and letting you know about opportunities applicable to you”.
This group encourages students to enroll in programs such as the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), in which numerous Top JAGS have participated during this past summer. There is an emphasis on the many opportunities available for students and there is also help being provided on finding them. One of which being the book voucher/scholarship program that provides students meeting the necessary requirements with financial assistance with their textbooks. The Top Jags have been on the southern university campus for four years now and continues to expand and finds new ways to help students.
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It was a hot and muggy day in Dallas, Texas as the Southern Jaguars looked to defeat the Tigers of Texas Southern in back to back seasons in the State Fair Football Showdown in the infamous Cotton Bowl Stadium. Like many games this season Coach Odoms and the Jaguars got off to another quick start. Wide receiver Jamar Washington, who had a great game for the Jaguars scored the first touchdown. Texas-Southern offense came on the field and had a good start over their own. A draw play by quarterback Devin Williams, took the Tigers immediately across mid-field on the very first play. But to set the defensive tone early SWAC interception leader, defensive back Tamaurice Smith picked off Devin Williams deep in Jaguar territory. A nice throw to Kendric Jones by LaDarius Skelton the Jags were across mid-field again looking to take an early two score lead, but an interception by Texas-Southern negated a promising drive for the Jags. A few plays later a nice run by Dominic Franklin and the game was tied seven a piece. A 48 yard return by Christopher Chaney gave the offense great field position, but the Tiger defense clamped down forcing the offense to go three and out. A beautiful punt by kicker Cesar
Sophomore quarterback ,Glendon McDaniel, surveys the field against Texas Southern University during the 2019 State Fair showdown in the Cotton Bowl on October 19. (Keith Lewis/DIGEST)
Barajas nailed the Tigers back to the 3 yard line. Defense forced heavy pressure on quarterback Devin Williams almost forcing a safety, linebacker Caleb Carter had a great tackle for loss forcing the Tigers to punt which ended the first quarter game tied 7-7. The second quarter starts and offense was looking to garner some type of lead before
Soccer Triumphs in First SWAC Victory of the Season Debrandin Brown
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The Southern University soccer team took on Arkansas Pine Bluff at Pumphrey Stadium in Arkansas as they looked to earn their first SWAC victory of the year. The Jags tried to shake off early season performance and earn a spot in the SWAC tournament later this Fall. The two teams felt each other out in the beginning of the half with good defense from both teams locking down both goals early. The first goal of the game however came at the hands of UAPB as they took an early 1-0 in the 23rd minute of play. The Golden Eagles took their lead into the half as Southern looked to mount a comeback for their first SWAC win of the season. Although the second half of play started off similarly with a steady pace and solid defense, Southern got some shots of their own off as they tied the game 1-1 in the 67th minute of play.
This was the final goal scored for either team until the 85 minute mark where Southern took a decisive lead to seal their victory late in the game. Up to this point, it seemed likely that an overtime period would have to be played between the two teams. The goal from Love’ Tovar however put an end to that notion as Southern held on to earn their first win in conference play. Preseason All-SWAC goalie Chioma Ericken recorded three saves on the afternoon as the Jags smothered UAPB defensively after their first goal early in the first half of play. The Jags will take on Mississippi Valley State in Jaguar Park on October 25 as they look to maintain their recent success in the SWAC. The Jags will look to keep the wins in conference coming as they hope to snag a last-minute entry into the SWAC Tournament.
halftime. Jamar Washington maneuvers throw the defense getting a shifty first down. Miscommunication from Skelton to tight-end Jeremias Houston for an easy touchdown, Coach Odoms decided to trust his offense and go for it on 4 & short. Devon Benn converts on 4th down, but unfortunately Jags couldn’t do anything with the ball and was forced to kick
a field goal that was missed, keeping the game tied. Mid-way through the second quarter and Jaguar defense holds off on a good drive by Williams and company as the Tigers tried to draw the defense offsides to extend their drive, but great discipline by the defense made the Tigers punt the ball once more.
A little bit over four minutes and counting before half a roughing the passer call on the defense and the Jaguars were in field range to possibly get their first lead of the game since early in the first quarter. Unfortunately after a good run for a first down running back Devon Benn fumbled the ball inside the 15 yard line trying to fight for extra yardage a minute plus before halftime. After a halftime quarterback Glendon McDaniel went in the game for the Jaguars as quarterback Skelton was said to have been dealing with stomach cramps. Quickly McDaniel got the offense going, throwing to Hunter Register taking the Jags across midfield. On the very next play a pass to Jamar Washington who scored with ease, the Jags come out of the half with a quick score going up 14-7. Due to missed tackles on the special teams the Tigers got a nice punt return. But being the backbone of the team, the defense held up again against the offense forcing a turnover on downs on 4th and 1. McDaniels throws a dart to Carlos Stephens which put the offense in field goal range. The very next play McDaniel threw the ball to Hunter Register and scored a touchdown going up 21-7. A sack by defensive tackle Hunter Clay and once again the See JAGUARS page 5
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JAGUARS from page 4 “Dog Day D” forced another three and out, completely shutting down the Tigers offense. Linebacker Brad Porter got a sack on Devin Williams forcing a third and long taking the game into the fourth quarter. Getting the stop to start the 4th quarter, McDaniel and the offense comes on to the field looking to ice the game. Uncharacteristic Devon Benn fumbled the ball for the second time from ground impact, giving the ball to Texas-Southern deep in Jaguar territory and life back in the game. Williams scored on a quarterback run, cutting the Jaguars lead back to seven. A horse collar call on Texas-Southern after good return by Carlos Stephens gave the Jags good field position to answer back to the Tigers touchdown. Again running back Carlos Stephens making sound plays on the drive for the offense hauling in a huge catch, unfortunately a Texas-Southern player gets injured on a play having needed to be put on a stretcher, stalling the game for a good amount of time. After the player is drove off the field on a stretcher and the crowd cheers for his hopeful recovery, the game continues. As the game ensued, McDaniel throws a dime to Jadarion Davis for another touchdown and the Jaguars were back with a double digit lead. Texas-Southern down two scores late in the fourth quarter feeling really desperate went for it again on 4th down, not converting for the first down. McDaniel throws another beautiful ball to a wide open Kendric Jones but he drops a sure touchdown, that would’ve surely iced the game. An awesome catch by the Tigers wideout gave them great field position. A conversion on 4th and 1 the Tigers were getting in a good rhythm on offense. A bad angle taken on a tackle by the defense on a quarterback keep and the game was back to a one possession lead. McDaniel and the offense in a crucial point in the game played it smart and ran the ball to help chew out the clock. McDaniel not being able to complete a pass on third and short to Christopher Chaney with 2:51 left in the game, the Jags were forced to punt. Cesar Barajas who had a great game outside of the missed field goal in the first quarter, punts the ball down to the 4 yard line. Defense needing to put the team on their backs for the win, coming in the clutch was cornerback Datrel Brumfield who found his inner Ragin Cajuns Alum Peanut Tillman and popped the ball out from the defenders arm with Jaguars recovering the ball. Jaguars win a close one 28-21. Validating the name BR.TX Up next, Coach Odoms and the Jaguars head down to Highway 61 this Saturday to faceoff agsinst the Alcorn State Braves in Lorman, Mississippi.
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AKA Sorority members serving lemonade and handing out information to Southern University students about breast cancer in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union on October 16. (Diamond Butler/DIGEST)
Student enjoying face and body painting during Fall fest Pumpkin Patch hosted by the GWGA organization outside the Intramural Center October 15 (Jalynn Jacobs-DIGEST)
Executive Director of the Butterfly Society, Twahna P. Harris speaks on the factors of domestic violence and sexual abuse at the Domestic Violence/Sexual Health event hosted by the Alpha Sigma chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc. in the Cotillion Ballroom on October 15 (Tiffany Williams/DIGEST)
Natchez Stanton, a junior, nursing major from New Orleans sheds tears of joy as she is crowed the 2019-2020 Miss Men’s Federation at the University Event Center on October 16. (Kalvinesha Jackson/ DIGEST)
Members of the Beta Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. strolling during Pretty Wednesday in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union Ballroom on Wednesday, October 16 (Rocelyn Hamilton/DIGEST).
Students feeling the music in the event center for stoplight party after the Miss Men’s Federation pageant. (MyKayla Reid/ DIGEST)
Southern University students stop at AKA Lemonade Stand to donate money for Breast Cancer Awareness on October 16 in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union. (Diamond Butler/DIGEST)
Team Captains, Dakavion Champion, Jaylon Brinson, and Jeremias Houston stand together with the State Fair Showdown Trophy after a big win in the Cotton Bowl Stadium on October 19. (Keith Lewis/DIGEST)
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Students picking up trash in the commuter parking lot near the football stadium during the Men’s Fed Campus Clean-Up on October 18. (Te’yanah Owens/DIGEST)
Students enjoying a nice time playing jumbo UNO during Fall Fest Pumpkin Patch outside the Intramural Center on October 15. (Jalynn Jacobs-Digest)
Southern students actively participating in stand dance class at the Intramural complex. (MyKayla Reid/DIGEST)
Junior, Nursing Major, Denasia Fontenot leads her young fellow cheermates into a catch-on dance in the event center at the Stoplight after party. (MyKayla Reid/DIGEST)
Students getting in position at the Men’s Fed Dodgeball Tournament in the University Event Center on October 16. (Te’yanah Owens/DIGEST)
Natchez Stanton, a junior, nursing major from New Orleans shows a smile during a quick photo after being crowned the 2019-2020 Miss Men’s Federation on October 16. (Kalvinesha Jackson/ DIGEST)
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Stomp and shake: A new style of cheer emerges at SU Jacqueline Morgan
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Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus is home to over 7,000 students in many capacities, many of which hail from out-of-state. Along with this demographic comes various displays of culture, talent, and skill sets, amongst other things. From these voyages come various introductions between Southern culture and that of a students’ hometown. Freshman mathematics education major, Justin Plummer, traveled to Southern University from his home in St. Louis, Missouri to introduce Stomp and Shake cheerleading to the student body. Plummer says he brought the Stomp and Shake style of cheerleading to Southern to expose new individuals to a different style of the sport and bring tradition back to the HBCU. “Being that we are a HBCU, we are used to [performing] traditional cheerleading, but that’s not something [AfricanAmericans] started. An AfricanAmerican male created Stomp
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and Shake in North Carolina. Only a few HBCUs use the style, but it has never made it to the SWAC, “ Plummer said. With that in mind, Plummer started his own Stomp and Shake cheer team on campus: Code Blue. Tryouts were October 9 in the Horace Moody Intramural Complex; 70 students tried out with only 23 making the team. The requirements, Plummer says, are no different from any other organizations baseline on campus, “So, generally you have to have a little bit of cheer experience. But, the requirements is that you always have to have a 2.5 GPA, be in good standing with the university, have a positive attitude, and demonstrate dedication.” They have submitted documents to become an official organization of the University, and are currently just awaiting administrative approval. Code Blue debuted themselves at this past week’s Pretty Wednesday in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union, flashmob See STOMP SHAKE page 10
A Week of the Orgs: Men’s Fed/GWGA Keenon Glover | Jodeci Ashford
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Both the Men’s Federation and GWGA held events and activities throughout the week. The Men’s Federation held various events representing their organization and its values. Nursing major Natchez Stanton from New Orleans was crowned as Miss Men’s Federation 2019-2020 on Wednesday, October 16 in the University Event Center. The
Natchez Stanton, a junior, nursing major from New Orleans is overjoyed as she wins the crown at the 20192020 Miss Men’s Federation at the University Event Center on October 16. (Kalvinesha Jackson/ DIGEST)
Senior, Mass Communication, Sean Musgrow, enjoying himself at the Mens Federation after party in the event center. (MyKayla Reid/DIGEST)
title is annually bestowed upon women whom represent the values that the Men’s Federation prides themselves on. Following the pageant, the Men’s Federation hosted a Stoplight Party - in which attendees wear bracelets showing their relationship status. According to the Men’s Federation, both the pageant and party served to reflect three key purposes of the organization: strengthening, inspiring and
unifying. There were other events that touched on more scholarly aspects of the organization, particularly the Miseducation of the Black Man event. As a collaboration with the NAACP and Beta Sigma Alphas, attendees held conversations on gender roles, media portrayal and the school to prison pipeline, according to the Men’s Federation. Similarly, the Girls With
Good Attitudes Organization (GWGA) also started to branch off their work to “impact on the community” on the Bluff. GWGA began their week on Monday morning, October 14 with their awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Calling it Mummy Pass: Act of Kindness, the GWGA set up in the student union and the organization members passed out their pink pinned ribbons as a sign of their support.
AI Youngboy 2 Album: A Review
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“I feel like I’m Gucci Mane in 2006”: if one line from Youngboy Never Broke Again’s mixtape AI Youngboy 2 could represent the project as a whole, this would be potentially the most reasonable answer. As his latest full-length project since Realer, AI Youngboy 2 comes in the midst of a surge in Youngboy’s musical popularity - and notoriety. The Baton Rouge born rapper is one of the faces of the revival of Southern hip-hop, marked by it’s patent homebred grit and grime. Artists such as Megan Thee Stallion, NLE Choppa, DaBaby, and Kevin Gates have led the rebirth of the sound of the modern-day dirty south, with sex, drugs, bleeding love and inevitable death - by gun or God - being the overarching themes of their music. Not only does AI Youngboy 2 fall right onto this spectrum, it embodies it. Producers such as Mike WILL MadeIt, 17OnDaTrack, India Got Them Beats and D-Roc use trance-like synths and crashing 808s layered on distorted pianos to illustrate the chaos of his daily life, with electric guitars as his own melancholic chorus. The mixtape opens up with the Tejano inspired “Carter Son”, where Youngboy balances a career that has taken him to new heights with his hard-knock background, all while trying to keep his sanity. On “Rich as Hell”, he appears as a loner in a world of traitors: “Late at night and I can’t sleep/I’m staying up, I’m tossing, turning/That’s them bodies from my temper creeping on me/That’s from me cuttin’ ‘em off and being home all by my lonely/Bricks and bales/I prefer that chopper, it’s gon’ kiss you and won’t never tell.” The possibility of death is See YOUNGBOY page 10
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Disney+: A Magical World of Online Streaming Diamond Butler
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Since its founding in 1923, The Walt Disney Company has continued to expand the brand. It’s most recent development is the Disney+ app. In September 2017, Disney announced its streaming video service that would challenge Netflix, Hulu, and other similar streaming services. Disney+ will be an all-in-one video destination for classical and modern movies and TV series from the Disney franchise. As stated by Disney, “...in year one, you’ll be able to rediscover more than 7,500 episodes and 500 films from our library.” Online streaming has become a more common thing in today’s society. Marcus Jackson, a Mass Communication senior student, says the reason for that is “...because of the cost and that there is more availability for the type of programs...” Nikyah Garder, another Mass Communication senior, agrees to say “More people spend time on their phone than sitting in front of a television. When things are of easier access they tend to accommodate people with busier schedules.” With this new Disney app, customers will be able to view all of their favorite shows and movies that we have come to
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love. So far the types of titles have been broken into several distinct sections, Disney films, Disney animation, Disney Channel Originals, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel and National Geographic. The Disney Company has released a lineup of various films and shows like Kim Possible (2002), Recess (1997), The Lion King (1994) and Remember the Titans (2000). As well after its release, the newer Disney movies
like Frozen 2, Toy Story 4 and the liveaction remake of The Lion King will also appear on the app after their theatrical and home-video release. The app is projected to have up to thirteen million subscribers by the end of 2020, as projected by Benjamin Swinburne, a Morgan Stanley analyst, and add fifty million subscribers coming from other online services that include Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. By
the year 2024 Disney+ can gain more than 130 million subscribers. The Disney+ app will soon be found on viewing platforms, such as Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, iOS, Andriod, gaming consoles and the Andriod TV platforms. Customers will be able to stream on four devices and to create up to seven different profiles. So that there will be several subscription options offered for customers. Preorders started on September 23, 2019 for customer’s families with different viewing desires can have uniteruppted viewing. A person can start watching a show, stop for whatever reason, come back minutes or hours later and pick right up where they left off. To pre-order their favortire Disney+ subscription from the Disney+ website. The subscriptions range from $6.99 a month plan to $69.99 a year. When the app is fully released there will be a bundle of $12.99 a month available for purchase. Each of these subscription plans have the benefits of having no ads or commercials and to have unlimited streaming. Officially the Disney+ app will be released on November 12, 2019.
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‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ claims No. 1 over ‘Joker’ Lindsey Bahr
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co.’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” knocked “Joker” out of the No. 1 spot at the box office, but just barely. Studios on Sunday say the film starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning grossed an estimated $36 million in North America and $117 million internationally in its first weekend in theaters. The first film had a much stronger domestic showing, opening to nearly $70 million domestically in 2014, and the sequel was expected to earn more stateside. Although “It’s not as strong as we hoped domestically, but it’s a good start for October and we have a great window leading into Halloween,” said Cathleen Taff, Disney’s president of theatrical distribution. “Most encouraging is the fact that audiences seem to be responding very positively.” The A CinemaScore — in contrast to the mixed critical reviews — suggests that the film could have a longer life at the box office. Although it fell to second place after two weekends at the top, Warner Bros.’ “Joker” continues to hold strong at the box office. It added $29.2 million in its third weekend in North America. The villain origin story has grossed over $247 million domestically. Worldwide, it’s earned $737.5 million, and has already surpassed the lifetime grosses of “Justice League” and “Suicide Squad.” Now the big question is whether the R-rated film will make it to $1 billion, but with a $55 million production budget, it’s already a massive hit for the studio and will likely also become director Todd Phillips’ highest-grossing film too. “It’s already in territory that nobody thought it would get to. It’s achieved a box office that is above the wildest expectations of the studio and analysts,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst. “Even if the box office stopped right now it’s an absolute, unqualified success.” Third place went to another new sequel, Columbia Pictures’ “Zombieland: Double Tap” with $26.7 million. The R-rated comedy comes 10 years after the original, reuniting Jesse
Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson with director Ruben Fleischer. “Three films earning over $25 million, that doesn’t happen very often,” Dergarabedian noted, although the weekend is down from last year when “Halloween” opened to over $76 million. In notable landmarks, “Hustlers” crossed $100 million domestically this weekend. It’s the second STX film to do so this year after “The Upside.” And buzzy, awards-friendly indies are continuing to thrive. “Parasite,” which opened last weekend, added $1.2 million. This weekend, Taika Waititi’s Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit” opened in five theaters with a strong $350,000, the black and white Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe mindbender “The Lighthouse” earned $419,764 from eight theaters, and “Jay & Silent Bob Reboot” grossed $93,520 from one screen this weekend. But the year is still down 5% from last year. “It was a great weekend for sequels and great weekend for indie movies,” Dergarabedian said. “But we’re still struggling to get ahead of last year. We’re racing to the finish line here. We’ve only got 11 weekends left to go.” Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1.”Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” $36 million ($117 million international). 2.”Joker,” $29.5 million ($77.8 million international). 3.”Zombieland: Double Tap,” $26.7 million ($5.3 million international). 4.”The Addams Family,” $16.1 million. 5.”Gemini Man,” $8.5 million ($33.4 million international). 6.”Abominable,” $3.5 million ($9.2 million international). 7.”Downton Abbey,” $3.1 million ($2.5 million international). 8.”Judy,” $2.1 million ($1.3 million international). 9.”Hustlers,” $2.1 million ($3 million international). 10.”It: Chapter Two,” $1.5 million.
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ORGS from page 8
Later that night, the ladies hosted their very own, Beyond The Tears: Memorial Service to give students the chance to write and hang their messages to loved ones or about themselves. The central message was to “let go.” Stories were shared and tears were dropped, Anonymous Student called it, “Brilliant and right on time. My friend may be missed, but I know she’s watching over me as I take on the world.” As the week progressed, GWGA hosted their very own Fall Fest Pumpkin Patch outside the Intramural Rec as faces were painted and games were played. Refreshments were provided for participants present. Wednesday evening, the group hosted the Ghouls Knock
Out: Girls vs. Guys Panel Discussion, where ladies of the organization, along with various gentlemen, voiced their opinions on debatable questions in the Intramural Rec. GWGA closed off their week on Thursday night as they partnered with SUBR’s Pure’s (Pure-Rays) Dance Team instructed by Instructor/Coach, Hiram Swif to host the “Dance The Night Away: Stand Class” to give students the chance to listen to music and enjoy the event. President/Founder, Destinee Mena, stated, “As I reflect over this week, all I can say is thank you . Thank you to God, the members and supporters. This week was more than I can even explain.” YOUNGBOY from page 8
a recurring reality for him, and only intensifies with his fame. Youngboy presents an aspect of trap music that is often overlooked by popular media: the human side. The emotions he describes are genuine, and can be found in the hearts of many of America’s Black youth. “Lonely Child” is purely a sensitive confession of isolation, with Youngboy acknowledging how those he’s relied on seem to have disappeared as he’s been introduced to a new life. At the closing of the track, he reveals his child-like vulnerability “I need some help because my life been real hard/The way I approached the game, it seem that I’m hard/But I got feelings too just like a lil’ boy.” The sole feature on the album comes courtesy of rappers NoCap and Quando Rondo, on “Outta Here Safe”. The trio remind listeners of their ruthless
nature that can’t be changed with their newfound luxury lifestyle. This attitude is the sharper edge to AI Youngboy 2, with the project being a tugof-war between the nightmares of despair Youngboy was raised on and the dreams of riches and comfort he was raised for. On the vintage New Orleans reminiscent rack titled “In Control”, Youngboy comes with the fury and gunfire-like flow that gathered his following in the first place. He describes his luxuries and diverse array of guns, an energy that he tried to submerge through drugs on the track “Self Control”. The energy of AI Youngboy 2 can be compared to older generations of rappers such as Lil Wayne and Boosie Badazz, though Youngboy comes with a sensitivity that escaped these artists in their most recent days.
STOMP SHAKE from page 8 style. All 23 members stood in the middle of the food court and performed their cheer, “Hype.” Following this performance, the team was invited to the Miss Men’s Federation Pageant the same night to perform. As the founder of Code Blue, Plummer says that their goal is to be the official cheer team for the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams. Some students and former SU cheerleaders took to twitter expressing how they felt about the newly emerging team. An SU student with the twitter handle @jaitheprincess said, “Honestly the stomp and shake team is really good and entertaining, and based on the crowd, they chose a good time to start their team. Former SU cheerleader, Major McKinnis’ (@IBeMajeaur on twitter), opinion lies on the opposite side of the spectrum, as he released a string of negative tweets about the team following their debut. Some of the tweets read, “Don’t bring that stomp and shake “bs” to Southern … we do REAL skilled cheerleading down here,” and “Sweetie didn’t make weight requirements … Get your skills together.” Members of the Stomp and Shake cheer team, Code Blue, chose not to respond. Clinical Specialist in the College of Education and Advisor to Code Blue, Natalie Chesser, failed to comment. Code Blue will be making more appearances in the near future.
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Homecoming 2019 Lineup
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Logan Williams
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Homecoming is approaching quickly here on the campus of Southern University. Alumni from all over come back to Southern and the atmosphere should make fun for an exciting time. With homecoming approaching quickly, it’s always a great time to look at the always anticipated concert. This year’s lineup is packed with talent that includes the likes of Ambjaay, Sherwood Marty, Eric Bellinger, Dee Mic, and Keith Jacobs. The main acts this year includes Young Dolph, Ari Lennox, Young Nudy, and Lil Baby. With more artists than last year’s homecoming concert, it should be a great night. The first artist of the main acts is Young Dolph. The Memphis rapper has been rapping since 2008 and has been one of
the best rappers out of Memphis which includes rappers such as Moneybagg Yo, Yo Gotti, and Key Glock. With projects such as 16 Zips, Bulletproof, and Thinking Out Loud, Dolph has rounded up a great career for a rapper in the last 5 years. Another artist for the 2019 homecoming concert is Ari Lennox. Ari Lennox is one of the up and coming stars in the music industry. Originally from Washington DC, Ari Lennox is an R&B artist with a smooth voice and a creative soul. In 2015, Ari Lennox became the first female to sign to J.Cole’s record label Dreamville Records. Earlier this year, Lennox released her first studio album called Shea Butter Baby featuring songs such as ‘BMO’ and ‘Broke’ featuring JID. Ari Lennox’s stardom is rising and she is a great artist to have at this year’s concert.
Bullying Awareness Month Rocelyn Hamilton
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Every October is Bullying Awareness Month, which serves to educate individuals and bring awareness to bullying. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, bullying is defined as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.” Everyone has experienced some kind of connection to an act of bullying, whether they were the victim, the friend or relative of the victim, or even the bully itself. When one thinks of bullying, they may typically associate it with being something that mostly takes during our
primary and secondary education years. While I hate to state the obvious, bullying is not limited to age and what stage of life you are in. And bullying in college is very real. You would think that the issue of bullying would decrease after high school or an issue the children would outgrow, but again, it is not. However, bullying on a college campus can be hard to address. One reason is that professors tend to not be as concerned because of the fact that we are in college, so they are less likely to try and mediate interpersonal disputes. A lot of students who come to college are on their own for the first time, no longer having their main support system of their family or their regular group of friends. When bullying is added to all the other stresses that we as
Free Thoughts Keenon Glover
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Open mindedness is a value that is essential in the society we currently live in, particularly due to the presence of an increasingly diverse society. We are constantly exposed to new information, and how we interpret this information determines how we will interact with the world. When free thought is met with wisdom, it creates a better space and new schools of thought. When wisdom is absent, you get a movement of idiots disguising their impulsivity as intelligence. In the case of Kanye West, this is startlingly clear. Within the past two years, West’s name has become synonymous with this obliviousness, with making statements ranging from accusing Jay-Z of planning to assassinate
him, admitting to not reading books to verify information, claiming that the victims of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade potentially allowed themselves to be enslaved and - most notably becoming a notorious supporter of Donald Trump. In fact , Kanye West has become the face of this “anti-group think” movement, turning himself into a politicalpop figure. However, what West has seemingly disregarded in his anti-group thinking movement is potentially the most important aspect: thinking. Kanye West has become the face of those who disagree with everything that anyone else says simply to make themselves seem enlightened. He is a rebel without a cause, and challenging him is treated as though it is a capital crime. For a movement based in rejecting group thinking
The third artist that we have for this concert is rapper Young Nudy. Young Nudy is from the current hip hop capital of the word (Atlanta, Georgia) and is the cousin of well known Atlanta based rapper 21 Savage. For the past 3 years, Young Nudy has become one of the emerging names in rap today. His projects includes Slimeball, Slimeball II, Nudyland, Slimeball III, and his latest project Sli’merre. Young Nudy was also featured on the song ‘Down Bad’ which is on the Dreamville album that came out this summer. As an artist that is getting more noteritey for his music around the country he is going to be a great performer for the concert this year. The last artist headlining the concert this year is Atlanta based artist Lil Baby. In the last 2 years, no other rapper has emerged to stardom on the mainstream platform
college students go through, like trying to balance classes, figuring out your financial situation, it can really take a toll on your mental, emotional, and physical health. It can really make a college student feel isolated, angry, helpless and frustrated; they may start to skip class or social events to avoid opening up the opportunity for them to be bullied. Bullying can eventually lead to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and in more severe cases, self-harm and suicide. Cyberbullying is very prevalent among college students, especially because everything revolves around social media now. We look to Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. to see what’s popping, what’s going on elsewhere, who is doing what, whatever. Of course, everyone is entitled to their own
mentality, that’s exactly what he has created. Yes, West is entitled to his own thoughts and opinions. No, these are not automatically valid just because they are coming from him. His lack of reliability has shown itself on numerous occasions, in fact. He claimed that slaves should have fought back during slavery, and he was convinced they didn’t. Considering he openly rejects reading books, it’s not surprising that he would be unaware of the several hundreds of slave revolts in the United States alone. You can also analyze his proposing of the Black Hebrew Israelite ideology, something he encouraged on Twitter. It’s interesting to hear this ideology being supported by a man who is married to a Caucasian woman, considering marrying outside of the Black race is considered a sin in this
as much as Lil Baby. Lil Baby is apart of Quality Control, which has a roster of artist that includes the City Girls and the Migos and has become a rising record label in the music industry. Lil Baby’s excellence has been due to his projects such as Harder than Hard, Harder than Ever, and Street Gossip. Southern has always had great headliners and Lil Baby is one of the best out at this time. This homecoming lineup has artists for everyone. We have more artists for this concert than ever before which should make for a great event. This year’s lineup has everything from rap to R&B to the throwbacks which should make this homecoming hard to forget.
opinion, but sometimes those opinions are better left unsaid. Words, regardless of whether they are verbal or a text, they can truly hurt. And you don’t know if your words are going to be someone’s breaking point. Oh and humiliating someone, exposing them, or threatening to leak something private, is not okay at all either. If you are a bully, stop. Stop projecting your insecurities onto someone else to make them feel like they are less than when they are more than enough. What do you gain from that? Let me know. If you have been bullied or know someone that has been bullied, know that it is not and never will be your fault. You did nothing wrong, and there is no need to change yourself for anyone or anything. If you
ideology. The way Kanye West contradicts himself is hilarious, but the effects are far from it. While parading Donald Trump as the best president he’s seen yet, West refused to analyze any of Trump’s policies, using manipulation to guilt trip his supporters into not questioning him. So, when taking into consideration how manipulative and impulsive Kanye West has been, why do people trust him? The answer to that is beyond me. Maybe good musical production is more important to these supporters than the fact that he gives a platform to White supremacists. All that I can say, however, is this: just because you call yourself a free thinker doesn’t make you free. It also doesn’t make you a thinker.
have someone you can feel comfortable enough to confide in, whether it is a friend, a family member, teacher, etc. please say something, because people will listen and will help you. If you have lost someone due to bullying, please know that I am sorry for your loss and my heart and my prayers are with you and your family. And please just be nice, it’s really not that bad. Treat people the way you would want to be treated. Not because you may accidentally get the right person on the right day, but because there is no point in making others feel small, isolated, and like they are less than when we don’t want to feel that way ourselves.
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