2015 SPRINGFEST COMEDY SHOW SU students embrace fashion, laughter, and more

On April 23, Southern students gathered at F.G Clark Activity center for a variety of shows. The event began with a fashion show featuring designs created by students around campus. Several local brands were featured in the show including: Saucy Wear, Climax, Mintai Fashions, Pretty by P, Fitting Room Boutique, and Finally Famous. Between outfit changes and makeup touch ups, the crowd was kept entertained by comedians performed a number of stand up pieces ranging from topics that ranged from dating to fashion show mishaps.
Raven Ashmon, a sophomore Marketing major from Atlanta, Ga spoke very highly of her time at the event saying,
“I thought the outfits the models waked in on stage were very unique and I’m glad the comedians were included in the show, because it made the wait between shows passed by really quickly.” Ashmon also spoke on the role students played in putting the show together adding, “I thought it was cool that all the clothes and models were Southern students. It really highlighted how much talent we have right within our own campus.”
Another feature of this dynamic show was the presentation of Southern’s Student Choice Awards for the 2014-2015 year. The results were as follows: For the Who’s Who category the winners of the class of 2015 were Shanice Sam and Dominque Diamond, Mar’Lesha Hollins and Lawrence Williams for the class of 2016, Kadejah McMiller and Diamonte Hayes for the class of 2017 and Le Deja Graves and Daryl Harris for the class of 2018.
Diamonte Hayes a sophomore Urban Forestry major from Opelousas, Louisiana elaborated a little more on how felt when heard he selected by his peers, saying,
“I felt good about winning. I feel like I am doing positive things for my class and my family back at home. Winning this award just motivated me want to continue to do my best at every aspect in life.”
The fashion comedy show was great chance to bring students with all different interests together. Quevin Rush, a sophomore Political Science major from Atlanta, GA, shared his thoughts on the fashion show commenting,
“I thought the fashion show was very intriguing.” Rush expanded on his thoughts and added, “It would have been even better if we were able to see even more fashion labels and models on the runway next time.”
The winning selections for the other categories included: Football and Tennis for favorite sports team; Dawson Odum for coach of the year; Dominique Diamond and Shanice Sam for favorite student leader; Garret Edgerson for favorite staff member; Ryan Williams for favorite vocalist; Cameron Linson and George Keeler for Mr.and Mrs.Pretty Wednesday; J-Spitta for best rapper; Daedge1 for favorite student media team; Omega Psi Phi and Delta Sigma Theta for favorite greek organization; and finally Collegiate 100 men for favorite non-greek organization.