The Lion's Roar 10/25/2016

OCTOBER 25, 2016 VOLUME 88, ISSUE 10

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Roomie’s Road Trip ends in victory BY JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

The climax of Homecoming ended with the third straight victory for the Lions football team as they beat the Houston Baptist Huskies 37-3. The Lions had their season high, 563 yards on offense and the defense forced three fumbles, but recovered only two. The defense also had one interception. This win improves the Lions overall record to 4-3 and 4-1 in the Southland Conference. “It was a big win at Homecoming,” said Head Coach Ron Roberts. “The fans, the school, the alumni and the former athletes getting a chance to come here and celebrate a win is always great. I’m proud of our Jonathan Rhodes / The Lion’s Roar guys. Houston Baptist is a good The Lions have continued to be undefeated in Strawberry Stadium by defeating Houston Baptist in the Homecoming Game 37-3 with quarterback D’Shaie Landor football team. I was pleased in for an injured Justin Alo. The rushing attack was at its best, finishing the game with a season high 334 yards adding to their season high total of 563 offensive with the offense racking up 500 yards.

yards and it was the best night of protecting the football. Landor stepped in and had a great night throwing the football.” Senior quarterback Justin Alo was out due to an injury sustained in the previous game at Stephen F. Austin. Senior quarterback D’Shaie Landor threw for 229 yards and had two touchdowns in his first start since the first game of the season. “It was huge,” said Roberts. “It is a luxury to have two guys ready to go. We have faith in D’Shaie and he showed up and played well. I don’t think the offense missed a beat. He threw the ball well.” The defense held the Huskies to only three points for the game and caused three total turnovers in the game. Junior defensive backs Max Lyons and Javon Tillman both led the team with see HOMECOMING GAME pg. 8

Hinson and Bankston crowned Homecoming royalty BY MAKAYLA ABNEY Staff Reporter

The anticipation of the announcement of Homecoming King and Queen finally came to an end during halftime at the Homecoming Game. On Oct. 22, Justin Bankston and Maggie Hinson were crowned Homecoming royalty. The nominees for the 2016 Sweetheart Court were Taylor Drude, Maria Goddard, Cierra Heckmann, Maya Gauthier, Hinson, Haley Loyacano and Chelsea Loupe. The nominees for the 2016 Beau Court were Neil Bourgeois, Nicholas Wylie, Seth Leto, Duncan Martin, Bankston, Justin Archote and Austin Rogers. The crowd watched each couple lineup on the field as they anticipated the winners being announced. The first to be announced was Homecoming King, Bankston, a computer science major and the Kappa Alpha Order President. He describes this crowning as an

unexpected turn to his night. “There’s really no way to explain this,” said Bankston. “It’s a great honor, but I was not expecting this at all. It means a lot that there is enough people out there at Southeastern that think I am a great representative.” As the crowd roared for the King, announced next was Homecoming Queen, Hinson who is a kinesiology major and Alpha Omicron Pi member. In this emotional moment, Hinson was filled with excitement as she was crowned the 2016 Queen. “I was not expecting that and I don’t know what to do now,” said Hinson. As Hinson described her involvement in the university, it was evident that she spends most of her time being involved with the National Society of Leadership and Success and also is focused on her studies as shown by her President’s and Dean’s List status. Hinson explains that it is an unexpected honor to represent her university that she

loves. “I am so blessed to be able to represent Southeastern with this honor,” said Hinson. Bankston is also involved with many organizations including Order of Omega, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Upsilon Pi Epsilon and is the Beau of Alpha Omicron Pi. “I try and keep my hands in a little bit of everything that is going on here. It is such a great campus and there are so many things to be involved in,” said Bankston. Being involved with the university is an important aspect of being on the Homecoming Court. Hinson shared that she did not expect to get as far as she did for the nomination process. “In Alpha Omicron Pi we have a process where we run and then I got on,” said Hinson. “I was not expecting to walk on this field, but I did. It was such a great experience to be a part of.” Makayla Abney / The Lion’s Roar The Homecoming game ended with a Maggie Hinson and Justin Bankston were crowned Southeastern’s 2016 victory over Houston Baptist completing Homecoming Queen and King on the field during halftime. President John L. 2016 Homecoming Week. Crain and Mayson Foster posed with the winners after the announcement.

Alumni Association lionizes various honorees BY REGINA PERGOLA Staff Reporter

Several alumni were honored at the Alumni Association’s Awards Evening. The ceremony was held on Friday, Oct. 21 in the Student Union Ballroom and presented the alumni with awards during the banquet held in their honor. The Alumnus of the Year was Billy Kennedy, former basketball head coach and 1986 graduate. For the first time, two alumni were named Young Alumni of the Year. The two, Zac and Cari Caramonta, are married

with a daughter and are owners of Gnarly Barley Brewing Co. The attending crowd included members of the Alumni Association, the Homecoming Court and various alumni, including the award winners. Wendy Lauderdale, Vice President of University Advancement, presented the scholarship recipients with their respective awards. President John L. Crain presented the Loyal Lion Award to Mayson Foster. Robby Turner was presented the Friendship Award and was given special recognition by

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President John L. Crain, Julie Perise, left, and Alumni Association President Mayson Foster, right, presented Cari and Zac Caramonta as well as Billy Kennedy, former men’s basketball coach, with their respective awards on Friday, Oct. 21.

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his presenter, Daryl Ferrara, former president of the Alumni Association, for helping with the recent flood victims. Andre Coudrain presented the Distinguished Alumni Awards. Rob Dugas, Chief Purchasing officer of Chick-Fil-A, was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The College of Nursing and Health Sciences award went to Dr. Barbara Hebert. The Distinguished Alumni Award for the College of Business was given to Gino Marino, owner of local familyowned Italian restaurant, Gino’s. Louisiana representative of District 71, J. Rogers Pope, was given the College of Education Award. Lucas Watkins, President and Principal Environmental Scientist at ELOS Environmental, was given the College of Science and Technology’s Distinguished Alumni Award. The L.E. Chandler Award was presented by Josie Mercante, former Alumni Association president, and was given to Dr. Amber Narro. Julie Perise, Interim Director of Alumni Association presented Pat Walsh with the Director’s Diamond Award and jewelry storeowner

George Ibert with the Kathy L. Pittman Distinguished Service Award, which is named after a former alumni director. Towards the end of the ceremony, Alumni Association President Mayson Foster presented the Young Alumni of the Year Award to Zac and Cari Caramonta. Perise depicted how the Alumni Association recognized the various award winners. “We’re so honored to have them back on Southeastern’s campus,” said Perise. “These people have done so much, and to have them to come back and be honored is just really a great feeling for us.” The last recipient was the Alumnus of the Year, Kennedy who is currently Texas A&M’s men’s basketball head coach. Kennedy acknowledged the award he received with wonder and nostalgia. “When you think of Alumnus of the Year, you think of when you were here at college,” said Kennedy. “It was cool to be recognized.” After Foster presented his award, Kennedy gave a speech. He entertained the audience with comedic and reminiscent stories see ALUMNI pg. 6

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Annual Gumbo Ya Ya continues Homecoming festivities BY JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

Students and faculty gathered together at the Student Union War Memorial Park for 2016 Gumbo Ya Ya to eat gumbo and have fun. The event had all of the previous attractions that are expected each year, but also some new additions were brought to Gumbo Ya Ya this year. “I think it was a success,” said Campus Activities Board Events and Operations Manager Julie Entremont. “Especially since we spiced things up this year. We had stuff-a-lion, personalized license plates, rides, cupcakes and of course, like always, gumbo. Gumbo Ya Ya is one of our traditional events. It happens every year on Wednesday during Homecoming Week.” The stuff-a-lion is new to Gumbo Ya Ya. It was first introduced by CAB at Strawberry Jubilee earlier this year. “Due to the great turnout we had at Strawberry Jubilee, I wanted to do the activity again,” said Entremont. “I don’t know what it is about stuffing your own mascot, but students love it. The turnout for stuff-a-lion was once again more than we imagined.” Freshman students were able to go to their first Gumbo Ya Ya and get to taste the university’s gumbo. “It’s been good,” said Raeleigh Joshlin, a freshman communication major. “I don’t really eat other people’s gumbo. I’m picky, but I like their gumbo.” Upperclassmen see the event as a chance to break away from homework and studying for midterms to have a chance to relax. “It’s just a way for everyone to get together and have a meal together, and it’s free,” said Zach Cuny, a graduate student in sociology. “I plan on doing that thing where you make your own see GUMBO YA YA pg. 5

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‘The Big Apple’ wins float competition BY AMBER GRACE GARRARD Staff Reporter

of the car pulling them while others were the size of a school bus. The winner of the contest this year, and one of two groups entered in the parade that were not a Greek organization, was the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. “We’re just trying to spread the name of BCM and hopefully make an impact on the students,” said Hikita Foster, a junior psychology major who helped organize the construction of the BCM’s float. With this year’s Homecoming theme being Roomie’s Road Trip, each group that entered the contest

chose a place that Roomie might go as the theme of their float. Floats in the parade were based on Kentucky, Chicago, Orlando, Las Vegas and more. The winning float was based on New York, ‘The Big Apple.’ Along with a student dressed as a lion in a Lady Liberty costume, the BCM used New York’s nickname quite literally on their float by making an apple bigger than a person to be the centerpiece. “We first started off with chicken wire and trying to get the shape right was difficult, but we started to paper mache it, then we got the idea to do the napkins,” said Foster. “We

cut the napkins in squares and stuffed it.” Decorating a float can be difficult and proved to be a challenge that the BCM rose to. “It’s stressful, but it also builds character between us,” said Foster. “You have to be vulnerable and you have to let them know if you’re frustrated, but it was fun doing it. It builds team spirit and team bonding.” The main goal in BCM entering the Float Competition was to spread their message through love. “We are all about spreading the gospel, so just loving on people is a big part of sharing the gospel,” said Foster.

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Parades are a sign of celebration in Louisiana and the Homecoming Game was something that alumni, current students, friends and family of the university came out to celebrate. The Homecoming Parade held on Saturday, Oct. 22 included the Homecoming Court, President John L. Crain, various close friends of the school and the organizations around campus that signed up to enter into the float contest. Some of the floats that had been entered were the size

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On campus organizations came together to submit floats to the annual Homecoming Parade. Also part of the parade was the Spirit of the Southland marching band, top right, President John L. Crain, left, Roomie, above, and the Homecoming Court, left middle. Students, alumni and families were excited to receive beads and candy while attending the parade. The winner of the Homecoming Float Competition was the Baptist Collegiate Ministry with a float based off of New York, ‘The Big Apple’. The float’s main feature was an apple bigger than a person made out of chicken wire and napkins. Other floats that entered were based on places that Roomie may go on a road trip like the Las Vegas float.

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Participants of 5K paint run get messy BY LONDON TAYLOR Staff Reporter

The 5K Paint Run is an annual event hosted by Student Engagement. The 5K Paint Run was held at North Oak Park on Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. This year, liquid paint was used for the race. “We’ve been doing the paint run for three years,” said Dr. Pam Rault, Director of the Office for Student Engagement. “The first year was with powder paint, the second year was with glow paint, this year is liquid paint.” Teams were required to wear white shirts. Participants were blasted with paint as they ran towards the paint stations. This year, Cajun Timing came to help with timing all of the runners. “There were chips in the race bibs, so we could track the runners’ time,” said Rault. Rault mentioned that last year’s 5K Paint Run had a lot of risk management issues with the glow run taking place in the dark. “It’s less risk and liability since it’s taking place during the day,” said Rault. Hours before the race, she gave her thoughts about how she felt it would turn out. “It’s going to turn out well,” said Rault. “Students look forward to it.” First place winner, Derrick McGalliard, thought it would be exciting to run his first 5K event. “I wanted to be involved in the Homecoming festivities some kind of way,” said McGalliard, a

senior occupational safety health and environment major. McGalliard shared that he did not expect to win first place and also shared that there was no preparation whatsoever for the race. “Honestly, I didn’t even expect to come in the top 10, maybe top 25,” said McGalliard. “First place was a real shocker. I had just found out about the 5K run two days prior to the event. I had decided on the day of the 5K event that I was gonna participate.” McGalliard reflected on what his thoughts were during the race. “Why did I stop running and choose to only lift weights and eat, they were thoughts of regret,” said McGalliard. The reason McGalliard participated in the race was because he had not previously challenged himself as far as running goes. “I figured this 5K event would show me if I still had the ability to run as well as I could a few years ago,” said McGalliard. McGalliard expressed the challenge of running the event. “The race itself was difficult giving the fact that I didn’t plan on really trying to place high,” said McGalliard. “When I decided that I wanted my pace to be the pace of the person in front of me, keeping up with him required my all. So, I kinda had to psych myself into believing if I stopped or slowed my pace, I would regret not giving it my all so, I would say the race was pretty challenging.”

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One of the activities during Homecoming Week was the 5K Paint Run. Students competed against one another while having liquid paint thrown on them this year. For the last two years, a different type of paint has been thrown on the runners. As students ran, water was provided to keep them hydrated.

Dr. Penny Thomas’ senior nursing capstone group would like to present “Lion Up Against Sexual Misconduct!!” Did you know that something new this semester was the addition of the sexual misconduct policy to each and every syllabus issued at SELU? Why, you may ask? Well, come out and see us in the Student Union on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and we will tell you some much needed information about what sexual misconduct is, who to report it to and where to go for help. Stop by our booth for a little presentation, a chance to speak with a SAFE representative and a couple of free goodies. We look forward to seeing you there.

Delta Omicron gives back to the community one can at a time BY IMARI SIMMONS Staff Reporter

Delta Omicron is preparing for the ‘season of giving’ with their benefit concert. “Delta Omicron is a professional music fraternity,” said Morgan Curole, a senior music major and Music Director of Delta Omicron. “It creates an environment to prepare you for future career prospects whether it’s in music or in other businesses, education, any kind of professional success. We prepare our members for the future in all aspects.” Delta Omicron uses each member’s individual talents to help give back to the community. “Delta Omicron is an international music fraternity and we basically focus on helping our community through musical means,” said Cody Sires, a senior music major and president of Delta Omicron. “We’re trying to unite the world through music.” Delta Omicron typically puts on a musicale every semester. “This year our musicale is titled ‘An Enchanted Evening,’” said Curole. “We want to have a classy, sophisticated evening of classical, musical theatre, all types of music, languages, styles and this is the ability for people to show off their individual styles and techniques because all of their voices are so different and that’s what we want to celebrate.” This year, Delta Omicron is turning their musical into a benefit concert to help support those who were affected by the flood. “We turned it into a benefit concert due to all the recent events, students having financial issues due to the flood,” said Curole. “Some people are still struggling and we wanna make our contribution and so this benefit concert at the beginning of November is going to start off our full month fundraiser of canned goods and donations for people who are still struggling from the flood.” To purchase a ticket, students can give a monetary donation of any amount or donate a canned good. “What we’re really asking for is canned goods, that way we can donate them to a church in Denham Springs or in a Baton Rouge area that was affected by the flooding earlier this semester that caused a lot of people to just lose everything,” said Sires. The concert will be on Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. in Pottle Auditorium. “Our members are going to be performing music from their repertoire,” said Sires. “Music that they’re currently working on in order to one, give them an experience performing in front of people before we have our end of the semester juries where we’re judged by our faculty as well as just to give everybody a little taste of what we’re working on cause not everybody gets to see what we do.”

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The library should be a quiet place, not a place to loiter Tiffany Nesbit Staff Reporter

Libraries are a wonderful source of information and home to many tools to enhance one’s education or to learn about a new topic. From books to computer sources, the library is a great place to learn. We all know that libraries are not only a place for helpful resources, but should also be a place of quiet, so visitors can have a good place to read and study. For most students on campus, the library is their main location to study. In fact, most of my peers on campus use the library on a daily basis. I am also one of the many who takes advantage of this useful location. Although I am one of the many who uses the library on a daily basis, I am sad to say that it is hard for me to concentrate while working there. The main reason for this is due to the noise volume, inside and outside the library. I understand

that there are a lot of students on campus, so no matter what, some noise level is still going to be there. However, I also have noticed that some students there are not using it as a quiet place. Instead, I have noticed many students use it as a place to loiter. Although I am typically not opposed to loitering in some public places such as a sidewalk in front of a grocery store, or a park, I do feel a library should not be a place where people hangout and be obnoxious. It should be kept as a respected quiet place, so people who do not have their own resources at home can still have a chance to have those resources along with a quiet place to study. For example, many times I have sat by one of the computers to print out papers and do some quick research for a school project when all of a sudden, the person next to me pulls out their phone and has a casual 20 minute conversation with someone. Excuse me miss, but no one wants to hear about your romantic drama while they’re trying to do research on Picasso. Another

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example is the students who hangout in large crowds by the café. Yes, your voices do carry throughout the entire first

floor. Lastly, it is the same loud group of people who hangout right outside the library doors everyday. I’m sorry, but that

is what the union is for. Of course I am probably being a bit picky, or maybe even rude to call people out, but the

majority of us did grow up in elementary school with our teacher telling us to be quiet in a library.

Homecoming should not be during midterms

What Homecoming Schedule school relaxation when less studying is needed event do you most look forward to? Imari Simmons Staff Reporter

I look forward to the game because, unlike normal football games, it is more festive and there is also more school pride. Samantha Allen Senior, Nursing

I look forward to the game because you get to hang out with friends and have fun and let loose. Chris Gonzales Freshman, Nursing

I’m not looking forward to anything because I am really busy, and I am also a commuter. Kane Sutton Freshman, General Studies

All the events that lead up to Homecoming.

I’ve never been deemed a sporty girl. I’ve always been academically and musically inclined. My high school didn’t have a football team, so I never got the chance to participate in the excitement of Homecoming Games and all that jazz. Since college runs on a semester schedule, we have midterms in the middle of the semester rather than in December, like in high school. But what I love about college is that midterms happen the exact same week Homecoming is. It’s really great. Really great. I just love when I’m in the middle of a very excruciatingly hard sociology exam, and then out of nowhere screams the loud voice from whatever that new popular rap song is, right outside my classroom window. I forget his name, but that’s okay because I’m also slowly forgetting all the information I studied for this test. Instead my mind is now overflowing with lyrics from a song I don’t even know by an artist

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I look most forward to the game because I am going to turn up. Maya Reyes Sophomore, Chemistry

I look forward to kick off because people are going to be hype, and I also enjoy the atmosphere. Cliffton Evans Freshman, Music

I look forward to the bonfire.

Do you know what day it is today? Other than it being Tuesday, Oct. 25, calendars on the Internet list several “holidays” to be celebrated. “International Artists Day,” “World Pasta Day,” “Sourest Day” and “Punk For A Day Day,” are only some of them. The bottom line is the United States lists, celebrates, acknowledges and promotes way too many “holidays.” Having a “day” everyday makes national holidays, and the people and things that I prefer to celebrate, seem insignificant. I almost feel bad for the rant that I’m about to go on about “holidays” like this, but this is the opinions section. Some

people might have put their blood, sweat and tears into creating days that I do not see the importance of like “Global Handwashing Day.” I try my hardest to be an upbeat and positive person, but seeing that someone created this made me angry. Don’t get me wrong, the idea behind it is good. The campaign was created in order to prevent diseases through washing your hands with soap. Just as a personal preference, I think that people should wash their hands every day, several times a day. The other holiday that I noticed recently on social media was “National Boyfriend Day” on Oct. 3. I think people should celebrate their love and relationships, but this should be done on a daily basis, not just for one day. This is coming from the girl whose birthday is on Valentine’s Day and who still believes in love. Come on, should you really celebrate your boyfriend

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for one day? If your relationship consists of posting ‘I love you’s’ on social media to gauge the interests of others and not daily appreciation, then there is work that needs to be done. I’m not saying that everyone shouldn’t celebrate the holidays that they deem important. Who am I to tell you what should be important to you? I ask you to truly consider what is important to you. Should there really be a “Wear Brown Shoes Day” or a “Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day?” Think about the things and the people you are thankful for and show appreciation often. Don’t even get caught up on monetary gifts that we often exchange for birthdays or Christmas. Every day is a new journey that you get to take, so don’t get caught up on labeling days of importance.

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still have degrees we’re trying to work towards. We still have jobs we are striving to get. We still have goals that we are trying to reach, and I know that Homecoming Week may seem like a very minute obstacle when it comes to the bigger picture, but that’s just it. We have to treat those smaller things like it is messing up our bigger picture. That one bad grade on your midterm will affect you negatively in some way, shape or form. I’m not saying that we should not have Homecoming Week at all. That’s definitely not what I’m saying. I do believe Homecoming Week is a great tradition that gives a chance to relax and have fun leading up to the big game. But how can we relax and have fun when we’re studying all day, every day and taking tests all day, every day of Homecoming Week. I’m just suggesting that Homecoming be moved back a week. That way we can all stress and cry and scream and shout together during midterm week, but afterwards we can reward ourselves with fun activities and games and free gumbo and campfires and little stuffed Roomies.

Enjoy each and every day to the fullest no matter what

Gabrielle Gaspard Freshman, Art

Amanda Dietrich Senior, Nursing

I keep forgetting. I also really love it when I’m trying to get over to McClimans Hall to take my psychology exam, and there’s a ginormous amount of students in the Student Union War Memorial Park trying to get free gumbo, free shirts and ride on that beautiful mechanical bull. People are giving me dirty looks as I push my way through because they think I’m trying to skip the line, but no, I’m just trying to get to my psychology exam. All this food smells so great and look, there’s cake. Yes, I love when that happens. If you haven’t realized by now, I was being painfully sarcastic. Painfully because everyone loves Homecoming Week and it sucks that we have midterms also. Sarcastic because, well, it’s the truth. I do not appreciate the loud events happening right outside the library when I’m trying to study, or my dorm room when I’m trying to sleep or my classroom when I’m trying to take a test. I understand that Homecoming is a tradition and it’s a time for you to express your school spirit and pride and get lots and lots of free food and shirts and stuffed animals, but my grades are way more important than that. After Homecoming Week ends, we

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Roomie Roars into Windy City BY BRESHON FOSTER Staff Reporter

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Students were rained out on Cook Field waiting for the Lip Sync competition to take place. The Student Government Association postponed their annual Lip Sync due to inclement weather. The competition was supposed to take place right after the bonfire, but ended up getting pushed back two hours. The competition took place in the Student Union Breezeway on Oct. 20 at 10 p.m. The Lip Sync competition is a way for students and organizations to come together and show their school pride through a night of multiple events. The competition challenged organizations to come up with a routine based on the Homecoming theme, Roomie’s Road Trip. Each organization had a different theme and a different way of approaching the challenge. Due to this past year’s weather,

SGA monitored the weather carefully. “We always monitor the weather, and hopefully we can move the competition inside if it starts to rain, safety is our main concern,” said Erin Fernandez, SGA President. Upon waiting on the competition to start, there was a change in the weather. It went from clear skies to cold and rainy with flashes of lightning. Students gathered in the Pennington Center for the announcement of whether the competition would be canceled or not. “The weather is an inconvenience, but nothing is going to rain on our parade,” said Rachael Johnson, a junior biology major. SGA and the Office for Student Engagement decided that the show must go on. “Office for Student Engagement and SGA had to come together, we thought really

quickly, we brainstormed and then decided to have it at the S,” said Fernandez. Some of the students were satisfied with this decision of just postponing the event instead of rescheduling for a later date. “Compared to Greek Week last semester, I’m glad that Southeastern decided to look in the student’s best interest,” said Kappa Sigma President Alec Jones. “It’s nice to see each organization come together even if the event was postponed two hours later.” Unlike Jones, others hoped that it would have been postponed to a later date for technical purposes, or moved to a bigger spot than the Student Union Breezeway. “I think they could have found a bigger place,” said Jordan Hartman, a junior general studies major. “I also think they should have waited another night for seating purposes.” Despite the weather and the

change of location, there was a great number of people in the crowd. The audience enjoyed the performance and anticipate those to come. “Students are already looking forward to next year’s competition,” said sophomore Richard Davis Jr., a middle school education major. “I think everyone was high spirited. I had a lot of fun. Looking forward to next year’s competition.” At the end of the night, the winners were announced. Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta took the first place win with the Chicago stop on Roomie’s Road Trip. “A lot of hard work went into it,” said Landon Brown, a senior and member of Delta Tau Delta. “We started three weeks before and we want to give a lot of credit to the Alpha Omicron Pi girls. The location change did not affect our team, but a lot of people liked this location better.”

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Sigma Sigma Sigma , Theta Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha, top left, joined together to perform at the Lip Sync Competition for their Las Vegas stop. The Las Vegas stop team placed second in the competition. Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Tau Gamma, above left, took third in the competition with the New Orleans stop. Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta, above right, walked away with Lip Sync Competition win and also were the overall winners of Homecoming Week with the Chicago stop for Roomie’s Road Trip.

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Couple has Homecoming happily ever after BY NATE CALLAWAY Staff Reporter

A lot happens at the Homecoming Game each year. People meet and memories are made, but for university alumni Hayes Walker and Megan Bonck, it was the beginning of the rest of their lives. At the 2015 Homecoming tailgate, Walker proposed to his then girlfriend Bonck, with a ring he designed himself. According to Walker, he planned the whole thing to every detail, from ensuring that she invited the families to avoid suspicion, to contacting “The Lions Roar” to cover the event. Since then, they have been planning their Dec. 17 wedding, which will be held in the Union Ballroom in continuation of the university’s involvement. The university is something that means a lot to them, so they wanted it to be there from the beginning to the end. “Southeastern is where we met,” said Walker. “We met in a history class, then I asked her out here, then I proposed here, so it’s only fitting to keep Southeastern involved all the way through.” At the time Walker was a marine, but now works Nate Callaway / The Lion’s Roar as a drafter at Audubon Institute and has a degree Hayes Walker and Megan Bonck enjoy the Homecoming Tailgating together after being engaged at the tailgate last in industrial design. Bonck has a degree in educayear. Walker and Bonck returned to their Alma Mater to enjoy the festivities in anticipation for their December wedding. tion and works as a teacher at Slidell Jr. High. A year after their engagement, they returned

to the Homecoming Tailgating at section 19, the same spot that he proposed. They have many memories at the university. One of them is a brick in Friendship Circle that says “Megan M. Bonck Will you marry me? Your Marine.” This is something that they both think is very important to their relationship and history. They hope that later generations of their family will see the importance too. “Our children, grandchildren, even greatgrandchildren, if they come to Southeastern, will be able to see the brick that says ‘Megan M. Bonck Will you marry me? Your Marine.’ They can find the paper with the article as well,” said Bonck, last year after Walker proposed. They continued to return to how important the university is to them. “I mean, it’s where it all started,” said Bonck. “It’s something that really means a lot and we want it to be involved all the way till the end.” Walker and Bonck now live in Slidell, where they mentioned they were going to continue to live even after their wedding. Looking back on the beginning can be important, but to the couple, looking forward is really what it is all about. “I’m just so excited,” said Bonck. “I’m really looking forward to seeing what life has in store for us.”

Local businesses get involved with Homecoming AAAC hosts scholarship social to raise funds BY IMARI SIMMONS Staff Reporter

Sororities, fraternities and clubs competed in the Downtown Decorating event as part of Homecoming Week. Groups chose a company that was willing to volunteer a window of their business, and they spent one week decorating the window. Downtown Decorating took place from Oct. 12 through Oct. 14. On Monday, Oct. 17 a winner was chosen for the Downtown Decorating competition. All the windows that were painted were congruent with this year’s Homecoming theme, Roomie’s Road Trip. Each window that was painted was a stop in a different state on Roomie’s Road Trip.. The businesses that offered their windows in spirit of Homecoming Week ranged from technology shops to bars to clothing stores. “We’re from Hammond,” said Susan Thornhill of Nova Technology. “We’re a small business here in the city and we wanna support the university as much as we can.” Their window was modeled after Louisville, Kentucky with Roomie in a car on his road trip. Many of the businesses contributed their windows because they wanted to get into the spirit of Homecoming as well. Blackened Brew entered the window competition having painted its own window without the help of a sorority, fraternity or club. “We entered into the Hammond Chamber little window competition of all of Downtown Hammond, and I had a friend of mine paint it

for us,” said owner Anthony Donze. Blackened Brew’s window was modeled after Philadelphia with a map of all the places Roomie was headed to on his road trip. This is also the Blackened Brew’s first year opening. “Since February 5th, we just wanted to get into the spirit,” said Donze. “This is our first Homecoming here with the city, so why not. We don’t want to be the Grinch.” Other window designs included Orlando, Florida with a Disney theme, Austin, Texas, where Roomie kidnaps McNeese’s mascot and San Francisco, where Roomie shows off the San Francisco Bridge.

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The winner for the best decoration of the downtown businesses’ windows were announced at the Homecoming Game. Decorations were done by campus organizations.

SGA gives T-shirts to Roomie voters at Homecoming Kickoff BY

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NIKISUN SHRESTHA

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The African American Alumni Chapter organized a get-together, The PerPHect Soiree, at the Pennington Student Activity Center last Homecoming weekend. The AAAC provided an opportunity for the university’s African American alumni to meet and greet each other and enjoy their weekend. On Friday, Oct. 21, the funds collected from the mixer are then used to provide scholarships to deserving students. “We put on this mixer every year to definitely reconnect our alumni, to get everyone engaged and also the money collected here all goes to our scholarship,” said Marjorie Parker, former President of the AAAC. “We’re one of the only chapters in the Alumni Association that has an endowed scholarship for a deserving student at Southeastern.” The event is held every Homecoming weekend and provides an environment where people can loosen up and have a good time. “It’s every Homecoming Friday night before the Homecoming Game,” said Parker. “We have an awesome DJ, our jazz band is Zach Garner trio. We also have food. We have a bar. We have a place for pictures, so we have a lot of good things going on with the event.” Hosting The PerPHect Soiree is an important responsibility of being the AAAC President. “One of my responsibilities is helping to work with the Homecoming committee to execute the Homecoming event that we do each year, The PerPHect Soiree,” said Victoria Grant, President of AAAC. “This is our second year using the brand of PerPHect Soiree.” The AAAC was formed to

Some students were out there to experience the Homecoming Kickoff to get a feel of what Homecoming Week had in store. Homecoming Kickoff took place earlier last “Our organization participates in Homecomweek to mark the beginning of a monumental and ing Week,” said Josten Milan, a senior social work busy week. With the theme being a celebration of major. “We provide T-shirts during Homecoming Roomie the Lion’s Road Trip, the event featured Week.” voting for the university mascot and distribution Homecoming Kickoff began with a host of of free T-shirts. various events. Downtown Decorating was judged “We’re getting people to vote for Roomie for later that day and the results were announced at the Mascot challenge,” said Harley Arrington, the the Homecoming Football Game. Other events Student Director of Homecoming 2016. “We are like 5K Paint Run, Gumbo Ya Ya, Minute to Win also giving them a free T-shirt.” It, Bonfire Competition and Lip Sync Battle was On Monday, Oct. 17, members of the Student to follow the kickoff at various days of the week. Government Association installed a stall in the Homecoming Week ended with the HomecomStudent Union Breezeway and students assembled ing Game against Houston Baptist University at to get pictures with Roomie, vote for him for the Strawberry Stadium. At halftime, the Homecom- GUMBO YA YA Mascot challenge and get shirts. Students were ing Court presented the crowned King and Queen. continued from pg. 1 pretty happy to vote for Roomie. Homecoming Competition winners were also pre“I felt good about it,” said Timisiha Walker, a sented throughout the game. lion. It all looks pretty nice.” freshman accounting major. “I feel like he’ll win.” During Gumbo Ya Ya, the Homecoming Court came from the Student Union Theatre to be announced to the crowd. The new King and Queen were announced during the Homecoming Game at halftime. “I just love the atmosphere and the students connecting together,” said 2015 Homecoming King Diontae Cannon. “As a student, I was focused more on gumbo, but as a Homecoming King, it makes you appreciate everything that Southeastern does for the students. I’m looking forward to see who wins King and Queen.” Unaware that she would be crowned 2016 Homecoming Nikisun Shrestha / The Lion’s Roar Queen, Maggie Hinson felt From left to right, Maddie Gallagher, a freshman art major, Zyria Guillory, a freshman art major and Aubree Weldon, a the difference in being on freshman art major, all enjoyed getting free Rommie’s Road Trip themed T-shirts during the second annual Homecoming Homecoming Court and Kickoff, an event intended to vote for Rommie in the Mascot Challenge and to usher in the week’s activities. attending Gumbo Ya Ya. NIKISUN SHRESTHA

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provide diversity to the Alumni Association. “The African American Alumni Chapter started in 2002,” said Parker. “It was to kinda give a little diversity to the Alumni Association and to give the former African American alumni a voice in the Alumni Association. So we’ve definitely grown over the past 14 years now.” Parker went on to tell the functioning of the AAAC and other activities the chapter will be organizing. “We have monthly chapter meetings every second week in the month,” said Parker. “We have an event during the fall semester, ‘Let’s Get It Started,’ and we host a panel discussion for beginning freshmen so they can be prepared for college. We also invite different departments around campus to give students materials.” The AAAC will be organizing various events in the upcoming months.

“We probably will do an ugly Christmas sweater party and that will be to network and get social,” said Parker. “We want to do an event next semester where we are spotlighting different vendors and different people in the community to promote their businesses.” The chapter will also be helping with the tailgating in the last home game of the semester. “We are actually hosting the tailgate Nov. 12, which is going to be Southeastern’s last home game,” said Grant. “We host the tailgate, we enlist volunteers from different student organizations to help with the event. We provide food during the tailgate and we have different members there to encourage people to sign up for Alumni Association and also to spread awareness of African American Alumni Chapter as well.” Students interested in joining the AAAC can email at sluaaac@ gmail.com or at victoria.grant@ selu.edu.

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From left to right, Briana Brown, Kara Craighead, Tierney McCoy and Tierstene Dandridge posed for photos to ring in the beginning of AAAC’s mixer. “It’s definitely different,” said Hinson. “Up there on the Student Union Theatre everybody looking at you, I was shaking, but down here I can mingle and be myself. As

a Homecoming Court member, I want to be the best student I can be and represent at sports, events and stuff like this. I feel like it’s really good that we can come to stuff and represent.”

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2015 Homecoming King and Queen Diontae Cannon and Si-Arah McCray along with Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Jim McHodgkins, cut a cake at Gumbo YaYa decorated with road trip designs for Homecoming.

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Audience ‘Distracted’ at the Vonnie Borden

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Senior general studies major with a concentration in theatre Misty Gros, right, plays “Mama” in “Distracted.” Payton Core, Jordin Jones, far left, played Dr. Waller, Jesse’s psychiatrist and teacher, Mrs. Holly, who first notices that he may have a learning disability. Judah Fabré, right, and Misty Gros, play Jesse’s parents and argue over the best way to help their son. left, played multiple characters including Dr. Zavala, a waitress, a soothing voice and a nurse.

BY AUSTIN CRADIC Staff Reporter

The university’s production of “Distracted,” a play about ADHD and mental illness, had a large turn out last week. “I was very surprised about how great of a turn out we had,” said Bruce Javery II, House Manager for “Distracted.” “Opening night we were filled to the brim. It was impeccable. The energy that they gave the actors with their laughter. It made me feel so great that they were very receptive and open to the play.” “Distracted” was performed Tuesday through Friday of last week with each production starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Vonnie Borden Theatre at D Vickers Hall. “Distracted” was written by Lisa Loomer and is about the parents of a nine year old kid, Jesse, diagnosed with ADHD

and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Throughout the play, the parents go on a journey to figure out the best solution for their child. It ranges from psychotherapy, to medication, homeopathy and even a holistic approach. The content of the play grabbed the attention of many audience members. “I think they took a very difficult subject matter which is ADHD and medication in general and medicating your children, medicating yourself and medicating others,” said Anthony Degioia, a senior sociology major. “They took it and made it palatable for a wider viewer audience without losing the actual gravity of the situation.” With the harsh content, the University Counseling Center made themselves present after the production each night. They

had an informational booth set up with representatives to answer any questions regarding mental health triggered by the play or to set up any appointments if needed. The cast also had access to Emily Moïse-Fontenot, a counselor from the Counseling Center, who served as an advisory role to aid the actors in the pronunciation of medications and how to properly mimic symptoms to certain disorders. Along with Fontenot’s help, the actors had a lot of their own experiences to bring to the table as well. “My character is on Prozac and a month ago my physician prescribed me Prozac,” said Angela Griffitt, a senior general studies major with a concentration in theatre who played Sherry. “It wasn’t like, ‘My character is on Prozac, let me get on Prozac.’ My physician was literally

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like, ‘Let’s try Prozac to help with the depression and stuff.’ It’s weird because I’ve never been on anti-depressants before until this show, and I didn’t mean to, it just ended up being lined up like that.” Sherry was the neighbor of Jesse and his parents and was the mother of the character Natalie as well. Sherry took the medication approach to treating her and her family’s mental illness and was a strong believer in that method. Her daughter Natalie, played by Harlan Thorpe, took that method as well, but ended up resorting to cutting. Thorpe, a freshman marketing major, said that she put a lot of personal experiences into her character as well. “I have had friends who usually have cut themselves, who have had depression,” said Thorpe. “Just seeing how

they’ve went through it just made me feel more for this character, made me understand how they’re feeling and it just hurts. All those emotions I express are true emotions coming from me, from what I visualize from them.” Along with the intensity of the character development, the production was very tech heavy as well. In addition to the lights and sound, the play featured a lot of videography work with projectors portraying environmental imagery like the television, a sprinkler or the outside of a car window. This, paired with sound, played a key role in the play because it showed how easily the cast was distracted, as well as distracting the audience during the performance. “I was up in the booth calling all the cues, and it is a little unique because along with lights

and sound, I have this video which is whole new to me and everyone else,” said Stage Manager Madison Paulus, a junior business and administration major with a minor in theatre. This was the second production that Paulus has worked on as a stage manger for the university. She praised the actors and described her process of working with them. “These actors have been so miraculously great,” said Paulus. “They came in as a lot of strangers, so I was like a little nervous in the beginning, but they have been so patient with everything we’ve had to go through, so willing to learn and into it. We haven’t had any problems.” The Vonnie Borden will next host “The Dispute” on Nov. 15 to 18 and will be directed by Anne Liese Fox.

Correction: In the Oct. 18, 2016 Volume 88, Issue 09, Dr. Randy Settoon was not part of the Ruddox Band. He was a member of the Rokbox Band and is now a part of Impaired In addition to her book “Waterlines,” Faculties.

BY TIFFANY NESBIT Staff Reporter

The Hammond community is continuously finding outlets for local artists and authors to share their work with others. Galleries, such as the Hammond Regional Arts Center, is one of the venues that provides a free space for lectures and readings to the public.

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“Waterlines” author Alison Pelegrin read from the book at HRAC, which was published with the LSU Press. The book centers around Pelegrin’s experiences with local culture and nature, written in the form of poetry. On Oct. 18 at 5 p.m., HRAC hosted an hour-long book reading and signing given by Louisiana author, poet and associate professor of the English Department Alison Pelegrin. Pelegrin read from her newest book, entitled “Waterlines: Poems.” Much of her work is very much inspired by being from Louisiana, going through the terrors of Hurricane Katrina and learning how to survive the grief. “Waterlines” consists of poems about her experience of spiritual depth in nature and in humanity. Pelegrin shared with the audience some of her poems such as “Birds of ‘Merica,” “Hot Sauce Shrine,” “Blue Balls,” “The Healing Waters of Abita Springs” and “Communion with the Rebel Flag.”

Pelegrin previously wrote several other published writings such as “Big Muddy River of Stars” and “Hurricane Party.” She also read poems from her Origami Series, “Poem Folded into a Boat” and “Offered to the Bogue Falaya.” Pelegrin mentioned that she considers some of her poems to be prayer-like and very much based on her life experience. “I consider my poems to be ‘my witness’ of events in my life,” said Pelegrin. The audience was very pleased to meet and greet with one of their favorite authors. While reading, Pelegrin was able to give her stories a living personality. “I thought the reading was super fun and that Alison is absolutely amazing,” said Aimee Barrios, an English instructor. “I loved how playfully she read the poems and interacted with the audience. It was great hearing the writings in person by the author. It brought them even more so to life. I hope to read more from Alison very soon and attend more readings. I am very excited for her and her accomplishments.” The curators of the event were happy with the turnout and wish to continue to find other great local artists and authors to share with the community. “There was a very positive response from the audience here,” said Tara Bennett, Media Coordinator of HRAC. “Because of our mission, bringing focus through all the arts, we are always open and welcoming to all of our local authors and poets to share their work and look forward to hosting more events like this. We are very happy to give Alison a place to share her hard earned accomplishments and hope to see her again with her next publishings.” Pelegrin’s upcoming book reading will be held on campus in the University Bookstore on Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. She will be reading more from her new book, answering questions that the audience may have and signing copies of her books.

ALUMNI continued from pg. 1 of his time at the university. “All of these little things were a big part of what we did here at Southeastern,” said Kennedy. “I’m here to thank so many people. I can tell you, God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called. I’ve had so many people pour into my life. I will cherish this honor well. God bless you, and go Lions.” Kennedy reflected positively on his time at the university and gave advice to the current students. “You’re gonna be prepared here for anything in the world,” said Kennedy. “All you’ve got to do Regina Pergola / The Lion’s Roar is believe it. Embrace the talents The Alumni Association hosted their Alumni Awards Evening in the Student you’ve got, and things will work Union Ballroom on Friday Oct. 21, in celebration of the honored alumni who out for you.” returned for Homecoming Week.

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Palmetto Press sells and prints T-shirts at 2nd Annual Print Jam BY AUSTIN CRADIC Staff Reporter

This past week the university’s Print Club, The Palmetto Press, hosted a T-shirt printing party called Print Jam. Print Jam was hosted this past Thursday from 5-9 p.m. in the lobby and print lab on the second floor of Clark Hall and featured a music performance from the university’s own Ameal Cameron, a senior art student with a concentration in graphic design. “This is the first time for live music and this is the first time we’ve advertised to other departments besides the art department,” said Cally Edwards, a senior art major with a concentration in printmaking. “Before, we’ve only advertised to our department and friends.” At the event, students were able to choose from various designs to print onto T-shirts for $10 or $5 if they brought their own shirt. Austin Cradic /The Lion’s Roar Sarah Amackron, a senior art major with a Faculty Advisor for The Palmetto Press and Associate Professor of printmaking concentration in graphic design, was the Ernest Milsted helps a student print a T-shirt with Sarah Amackron’s design on artist behind one of the main designs. Her it. The Palmetto Press is the university’s print club within the art department. design included a list of all the different

concentrations within the Visual Art Department. “Since I am graduating, my design is about my memories here,” said Amackron. “So there’s a profile of a head with all of these departments that represent these great memories that I’ve had. I pretty much hand drew and illustrated each concentration digitally.” The Palmetto Press started in 2007 by a group of printmaking students who wanted to raise money in order to go to various printmaking conferences around the country. “Palmetto Press has successfully raised money to go to conferences in Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, New Orleans,” said Ernest Milsted, Associate Professor of printmaking who teaches all levels of printmaking and the faculty advisor for the Palmetto Press. “We’ve recently started a collaborative conference with Nicholson State, University of Lafayette, McNeese and we have an annual undergraduate printmaking conference called, ‘This Print Thing’ we’re doing and it started here at Southeastern. It’s been at Nichols, it’s been

at UL and now this semester it’s going to be at McNeese, and now we’re raising money here to go towards our trip to McNeese.” Palmetto Press usually had their T-shirt printing party during Art Night hosted by the Visual Art Society and all other departmental organizations in the art department, but since VAS stopped hosting the event last year, Palmetto Press decided to continue the tradition of their shirt printing nights. They made their own event and labeled it Print Jam with this year being their 2nd year hosting the event. The Palmetto Press raised $310 beating the $300 that was raised last year.

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Alumni Georgia Polkey colorfully represents ‘Wine with Friends’ returns her bodily fluids in art displayed in CAG BY MORGAN LEDET Copy Editor

BY AUSTIN CRADIC Staff Reporter

Georgia Polkey, Southeastern alumni and current adjunct professor for art, gave a lecture last week on her art career and journey through grad school. The lecture was held at 12 p.m. last Thursday located in the university’s Contemporary Art Gallery as the first sequence of the Alumni Exhibition and Lecture series running from Oct. 22 to Nov. 10. “I think I want my viewer to question what it’s like to be in a body,” said Polkey. “For me, a body is both inherently beautiful because we are contained by it but also terrifying because this is what you present to the world, and people see your body before they hear you speak.” Polkey discussed bodies a lot in her pieces. As she showed slides throughout her career, she began to move more towards the abstract representation of the body through various shapes and colors that represent

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bodily functions. She said that she likes to bring in her gender and sexuality into her art. With that notion, she focuses a lot on bodily functions and how women can be “empowered through their own bodily functions.” “I feel uncomfortable by the notion that people are judging me by outward appearance of who I am and not the inward of what is sort of happening here,” said Polkey. “We all have the same organs, they are all internally the same.” Polkey graduated in 2012 with a degree in art and a concentration in painting and drawing before it was split into two separate categories. After her undergrad, she went to University of Connecticut for her Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studio Arts. While at UConn’s graduate school, she had all of her art classes in a former mental health asylum, which she felt was appropriate because it allowed her to “embrace her own insanity.” This experience was later shown in her other October 22) You’ll find fewer roadblocks turning up as you continue to move ahead with your plans. Expect some important news to come your way by midNovember. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Good news -- you finally get to the bottom of that pesky mystery you’ve been trying to solve for weeks by using some gentle persuasion to get someone to break his or her silence. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) The best time to take on that important task is now. Move forward one step at a time so you can assess your progress and, if need be, change direction. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The new opportunities you hoped to find this month are beginning to open up. Study them carefully to be sure you make the choice that’s best for you. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Turn a disappointment into a learning experience. Check out possible weaknesses in your approach and strengthen them. A loyal colleague offers good advice. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your new situation offers opportunities to help you get the skills you’ll need in order to stop swimming in circles and finally move straight toward your goals. Go for it. BORN THIS WEEK: You have a sharp, logical mind and a quick intellect. You would make an excellent mystery writer. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“Gold Dust Woman” by Georgia Polkey was made using mixed media on panel and was created in 2016. This is a part of the Alumni Exhibition and Lecture Series. art like the installation she “I felt very engaged with currently has up in CAG on this lecture because most of it campus where she expresses was all about identity, which body fluids with an array of is something I’ve always colors. questioned my entire life,” said “Yellow is one of the colors Brooke Lawson, a freshmen they put in asylums to make art major with a concentration people more happy but then in new media and animation. they realized with more study “I’ve always questioned my that it was one of those things identity as a girl because of the making them worse,” said whole thing about femininity Polkey. “I kind of like that and being a stereotypical girly history of these colors being girl. Yes I like the color pink, something that people would but I also like Nintendo and normally find beautiful, these stuff like that.” pinks, purples, greens and Polkey’s installation will yellows and were to take it into stay up in the Gallery until a different context would be Nov. 10. The gallery is open seen in a different light.” Mondays through Thursdays The audience was also very from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., engaged with the talk asking extended until 8 p.m. on many questions at the end of Wednesdays and 8 a.m. to 12 the lecture. p.m. on Fridays.

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Softball team has some fun BY NIKISUN SHRESTHA Staff Reporter

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The Lady Lions ended fall season with the Alumni Fall Game. Above, players who are paired up are trying to block the batter from completing the run in between bases. The entire game was played in a fun and healthy environment.

The Lady Lions softball team organized an alumni fall fun game over the Homecoming weekend. On Saturday, Oct. 22, the softball team played at the North Oak Park at 10 a.m. This game marked the end of the fall season for the team and the entire game was played with the motive of having a good time and connecting with the university’s alumnus. “We try and do this every year,” said Head Coach Rick Fremin. “This is for the alumni and we try and make it about them and that way we can bridge the gap from the former players to the current players.” Before the game, the teams were split in which consisted of past and present players. During the game, players found new ways to have fun. After the end of every inning, the teams came together and along with the coach, they thought of new ways to amuse the audience. The pitches were thrown slowly. There were multiple fielders present on the bases and in the outfield. The batters skipped bases, and while they were running, the basemen tried to block them.

At one point in the game, everyone from both teams, except the batter and the catcher, were paired up. This resulted in chaos and confusion on the field. While one team was trying to catch, throw or pitch the ball, their partners were interrupting these plays. The game lasted for an hour and a half. Fremin believes that having a positive and fun atmosphere around the team is important going into the spring season. “This wraps up our fall,” said Fremin. “I think it’s really important with them coming out and having a good time, getting to know one another in a family atmosphere.” With the end of the fall season, Fremin assessed this preseason as being successful and is encouraged by the form the team has shown going into the spring season. “Well, I think we had a good fall,” said Fremin. “We finished 7-1 on our fall record and I hope that that transfers in spring, and I’m looking forward to the upcoming spring season.” The Lady Lions will next play in 2017 Lion Classic I starting on Feb. 11, 2017. They feature in four home games that span over two days. The tournament will begin with the game against United States Military Academy, Army West Point.

Lions roll over Houston Baptist 37-3

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The Lions have improved to 4-1 in the conference and have started a three game winning streak. The Lions will look to continue their success in the conference and at home against Central Arkansas this Saturday for their Hall of Fame game which will be their second to last home game of the season. HOMECOMING GAME continued from pg. 1 eight tackles while junior defensive back Demareyeh Lane recorded his first interception of the season. “I think it was the most solid performance for the defense,” said Roberts. “I thought we played a little sluggish early on the drive where they scored three. I thought our guys played consistent and there was some really good communication. We have seen that for the last three weeks. We are not playing our best ball yet which is great. We need to play our best when it is needed.” At halftime, the Homecoming King and Queen were announced along with the winners of the various Homecoming contests. Despite WINE WITH FRIENDS continued from pg. 7 “That’s usually evened out on the wine tasting itself, the tickets, and the silent auction,” said Janie Branham, head of serials. “Usually, its about half and half.” Johnson is looking forward to this year and thinks they are doing something right. “As they say, this is the eighth one so we’ve been successful,” said Johnson. “We started out with 40 to 45 people the first year and now we’re somewhere up to 60 and 70 at this point. A lot of people just keep coming back every year.” “Wine with Friends” takes place in the library on Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets will not be sold at the door. If looking to attend, they ask that people purchase tickets online at southeastern.edu/ libraryfriends.

the hype and excitement leading up to the game, the players tried to treat the game as just another game. “It’s pretty exciting,” said Landor. “Sometimes you try not to think about it so that it’s not as big of a deal. It’s just another game honestly. We look at it as another big game, another chance to get better and step up in our conference.” The Lions racked up a season high 334 rushing yards for the game with senior running back Rasheed Harrell finishing with 84 yards and one touchdown placing him eighth in Lions alltime rushing list. Sophomore running back Julius Maracalin ran a touchdown along with fellow junior running back Darius Durall who scored his first touchdown as a Lion. “We got multiple options,”

said Roberts. “Kaelyn runs well, Darius comes in to finish the game we’re deep in the running game. Rasheed was hot early and made a big time run. It’s a huge game and it’s a luxury to have those guys cause we need them because you are going to get banged up. We planned to feed the ball to Rasheed a little

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more in the second half he got a little dinged up so we had to pull him out.” This Saturday the Lions will play their first back to back home game against Central Arkansas at 2:30 p.m. This will be the Hall of Fame game for the Lions where the inductees will be honored at halftime.

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Tailgating, family and just a touch of history BY NATE CALLAWAY Staff Reporter

Homecoming is the time for alumni to return to their Alma Mater and see what has changed, stayed the same and to be honored by their school. Tailgating at the Homecoming Game was no different, with plenty of activities, food and entertainment to go around. A tent was set up for the Alumni Association where alumni could eat and sit together to enjoy the day. While many talked about the changes made at the University throughout the years, the reoccurring mention throughout the day was their pride in the school and joy to be back. “This has always been a great school,” said Will Cameron, class of 1957. “Of course it was smaller back then, and we didn’t have as many organizations or even sports that we do now, but it is always great to be back.”

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Nate Callaway / The Lion’s Roar

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A young Lions fan, top left, jumps on one of many inflatable games that were at the children’s’ zone during tailgating at the Homecoming Game. Two other fans, bottom left, prepare food for family and friends while waiting for the game to begin. Students, right, examine some newly grilled hamburgers to see if they are ready to eat. Tailgating was bustling with Lion fans, all participating in the Homecoming festivities of the weekend.

Serving wins and losses on the volleyball court BY REGINA PERGOLA Staff Reporter

Starting strong, the Lady Lions volleyball team won against McNeese Cowgirls for Smoot Fever. The team won, on Oct. 18, the first set 25-20 and the second set 25-22. The third set was a setback where the Lady Lions lost 25-12, but in the fourth and final set, they made a comeback with 25-19. This puts the volleyball team with an overall record of 5-16. Head Coach Jim Smoot described the four sets as fluctuating in team spirit but pulling through in the end. “In the first game, we had a lot of purpose in what we’re doing,” said Smoot. “Second game we changed our demeanor. It became a struggle I think even though it was great that we pulled out. Then after that, it was a real struggle, but I’m really proud that they battled and won the set.” Smoot described his early life as being obsessed with volleyball but recently focuses only on the Lady Lions. “I used to be a volleyball fanatic,” said Smoot. “I’d go to everything. Now I could care less about ever watching any other volleyball other than my team.” As the Head Coach, Smoot was informative on how he remains positive for his team. “My motivation is to make them successful,” said Smoot. “Hopefully they understand that.” He gave an account on how it affected him personally. “The whole coaching thing is staying in the moment and I think that’s where you can become consistent,” said Smoot. “I’m a pretty emotional guy on the sideline, but I think we worry about what just happened. It’s history. Don’t worry about it. Do the next play.” The team consists of several new players as well as some upperclassmen that have been on the team for a while. Smoot recounted how this affected the

Lady Lions in particular; versus how he thinks other schools might react. “We have lots of freshmen, lot of sophomores,” said Smoot. “Most teams I think would have a problem with that combination. I knew, though, our seniors would be so accepting and helping with the new girls that it was going to work out. We have such a great, fun group that I think that’s the key. Everyone gets along so great and enjoy each other’s company.” He described how team bonding affected the players and how they played. “I think also when they’re out there having fun, dancing on the sidelines when they’re not in, that we play better,” said Smoot. “I’d like to see them do that, even when times are bad, have fun. Doesn’t mean you flake out on the game, but you have fun. There’s more excitement and you play better that way.” Savannah Alcazar, a freshman middle blocker, elaborated on how the events during the game and practices before the game help the team as a whole. “It helps when we get a big play, everyone gets fired up about it,” said Alcazar. “I think our preparation at practices, we’ve been going hard, working on our blocking and it shows

that we’ve been working hard at practice.” Alcazar had five kills during the four sets. She expressed hopes for future games played by the Lady Lions. “I hope we keep this winning streak going and we play number one in conference,” said Alcazar. “So, I hope we can upset them and get back up there.” On Oct. 20, the Lady Lions lost to Incarnate Word. They won two out of the five sets. Monica Ramon was able to complete her first career double-double as well as a career high 10 assists. Elyssa Purcell, a redshirt freshmen from Alvin, Texas, tie second nationally after she dished out her sixth triple double of the season with 15 kills, 22 assists and 14 digs. Then on Oct. 22, Lady Lions played Texas A&M’s Corpus Christi team. During this game, outside hitters Madi Odom and Parrie Hartley, along with middle blockers, Rachael Bunn and Landry Bullock, were all honored as seniors. The four girls were presented between the second and third set where they were given flowers by their families and gifts from the team. Odom was nostalgic about how quickly her time playing on the volleyball team seemed to pass.

“The seasons happened so fast,” said Odom. “I feel like a freshman.” Despite their loss of all three sets, Head Coach Jim Smoot gave hopeful advice to the team members. He wanted them to look past the negative

and concentrate on the future to be successful. “That’s something we tell them,” said Smoot. “It’s your senior year and you need to take advantage of that.”

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A three game volleyball series was played the week of Homecoming during which the Lady Lions won against McNeese, above, in a four set game on Oct. 18. Four Lady Lions, left, were honored at the Oct. 22 senior game. The four seniors that were celebrated were from left to right Madi Odom, Landry Bullock, Rachael Bunn and Parrie Harley with their respective families.

Annual Homecoming tournament raises money for SLU golf team BY JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

The 27th annual Alumni Golf Tournament was held by the Lions golf team as a fund raiser for the team. The tournament was played at Carter Plantation in Springfield, Louisiana on Oct. 21. The weather could not have been better for golf. “It’s gone real good,” said Head golf Coach Jake Narro. “We had 96 people out there. Lots of alumni and lots of people who have festivities going on this weekend. The weather is perfect. That is the number one thing when you’re doing something like this. If it was raining, it would be a nightmare.” The Homecoming Alumni Golf Tournament has been a Jonathan Rhodes / The Lion’s Roar tradition for Homecoming and Alumni gathered at Carter Plantation to participate in the Alumni Golf tournament. The tournament was also a fund has always been run by the raiser for the golf team since they were the host for the event at their home course where they practice and occasionally Lions golf team. tee off their games during the season. “It’s been going on for a long

time, well before my time,” said Narro. “It’s an important event for the school, golf team and Homecoming weekend.” All funds for the tournament went to the golf team who helped the participants on the course and kept the tournament going smoothly. “This is a specific fund raiser for the golf team,” said Narro. “If anybody is in charge, it is us. Carter Plantation is our home course, this is where we practice. Golf and fund raising go hand in hand. It’s a lot easier to ask people for money when you can give them something. A few drinks, a little food, play golf and hand out a prize or two. It makes it a lot easier to sell fund raising.” The alumni that attended were not just former athletes but important community members as well. “We had Ken Kennelly, son of Pat Kennelly, and Mayor Pete Panepinto,” said Narro.

“We had a couple judges and community leaders come to the event.” Former Lions golf player Kevin Grace who played 1990 to 1992 remembers how different Homecoming was when he was a student. “It was a little bit different when I was around because we had no football,” said Grace. “From what I remember the Homecoming schedule was built around the basketball team.” Grace enjoyed taking part in Homecoming this year at the tournament. “Anytime I get to do something with the university, it’s always good to see old friends and how the golf team has developed and is still going,” said Grace. “The thing that I enjoy about it is the golfers that are always out there and always anticipating. It’s always enjoyable to meet them, watch them hit some shots.”

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Students compete with only a ‘Minute To Win It’

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Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta won the Minute to Win It competition between the student organizations during Homecoming Week. Minute to Win It is a collection of games the are played by students with their organizations in to earn points in the Homecoming Sweepstakes.

BY JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

The annual Minute to Win It competition continued the Homecoming festivities for student organizations as they played an assortment of games in Strawberry Stadium. The games were played on Wednesday, Oct. 19 as Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta finished in first place, Black Student Union and NAACP finished in second place and in third place, Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma. “I think it went really good,” said Harley Arrington, Student Director of Homecoming. “It was my first time doing it, so it was definitely a handful, but it went great. I feel like the games were a lot of fun. I’m really happy with the way it went.” The teams were made up of student organizations that were

either by themselves or teamed up with other organizations. The other teams were Phi Mu and Kappa Alpha Order, Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Tau Gamma, Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Theta Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha, and Catholic Student Association. “We had 10 sign up, but eight showed up,” said Arrington. Minute to Win It gave students a chance to do something hands on and physically active for Homecoming. “Minute to Win It allows five people from each of the organizations to participate,” said Arrington. “The students love to come out and watch it to cheer on their friends. It’s easy to see cause they get to sit in the bleachers and watch their friend compete and can cheer on them.” The first game was Separation Anxiety. The second game was Noodling Around, a game where the participants had to put one

uncooked spaghetti noodle in their mouth and pick up a penne noodle until they looped all of them onto the spaghetti. “My favorite one was the one with the noodles,” said Nick Johnson, a spectator and senior nursing major. In the dice game, participants had to balance dice on a popsicle stick with it in their mouth. The last game was Wet Ball, where a balloon had to be sprayed across 10 yards on the field. Despite not winning, other contestants enjoyed the competition and had fun with their fellow students. “I enjoyed it this year,” said President of the BCM Bella Mokeba. “Obviously it’s a competition so sometimes I got a little frustrated, but it was still fun. This is one of my favorite events for Homecoming. I think the most people come out for this besides Lip Sync. It’s fun to have all your friends come out and cheer you on.”

Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta take Homecoming Sweeps BY REGINA PERGOLA Staff Reporter

Several competitions took place during Homecoming Week and consequently there were several winners. From Monday, Oct. 17 to Saturday, Oct. 22, the games varied immensely. Event winners were announced at the Homecoming Game’s halftime, or during the event itself. Each was judged on different days, but were announced together. Oct. 17 was the judging of the Downtown Decorating event. Teams were given one week, with warnings to be cautious about the weather, to decorate a willing businesses’ window. The theme of Homecoming, Roomie’s Road Trip, was the basis for how the teams decorated. Several of the businesses represented a different ‘stop’ on the mascot’s road trip. The first place winner of this event, Phi Breshon Foster / The Lion’s Roar Mu and Kappa Alpha Order, Students were able to participate in the Homecoming Week with the various games that were featured. The events decorated the road trip stop included Downtown Decorating, the 5K Paint Run, Minute to Win It, ‘Roar Rally’ Spirit Competition and Lip Sync of Orlando, Florida. In second Competition. All of the winners were announced at the Lions football Homecoming Game on Oct. 22. place was Theta Phi Alpha and

Wind symphony to bring Disney to Pottle BY AUSTIN CRADIC Staff Reporter

Southeastern Wind Symphony returns this year with two performances and songs from classic Disney movies including special guest movies like “Star Wars.” “We’re doing the music from Disneyland, some music from ‘Star Wars,’” said Dr. Glenn J. Hemberger, Director of Southeastern Wind Symphony and Graduate Studies. “We’re calling this ‘Disney and Friends’, so we can do Pixar, ‘How to Train a Dragon,’ music from ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ music from ‘Aladdin,’ music from ‘The Incredibles,’ music from ‘Frozen’ and a medley from ‘Lion King.’” The symphony will be performing the event on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. in the Pottle Auditorium. Admission is $4 for guests of all ages including university students and tickets

go on sale that morning at 11 p.m. until they are sold out. “We’re kind of doing a take off of what we did last year,” said Hemberger. “Last year we turned almost 300 people away, so we’re doing two shows this year.” The first year, the symphony focused on Disney songs. With this being the 2nd annual performance, Hemberger decided to add the “And Friends” edition to the lineup so the music more than features Disney music and characters. As November draws near, all of its members are getting ready for this year’s performance. “We’ve had a few runthroughs of a few of the pieces,” Isabella Basanti, a graduate student in flute performance. “I’m excited.” Andres Chavez, a graduate student in flute performance and resident of Colombia, stated that not all of the songs are familiar to him.

“For me this is something new, so I came from a different culture,” said Chavez. The performers will also be in the Pottle lobby after the performance for a meet and greet with the kids and other Disney fans. They will also be available in various Disney costumes and will be signing autographs for anyone as those characters. Elizabeth Brown/ The Lion’s Roar

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Kappa Sigma and third place was Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta. After this event, students were able to participate in the 5K Paint Run, at 6 p.m. in North Oak Park. The winner of this race was Derrick McGalliard. On Wednesday, Oct. 19, the Lady Lions softball team finished the season by playing and winning two exhibition games. They won the first one against Faulkner State Community College 12-1. The second game was won 4-0 against East Central Community College. That night, at 7:30 p.m., Minute to Win It was held at Strawberry Stadium. Teams were given a series of goals to complete within a minute. The overall winner was Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta. Black Student Union and NAACP’s group won second place, while Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma came in third. At the ‘Roar Rally’ Spirit Competition, students created

a chant and the first place winners were Black Student Union and NAACP. In second place was Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta and in third place was Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma. The Lip Sync Competition was supposed to follow the Bonfire, but due to weather, it was pushed back until 10 p.m. and the winner was Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta. The second place winners were Sigma Sigma Sigma, Theta Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha and the third place winners were Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma Tau Gamma. The Homecoming Parade float competition was won by the Baptist Collegiate Ministry followed by Phi Mu and Kappa Alpha Order and in third place was Theta Phi Alpha and Kappa Sigma. The overall winners for Homecoming Week were Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Tau Delta.

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Keeping Homecoming Court traditions BY AMBER GRACE GARRARD Staff Reporter

The Homecoming Court and their families were invited to spend time together at the beginning of Homecoming Week with a reception put on by the Student Government Association. The nominated court this year, as well as the previous Homecoming King and Queen, attended the reception with their close family and friends. SGA President Erin Fernandez introduced the court in pairs and gave a speech addressing them and all who attended the event about the traditions of Homecoming Week. The goal of traditions is to create unified appreciation of the university from freshmen to alumni. “I think it’s important because it is a tradition,” said Fernandez. “I think it allows everyone to gather, alumni, current students. It’s a time everyone gets together. It has a lot of school spirit most importantly, I think that’s why it’s important. It allows everyone to be together and really appreciate Southeastern.” When students come together and vote for nominees for King and Queen, they are choosing their representatives for the week. The court divided up the events for the week in order for there to be a representative at each event. “I think it’s important to have Homecoming Court because these are people that the students chose to represent them,” said Fernandez. “I think it’s important to have those student representatives around.” The previous Homecoming King and Queen, as well as the current court, got involved so that they could represent their organizations and get more involved. “I wanted to run for Homecoming Court so I could make a difference on campus and also I had been involved with other organizations and have done stuff on campus,” said previous Homecoming Queen SiArah McCray. The events planned during Homecoming allowed students to get connected and have a fun break no matter what day it is.

Rain douses Cook Field Bonfire

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The Homecoming Court is an accumulation of students that are voted into running for King and Queen. The court makes it a priority that The Sweethearts and Beaus rotate being present at all the Homecoming festivities. “Homecoming is a really big thing, it’s a great way to get in touch with your fellow students,” said McCray. “It’s a great way to just fellowship and get in contact with everybody. Also, It’s fun. I mean, It’s like a break away from school. It’s an event almost every day for students.” The previous Homecoming King Diontae Cannon decided to run for court to get more involved. “I always wanted to do it from my freshman year,” said Cannon. “I thought it would be a good opportunity, me being a senior, to just end it off on a good note with being involved on campus.” Traditions of Homecoming, like court, are important to keep alive. “Everybody that’s been to Southeastern, we have a tradition to upkeep,” said Cannon. “I’m actually excited to see who wins King and Queen.”

BY BRESHON FOSTER Staff Reporter

The Student Government Association hosted the annual Homecoming Bonfire, giving students and organizations a chance to get pumped and show their school spirit leading up to the Homecoming Lip Sync Competition. The Bonfire took place on Cook Field, Thursday, Oct. 20 Imari Simmons / The Lion’s Roar at 6:45 p.m. Students, faculty The annual Homecoming Bonfire took place on Cook Field. The bonfire was lit by and multiple organizations Roomie but ended early due to weather conditions. gathered around the fire to show their school pride. “The purpose of the Bonfire is to gather up everyone before the Homecoming Game,” said SGA President Erin Fernandez. Before the night’s events took place, students were excited and overjoyed about the festivities that were about to take place. “I am really excited,” said Raymond Paul, a sophomore business management major. “It’s a great way to get all of the organizations together to show Homecoming spirit.” The Spirit of the Southland Marching Band played the university’s Fight Song before Roomie the Lion lit the fire. Head Coach of the football team Ron Roberts, and senior linebacker Caleb Young, gave words of motivation and encouragement to the crowd to support the team. “We have just as many home games as away games this season,” said Young. “While we are away, people are against us, but it’s nice to come home and have people that want us to win cheering us on. The support really helps us make plays, so please come out, support and turn up.” At the Bonfire, organizations participated by showing who had the most school spirit, with the “Roar Rally” Spirit Contest leading up to the annual Lip Sync Competition. First place winners of the spirit contest were NAACP and the Black Student Union, who were later announced at the Lip Sync Competition. They turned the theme song of television show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” into a chant about Roomie’s Road Trip. SGA made minor changes to this year’s festivities to make things bigger and better than last year’s. “We changed a couple of rules since last year,” said Harley Arrington, Director of Homecoming and special education major. “This year we allowed props and glitter.” Some may say that the minor changes and preparations might have even made the event an even bigger success than the years before. “This Bonfire is bigger and the spirit competition was well thought out,” said Fernandez. “We even monitored the weather.”

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YOUNG VOTERS NOW COMING THROUGH FOR HILLARY CLINTON Liane Golightly has finally decided who she’ll vote for on Election Day. Hillary Clinton is not a choice the 30-yearold Republican would have predicted, nor one that excites her. But the former supporter of Ohio Gov. John Kasich says it’s the only choice she can make. “I kind of wish it were somebody else, somebody that I could really get behind 100 percent,” said Golightly, an educator from Monroe, Michigan. She’s voting for Clinton, she said, only because she can’t stomach “childish” Donald Trump. Like Golightly, many young voters are coming over to Clinton in the closing stretch of the 2016 campaign, according to a new GenForward poll of Americans 18 to 30. Driving the shift are white voters, who were divided between the two candidates just a month ago and were more likely to support GOP nominee Mitt Romney than President Barack Obama in 2012. In the nw GenForward

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survey, Clinton leads among all young whites 35 percent to 22 percent, and by a 2-to-1 margin among those who are likely to vote. Clinton held a consistent advantage among young African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanics in earlier GenForward polls, as she does in the new survey. The new poll also suggests enthusiasm for voting has recently increased among young African-Americans, 49 percent of whom say they will definitely vote in November after only 39 percent said so in September. Just over half of young whites, and about 4 in 10 Hispanics and Asian-Americans, say they will definitely vote. GenForward is a survey of adults age 18 to 30 by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The firstof-its-kind poll pays special attention to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation.

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FRANCE MOVING MORE THAN 6,000 MIGRANTS FROM MAKESHIFT CAMP France began the mass evacuation Monday of the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle,” a mammoth project to erase the humanitarian blight on its northern border, where thousands fleeing war or poverty have lived in squalor, most hoping to sneak into Britain. Before dawn broke, long lines of migrants waited in chilly temperatures to board buses in the port city of Calais, carrying meager belongings and timid hope that they were headed to a brighter future, despite giving

up their dreams of life across the English Channel in Britain. Closely watched by more than 1,200 police, the first of dozens of buses began transferring them to reception centers around France where they can apply for asylum. More police patrolled inside the camp, among them officers from the London police force. Authorities were expected to begin tearing down thousands of muddy tents and fragile shelters on Tuesday as the migrants vacated them.

Kinesiology and Health Studies students distribute wellness information BY ANNIE GOODMAN Staff Reporter

For National Health Education Week, the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies set up tables in the Student Union Breezeway. On Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies set up tables with information and activities to get students involved. There were tables with information about sugar intake, alcohol consumption, self-examinations for breasts, testicular cancer and more. To get students active, they had hula-hoops, jump ropes and a parachute. John Dolese III, a kinesiology graduate student believes in raising awareness in common day health. “I think it’s very important to display different aspects of health that many people underlook most of the time,” said Dolese. “For example, when you look at how much sugar is in the drinks people have two, three times a day, seeing it visually, compared to reading it on the back of a label, puts it into a different perspective on what you’re actually in taking. Health is just something that everyone should have a better understanding of for their daily life.” Dolese also believes it is their duty to educate the students. “I hope out of all the tables they see one thing and it makes them think a little differently about how they approach different things whether it be alcohol consumption or daily sugar intakes,” said Dolese. “I just hope one thing sticks out differently and it changes the way they view health. If they read just one thing that might change their day that they never thought of, then we’re doing our job.”

Instructor Dee Hurtt says the primary purpose of setting up tables was to raise awareness in the community. “I think a lot of people have heard many things in the news or whatever and have a curiosity, but haven’t really looked into it any farther,” said Hurtt. “So, it’s mostly for awareness and letting students know that there’s actually a profession too where you can go out and educate people on health. I don’t think people are aware of what health educators do.” A senior general studies major, Taylor Broussard, reiterates Hurtt’s concerns that the community is undereducated. “I think that our community, not just at Southeastern but all around, has a lack of education on community health, how to promote it, how to benefit from it, how to help their own community,” said Broussard. Broussard thought the activity they prepared with drunk goggles was important for the students. “Honestly just kind of more of an awareness that alcohol can be a fun thing to have and enjoy at times, but there are also dangerments,” said Broussard. “I think that we have kind of maybe affected a few people.” Students thoroughly enjoyed the activities prepared and had fun being active. “I’m not into things on campus,” said Elise Phares, a junior sociology major. “I don’t do anything that involves the school really, and things like this gets people like me out here. I just saw a hula-hoop and I was like, ‘I love hula hoops, this is it.’ Like this is what I do to work out, cause it’s fun. Whenever I feel like I’m working out I don’t want to, but whenever I’m just having fun, I can do it all day long.”