The Gramblinite
Monday, June 30, 2025
Recently, Grambling’s New Rocky Valley Baptist Church celebrated 132 years of service. What mean “What Mean These Stones?” (from Joshua 4:17) was the theme for the anniversary service and time capsule dedication. Rev. Oliver W. Billups Jr., pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Monroe, was the guest speaker for […]
With this week’s coverage of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, I started to think about some of my favorite fighting games. So I decided to tell you about them. Here are, in no particular order, my five favorite fighting games.1. Def Jam: Fight For New York (Electronic Arts) – EA’s attempt […]
The Word of the Week for the week of March 15-21 is abstinence. With Spring Break coming up and the weather heating up, hormones will be raging. Be careful who and what you do. The safest way is not to do it (or limit the new team members – no, […]
Mr. Tiger was born and raised in Portland. Ore. As a child he got involved in athletic activities at a young age. From the third to the eighth grade, he played quarterback for the Catholic Youth Football Organization.While attending Roosevelt High School in Portland, he lettered in: basketball, football, baseball […]
Grambling State head football coach Rod Broadway has been amply rewarded for guiding the G-Men to an 8-4 overall record, a SWAC Western Division title and a birth in the SWAC championship game in his first season at GSU. On Friday, the University of Louisiana System approved a new contract […]
In her first season at Grambling State, freshman sprinter Javonda Newbold has already started to make a name for herself and has instantly become a force in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The 5’3 Newbold has been one of the highlights for the GSU track program this season. She was born […]
Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born Nov. 9, 1922, in Cleveland. She was raised by her mother Ruby Dandridge and a family friend, Geneva Williams. As a child, Dorothy and her sister Vivian Dandridge loved to sing, dance and recite poetry. As they grew older, their desire for fame became a […]
Grambling State University, perhaps best known as the home of the late coach Eddie Robinson, is one of the sites on the recently unveiled Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. “Diversity is one of our greatest strengths,” Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said as he gave details about the project. “Research shows […]
The town of Grambling is a city on the move. While the town is trying to drastically improve its visibility to compete with other cities in the area, businesses in the town are drastically disappearing.Over the past year, the city has seen the closing of many businesses, most notably Sonic. […]
NEW YORK – Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace Wednesday after getting caught in a prostitution scandal that shattered his corruption-fighting, straight-arrow image, saying: “I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people’s work.”Spitzer made the announcement without having finalized a plea deal with federal prosecutors, though a law […]