Author: Brea Douglas

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Police chief improving campus with safety upgrades

New dorms are not the only added features to Grambling State University. Police Chief Craig Nance also has approximately 10 new safety policies that he hopes to install onto the campus and the surrounding community. One of the new programs is labeled Operation ID. Theft is the No. 1 crime […]

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Concert choir to perform in D.C.

The Grambling State University Concert Choir has been invited to Washington to perform at several venues in honor of Black History Month, including at the historic Tacoma Park Baptist Church and Shiloh Baptist Church.The choir has also been asked to perform for the U.S. Armed Forces at the Fort Myer […]

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Lack of math skills highlights discussion

As part of Grambling State’s Black History Month activities, a spokesman presided over a roundtable discussion held in the Black and Gold Room late last week. The event was opened by guest speaker and endowed professor of mathematics, Dr. Abdulalim Muhammad Shabazz. He addressed the issue of widespread distaste for […]

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‘Real world’ tips prepares Black women

Like most new college graduates, Chaz Kyser was very excited about finally being able to take her talent, ambition and energy into the real world after she was handed her diploma in May 2000. Unfortunately, like far too many young women and men entering the professional work force for the […]

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Beware of the hidden fees on your refund card

You could hear the shouts all the way down the hall.”REFUNDS ARE HERE!” Frantically, you pick up your cell phone, dial the “Chase Customer Service Hotline,” enter your info, and – bam – your money’s in. After you do your happy dance, praise “8 pound, 6 ounce” Baby Jesus, and […]

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Attacking sexual harassment

#8220;Sexual harassment undermines the integrity of the academic environment and employment relationship,” the university Sexual Harassment Policy and Complaint Procedures states. According to the university, sexual harassment “includes, but is not limited to, repeated offensive sexual flirtation, advances, or propositions . graphic or degrading comments of a sexual nature . […]

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Income tax preparation assistance available at GSU

If you need help completing your income taxes free of charge, help is available for qualified taxpayers at Grambling State University every Saturday through the end of tax season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Jacob T. Stewart Hall, Room 262.GSU is one of three Volunteer Income Tax Assistance […]

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Best game of 2008? Maybe

After several years of competition with many fighting games such as Street Fighter, Virtue Fighter, Tekken and Marvel vs. Capcom, Mortal Kombat has returned to the game universe again and ready for the top spot. In 2008, the competition was between the fighting games Soul Calibur 4 and Mortal Kombat […]

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‘Uninvited’ makes for a cringing good time

The newly released horror film The Uninvited is based on a Korean horror film and is directed by the Guard Brothers. It tells the story of a teenager named Anna, played by Elisabeth Browning. As the movie opens, Anna is shown packing her things and is about to leave her […]

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NAACP honors Black History Month

As we embark on another Black History Month, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants the Grambling State University student body to be aware of how far we as African Americans have come. We all agree that it is important to know what our African American predecessors […]