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World Famed ready for Inauguration

Four buses. Two hundred band members. A piece of history. The World Famed Tiger Marching Band is set to perform in the Inaugural Parade held to honor the swearing in of President-elect Barack Obama.”This is really astounding,” said DuJuan Lockett, one of the three drum majors for the band. “It […]

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Friction mounts in city of Grambling

Posted: January 6, 2009The city of Grambling conflict between the mayor and City Council continued tonight in a special-called meeting. The meeting was called by a majority of the council members. It is reported that the Council wanted Mayor Martha Andrus to resign after she fired a newly hired accountant […]

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Lady Tigers hold on to beat Southern

Posted: January 11, 2009The Grambling State Lady Tiger basketball team stepped into the winner’s column in SWAC play for the first time this season as they managed to withstand a furious Southern University rally en route to a 54-53 win on Saturday in the Assembly Center . Grambling (3-10, 1-2 […]

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G-Men knocks off Southern with last-second jumper

Posted: January 11, 2009Ariece Perkins scored 21 points, including the game-winner with one second left, to give Grambling State its first SWAC win of the year in a 55-53 win over rival Southern University on Saturday evening in the Assembly Center. Grambling, which led 26-21 at the half, held a […]

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JUST PLAIN UGLY

This was a one-sided contest. The G-Men dominated this football game from start to finish. At the end of the game, the tigers won 41-9. The 2008 championship gives the GSU football program their fifth title in eight years.Grambling (11-2) started out very fast, a contrast to the way they […]

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Broadway’s Keys to Victory

GSU (10-2) vs. JSU (7-4)1 p.m. SaturdayDec. 13Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala.After defeating arch rival Southern 29-14 in the annual Bayou Classic, the G-Men have punched their ticket to the SWAC championship game. These two teams are very familiar with each other, even though Grambling has beaten Jackson State two […]

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A&S editor says goodbye

And so, it has come to this. After multiple setbacks, frustrations, and one significant natural disaster, I am set to make my triumphant exit from Grambling State University.I can’t say that this has been an easy journey, but I can say that I am grateful to have gone through this […]

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SGA president gives end-of-semester view

As we approach the end of the semester, from my point of view, I believe it has been a pretty good fall semester. History was made when Barak Obama was elected president of the United States of America and became the first Black president in history. On behalf of the […]

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Is the White House now a ghetto?

Today, Americans, especially African Americans, and people all over the world are still celebrating and enthusiastic about the results of the November 2008 presidential elections. We are now very much a part of history in the making as the first African-American president was elected in the United States. This is […]