Showcasing numerous styles of hair, the Natural Sistahs of Grambling State University put on their first hair show, Monday in the Men’s Gym. "The hair show was meant to showcase the talents of people who do hair on campus," says Ericka Berry, a senior history major out of Lafayette. […]
Author: EVAN HALE
Elections finally catch up to social media
Grambling campaign week has finally met up with the social networking, which is becoming a medium for all information. Candidates for the upcoming fall and spring semester are now allowed to use Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. as a means to campaign. In the past, these types of posts warranted a […]
FSUB, please keep it professional
The Favrot Student Union Board needs a wake-up call and a 101 tutorial immediately on how to efficiently run an event professionally dealing with high-profile talents. A tutorial on how to be ethical would also be great. To the Mass Communication Department, FSUB has a reputation of being “difficult” in […]
Student Perspective
Growing up, I never really understood why we took Easter so seriously. The day before, my parents were always in a rush to get tons of food prepared and were always talking about the influx of people who would be showing up the next day. I just thought that […]
GSU intern conducts forum
With large amounts of violence being portrayed in television shows, movies, and even songs on the radio, such images can place a domineering factor on influencing a child’s future. Taking some initiative, graduating senior Shaka Strong decided to intervene and provide assistance to the younger generation of the students […]
Did you know April is STD awareness month
April is sexually transmitted disease (STD) awareness month. The month provides individuals, medical providers, and community-based organizations with a timely opportunity to prevent some of the nearly 20 million new STDs that occur in the United States yearly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published new analyses in […]
Social Research Club attends conference
Grambling State University faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students participated in the 79th annual Association of Social and Behavioral Scientist Inc. (ASBS), recently in Atlanta. The conference was centered on “Transforming the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Impacting Human Rights.” Dr. Frances Staten, graduate students Darrell and Jarrell Specks, and […]
Orchesis featured in ‘Dance His High Praise’
The Strand Theater is hosting the production of “Dance His High Praise VII” on April 26 at 7 p.m., as a fundraiser for the Helen Horton Scholarship. The theme is “The Impossible Dream,” and features the Orchesis Dance Company from Grambling State University, under the direction of Diane Maroney-Grigsby. […]
Vigil celebrates life, questions death of Shelton
The Grambling State University community united on Thursday to remember Alexandria Shelton. Shelton’s body was found Saturday in a drainage ditch in Girard Park not far from the campus of University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a victim of drowning, officials say. Friends of Shelton are finding it difficult to […]
‘The Gramblinite’ wins 12 awards
Grambling State University’s campus newspaper, The Gramblinite, received seven first place awards, including first place for Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper. It is the second best-newspaper award in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 Mark of Excellence Awards contest and follows a best newspaper award by the Black […]