Homecoming royals recall their moment
Molly Carpenter
Issue date: 10/26/09 Section: News
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Diggs, a senior political science major from Little Rock, and Everett, a junior chemistry major from McGehee, are the second black king and queen in ASU history.
After hearing their names announced over the speakers, both said they were overwhelmed.
"I just heard my first name and it was like a bomb just exploded," Everett said. "It was crazy. I was just out of control.
"I felt like everything kind of came together," Diggs said. "I have been trying to represent the students since my freshmen year and all the hard work came together."
ASU has strict stipulations for candidates to campaign on the campus for Homecoming court and king and queen.
They are only allowed to utilize the Internet and produce fliers that are no larger than eight and a half inches by eleven inches.
Diggs said her campaign made quarter fliers with Everett, which they passed around from a campaigning location on campus, utilized Facebook and word of mouth.
"People depend on people knowing their names, but getting out and meeting people really helped I think," she said. "It made people really believe I wanted to represent ASU."
Everett said his team did the same things as Diggs; except he placed quarter fliers in all the residence halls during both voting periods.
"We kind of worked together on the campaign, so it would have been kind of heartbreaking if one got it and not the other," Diggs said.
Both Diggs and Everett are involved in many different areas of the ASU campus.
Everett has been involved with SGA since his freshmen year, serving as a freshman senator, College of Math and Sciences senator and is currently the junior senator and president pro-temp. He is also the SAB spirit club director, has been a community assistant at NorthPark Quads for two years, an orientation leader for two years and vice president of his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.
He is also involved in Brother to Brother, Black Student Association, American Chemical Society and is an ambassador to the Admissions Office and Alumni Office.
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Joseph
posted 11/05/09 @ 11:48 AM CST
Just so your Herald staff knows, they are not the second black Homecoming King and Queen. Tiffany Frazier was Homecoming King in 2006 and Evette Allen was homecoming Queen in 2007. (Continued…)
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