Author: ALEXIA PHILLIPS

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Change in store for Campus Ministry

Campus Ministry has always been a way for students to keep their relationship with God on the right path. In the past months, the number of students who have a pure desire to seek God has increased. Henry Tolbert, director of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and graduate of Grambling […]

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Importance of Juneteenth versus July 4th

Juneteenth is not recognized as it should be because some people don’t know the history behind the holiday and why it should be celebrated on a national level.It does not receive the exposure like the July 4th celebrations.July 4th is a holiday that is celebrated on a national level with […]

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Girls of Grace hosts workshop and outing

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church’s Girls of Grace hosted a workshop to inform program participants about making good decisions and the consequences of making poor choices.Natalie Williams, a former Miss University of Louisiana at Monroe and homecoming queen, was the featured speaker. Her theme was “How Did You Get Here?”She began […]

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Guest Column

Father’s Day will be celebrated June 20 and children all around the world will pay tribute to their fathers. What a blessing it is to have a special father to honor for all of the wonderful things that he does for his family.A father is a very important part of […]

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Happy Father’s Day to mothers who do everything every day

The strength of a single mother is about the closest to Jesus Christ’s strength I’ve ever witnessed.Last year during President Obama’s Father’s Day speech he said, “We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception.“We need them to realize that what makes you a man is not […]

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A Different Look

As a child who never had a father present in his life, Father’s Day was a day to give thanks to the father figures in my life. However my outlook on fatherhood changed on August 7th 2008 when my son, David L. Lankster, Jr. was born.Growing up in a single […]

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A nation of Nedas: last summer in Iran

Truth can only be concealed for so long. Just ask Iranians. Their country was a technologically linked, governmental pool of blood and chaos last summer. As a peaceful protest took place, a sniper shot a young Iranian woman, Neda Agha-Soltan, in her chest during daylight. HBO presented a documentary, “For […]

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GSU’s Shelby drafted by Baltimore Orioles

Grambling State Tigers senior outfielder Jeremy Shelby was taken in the 38th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Baltimore Orioles.The Lexington, Ky., native becomes the first Tiger to go in the MLB draft since current interim head coach James Cooper was taken in the 33rd round […]

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Pogue announced as GSU’s president

BATON ROUGE – The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System today unanimously voted to appoint Frank G. Pogue Grambling State University ‘s eighth president. UL System President Randy Moffett presented Pogue to the Board as the Grambling Presidential Search Committee’s recommendation. “The Grambling community rallied around and […]

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Engineering Technology gets iNARTE accreditation

The International Association for Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics, Inc. (iNARTE) has recently certified Grambling State University as an iNARTE accredited university. GSU will now be posted on iNARTE’s Web Site under accredited universities and Training Institutes.As an iNARTE officially Accredited University, GSU is recognized as offering BS degree in Electronics […]