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Photos: Southern pulls away from Texas Southern in hard fought game at the Bluff

MICHAEL JOHNSON | STAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST | michael.johnson@theadvocate.com
Jan 3, 2026

Southern battled a scrappy Texas Southern team pulling away in the second half to get the 64-45 win at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Satur…

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Sean Gasser
Nov 12, 2025

Shell and Southern University representatives celebrate Shell鈥檚 $5,000,000 donation to the Southern University Foundation on the field during …

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Courtesy of Southern University
Oct 21, 2025

Southern University officials pose with a check for a $5 million donation from Shell.聽Southern will build three chemical engineering labs and …

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Photos: Southern takes the turf at A.W. Mumford Stadium as season approaches

MICHAEL JOHNSON | STAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST | michael.johnson@theadvocate.com
Aug 10, 2025

The Southern football team held an inter-squad scrimmage at聽A.W. Mumford Stadium on Saturday night on August 9, 2025 as they prepare for their…

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Tulane University's new members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Courtesy of the Rho Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
Updated Apr 15, 2025

The newest members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's Rho Phi Chapter are Tulane University students, left to right, Rodrek Williams II, of New Orl…

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Will Sutton: Should Fox News hosts visit HBCUs? Southern included? Why not?

BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist
Updated Apr 18, 2025

Southern University and A&M College hosted a special guest Sunday, awarding her a special recognition after she visited with the chancellor, ROTC students and mass communication department students.

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Southern University band director Kedric Taylor: Why Bayou Classic is the 'ultimate stage'

KEDRIC TAYLOR
Nov 27, 2024
3 min to read

Dr. Kedric Taylor talks about his Southern University marching band journey. He was a member of the Southern University marching band when he was in college at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, playing under SU band director Dr. Isaac Greggs. Today he is the director of the Southern University Human Jukebox, leading the band at the 2024 Bayou Classic "Battle of the Bands" and the Southern University-Grambling State University annual football game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.