A fixture of the USC Languages department on campus since last November,  the Trojan Bloom multilingual literary journal aims to provide a creative outlet to writers in non-English languages taught at USC — and expand the journal to cover more languages spoken in the wider campus community.

Funded by the USC Center for Language and Culture, Trojan Bloom aims to bring together those interested in non-English creative writing and language learning by compiling a variety of poetry, prose and other miscellaneous pieces, and represents the 15 languages that are taught in the campus department. Now in their second semester-wide issue, they will feature a guest language program that will represent languages that may not have a USC course, but that are spoken frequently — for the fall semester, this is Armenian.

To produce Armenian as the guest language for the semester’s journal, Trojan Bloom is in collaboration with the USC Institute of Armenian Studies, which will assist with editing and proofreading submissions. Editor-in-chief Tania Apshankar, a senior studying creative writing, said the decision to add Armenian for the fall was a step to reflect a well-established Los Angeles language — a city home to over 200,000 Armenians — and to provide a platform during a difficult period in modern Armenian history.

“First, we wanted to include languages which reflect the community in L.A., and Armenian is a language that’s spoken a lot generally … as well as [due to] the unrest going on,” Apshankar said. “Unfortunately, there’s been [a] war situation with Azerbaijan, and we just wanted to provide a platform for people to express themselves.”

For Shushan Karapetian, deputy director of the USC Institute of Armenian Studies and guest editor for Trojan Bloom, ensuring that her students’ voices were heard was paramount. Her expertise lies in the study of languages outside of their native contexts, and she encouraged her students to submit work that spoke to the rich linguistics and cultural heritage of Armenia that honored all parts of their identities.

“Thematically, these pieces will kind of reflect the crisis that so many of these students are living [through], regardless of whether or not they directly talk about the war right now. I think that kind of diasporic angst and existential anxiety will come out [in students’ works] whether it’s about language, whether it’s about the state of Armenia being in danger or just of Armenian identity in general flux,” Karapetian said. 

One student working to meet this intent is Mariam Manukyan, a senior majoring in political science and contributor to the journal, who said she believes writing in the Armenian language allows her to better articulate her complex feelings. Manukyan’s work centers on her existential anxieties as she explores the political and ethnic tensions in Armenia, and her pieces include both formal and informal Armenian, which she said enables her to bring more of herself to the page.  

“There’s some stuff regarding [my] emotions that I can only speak in Armenian because that’s what’s close to me,” Manukyan said. 

Writer Merri Kuyumjian, a senior majoring in international relations, said she was excited to have found a platform through Trojan Bloom and appreciated the opportunity to see the poem she wrote and translated with her grandfather get published. 

“To be able to celebrate our culture through our language and our literature is just really awesome, and that we get to share it with non-Armenians is even better … it’s kind of like USC is giving us a voice and it almost makes us feel like, ‘Yeah, we do matter on campus, our culture and our heritage does matter on campus,’” Kuyumjian said. “To have that experience with my grandpa [too] was super awesome.” 

Trojan Bloom will be accepting submissions until Oct. 9 and accepts works in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Classical Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Persian, Polish, Russian — and Armenian.

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A SAFE-U alert was released on Sept. 23 indicating a suspect attempted to look at a resident in a Bailey Hall bathroom stall. Bailey Hall is the only residential hall on the St. Paul campus. 

The University released new information on Friday stating the University of Minnesota Police Department concluded its investigation of the Bailey Hall bathroom incident. 

“After reviewing video surveillance, identifying involved parties and conducting interviews, UMPD determined that the incident was a misunderstanding and no indecent conduct or code of conduct violation occurred,” according to the update. 

The incident at Bailey Hall was one of the three recent bathroom incidents on campus. Two additional incidents occurred at Middlebrook and Smith halls on Sept. 9 and Sept. 15 respectively. 

The Middlebrook Hall incident involved a suspect looking at someone in the shower. The victim in the Smith Hall incident reported the suspect took a picture of them with a cell phone under the stall partition, both according to SAFE-U alerts. 

Both the Middlebrook and Smith incidents remain under investigation.

Some students initially reported feeling unsafe after these incidents as the University continues to push for more campus safety. 

UH football quarterback Clayton Tune threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns in the win over Memphis on Friday night. | Courtesy of UH athletics

When there seemed like there was no hope, UH came alive, scoring 26 fourth quarter points to overcome a 19-point deficit and knock off Memphis 33-32 on Friday night at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Down 13 with 4:04 left in regulation, the Cougars put together a 75-yard drive sparked by a 15-yard fourth down scramble by senior quarterback Clayton Tune to begin the drive and ending with a 13-yard touchdown reception by senior receiver KeSean Carter.

Sophomore kicker Kyle Ramsey got a perfect bounce on the onside kick which was covered by senior tight end Christian Trahan at the UH 49-yard line.

A couple of big passes to redshirt freshman receiver Samuel Brown set UH up at the Memphis 2-yard line. On the next play, Tune connected with Carter once again for a touchdown with 18 seconds on the clock.

Senior defensive end Atlias Bell sealed the deal with a sack.

UH’s first quarter nightmares continued on Friday as the Cougars’ offense was once again held scoreless. 

On the other hand, Memphis couldn’t have scripted a better start. Aided by a third down pass interference call on UH senior nickel back Jayce Rogers, Memphis marched 78 yards down the field on 14 plays on its opening possession. Running back Brandon Thomas found the end zone from 3 yards out to cap off the long drive and put Memphis up 7-0.

The Tigers’ defense, which ranked sixth in the country in interceptions entering Friday night, came up with interception No. 9 on the Cougars’ next possession as Memphis’ Quindell Johnson picked off Tune on a third down at the Memphis 45-yard line.

Memphis tight end Cade Prieskorn made sure that the takeaway didn’t go to waste. After catching a short pass from quarterback Seth Henigan, Prieskorn found some green grass, taking it 25 yards to the house on the final play of the first quarter.

Back-to-back sacks from junior defensive lineman Jamaree Caldwell and senior defensive end Nelson Ceaser provided the spark UH needed. 

Following the defensive stop, freshman running back Brandon Campbell got things going for the UH offense with a 34-yard run to the Memphis 25. Campbell also picked up a fourth-and-1 conversion to get the ball to the Memphis 1-yard line before Tune got into the end zone on a quarterback sneak with the help of a push from Trahan to cut the deficit in half.

After Memphis got its lead back up to double-digits on a 36-yard field goal, the UH offense marched 70 yards down the field in under two minutes to set up a 21-yard chip shot with five seconds left in the half. Senior kicker Bubba Baxa pulled the kick wide left, sending the Cougars into the half trailing 17-7.

Senior safety Gervarrius Owens swung momentum in UH’s favor early in the second quarter, stripping Memphis receiver Joe Scates after a 29-yard gain and recovering the fumble himself.

Tune connected with Trahan for 37 yards on the Cougars’ first play of the second half to put UH deep in Memphis territory.

Facing a third-and-goal at the Memphis 1-yard line plays later, Tune failed to get in on a quarterback sneak, a play which he had scored on in the second quarter. Campbell was stuffed on fourth-and-goal, squandering the golden opportunity to get within three of Memphis.

Following the fourth down stop, the Tigers put together a 15-play, 89-yard drive that ended with a 28-yard field goal to extend the lead to 20-7.

Memphis added to its lead on the first play of the fourth quarter as wide receiver Gabriel Rogers threw a 41-yard dime to running back Asa Martin on a trick play for a touchdown. The Tigers attempted a two-point conversion but failed.

UH answered Memphis with a 4-play, 57-yard drive that ended with a 6-yard touchdown reception by junior receiver Nathaniel Dell. The Cougars also went for two but did not convert, trailing 26-13 early in the fourth quarter.

Memphis tacked on three points on its ensuing possession on a 26-yard field goal.

Down 16, Rogers took the ensuing kickoff 100-yards to the house, the Cougars’ first special teams score of the season. Once again, UH went for two and failed.

An unsuccessful onside kick set Memphis up in UH territory. The Tigers’ drive stalled after picking up a first down before Chris Howard connected on his fourth field goal of the night, this one from 39 yards out.

Tune finished with 366 yards and three touchdowns through the air.

Brown led the Cougars in receiving with nine receptions for 116 yards. Dell hauled in 10 passes for 81 yards and Trahan had five catches for 73 yards.

With the win, UH now sits at 3-3 overall and 1-1 in American Athletic Conference play.

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UH football face Memphis in its first road AAC game of the season. | James Mueller/The Cougar

After falling in its American Athletic Conference opener, UH football hits the road and takes on rivals Memphis (4-1, 2-0 AAC).

Follow along for live scoring updated below:

Fourth Quarter (12:44): Memphis 26, Houston 13

After storming down the field on its next possession, UH responded with a 6-play, 75-yard drive ending on a 6-yard touchdown pass by Tune to wide receiver Nathaniel Dell to trail 26-13 after a failed two-point conversion.

Fourth Quarter (14:50): Memphis 26, Houston 7

Nearing midfield, Memphis pulled a trick play as wide receiver Gabriel Rogers found wide receiver Asa Martin deep in the end zone for a 41-yard touchdown pass to take a 26-17 lead after the Tigers’ failed to convert on the two-point try.

Third Quarter (4:54): Memphis 20, Houston 7

After the Tigers’ defense picked up a goal-line stand, Memphis posted a second drive of six minutes or longer, moving 89 yards down the field on 15 plays and settled for a 28-yard field goal by Howard to lead 20-7.

Second Quarter (3:15): Memphis 17, Houston 7

A hot drive for the Tigers came to a halt as the Cougars’ defense held Memphis inside the red zone, leading to a 36-yard field goal by kicker Chris Howard to extend the lead to 17-7.

Second Quarter (6:02): Memphis 14, Houston 7

After converting on 4th-and-1 inside the five yard line, senior quarterback Clayton Tune powered himself into the end zone on a QB sneak to cut the deficit in half for the Cougars at 14-7.

First Quarter (0:00): Memphis 14, Houston 0

Opening its second drive near midfield, Memphis finished a six-play, 59-yard drive as quarterback Seth Henigan found tight end Caden Prieskorn for a 25-yard touchdown to double its lead to 14-0.

First Quarter (6:15): Memphis 7, Houston 0

After forcing UH to punt on its first possession, Memphis drove 78 yards down the field in 14 plays and capped off its possession with a 3-yard rushing touchdown by running back Brandon Thomas.

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Environment, climate, and light are some factors that affect the yield of cannabis produced. However, the one thing that is most crucial to producing good cannabis yields is cultivating top-grade weed seeds. 

If you’re new to the world of cannabis, the vast array of choices can be overwhelming. How do you know which seeds are good and which are bad? 

In this article, we’ll give you some tips on how to distinguish the best cannabis seeds for sale from dubs that won’t sprout. With a bit of knowledge, you’ll be able to select the best seeds for your needs.

To check the quality of your marijuana seeds, you can follow a few simple methods listed below.

By Physical Traits

You can tell the quality of a seed by observing how it looks. A good quality seed has a dewdrop-like structure that is round from one end and narrower from the other. The bigger and fatter the seed, the more chances it will produce a fine yield. Seeds that are too flat will likely not sprout.

Furthermore, if your auto-flowering seeds have a white or pale green color, it indicates that they are most likely bad and immature. To produce a good cannabis yield, look for seeds with a dark brown, nearly black-like deep color with light-colored stripes on them. Moreover, go for ones that have a slight shine to them.

Additionally, be on the lookout for fungus; it is like a powdery white substance on the top of the seed. You can do this by either examining each one closely or viewing it through a magnifying glass.

By Touch

The outer shell of healthy weed seeds is usually hard and firm. It is most likely a bad, unhealthy one if it is soft and breaks easily when you press it between your fingers. Feel for cracks within the seed. Good quality seed should have no holes or gaps in it. It is best to throw it away if you can feel cracks or if it is soft and crushes when you press it.

By Doing the Float Test

Still doubtful about your weed seeds? Perform a quick floating experiment. For this, you will need a cup or glass of mild hot distilled water (make sure it’s not too hot). Add the seeds to the cup/glass of water and leave them for an hour or so. Following an hour, the healthy and perfect auto-flowering seeds will sink. Whereas the seeds afloat are immature and of poor quality.

Do this test only if you choose to germinate the auto flower seeds immediately. As the experiment is completed, the seeds would have absorbed the water, and if you attempt to dry them out for later use, you may end up ruining a good quality healthy seed.

By Sourcing your Seeds from a Reliable Place

It is crucial to buy marijuana seeds from a reputable seed bank rather than an unreliable source. Professional seed banks pride themselves on producing the best quality, healthy seeds to produce a bountiful harvest.

On the other hand, if you purchase your weed seeds from an unreliable place, for instance, your local dealer or a hobbyist friend, you might end up investing in low-quality autoflower seeds that won’t germinate, ultimately wasting your time, energy, and effort.

So it’s best to do a bit of research to find the most reliable seed bank that will provide you with top-quality, healthy marijuana seeds.

By the Ultimate Germination Test

If none of this works, you can try the ultimate germination test that will undoubtedly tell you which of your seeds are good quality and which are duds. You can either place them directly in the soil and see if they bud or use the damp paper towel test.

Place some moistened kitchen paper towels on a plate and put your weed seeds on them. Place another kitchen plate on top to lock in the moisture. If they are fine and healthy, they will grow a small taproot because of the dark and damp conditions set under the plate. You can carefully transfer this seed into a pot while being mindful not to touch the taproot as it is very fragile, and you may end up damaging or infecting it.

The Final Verdict

Cultivating and producing a good cannabis yield comes down to having a top-quality weed seed. Purchasing the seeds from a reputable seed bank, examining them closely, and doing a water float test are some ways to easily identify if your weed seed is of good quality or if it’s a dub.

Kenneth Carter (87Ox, 89C), the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology at Oxford College, assumed the position of interim dean of Oxford on Aug. 1, following former Dean Douglas Hicks’ resignation on April 29 to become president of Davidson College (N.C.). Carter is taking on this role amid a wave of University leadership changes.  

In an interview with The Emory Wheel, Carter spoke about Oxford’s future and how he is approaching his time as dean. Responses have been edited by the Wheel for length and clarity.

Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology Kenneth E. Carter was named the interim dean of Oxford College. Photo courtesy of Emory University

Emory Wheel: Emory seems to be looking toward the future. Lately, the Wheel has noticed a lot of investment and development. There’s the 2O36 fundraiser, the renovated halls and the switch to Bon Appétit dining in 2015. How do you envision Oxford in 10 years? 

Kenneth Carter: It’s interesting to me because, having been a student here at Oxford back in the ‘80s, the kinds of things that Oxford is doing now are exactly the kinds of things that I knew we were doing when I was a student and that I hope we’ll be doing in the future. This includes investing in the student experience and making sure students are getting the things they need. So, a lot of those renovations and infrastructure things that we’ve been doing are to help out with the student experience. My hope is that in the next 10 years, we are going to continue to invest money in those kinds of things as well, whether it’s scholarships or residence halls or renovating existing buildings. To me, it’s all about making sure the students get that educational experience that they really need. 

EW: These past two years have created unprecedented challenges for both Emory and the world. In what ways will you ensure student health and quality of life as a dean? 

KC: These last two years have been really tough for everyone. Everyone has lost something and it’s been stressful for a lot of people. For me, coming in as interim dean, I recognize that, but I also want to make sure that we spend some time making sure that we get what we need out of this year. I’ve been talking about four things that I want to do during this year that’s going to help students, faculty and staff. Number one, doing all those things that we know are essential to do — delivering the educational experience and making sure the student experience is really strong and good. The second is combating burnout. Students feel burnt out. Faculty and staff feel burnt out because we all doubled down and did the things that we needed to do during the worst times of the pandemic. We want to make sure to do something that is going to combat that burnout as well. One of the things that some people do to combat burnout is to isolate themselves because they feel like, “I don’t want to stress myself out, so I’m going to stay in my room more.” But we also know that one of the not-so-secret sauces of Oxford is our community. So I’m trying to do what I call reigniting our community. Our community has always been here, but we created a schedule to keep people off campus during the pandemic. Now we need to do some things to not just make people be on campus, but make people want to be on campus and to interact with each other. So trying to find ways to reignite the community in order to combat that burnout is going to really help us to get not only back where we were and even further on. So a lot of the things I’ve been doing help focus on those four main things. 

EW: There have been student protests about course registration due to high enrollment in popular classes with limited spots. What is your plan regarding high demand courses?

KC: We are trying to do a better job at understanding which of those courses are high demand courses so that we make it easy for students to be able to progress through their time at Oxford. I said we are doing four things but I only mentioned three. The fourth thing that I forgot to mention goes along with this, which is called stocktaking, which is making sure we understand what we need in order to deliver that experience that we want to be able to deliver. So making sure we have a better understanding of which courses fill quickly and whether or not there may need to be some more demand in those courses. We have advertisements up for three new faculty positions this year, so we’re making some long-term planning for growing our faculty. We want to make sure we grow it in the right way to coordinate with the programs that students want, but also with programs that I think are essential to a small liberal arts college as well. 

EW: If you had all the power in the world, is there a specific thing you would change about Oxford? 

KC: It’s actually more for me about what I wouldn’t change about Oxford. The thing about Oxford that makes it really special is that faculty members don’t come to Oxford because they have a huge research project and they don’t want to deal with students. They come to Oxford because they love working with students, and so what I wouldn’t change is that community… that sort of squarely focuses on students’ experience. I hope the students feel that because to me, there’s no other place you can get that faculty who are doing research but want to include students with them. Those are the things that, if I had a magic wand and a bunch of money,  I wouldn’t change anything. That would degrade the student experience because to me, it’s about being a student here, knowing my faculty members, being able to still connect with them decades later, having friends that I had lunch with and the people I knew while I was at Oxford. 

EW: How do you view the relationship between the Oxford and the Atlanta campus? Do you plan on creating any programs to help bridge the potential disconnections between the campuses?

KC: One of the things I’m doing is meeting a lot with Dean Freeman. I meet with her at least once every other week. We sit down and we coordinate things to make sure that things are working well between Emory College and Oxford College, but also with the other deans. We have meetings to make sure that those connections are going along well. We can identify some structures that can help out with that connection, so we focus on that during our meetings and make sure that we are in constant communication about how we can make things better. 

EW: How does being a first-generation college graduate impact the way you see what a college should offer for its undergraduate student body?

KC: I am a first-generation college student. Neither of my parents went to college. I was the first person to come to college in my whole family. What I found when I came to Oxford was a really challenging environment, but an environment that was really supportive, a really supportive community. To me, having that supportive environment is what’s important and special about a place like Oxford where you can get to know your faculty. We tell people the largest class is 28 students. You want that kind of student-faculty connection, and you get it here at Oxford. I think that impacts what I’d like to see. For example, you have these courses where we have a long waitlist. One way that we could get rid of that was to have a class of 300 people. But you don’t want that at a place like Oxford. You don’t come to Oxford because you walk into a class with like 500 students. I have a friend who teaches a psychology class that has 500 students. Trying to imagine an intro to psych class with 500 people, you wouldn’t get that as an Oxford experience. The question is how you deliver that when our introductory psych classes are 28 people. We have to sort of balance those things out. 

EW: You graduated from Oxford and Emory, served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology and have a plethora of accomplishments such as a doctorate in clinical psychology. In what ways have your accomplishments prepared you for this role?

KC: If you had asked an 18-year-old me what I would be doing decades later, I probably wouldn’t have said that I would be the interim dean of the college that I was entering for the first time. So, I know that my experiences have prepared me for this, but my old self wouldn’t have imagined that this was my future. I will say to other people, if you’re 18 years old and you’re in college and you’re imagining what your life is going to be like in the future, it may be even more amazing than you imagined. That’s a piece of it. The other piece is having experienced this place as a student. I know the kind of things that students struggle with at small liberal arts colleges. I know the things that can be tough for you as a first-generation college student coming to Oxford. I can also see Oxford from the viewpoint of faculty. I know the things that faculty struggle with. I know what it’s like to be a new faculty member. Now as interim dean, I feel like I have empathy for what the students are experiencing. I have empathy for what the faculty and staff are experiencing. My goal is to make sure to sort of see the world through their eyes, and I think that’s what’s helped prepare me for this. 

EW: What advice, if any, did Hicks give you for this role?

KC: We had several meetings during the transition period. I think the best advice that I got from him was being able to get to know the… staff and faculty and make sure that I continue to interact with them every day. One of the challenges that I had for the first month was the challenge of belonging and helping people feel like they belong. One of my goals was to eat in the dining hall at least once a week, and that helped me connect with students, faculty and staff. So, I’m going to continue to do that during the year. 

EW: What’s it like being on Oxford’s campus, now serving as interim dean, after also attending two undergraduate years on this same campus?

KC: Oh, gosh! Oxford is a place that continues to surprise and delight me in ways that I can’t always predict. You know, it’s like you would think that after having been a student here for two years, having been a faculty member here for a while, I would know every nook and cranny of this school. I know exactly how it works, but every day is different, and every day is sort of a surprise and it’s pretty amazing. 

EW: What are some of the most significant ways Oxford has changed since your time as a student?

KC: Number one’s the class sizes. They are slightly larger than when I was a student. At that time, there were 550 students. Now, Oxford is twice the size it was when I was an undergraduate here. The food is also much, much, much, much better than it was when I was a student. And yes, eating here most days I can say that’s true for sure. The facilities are better. But to me, the thing that makes Oxford a special place is still the same, which is that community, and it hasn’t changed at all. 

EW: In first-year convocation, we’ve had the pleasure of seeing Dooley and his crew. Henry Elder (23Ox), the speaker at the candlelight procession, exclaimed sonorously, “Open Dooley’s Tavern!” Are we going to see a grand reopening anytime soon? 

KC: Hmmm … Dooley’s Tavern … Dooley’s Tavern … I’ll say to you …  stay tuned, stay tuned.

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After a two-week-long break in action following their 5-1 victory over Université de Moncton in the Sept. 23 exhibition matchup, the Boston University women’s ice hockey team will officially open their season against the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this Friday night at Walter Brown Arena. The exhibition game saw goals from five Terriers, three of which came in the opening period. Junior defenseman Andi Calderone, senior forward Brooke Ersoy, freshman defender Brooke Disher, freshman forward Sydney Healey and senior forward Julia Nearis all lit the lamp in a balanced scoring effort. Getting pucks on the net and scoring off the power […]

On the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 16, screams echoed through the tiled hallways of the Webb Center. Chicago rapper G Herbo had just been announced as this year’s Homecoming performer and ODU students could not contain themselves. The 2022 Homecoming Committee hopes such excitement will sustain itself throughout the entire week. 

Homecoming at Old Dominion University has historically been steeped in rich tradition and Monarch pride. This year’s agenda, featuring G Herbo’s performance on Oct. 19, will be no exception.

The theme, “Forward Focused,” pulls from ODU’s 2023-2028 Strategic Plan to chart a clear course for its future and continued success. 

“‘Forward Focused,’ to me, means looking to the future and making new memories,” said Macala Gardner, homecoming associate director. “This is a great time for students to do that.”

Events are set to take place Oct. 17-23, rounding out with a home football game against Georgia Southern University. Fans are encouraged to deck out in “Hudson Blue,” a striking sky-colored hue matching ODU’s team jerseys.  

Aside from age-old traditions like dyeing the Monarch Fountain blue and “Claim Your Crown,” an event where student organizations paint their own ODU crown on Kaufman Mall, this year’s Homecoming Committee has a lot in store for the campus community. 

“This year we’re doing a lot of events and we have a strong e-board,” said Gardner. “In 2020, COVID-19 hit and everything was at a halt. We had to stop everything [and] we weren’t able to do all the events we had in mind. [Then,] last year, a lot of students weren’t on campus and we had to do a lot of things virtual. The attendance wasn’t as good.” 

With students finally returning and campus life now in full swing, the homecoming committee felt a massive push to curate accessible and exciting events this time around. From contests to shows to giveaways, the general consensus around campus administration was to make this year as thrilling and memorable as possible in light of the last two years. 

“There are some students who are new [this year,] and our events will allow them to show school spirit,” explained Jaira Wiley, homecoming marketing director. “Something I love about homecoming is that it’s a great way to meet new people, have fun, and take a break from classes.” 

ODU’s 2022 Homecoming Court election has also formally commenced, with royals campaigning via colorful posters plastered with QR codes linked to the voting ballot. 

Members of the royal court range wide in diversity and involvement. From Morgan Hairston, a senior double majoring in philosophy and women’s studies, to Avery Keys, president of the ODU Art League, to Nate Overton, a member of the SEES Student Leadership Council: 2022’s Homecoming Royalty have a long and hard fight for the crown ahead of them. 

“I’m excited about homecoming court,” said Gardner. “Everyone is excited.”

To learn more about 2022’s Homecoming events and/or register, click here.

To cast your vote for Homecoming Royalty, click here.

For live updates, follow Homecoming on Instagram (@ODU_Homecoming) or Twitter (@ODUHomecoming).