1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,040 Hello everybody, welcome to our homecoming podcast named, 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:12,800 My name is Sean Axius. Hi, my name is Kalia Landour. I'm Cameron Nelson. I'm Manal. 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:29,840 And welcome to our homecoming podcast. 4 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:42,000 How was y'all's homecoming where Vinci did y'all go to? How would you rate it? How y'all feeling about it? 5 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:54,240 Well, I didn't really do anything. I did go to like the DaVinci show for a little bit, 6 00:00:54,240 --> 00:01:04,080 but the line was so long that I ended up leaving. And I was interested in going to the 7 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,080 Chico Bean comedy show, but didn't end up going. 8 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,040 Oh, I did. Go ahead. 9 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:23,040 Go ahead. So for me, I went to the Housing Steps show. And I went to the show before the game, 10 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:28,080 but other than that, I didn't really do anything. And I think the Steps show was my favorite part. 11 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:40,320 I had went to Top Flight and Tailgating, Bourbon Street. And then I went to the homecoming close 12 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:46,960 out at 10 on Sunday. And I had a pretty good time. It was fun. I love seeing everybody together. 13 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:54,960 Yeah, that's good. That's good. I went to, this is my first homecoming, but I went to a good amount 14 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:08,080 of stuff. I went to the DaVinci thing, and then I went to the bonfire party that happened afterwards. 15 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:18,480 And then I went to this thing. And then I went to the Chico Bean comedy show. 16 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:28,160 All I gotta say is thank God for Chico Bean. And I also did some other stuff. But overall, 17 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,040 I enjoyed myself. The game was fun. Overall, it was pretty fun. 18 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:42,000 Did anybody eat any good food? Go to the food trucks or anything? 19 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,080 I went to the SGA barbecue. I got me some good ribs. 20 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,040 I had some lemonade in it. It was good. It was like pineapple lemonade. 21 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,560 Was it from Macape? I forgot who exactly it was from, 22 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:06,480 but it was from a vendor at the tailgate. I had me a mango lemonade with some tequila in it. 23 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:11,280 That was pretty good. A little bit expensive, but it was good. 24 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:20,400 That's good. That's good. When I was at the SGA barbecue, I had two lemonades, 25 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:26,400 and it was from Macape. And one of them really tastes like this Haitian drink. So I think I'm 26 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:31,040 gonna start buying from them way more. But I don't know yet. 27 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:38,560 Nobody went to SET Friday? I did, but I wasn't there for long. I just 28 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:48,240 found this thrift store, a pop-up. And then I mainly hung up from friends from home who visited. 29 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,280 So I was just there, and then I left a little early. 30 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:58,560 Yeah. I was driving through campus after SET was over, and it was a ridiculous amount of people 31 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:04,160 that were on campus. I don't think I've seen that many people since my freshman year of homecoming. 32 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,480 I don't know. I don't really have much to talk about when it comes to homecoming, 33 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:14,240 because the only big thing that came out of it was relating to Chico Bean. 34 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,680 But I don't want to speak too much on that yet. 35 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,720 Do you feel like there's anything family can do better for homecoming next year? 36 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:35,360 I would say, I don't know. I guess the concert. I didn't go to it because it didn't have good 37 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:42,080 artists, but I heard that concert was more or less a mess. Like, yeah, usually artists came on as a 38 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:49,600 surprise artist, but none of them were really relevant. And the ones that kind of are, 39 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,680 their songs are like, they haven't dropped in a long time. 40 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:58,400 Yeah. I'd say the concert too, because I feel like, I mean, the people they had weren't too bad, 41 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:05,120 but they can do more. For the number one public HBCU, you're not really giving out 42 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:12,320 number one artists, you know what I'm saying? It's not, it's not, it's not. I was very disappointed. 43 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:18,720 You know, the school's getting Sexy Red and Vs and all these other people, and we get 44 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,080 depressing music for homecoming. 45 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,240 And two non-relevant niggas who are just there. 46 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:34,080 It's frustrating because I'm looking at NCAT and I'm like, I'm ready to disappear. 47 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,880 I'm ready to go to the concert. I mean, I'll take a train up there and take a train back. 48 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,000 To NCAT? 49 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:45,600 Mm-hmm. I will drive to Jacksonville. Like, I'll get somebody to drive me there and then I will 50 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:51,120 take a train up there. I would do it, but I don't have, but by the time I find out who the artist 51 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,080 was, I wasn't, I didn't get my ticket. So. 52 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,840 Yeah. Now you were serious about that too. 53 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,160 Yeah. No, it's like, yeah, no, I just. 54 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,240 This is what I'm missing. 55 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:05,200 Oh yeah. 56 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:05,700 It's beautiful. 57 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,160 Actually, I do want to focus in on the transfer students. Is this 58 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,080 your first year here, being here and relating to homecoming? 59 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,560 This is my first year here. 60 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:17,120 Same year. 61 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:17,620 Manawa. 62 00:06:17,620 --> 00:06:18,120 It's been a while. 63 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:26,080 Manawa. So I do want to pinpoint that you didn't go out so much. Were you just not really interested or? 64 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:35,840 Um, well, for me, it was mainly like not really knowing anybody. So I didn't really want to go 65 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:43,520 out just like alone. I felt that it was like too awkward for me. So I didn't really go out 66 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,040 as much as I would have liked to. 67 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:51,440 I didn't say this the other recording, but I do want to say this now because I'm more awake. 68 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:57,120 But being like, I had to do stuff alone a few times during this and I just talked to 69 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,760 other people and it was cool. But you have to like let yourself be out there more or less. 70 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,120 You gotta like push it. I mean, I don't know. 71 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:11,280 Your accountability is different from mine, but I used to be introverted to like extreme amount. 72 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,760 So it does help to just take that first step and get out there. 73 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,680 I'm very introverted so it's been a little difficult. 74 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,240 No, no, no, you don't have to force it. 75 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,200 Yeah. 76 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:31,360 So I'm gonna focus on this perspective. Cameron, as a fourth year compared to the other homecomings, 77 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:36,640 where would you place this, especially when it comes to the concert and everything like that? 78 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:44,880 I feel like freshman year was definitely the most unforgettable because, you know, everything is new. 79 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:51,440 You want to be outside as much as you possibly can. I had way more friends back then. So, 80 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,800 you know, I was just out and about having a good time. Everything was fun. It was news, 81 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:04,640 exciting. But then now that I'm older and I've been here since 2019, nothing has really 82 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,240 changed in a sense. So I don't really feel the need to be outside for everything. 83 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:16,480 But yeah, I mean, this one was cool for like my last homecoming as an undergrad. It was cool. 84 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:22,080 I had a good little time with the top flight with the grown folks and all the alum and stuff. 85 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:31,200 So this one would probably rank like my second or third, probably my second. Yeah, I'll rank it number two. 86 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,200 Okay, we know. 87 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,040 So Julia. 88 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:36,080 Yes. 89 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,880 Yes. How you said you were a transfer? Are you a fourth year or third year? 90 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,240 I'm like sophomore. 91 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:51,680 Okay, so actually, I'm going to translate this just a little bit some more of the like, 92 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:57,840 but for you, in your opinion, you said you came from Bethune-Cookman. 93 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,000 Yeah, Bethune-Cookman. 94 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,760 This one is better than Bethune-Cookman, right? 95 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:10,160 It definitely is. But I still see the fact that they can do a little bit more, but it's still better. 96 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:18,320 I said there's like more people at FEMU. So it makes it more lively, like everybody comes out. 97 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:34,800 And it's like a bigger campus. So it just makes all the festivities more fun. 98 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,800 So what are your favorite things about FEMU Homecoming? 99 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:50,160 My favorite things are the events, the community, how the whole community come out, celebrate together. 100 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,120 What are you most excited for for Homecoming? 101 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,280 Definitely the club. 102 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:57,920 Club? 103 00:09:57,920 --> 00:09:59,120 Yeah, club, party. 104 00:09:59,120 --> 00:09:59,840 Which one? 105 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:00,560 I don't know. 106 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:05,680 Okay. Do you have a crazy homecoming story or one that's most memorable? 107 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:09,600 No, not really. 108 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:10,100 Okay. 109 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:13,140 Okay. What are your favorite things about Homecoming? 110 00:10:14,020 --> 00:10:17,140 Seeing everybody come back to town and having fun. 111 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:21,140 What are you most looking forward to about Homecoming? 112 00:10:22,020 --> 00:10:22,820 Partying. 113 00:10:24,420 --> 00:10:29,460 What's the most memorable thing from the Homecomings that you've experienced? 114 00:10:30,980 --> 00:10:32,980 Partying, having fun, and drinking. 115 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:38,740 How are you and what's your name? 116 00:10:38,740 --> 00:10:50,740 My name is Hakeem Stevens and I'm doing good this morning. 117 00:10:51,940 --> 00:10:52,740 Where are you from? 118 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:55,700 I'm from Fort Myers, Florida, but I live in Perry, Florida. 119 00:10:56,900 --> 00:11:00,900 Are you a transfer student or did you start your education at FEMU? 120 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:03,860 Transfer from Bethune-Cookme University. 121 00:11:05,780 --> 00:11:10,420 How has your homecoming at your previous school compared to FEMU's homecoming? 122 00:11:12,340 --> 00:11:16,740 Homecoming at BCU was more so smaller. 123 00:11:16,740 --> 00:11:23,060 FEMU was more so on a bigger scale as far as performances and alumni showing up. 124 00:11:23,060 --> 00:11:27,620 It's more so, you know, I don't know how to explain it, but yeah, it's bigger. 125 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:28,500 It's bigger and better. 126 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:33,220 So how has Homecoming Week been like for you so far? 127 00:11:35,540 --> 00:11:36,420 It's been fun. 128 00:11:36,420 --> 00:11:38,980 I've been to only two things so far, but yeah, they were fun. 129 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:44,980 Any homecoming activities you're interested in or are interested in? 130 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:49,380 Yes, I've been to two things, so yes. 131 00:11:50,900 --> 00:11:51,540 What were they? 132 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:57,540 I went to the concert last night and I went to the comedy show the night before that. 133 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:02,100 Do you live on or off campus? 134 00:12:02,660 --> 00:12:03,380 Off campus. 135 00:12:04,180 --> 00:12:08,020 Do you feel your involvement with homecoming is different because you live off campus? 136 00:12:10,260 --> 00:12:10,740 No. 137 00:12:11,780 --> 00:12:16,580 Do students who live on campus have a different experience than those off campus? 138 00:12:16,580 --> 00:12:24,580 Yes and no. It all depends on whether you want to go out or not, so I'm going to say no, they don't. 139 00:12:25,380 --> 00:12:26,020 It depends on the person. 140 00:12:26,020 --> 00:12:26,580 It depends on the person. 141 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:30,580 What events have you already been to and why did you go? 142 00:12:32,580 --> 00:12:36,580 Well, I went to the concert last night because the tickets were cheaper than they were before 143 00:12:37,060 --> 00:12:41,540 and the night before that I went to the comedy show because I'm a fan of the comedian who was there. 144 00:12:41,540 --> 00:12:45,540 What were your thoughts? 145 00:12:45,540 --> 00:12:47,540 Nothing, just fun, you know, why not? 146 00:12:49,540 --> 00:12:51,540 Okay, thank you. 147 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:55,540 How are you and what's your name? 148 00:12:55,540 --> 00:12:57,540 I'm good, my name is Alexander Harris. 149 00:12:57,540 --> 00:12:59,540 Where are you from? 150 00:12:59,540 --> 00:13:01,540 I'm from Miami, Florida. 151 00:13:01,540 --> 00:13:05,540 Are you a transfer student or did you start your education at FAMU? 152 00:13:05,540 --> 00:13:07,540 I started here. 153 00:13:07,540 --> 00:13:09,540 Okay, so you started here. 154 00:13:09,540 --> 00:13:11,540 I started here. 155 00:13:11,540 --> 00:13:17,540 Okay, how has homecoming week been like for you so far? 156 00:13:17,540 --> 00:13:19,540 I'm chilling, I haven't been out. 157 00:13:19,540 --> 00:13:23,540 I've only been to the school stuff and house parties and whatnot. 158 00:13:23,540 --> 00:13:25,540 I don't really get into the homecoming festivities. 159 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:33,540 Are there any activities that you are interested in? 160 00:13:33,540 --> 00:13:35,540 Tailgating, I like the free food. 161 00:13:35,540 --> 00:13:37,540 Do you live on or off campus? 162 00:13:37,540 --> 00:13:39,540 Off campus. 163 00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:43,540 Do you feel your involvement with homecoming is different because you live off campus? 164 00:13:43,540 --> 00:13:47,540 Not particularly, I mean, I can still go to everything. 165 00:13:47,540 --> 00:13:53,540 I say my involvement, the lack of involvement stems from me usually working for the clubs. 166 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:59,540 So not working there, I don't want to just go and try to enjoy it because I'm going to be in a work mindset. 167 00:14:01,540 --> 00:14:05,540 Do you feel that students who live on campus have a different experience than those off campus? 168 00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:07,540 Why or why not? 169 00:14:07,540 --> 00:14:09,540 Definitely. 170 00:14:09,540 --> 00:14:17,540 There's nothing better than getting up out of your bed like you had a long day of classes or a long night drinking and you get up out of bed and you can walk around. 171 00:14:17,540 --> 00:14:19,540 There's a bunch of food trucks around. 172 00:14:19,540 --> 00:14:21,540 There's a bunch of old people asking you how you've been. 173 00:14:21,540 --> 00:14:23,540 You want to play the food, it's great. 174 00:14:25,540 --> 00:14:29,540 What events have you already been to and why did you go? 175 00:14:29,540 --> 00:14:39,540 I went to the homecoming, not the homecoming step show, well yeah I went to the housing step show. 176 00:14:39,540 --> 00:14:47,540 I went because the girl I talked to is older, the MSC group was over that. 177 00:14:47,540 --> 00:14:51,540 So she was like, can you come? So I canceled my volleyball practice and I showed up for her. 178 00:14:51,540 --> 00:14:55,540 What were your thoughts? 179 00:14:55,540 --> 00:14:59,540 I think the judges sucked. 180 00:14:59,540 --> 00:15:03,540 It was cool. I'm not really into stepping in and all that so for me I was just watching. 181 00:15:03,540 --> 00:15:09,540 I think a lot of them kids are pretty talented. 182 00:15:09,540 --> 00:15:15,540 I think they got robbed, what is it TNT? I think that's Towers, they got robbed. 183 00:15:19,540 --> 00:15:23,540 How would you describe your homecoming experience for 2023? 184 00:15:23,540 --> 00:15:29,540 I would definitely say it was one for the books. Homecoming I think was always lit. 185 00:15:29,540 --> 00:15:35,540 It's always something to do, the parties were lit. We won, we beat. 186 00:15:35,540 --> 00:15:39,540 What would you say was your favorite event of homecoming week? 187 00:15:39,540 --> 00:15:47,540 My favorite event was probably either the housing step show or the Greek step show. 188 00:15:47,540 --> 00:15:53,540 Those were fun. 189 00:15:53,540 --> 00:15:57,540 Why would you pick those events? 190 00:15:57,540 --> 00:16:03,540 Maybe because the performances, everybody who went up there instead they ate. 191 00:16:03,540 --> 00:16:09,540 Any improvements that you feel like the school could have made better for homecoming this year? 192 00:16:09,540 --> 00:16:15,540 I would just say most likely the concert. 193 00:16:15,540 --> 00:16:19,540 Yeah, better people. 194 00:16:19,540 --> 00:16:23,540 Okay, thank you. 195 00:16:23,540 --> 00:16:29,540 Hello, my name is Sean Maxius and this is my interview with the RA of Samson Hall, Darius. 196 00:16:29,540 --> 00:16:35,540 My homecoming was very eventful. It was my last undergrad homecoming. 197 00:16:35,540 --> 00:16:39,540 I took home first place. I never did no step show stuff before. 198 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:43,540 That was a great experience, not gonna lie. Made some great people. 199 00:16:43,540 --> 00:16:49,540 Of course throughout the week, comedy show, that was funny. 200 00:16:49,540 --> 00:16:51,540 What was happening this week? 201 00:16:51,540 --> 00:16:53,540 You know, the game. 202 00:16:53,540 --> 00:16:55,540 The game? Where is this being posted? 203 00:16:55,540 --> 00:16:59,540 It's for my web design class. 204 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:01,540 I don't know if I can say what I want to say. 205 00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:05,540 Avoid it. 206 00:17:05,540 --> 00:17:09,540 At the game, I was. 207 00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:13,540 Overall, it was a good homecoming. 208 00:17:13,540 --> 00:17:15,540 I went to Bourbon Street. 209 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:17,540 You don't get to work, bro. 210 00:17:17,540 --> 00:17:19,540 I went to Bourbon Street. 211 00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:21,540 Bourbon Street was fun. 212 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:27,540 But yeah, 10 out of 10 homecoming. Last undergrad homecoming. 10 out of 10. 213 00:17:27,540 --> 00:17:29,540 Man, that's your best. 214 00:17:29,540 --> 00:17:39,540 Alright, well thank you for listening to this vlog, guys. Bye!