A Keepsake for the Future: Centennial Celebration doesn’t end with Homecoming

The celebration of Southern University’s Centennial year didn’t end with the Homecoming game. On October 13, the SU time capsule was buried containing centennial celebration paraphernalia including: the centennial edition of the Jaguar yearbook, Ego magazines with articles featuring The Human Jukebox, and various documents from different departments on campus.
Amongst the small crowd of attendees, the SGA President Nicholas Harris, Acting Chancellor of SUBR Flandus McClinton, Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Dr. Brandon Dumas were present.
“Each department contributed (to the time capsule) in their own way,” said Harris. “We’re excited to leave our mark,” finished Harris.
“Excited” was the word used by McClinton describing his feelings towards the burial of the time capsule, and it’s display of confidence in the future of Southern, and the amount of publicity the event received.
“I’m very excited, after 100 years, being able to deposit and preserve documents is very exciting to me,” said McClinton. “I hope the future generation will be able to look back, see what past generations did, and move forward to make Southern a greater university,” finished McClinton.
Students, administration, and media were of attendance and were able to participate in the burial, signing of the vault ,and the beginning of filling the hole with a shovel full of soil.
“I think it’s unique that 50 years from now students after us will be able to see how we did things,” said Kalin Manuel, a senior social work major.
The time capsule was buried between Frasier and Hayden Hall. Plans are to excavate the capsule 50 years from now in 2064, allowing future Southern students to have a glimpse into the centennial celebration, and the nuances of life, as we know it today.