“Pretty Wednesday” and “Red Bean Monday”. These two days are integral aspects of culture here at Southern University. However, if you are a transfer student (like myself), a freshman, or attending from out of state, you may not be aware of these traditions.
After only a few weeks of being a student here at Southern, I’ve come to the realization that there are little to no traditional means of accessing information pertaining to campus activities. Granted, our generation lives for “the Gram”, Instagram, that is. But I personally find it troublesome to scroll through a social media platform in order to discover what will be taking place on campus. I’m not disagreeing with utilizing social media as a platform to disperse information, but it should not be the main nor exclusive method. That is unless, as an institution, the university would like to start suggesting to freshmen and transfer students all the necessary social media accounts to follow upon registering.
Granted, the purpose of seeking higher education is to attain a certain set of skills in order to be successful, but I have found that one’s perception of a university relies heavily on the experience provided. Education aside, who does not want to enjoy the place where they will spend a minimum of four years of their lives?
Truthfully, I am sure I take more issue with the fact that most of the information regarding events is on social media. As a student in the Mass Communications Department, I definitely understand the benefits of employing social media, however, I find it crippling all the same; it removes the personal aspect of interaction. Despite being well-versed in the various social media platforms, I tend to gravitate away from them for this reason.
As a senior, my undergraduate career is drawing to a close, yet I still find it necessary to be involved. Not necessarily in terms of partying, for which I have been bombarded with many flyers, but more so in respect to taking advantage of all the opportunities to relish in what SU has to offer. Granted, I have received a couple of emails, literally two, pertaining to events on campus. But, coming from a university that sends considerably more than two emails before noon daily, I cannot help but wonder what I happen to be missing out on.
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I just transfered here ; I want to know!
September 1, 2015
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