By Tyler Hailstork As September continues, the awareness for suicide prevention carries on. On Sept. 14, 2022, Xavier counselors created a workshop to help prevent stress and anxiety among the students on campus. This event was held on the second floor of the University Center from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The seminar allowed students to express their concerns and emotions about having anxiety and stress in their lives. Most college students use the same techniques and methods to relieve their anxiety and stress, counselors said. When presenting this workshop,…
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Election Results Night kicks off this years’ student government
By Madison Grant The Student Government Association election board hosted the 2022 results night on Sept. 21, in the University Center Ballroom. Students on Xavier’s campus attended to learn of their new student government representatives for the Freshman class and Pharmacy Student Association P1 government. The event introduced the election board, announced the results of the election and next steps within the election. For the freshman class this was their first event related to student government at Xavier University of Louisiana. This event is held every year to commence the…
Read MoreXU Talks Discusses Sex and Relationships for Sexual Health Awareness Month
By Skylar Stephens On average, about 1.7 million sexually transmitted infections will be acquired by Americans in September, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. September is also Sexual Health Awareness Month, where experts spread awareness about well-being in relation to sexuality. During September, many colleges take the time to educate students about sexual health on campus. College students often partake in sexual activity without knowledge about sexual health, putting themselves at risk. A 2021 study by The Journal of Sex Research has found that high sex drive…
Read MoreStudents help less fortunate for Hunger Coalition Day at Xavier
By Corbin Johnson Xavier’s annual Hunger Coalition Day was a day where faculty and staff came together to sort donated household goods, inventory donated household items, make bedding, and kitchen and toiletry kits on Sep. 12, 2022. The event allowed students to help do their part to combat world hunger and homelessness that is a problem on the streets of many major cities. The organizers of the event collaborated with New Orleans Mission, Grace by Greenlight, and Unity Orleans to help serve those who are less than fortunate with food,…
Read MoreAthletics programs relocated pending Convocation Center repairs
By Jordan Booker Xavier University of Louisiana Athletics hosted the Big Easy Blast-Off volleyball tournament, but it was not at the university’s Convocation Center on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. It took place at the University of New Orleans’ Human Performance Center, and this is because of damages to the Convocation Center that took place right before the start of the semester. Due to a domestic water pump springing a leak on to the first floor of the building, the Convocation Center does not have the ability to be the host…
Read MoreTrivia Night fun puts Xavierites knowledge to the test
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…
Read MoreAnnual 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 MoreXavier Tennis Team Gears up for start of 2022-2023 season
By Kareemah Muhammad Xavier University of Louisiana’s women’s tennis team will start their 2022-2023 season on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the HBCU National Championships in Atlanta, Ga. with the addition of three newcomers on the team. New to the Gold Nuggets are: Mbali Langa of Johannesburg, South Africa. Langa is a transfer student from Hillsborough Community College located in Plant City, Fla. and is a sophomore now majoring in accounting. McKenna Danielle Wheatley of Madison, Miss. will also join Xavier women’s tennis and is a freshman majoring in biology/pre-medicine. Yi…
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…
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