Campus Queendom: An In Depth Look

Each year, new campus queens are elected as leaders for their class in representation for the university. This year’s campus queens are all devoted to push the understanding that they are all more than just a pretty face by using a different approach with the student body.
Newly elected campus queens are ensuring openness and transparency with all students this year. Their main focus is to make students feel comfortable with approaching and talking to them about on-campus issues, and about things they’d like to see happen while on campus. Students are also very confident that these queens will get the job done. Amber Thomas, a computer science major at Southern, expresses her joy about the new queens. “ Normally the queens don’t really interact with us , but these queens are different. They’re all so down to earth and humble. I truly believe things will be different this year with them and I’m excited to see everything they’ll bring to the table.”
The election process was long for each of the queens, but became an overall fun experience as they got a chance to interact more with different students. Each queen is beyond confident that she will be able to obtain great leadership skills for her class and for the university.  Director of Student Leadership and Engagement, Tiffany Freeman, knows exactly what the queens have planned for this year, and assures that the queens will have a wonderful experience. “ My job is not to plan things for them, but I help them execute anything that they would like to do for this academic school year.”
Although all queens are working hard to impact the campus in different ways this year, Alacia Brew, a senior Speech-Language Pathology major now elected as  the  89th Miss Southern, is working in a different way by putting her leadership style into works with all the queens. “ Its supposed to get better every year, I served as Miss Junior which gave me the ability to watch Miss Southern up close and personal, so everything that she did from the great things down to her mistakes I made sure I took note of it and I said ok this is what im going to keep and this is what im going to change. Becoming a role model to not just my class or the university, but to queens pre-pairing to feel my shoes one day was one of the things I decided to change.”
The queens have not been open to what exactly they have planned for this year but have made it clear that the students wont be let down.  Dominique Taylor, a political science major recently elected as Miss Freshman stated, “We want to know everyone’s names and actually make a difference. This year is going to be amazing and I can see it already.”
Overall, the student body of Southern University has elected phenomenal campus queens, and can look forward to an impactful semester.