Community in need of Jaguar spirit

 
It’s sometimes said that Southern University has lost that “Ole Southern Spirit,” because of the recent problem build-ups like the declaration of financial exigency and the rising cost of tuition and on top of all of these issues the football team hasn’t defeated it’s arch rival in the Bayou Classic since 2006.
Although these problems are prevalent the community that is Southern University is in dire need of good news.
Judy Martin-Davis is the Chaplin of the Alumni Center and is better know as “Lady Jaguar” and is at most sporting events believes that the university pride is not gone but it needs to be stirred up.
“I became a fan of loving this University for about 26 years now I had to admit that the pride back in the day was an amazing time people pretty much had a lot to look forward to especially football games the winning environment really,” said Martin-Davis. “I think that if the alumni just pull together and do some positive things to encourage students to come to Southern University that would be the key to igniting the Southern University pride back to where it once was.”
With financial exigency looming and teachers being placed under furlough and classrooms being empty on random days leave students second-guessing attending the historically black college.
“You have quite a bit of competition out there, for example you have schools like BRCC, students are offered quite the bit of state of the art equipment its just a brand new state of the art new kid on the block school,” said Martin-Davis.
Southern has long been a premiere university that provides students a high quality global educational experience to engage students in scholarly, research and creative activities.
Improvements have been made to further improve the mission that SU believes in like improving the light fixtures on campus, the fountain removal project, and the upgrades to the art department.
“Southern University is nothing like any other school, you have students who are on the shoulders of those who have passed on to greater careers,” said Martin-Davis. 
College fan bases are know to depict how together a university is in its entirety, the alumni the students and fans, and Southern University is know for have the best fan base the Southwestern Athletic Conference and among all HBCU’s.
“The opportunity is there I just believe if the alumni and other people just pull together and find ways, innovative ways to get students excited and ignited about southern university and stir it up like a good gumbo,” said Martin-Davis. ​