It is rare to find a college graduate working within her field in the current economic and employment atmosphere. Yet that is exactly the position Southern alumna Brandi Worley has found herself.Worley graduated from Southern in 2006 with a bachelor of arts degree in print journalism and in 2007 with […]
Author: Venicia Gray/Black College Wire
Neville to perform at the Dixie on May 8
Louisiana ‘s own multi-Grammy winner Aaron Neville is scheduled to appear at the Dixie Theater in Ruston May 8.Aaron was the first of the famous Neville Brothers to burn his way up the national charts. In 1966, his “Tell It Like It Is” hit No. 1, and he hasn’t stopped […]
Study shows that GSU has $264 million impact
In an effort to convince the state legislature to curtail the budget cuts to education, the University of Louisiana Systems released an economic impact study of all its universities. GSU President Horace Judson discussed the economic impact study on Monday.According to the study, GSU has an impact of $264 million […]
Five students get flu after one visits Mexico, shuts down private school
BATON ROUGE – A private school in Lafayette is closed because five students have the flu, though officials don’t know whether it is swine flu, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday.The closing is a precaution because one of the ailing sixth-graders was recently in Mexico, where experts say the swine flu […]
Paper wins 9 awards at LPA
The Gramblinite is no stranger to winning awards for its campus news coverage. This weekend, the Louisiana Press Association announced nine awards for The Gramblinite in the LPA’s 2008 College Newspaper Competition. The Gramblinite walked away with four first-place awards, three second-place, one third-place and one honorable mention at the […]
Former VP of Student Affairs passes away
Ardmore, OK – Memorial services for Dr. Ernest L. Pickens Sr., 70, was held at 2 p.m., Friday, April 24 at the First United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Everisto Chikanga, Pastor of Warren Memorial United Methodist Church. The eldest child of Elmer Wesley and Kittie Marie Pickens, Ernest Leon […]
A Blu Sweep!
After the two Non-Panhellenic Council organizations performed, next up was the sororities. First to perform was the devastating divas of Delta Sigma Theta. The divas came out in red sailor outfits, all sitting in a makeshift boat, trying to rescue a captured soror. The Deltas displayed a generous array of […]
A Phi Q crowned champs again
As students filed into the auditorium they waited for the show to get started while patiently sitting in the heat. Although the heat was almost unbearable the musical entertainment from DJ Tagman and B- Solo helped keep their minds off of it.U.A.A.M. (United African American Men) started off the Step […]
Harmon administration’s list of accomplishments
Extended Library and Computer Lab hours during the week of finals Persuaded over 1,500 students to register to vote for the 2008 Presidential Race Provided transportation for students who needed to get to the voting polls. Maintain a weekly section in the Gramblinite, providing the student body with information dealing […]
Reflections on the outgoing SGA administration
A year ago, I felt insulted by a poster saying “Chris Who?” in my presidential race for SGA President. I took an oath and a promise that I would be the president to change SGA from what it was seeming to be and give the students a reason to remember […]