Author: Shamekila Quarles

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Alpha Phi Sigma holds induction ceremony

Four students were inducted into Alpha Phi Sigma, a criminal justice honor society, on Wednesday in Washington-Johnson Complex. Inductees included Arthur G.H. Devore, Khaliah Reed, Tina Fontenot, and Jennifer Dorsey were inducted. Sunlee H. Callais did not attend the induction ceremony, however she was recognized as a new member. Students […]

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Professor gives reasons why students fail

#034;Why Students Fail" was the title of the seminar that the Department of English sponsored on Thursday, March 23. The event featured Dr. Ray Foster, a current GSU faculty member. Dr. Foster has been teaching and researching at GSU for 21 years. He began the seminar by informing the audience […]

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Homophobia at GSU: breaking the silence

On any college campus, there is a diverse array of people-different beliefs, styles, backgrounds and lifestyles. Grambling State University is no different. Most people are allowed to be themselves with no static. One issue, however, is still very taboo. That is homosexuality. Growing up in a rural area and attending […]

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‘Melting pot’ in U.S. need not be changed

Believe it or not, I’m not totally against it, but I’m 90 percent against it. How can someone with a heart do something to someone trying to better his or her life? Haven’t been watching CNN? Let me explain. Bush has the guts to actually make captured illegal immigrants face […]

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Final games, 4 schools

Ah!!! Don’t you love the madness that March brings every year, and this year proves not to be different. Can you say bracket busters? That has been going on for three weeks now. "David smashing Goliath" is also what you can call this year’s NCAA tournament. George Mason? Northwestern State? […]

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Men’s tennis to go for SWAC

Congratulations to the GSU’s men’s tennis team on their recent advancement to the SWAC championship, which will be held in Alexandria, LA next month on the 18th of April. Both men and women competed in the SWAC western challenge in Baton Rouge, LA this past weekend (March 15 A›,ª"March 18). […]

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‘Stay Alive’ not worth killing pocketbook

Forget the previews; it’s just not good. I will never understand the movie industry. Must they constantly bore us with weak, cheap-budget films? Stay Alive on paper looks good, but on the big screen, it sucks. Talk about what should’ve been a straight- to -TV or DVD movie. To give […]

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Circus coming to town

Come one, come all to the Grambling Circus! The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is coming to Grambling on Wednesday, April 5. There will be two shows available, one at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The event will take place at U.S. Highway 80 and Stadium Drive next to the Grambling […]

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Have reality TV shows gone too far?

Have reality TV shows gone too far? Every day, we tune into shows like Flavor of Love, The Real World or Date my Mom. We tune in for entertainment purposes. How can we be entertained by so much sexual activity, someone getting into a fight or hooking up on the […]

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The ‘most dangerous’ Black professor

Back in 1919, in the chaotic aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution, President Woodrow Wilson’s administration sought to suppress radical and progressive intellectuals here at home. Government agents harassed W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP’s journal, The Crisis. Copies of African-American socialist A. Philip Randolph’s militant journal, […]