Battle of the Dorms

On April 3rd, many gathered round the front of Jones Hall to watch the battle of the dorms. Men, women and children all came out to enjoy performances by some of the dorms on campus, and even the resident assistants. The evening was an unusual one as Southern University’s campus is usually very quiet and still at the time. The battle brought a lot of energy to campus and proved to be a very enjoyable evening for all. When Kia Brady, a sophomore psychology major from New Orleans, was asked if she would like to see more events like the step show on campus she responded, “Yes because it brings all the students out and the weekends are dead, so we need activities like this.” Paulice Hawkins, a freshman mass communication major from Houston, Texas was asked the same question and said, “I would definitely like to see more events like these on campus, it gives us something to look forward to.” The performances were full of style and flare, each being vastly different than the next. This mix of style added excitement to the competition and gave judges a hard time deciphering which dormitory would take home the title. One of the performances that stood out the most would have to be the show put on by residents of white hall. Their show consisted of an african theme, and since that dormitory is in the front of campus next to the football field, they referred it to Africa, and all the rest of the dormitories in the back to America. The white hall residents put on a spectacular performance with their admirable routine, and even gave a shout out to the deceased children in Nigeria from recent terror attacks. They asked the crowd for a moment of silence and to raise one finger in the air to symbolize their support of Nigeria. Junior Fashion Major Tyler Haynes, of Memphis Tennessee and a member of the white hall wolves step team was asked if he encourages others to participate in such events and he stated, “Definitely, even one of our team members had never done anything like this before and had the time of his life.” Events like these only get better with the more participation that they receive. When the wolves performance was over, the crowd erupted with applause, but apparently to the judges that wasn’t enough for the win. The results of the competition were the resident assistants in first place, white hall residents in second and residents from reed hall in third. At the end of the day it was a friendly competition and no matter the winner everyone was in good spirits. Southern University should definitely put on more events like these in order to provide their students methods of self expression and reasons to go out and have a good time.