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THE FALCON FORUM Enlightening minds. Broadening perspectives. Informing a community. VOLUME 5, No. 1 The Student Newspaper of This year's 'the biggest yet' Homecoming 2018 activities are underway '.thefalconforum.com October 2018 By Zariah Rudulph-Settles Homecoming is here! An exciting time where the Falcon family from all over comes to gether, this BWE prom ises to be a Homecom ing like no other. "This year's Blue and White Experience may be the biggest yet," said Dr. Paul A. Norman, director of student ac tivities. The traditional launch of Homecoming is the Gospel Explosion, but this year there was something new with the Alumni basketball game the Julia Chester Emery Gymnasium on Saturday Oct. 13. Be sides being a fun com petition, the game was a fundraiser. The Gospel Explo- S A i W r A U G U S T ! N E ' S U N ! V E S S I T Y H O M E C O M ! |if % -fii® THE Bim & WHITE idP C T O B E R 1 3 - 2 1, 2 0 18. The Blue and White sion was held Sunday, Oct. 14, in Seby Jones Auditorium. Students, faculty and alumni all came together to enjoy an amazing gospel ex perience with singing, dancing and more. The performance was fol lowed with a midnight breakfast Jam where students partied to a DJ and were served Experience is here with hot jams and a hot breakfast. The event also served as a way to help the community; the entrance fee was a donation of a nonper ishable item that will be given to people in need. On Monday Oct. 15, "Cafe Blue: Meet me at the Met" was a good See EVENTS, Page 2 all team is ready for big game Players and fans are hoping for a turnaround By Anthony Dixon Despite a loss to Winston-Salem State University on Oct. 13, Saint Augustine's Uni versity is in position to turn around the football season heading into the Homecoming game this weekend. The Falcons go up against Fayetteville State University at 1 p.m. on Oct. 20 in the George Williams Ath letic Complex. The team was on a two-game win ning streak before the Winston-Salem game and the team's record stands at 2-2 in the Southern Division and 2-4 overall. The Falcons have gotten past the tough est part of their sched The Falcons line up for a play against Winston-Salem ule. Five of the six games so far have been on the road, and two of the opponents - both losses - were to Divi sion I schools. The Falcons were hoping for a turnaround Septus when they were scheduled to play de fending CIAA champi ons Virginia State Uni versity at home. But due to Hurricane Flor ence, the game was cancelled. "If we would've got ten the chance to play them and win, that would've been the mo mentum we needed to turn the season around," said Curtis Hardy, a ju nior criminal justice ma- See FOOTBALL, Page 4 SAD will create a learning center with furniture donation Saint Augustine's University, in partnership with Rooms To Go, has es tablished an initiative to create a Read ing for Excellence Center. Under the initiative. Rooms to Go - one of the nation's largest furni ture companies - is providng $20,000 worth of furniture forthe center, which will serve Latham, Weston, and Boyer residence halls. Representatives of Rooms To Go joined President Everett B. Ward, Dr. Steve Hairston, Vice-President for In stitutional Advancement, and others in a press conference to announce the initiative Oct. 9 in Latham Hall. "We are extremely thankful for the donation by Rooms To Go," Dr. Ward said. "We are confident that this dona tion, will not only enhance the quality of life for our students, but it will pro vide a space for critical thinking and a sharing of ideas among our student- scholars." This initiative grew from a commit ment by by Rooms To Go to promote literacy. The initiative is based on re search that found that colleges and universities were having success with Quality Enhancement Programs that include an element designed to pro mote greater student literacy. The company announced nearly two years ago an initiative to establish centers in dormitories at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HB- CUs) in cities and towns where Rooms To Go showrooms are located. Rooms To Go President and COO Steve Buckley attended the Oct. 9 press conference. "Rooms To Go has had and will con tinue to have a strong commitment to the training and education of young Dr. Steven Hairston, Saint Augustine's University's vice president for institutional advance ment announces an initiative with Rooms To Go at a press conference Oct 9. people at our premier academic insti tutions as they ready themselves for careers in our society," Mr. Buckley said. "Our Reading for Excellence Cen ters is just one of the many initiatives that we support to further their devel opment." — Office of Marketing and Communications Student Spotlight After four years, she’s glad she resisted the lure of the big city By Jerrica Jefferson De'Jah Jenkins admits that Saint Augustine's University was not her first choice. The seniorfrom Richmond, VA, wanted to go to college in a big city and had her eye on either Seattle, Washington or New York City. But her aunt Sharon Griffin, who is Saint Au gustine's assistant director of financial aid, convinced herto stay a little closer to home. Now, she is glad she did. "I was wel comed by a lot of people and loved the vibe," she said. The visual arts major admitted that her freshman year was difficult, but she said she got through it. One of the ways she has adjusted to Saint Augus tine's is by getting involved with vari ous organizations. Ms. Jenkins joined six organizations at some point during her four years, but decided to focus on three: Delta Sigma Theta, Peer Educa- Faculty Spotlight Retired editor at local paper is now helping next generation Dejah Jenkins tors, and Peer Mentors. Jenkins also has been happy with the visual arts program. She began drawing in elementary school but did not take it seriously at first. In middle See STUDENT, Page 3 By Elyscia Vaughn Brown "I want to give back to the great minds of the next generation," said Dan Barkin when asked why he joined the faculty at Saint Augustine's University. The Massachusetts native spent more than 40 years in journalism be fore retiring in May of 2018 as manag ing of the Raleigh News and Observer, the second highest-ranking position in the newspaper's newsroom. He start ed as an adjunct at SAU in May. Mr. Barkin, like many others, had no idea what he wanted to do vyhen he first went to college. A business major at Old Dominion University, he decided to join the school's student newspaper. He became a reporter and immediately loved it. "I often skipped class to get my hands on a good story," he recalled. He soon dropped out of school to pursue journalism full time. He began Dan Baridn in 1975 as a reporter at the Martinsville Bulletin, covering local government. Mr. Barkin still pursued his degree, however, taking night classes. Eventu ally, he graduated from ODU in 1987. See FACULTY, Page 3
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