To celebrate its centennial year, as well as the excitement surrounding the Mardi Gras holiday, Southeastern held its Mardi Gras Centennial Ball: Roarin’ in the Quarter on March 6 in the Student Union Ballroom.
The event featured food, dancing and music by Tyler Kinchen and the Right Pieces, as well as DJ Trigga Trey. The aim was to bring the “magic of the French Quarter to campus,” and while Southeastern shined in doing so, the attendees shined even more.
Attire was listed as being “Mardi Gras Formal” which was encouraged, but not required. Students and staff at Southeastern showed up to stun in their Mardi Gras-themed attire.
Highlighted below are just some of the most festive fits from the night:
Jolie Frazier, a junior English major, dressed in a ravishing white ball gown and matching Mardi Gras mask. (Eva Saladino)Southeastern’s 2024 Homecoming King and Queen, sophomore criminal justice major Lucky Ameh and senior kinesiology major Anyah Matthews, stunned in their royal crowns and SLU spirit colors. (Eva Saladino)Trinity Cyprian, a freshman nursing major, took part in the festivities by sporting a purple feathered mask. (Eva Saladino)
President Dr. William Wainwright alongside First Lady Misty Wainwright and the Associate Director for Campus Activity Board, Adonica Reed. (Eva Saladino)Jennifer Kerner, a freshman political science major, came dressed in a glittering yellow ball gown and crown. (Eva Saladino)Miss Southeastern 2025, junior English education major Eva Delatte wore a ravishing gold gown emulating both Mardi Gras and Southeastern spirit. (Eva Saladino)Jade Poche, a sophomore general studies major attending with her friend, Majesty Wiggins, a Southeastern sophomore. (Eva Saladino)
Eva Saladino is an English major from Covington who has been with The Lion’s Roar since March of 2023. She began as a staff reporter and now stands as the Arts and Entertainment editor and plans to graduate in the Fall of 2025. Eva intends to let her love for writing guide her into a professional career she is proud of. She also hopes to one day live in New York and write and publish her own children’s book. Eva loves nature, going to farmer’s markets and watching romcoms.
Yumi Domangue is a double major in mechatronics engineering technology and new media and animation. She joined Student Publications in the Fall of 2021 as a graphic designer. She intends to use her skills to have a career in design.
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