Racial segregation is a monster that now sleeps. Many people tend to think that racism is a thing of the past and poses no real threat in the 21st century. This is far from the truth. Racism is rampant and even exists within races.I am an adult West Indian man […]
Author: Mekayel Luke
G-Men prepare for SWAC title rematch
Saturday’s victory over Southern sends Grambling back to the SWAC championship game for the third time in four years.With Saturday’s win the G-Men clenched the SWAC western division outright, if they would have lost it would have been a three way tie between Southern and Prairie View, that would have […]
Grambling slams SUNO
This was no contest. From start to finish, Grambling dominated the game and ran away with it, as they put a beat down on Southern- New Orleans 98-53. After the game, Grambling head coach Rick Duckett was pleased with win but he feels the team has more work to do. […]
Remember to use gloves for public health
When the food court opened its doors in Grambling, many students were brimming with excitement at the possibility of having immediate access to their favorite fast food restaurants, which would naturally become the local watering hole. This excitement also extended to the modern architectural design that would encase the restaurants, […]
MIT dean visits GSU to recruit
Christopher M. Jones, assistant dean of the Graduate School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, visited Grambling State University on Nov. 21 to recruit some of its finest students in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science and engineering. The two programs that Dean Jones discussed with the high-achieving majors were […]
Taking a look at the new aura of American liberalism
#8220;…if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties-if that is what they mean by a […]
Guns N’ Roses come out a bit flat
The album was promised to the public when I was still in diapers, and it has finally come out. Guns N’ Roses said that the album Chinese Democracy was going to wow and astound us. But to be honest, I was not that impressed. So before some of you die-hard […]
A.C. Lewis Library personnel share a little
The second evening of sharing was an event of reaching out to the International students of Grambling State University. The event was born as an act of love and kindness of two people in the A.C. Lewis Memorial Library.”After working with students (mainly international), Dr. Rosemary Mokia and I provided […]
‘808s and Heartbreak’ can’t live up to hype
AutoTune.the final frontier. For a long time something that was primarily associated with Roger Troutman, the vocoder was looked at as taboo in black music, and very few artists would touch it. That changed after T-Pain AutoTuned his way to success, and now everyone looking for commercial gain in the […]
From Grambling to Paris and Lige
As I watched the glistening Eiffel Tower with its millions of lights, I couldn’t help but cry – it was hard to believe my lifelong dream had finally come true. My classmates, most of who come from the top institutions of this country could not really understand. But I knew […]