Being a college student and always having to be serious with either class work or studying, it is always a welcoming feeling to get a chance to let your inner child out. On Tuesday, the Favrot Student Union held a Build-A-Tiger event on the yard. Walking up to the yard […]

Grambling State University’s top academic students received recognition during the annual Honors Day Convocation and awards banquet held on Wednesday.Clarence Hawkins, the featured speaker for the convocation held in the Frederick C. Hobdy Assembly Center, was introduced by honor student Imani J. Jackson. After joking with Jackson for calling him […]

Mrs. Mary Hobdy fought-in her quiet way-for Coach Fredrick C. Hobdy to receive the recognition he deserved. When she was told this year that Dr. Frank Pogue secured approval to name the GSU Assembly Center in honor of Coach Fredrick C. Hobdy, she wept with joy.In an interview she was […]

1) Who missed 20 Questions?2) Do you submit any? 3) Where did the semester go? 4) Who went to see Soledad O’Brien? 5) Who didn’t go to the event and complained that Grambling never brings any good speakers? 6) Has anyone talked to Elijah? 7) Was the SGA debate rigged? […]

Props to Erykah Badu, a disorderly conduct citation and her badonkadonk. Honorable mention belongs to the sidewalk where she sprawled like former President John F. Kennedy after his assassination. We can’t forget the videographers who pixelated her bare bronze glory in the “Window Seat” video. Apologies are owed to the […]

The Lord has blessed us. He gave us the type of father that all children hope for, but few experience. In a time when true men are scarce and real fathers are a rarity, we can say with sincerity that our father was a giant as both. As a man, […]

Coach Fredrick C. Hobdy was a gentle giant of an uncle to me most of my life. It was shocking when I first observed him on the basketball court because I had not seen that side of him up to that point (the gentle part was missing). I later learned […]

The Grambling State University Art department hosted a joint gallery showing of graduating seniors Kenneth Anio and Emmanuel Adlain’s works Wednesday afternoon. Their pieces provided a stark contrast to each other, but were also complementary parts of the African and African American experience. They spoke to African culture and athleticism. […]

How far will one go to express creativity? Where should the line be drawn? Should a line be drawn?Erykah Badu didn’t see a line drawn but crossed it in her video, “Window Seat.” It follows her walking Dealey Plaza in Dallas, where John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. During […]