No official decision on future homecoming events has been made

Orok Orok, assistant director of student engagement, has commented on the recent proposition to end homecoming taken by associate vice president Dr. Miron P. Billingsley
 “I think as the associate vice president, Billingsley has the position to look at the grander picture. His job is to make sure students are safe and they understand their role in campus safety,” said Orok.
Billingsley recently proposed a Prairie View campus without a student homecoming for at least three years because of what he considered to be an embarrassing example for Prairie View students and alarm in overall student safety.
Orok said, “I do not know if three years is too harsh because I do not how the students really see homecoming.”
An open threat, Billingsley has yet to confirm or deny the university’s intention to move forward with a homecoming cancellation yet students are moving to assure homecoming continues.
Student Government Association vice president Jarrick Brown said, “SGA plans to implement a program called Panther Empowerment to show students their responsibility to the university, but I think Billingsley is showing the student body that campus activities are a privilege and they can be taken away if we choose not to act accordingly.”
Working alongside the students of Prairie View daily, Orok like Billingsley, wonders where the students’ accountability has gone.
“As a former student, I notice that students participate in different activities, but when something happens or goes wrong, no one is taking or stepping up to plate. That’s the problem, how do we get students to step up to the plate and own up to their responsibilities?” asked Orok.
As Brown and SGA moves to implement Panther Empowerment to coincide with freshmen orientation, student leaders are working as student advocates who understand what homecoming means.
Junior civil engineering major Melanie Melton said, “Homecoming to me is where you get together with old friends that you once went to school with and celebrate your memories and school pride.”
Students must await the final decision of future homecomings as the homecoming committee members wait to convene and discuss the year’s strengths and weaknesses in the coming weeks.
Orok said, “What is your responsibility in making campus life better? If you don’t have homecoming will campus life suck? How do you make it better? If you do have homecoming how can you make it better? Not matter what you do or what you take away, the student has to realize that he/she has responsibility to make campus life better.”