March 14, 2023 . Volume 80 . Issue 5
A Time to Remember: Founders’ Day Convocation
President-Chancellor Dennis J. Shields (center), poses for a picture with a few members of the Board of Supervisors at the Founders’ Day Convocation held in the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Thursday, March 9. ( Taylor Haywood/ DIGEST)
Isaiah Clay
THE SOUTHERN DIGEST All classes ceased last Thursday as hundreds gathered in the F.G. Clark Activity Center for Southern University’s Founder’s Day Convocation with a sense of dignity.
Introducing Angelique Roché: Marvel Consulting Editor Kailen Bourne
THE SOUTHERN DIGEST Wo m e n ’s History Month is a time to celebrate women, past and present, who have made history and a mark Roche’ on the world today. Mass Communications Department professor Angelique Roché is one of the many women on Southern University’s campus who has made a mark, not just on campus, but on the world today. Angelique Roché is a Mass Communication Department Professor here at Southern See ROCHE’ page 3
A multitude of Southern University alumni, faculty, staff, laboratory school and current university students were in attendance for this esteemed celebration of Jaguar pride, history, and culture. In an effort to express the importance of this event, all university classes scheduled between 9:30 a.m.
and noon on March 9, were suspended to allow all system members to participate in this historic event. Success, dedication, and gratitude, which stem from graduates of the university and African Americans altogether, were the highlighted topics from the keynote speaker, John
Silvanus Wilson Jr., the executive director of the Millennium Leadership Initiative and former president of Morehouse College. Wilson helped “highlight our successes, and envision our future as a renowned higher See FOUNDERS’ DAY page 3
Calling all Gamers: New Esports Innovation Gaming Lab Grand Opening Deidrick Johnson
THE SOUTHERN DIGEST
Southern University is always looking for new innovations that can be implemented on campus. Recently, their sights have been set on a new Esports Innovation Lab gaming room in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union which came to fruition earlier this week. The Southern University Law Center launches a new Esports Innovation Lab in the Brown-Smith Memorial Union with a ribbon cutting to unveil the long awaited room. ESports, a short term for electronic sports, is a form of competition where players can compete in multiplayer video games individually or as teams. The virtual competition has been around since the late 1970’s, but it has gained traction over the years as technology progresses. The idea of this room has been discussed for the past 2
years, and finally, in the last spring semester, the school decided to move out the old game room equipment, such as the pool tables, ping pong tables, and TV’s, to make
room for the new esports equipment. Upon clearing this room out, Southern University Law Center partnered with the Union to begin designing a new, modern room students
could enjoy. The room has about 25 state-of-the-art gaming computers, and high See ESPORTS page 3
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA