Shoulders shivered in the cold. Stiletto boots clicked on the pavement. People checked and rechecked their cell phones to see if the time was near. All the cool kids strong-armed their way to the front of the massive lines. At 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, Grambling students of all […]
Author: Imani Jackson
A Crunk Classic
As fans tried to hang around for the entertainers to show up they grew tired, angry and impatient. After two hours of waiting, the Homecoming Concert began. By the time that Jagged Edge and DJ Unk showed up, only the true fans were left. Jagged Edge sung approximately five songs […]
Grambling tailgating isn’t all about the food or the game
Ice down the drinks. fire up the grills. grab the football and head for the hill. Tailgating has become a big event for Grambling State University over the years. It’s a great time for fans, alumni, families and students to come together and celebrate one another over food. Tailgating started […]
Sen. Obama not so nice anymore
Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday that rival Hillary Rodham Clinton’s less-than-straightforward answers in a Democratic debate raise questions about her ability to assume the presidency.”This may be smart politics by Washington’s standards, but it’s not what America needs right now,” the first-term Illinois senator told The Associated Press in a […]
AJB’s Booker faces termination
Sanctions for the five employees of Alma J. Brown Elementary School are forthcoming, said Grambling State University Provost Robert Dixon.Those sanctions were announced earlier this month, but the process has been mired by the need to meet due process restrictions on punitive action, Dixon said. The first to be dealt […]
‘My Sweet Lord,’ now on display in NY
NEW YORK (AP) – “My Sweet Lord,” an anatomically correct milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ that infuriated Catholics before its April unveiling was canceled, returned Oct. 27 to a Chelsea art gallery, its creator said Tuesday.This time, artist Cosimo Cavallaro said he expects the public exhibit to proceed without […]
TB: How did you feel about Homecoming?
Courtney GrayFRWallis, TXMy expectations were set high considering we were playing someone from where I’m from. Luckily we won, because if not much noise would have been said! Lol Jamaal GarretSRChicago The concert was weaker than that thang, but homecoming lightweight cracked. Terence JonesSRNew Orleans It was ok considering the […]
Is karma looking good for you?
Do you ever feel as though sometimes nothing is going in your favor, and then you have that one somebody whether it’s your family, your friends, or maybe even a stranger that comes along and somehow makes everything better? Let these three words be of encouragement to you “Love is […]
Principles from the book of Esther, good for ‘ Jena 6’
I think we, as a people, generally have gotten away from the Word when it comes to matters such as the racial tension surrounding the ” Jena 6 ” and the town of Jena, La., especially. What I believe in my heart needs to happen is every Christian, regardless of […]
Rating events of the week
I give Homecoming an “A” for effort. I can’t say that this has been the best homecoming, but I notice some pretty decent attempts.One smart move was moving the Block Party into the Women’s Gym. Rain, Sleet, Hail, or Snow, the old Grambling would have still attempted to have that […]