Southern
Encyclopedia
Education
- Southern University SystemSouthern University SystemThe Southern University System is a system of universities in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its headquarters are at the Joseph Samuel Clark Administration Building on the property of the Southern University campus in Baton Rouge...
, a historically African American public university system in the U.S. state of Louisiana- Southern UniversitySouthern UniversitySouthern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
(formal name Southern University and A&M College), the main campus of the system, located in Baton Rouge. When referring to a school in this system, "Southern" by itself generally refers to this particular campus. - Southern University at New OrleansSouthern University at New OrleansSouthern University at New Orleans is a historically black university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
- Southern University at ShreveportSouthern University at ShreveportSouthern University at Shreveport, Louisiana or Southern University at Shreveport is a two-year campus of the historically black Southern University System. SUS, pushed to fruition by the administration of Governor John J. McKeithen, opened for instruction on September 19, 1967...
- Southern University Law CenterSouthern University Law CenterSouthern University Law Center, a campus of the Southern University System, opened for instruction in September 1947. Its concept was born out of a response of a lawsuit by an African American resident, Charles J. Hatfield, III, seeking to attend law school at a state institution...
, the system's law school, also in Baton Rouge
- Southern University
- Southern Adventist UniversitySouthern Adventist UniversitySouthern Adventist University is a college in Collegedale, Tennessee, owned and operated by the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. U.S. News & World Report categorizes it as a Southern Regional College, and the magazine has consistently ranked it as one of the top-tier schools in...
, Collegedale, Tennessee, United States - Southern Connecticut State UniversitySouthern Connecticut State UniversitySouthern Connecticut State University is one of four state universities in Connecticut, and is located in the West Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut...
, New Haven, Connecticut, United States - Southern High School (disambiguation), various schools
Organizations
- Southern Railway (disambiguation), various railways
- Southern AirwaysSouthern AirwaysSouthern Airways was a regional airline operating in the United States from its founding by Frank Hulse in 1949 until 1979 when it merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines, which on October 1, 1986, became part of Northwest Airlines, which in 2008 became a part of Delta Air...
, a defunct airline - Southern AirSouthern AirSouthern Air Inc. is a United States airline based in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States.A U.S. FAA part 121 supplemental cargo carrier and portfolio company of Oak Hill Capital Partners, Southern Air, through an all-Boeing fleet of 777Fs, 747-400BCFs and 747-200s, provides a wide range of...
, an airline based in Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. - Southern CompanySouthern CompanySouthern Company is a public utility holding company of primarily electric utilities in the southern United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with executive offices also located in Birmingham, Alabama. The company is currently the 16th largest utility company in the world and the...
, a U.S. electricity corporation - Southern RecordsSouthern RecordsSouthern Records is an independent record label closely associated with Crass Records, Corpus Christi Records and Dischord Records. It is based in London and previously had offices in Chicago , Le Havre and Berlin .Southern was originally a recording studio owned and operated by John Loder...
, an independent record label - Southern TelevisionSouthern TelevisionSouthern Television was the first ITV broadcasting licence holder for the south and south-east of England from 30 August 1958 until the night of 31 December 1981. The company was launched as Southern Television Limited and the title Southern Television was consistently used on-air throughout its life...
, a now defunct UK television company - Southern (train operating company)Southern (train operating company)Southern is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. Officially named Southern Railway Ltd., it is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead Group and Keolis, and has operated the South Central rail franchise since October 2000 and the Gatwick Express service...
, current train operator for some services in Southern England.
Surname
- Caleb SouthernCaleb SouthernCaleb Southern is an American musician and record producer. He has worked with Ben Folds Five, Fear of Pop and Archers of Loaf. He currently lives in Downtown Durham, North Carolina, and is a member of Partners Against Crime, District 5.-References:...
, American music producer - Edwin SouthernEdwin SouthernSir Edwin Mellor Southern, FRS is an English 2005 Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist. His award was for the invention of the Southern blot, now a common laboratory procedure, when he was working at the University of Edinburgh....
, molecular biologist - Eileen SouthernEileen SouthernEileen Jackson Southern was an African American musicologist, researcher, author and teacher.-Early life:She attended public schools in her hometown, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in Sioux Falls, South Dakota...
, American musicologist - Jeri SouthernJeri SouthernGenevieve Lillian Hering, known by her stage name Jeri Southern, was an American jazz pianist and singer.-Biography:...
, American jazz pianist and singer - Keith SouthernKeith SouthernKeith William Southern is an English professional footballer who plays for Blackpool. He is a central midfielder and is the longest-serving player currently at Bloomfield Road.-Early career: Everton and loan move to Blackpool:...
, English association football player for Blackpool F.C. - Richard Southern (theatre designer)Richard Southern (theatre designer)Richard Southern was a British theatre designer and lecturer, best known for his extensive pictorial documentation of historical theatre construction, the Richard Southern Print Collection, comprising some 22,500 visual images..A prolific stage designer and theatre restorer, Southern devoted...
(1903–1989), British theatre designer - R. W. Southern (1912–2001), British medieval historian
- Steve SouthernSteve SouthernSteve Southern is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for English club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats of Super League...
, Australian professional rugby player - Terry SouthernTerry SouthernTerry Southern was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style...
, American writer
Sports
- Southern 500Southern 500The Showtime Southern 500 is the annual spring NASCAR Sprint Cup race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, USA, and is the second such event at Darlington to bear the name. It began in 1957 as a race in the Convertible Division, known as the Rebel 300. In 1966, the race was...
, a NASCAR car race - Southern 500 (1950-2004)Southern 500 (1950-2004)The Southern 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held from 1950 to 2004 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, United States. The 2004 race distance was long, and consisted of 367 laps.-History:...
, a former NASCAR race - Southern ConferenceSouthern ConferenceThe Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
, a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) - Southern JaguarsSouthern JaguarsThe Southern Jaguars represent Southern University in NCAA intercollegiate athletics.-Conference affiliation:Southern University's athletic teams participate in the Southwestern Athletic Conference which is a part of the NCAA Division I. Football participates in the Football Championship...
, the athletic program of the main campus of Southern University - Southern League (disambiguation), various sports leagues
Geographic locations
- Southern OceanSouthern OceanThe Southern Ocean comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60°S latitude and encircling Antarctica. It is usually regarded as the fourth-largest of the five principal oceanic divisions...
, the waters surrounding Antarctica - Southern (country subdivision)
Other
- Southern All StarsSouthern All Stars, also known by the abbreviations or SAS, is a Japanese pop/rock band that formed in the mid 1970s.The band is composed of Keisuke Kuwata , Yuko Hara , Kazuyuki Sekiguchi , Hiroshi Matsuda and Hideyuki "Kegani" Nozawa...
, a Japanese band, also known as SAS or Southern - Southern blotSouthern blotA Southern blot is a method routinely used in molecular biology for detection of a specific DNA sequence in DNA samples. Southern blotting combines transfer of electrophoresis-separated DNA fragments to a filter membrane and subsequent fragment detection by probe hybridization. The method is named...
, a method in molecular biology for detection of a specific DNA sequence in DNA samples - Southern Daily or Nanfang DailyNanfang DailyThe Southern Daily is the official Guangdong Communist Party newspaper, sister to the more lively and commercial Southern Metropolis Daily and part of the giant Southern Media Group....
, sister publication to the Weekly and also based in Guangzhou - Southern FMSouthern FMHeart Sussex is an Independent Local Radio station which is owned by Global Radio and plays commercial, chart-oriented popular music...
, a radio station in Portslade, England - Southern PartySouthern PartyThe Southern Party was a minor political party in the United States that operated exclusively in the South. The party supported states' rights and increased Southern cultural and regionalist activism....
, a minor American political party that disbanded in 2003 - Southern Regional (disambiguation), various organizations
- Southern Weekly, a newspaper in Guangzhou, China
- Southern dialect (disambiguation)