By Liza Montgomery The Xavier Activities Board collaborated with ThinkFast, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 to host a trivia game night. Participants gathered on the second floor of the University Center to compete for a $200 cash prize. Students’ knowledge was put to the test in a series of trivia game rounds with questions from an array of categories ranging from history to geography, to sports to music, and everything in between. Jayden Crump, a Xavier Activities Board member, wanted to bring something new to campus and wanted to give…
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Annual Summit gives Xavierites the keys to become strong leaders
By Skylar Stephens The Student Government Association’s Vice President, Adrian A. Thornton II, hosted the 2022 Leadership Summit on Sept. 9. Student organization leaders on Xavier’s campus came out to the University Center Ballroom to attend the event that introduced students to key leadership concepts and gave them the opportunity to meet one another. “I wanted to create a program to encourage, motivate and push our leaders on campus to look deeper below the surface to determine what type of leader and person they truly want to be. I wanted…
Read MoreSGA hosts donation drive to assist Jackson, Miss. HBCU students
By Endya Gillard The Xavier University Student Government Association (SGA) kicked off a donation drive on Sept. 7 to support students and residents impacted by the Jackson, Miss. water crisis. The student government said their efforts were specifically geared to support fellow historically Black universities and colleges: Tougaloo College and Jackson State University by donating water, hygienic supplies, snacks, cleaning supplies, and other necessities. These two historically black colleges, along with the rest of the state’s capital have been without water for more than two weeks leaving 150,000 residents under…
Read MoreCollegiate 100 Black Men’s Club Show Their Appreciation for Black Women
By Kennedy Wells The Collegiate 100 Black Men’s club (C100) hosted the “Black Men Love Black Women: C100 Women’s Appreciation Day” in Xavier’s University Center on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 12 p.m. This event was a way to “show the women of Xavier how much we cherish, respect, and admire our Black Women,” according to the organization. The club’s members passed out butterfly masks, lip gloss, and notes to women in the UC. To pull off an event of this size, C100 members prepared days in advance. They personalized each…
Read MoreXavier’s annual Cajun fest held at Convocation center, details here.
By Kiersten McCollum As the 2021-2022 academic year comes to an end at Xavier University, the Xavier Activities Board and Student Government Association put on one of the final events of the year, the annual Cajun Fest. On April 22, 2022 students could be seen gathering outside the Convocation Center to celebrate. “We partnered SGA and XAB together to create an event at the end of the year when students can come out have a good time and get some Louisiana culture,” said Deeuatrail Nichols, the 2021-2022 Xavier Activities Board…
Read MoreLate Lunar New Year Celebration with XULAVA
By Jasmine Christopher Xavier University of Louisiana Vietnamese Association hosted Xaigon Night, a celebration of Vietnamese culture, and a late Lunar New Year celebration during the spring semester. The event started with milk tea and Thai tea boba and an assortment of Vietnamese foods for the event attendees to enjoy, followed by a performance by the Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team.Their performance had the crowd shouting and clapping in amazement. “Our initial expectation was 50 people, but then over 50 people RSVP’d, and we’re like, oh ok, we’re back popping…
Read MoreIndependent film City of a Million Dreams screens at Xavier University of Louisiana
By Roderick Elston The Xavier University of Louisiana presented a film adaptation of City of a Million Dreams by writer and producer Jason Berry, featuring Xavier’s very own Dr. Michael White. The mid-afternoon event kicked off at the Qatar Pharmacy Pavilion, with attendees being greeted by the sounds of the Dr. Michael White Quartet and complemented with cold cuts, sweet confections, and refreshing beverages. The film offers the cultural depiction of how jazz and funerals co-exist in the largely described “backward” New Orleans. The city’s cycle of invention, struggle, death,…
Read MoreNew Residence Hall to relieve overcrowding for future XULA students
By Mekayla Marshall There is a new residence hall in town, and it will be located on Xavier University of Louisiana’s campus.After the long-awaited project, it has been announced that a new residence hall will be built for futureXULA students. “I am happy that we are getting a new residence hall built, but sad because current Xavierites will not be able to enjoy it,” said Mo Koontz, a junior at XULA majoring in political science. “I felt like this shouldhave been done a long time ago, so students now should…
Read MoreXULA Track athletes heading to NAIA in May
By Karrington Stewart After competing in March, XULA added four new athletes to the NAIA national qualifying list to be ableto automatically compete at the NAIA Championship meet that is being held in San Antonio, Texas at the end of May. With most athletes the closer they get to the end of the season their body starts to break down, causing more injuries to rise after competing each week. Now the question is will XULA track and field athletes be able to stay healthy and have a top performance, despite…
Read MorePeer Dean Association Week ends in Celebration
By Chyna Valentine The “littest” organization on Xavier’s campus, also known as the Peer Dean Association, are studentleaders that incoming first-year students encounter when beginning their journey at XULA. As they embark on their journeys, the Peer Deans that they met during their orientation serve as theirmentors and guides throughout the year. Members of the Peer Dean Organization go through a two-week-long process to earn their spots in the association. This 2021-2022 school year, the student director, senior Abena Garrett, led the organization.Alongside Garrett were the other Peer Dean Planning…
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