By Ernie Miles Guest columnist Folks born before 1945, we are survivors. Consider the changes we have witnessed. We were born before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees, and the pill. We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams, and ball point […]
Author: Ernie Miles
Just to set the record straight
It has been brought to my attention that I have created a small buzz around campus. Yes it was I; Shannon Marie Miller who wrote the letter to the editor that appeared in The Gramblinite two weeks ago. The letter was backed by 16 other young ladies as well. Since […]
Tigers exact revenge on Jackson Sunday, winning 2-1
The road to the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships has been an up and down stretch for the Grambling State University Lady Tigers Soccer team. Two of the last three games the women have played have been decided in overtime yet the team has been victorious in two of the three. […]
X’s and O’s
Often, we hear and use many adages in our society. Most of the time, we think very little of them. However, I believe there is one adage which bears the truth. That is “there is no place like home.” It is so good to play in front of the home […]
Crashing with ‘The Terms’
The Terms. When most people here this phrase they may think of midterms or even trials and tribulations. But let me assure you of one thing: the terms that I speak of have nothing to do with either. What started as a hobby for the group has rapidly turned into […]
Cam’Ron shot in Washington D.C.
Superstar rapper, and CEO of Diplomat Records Cam’Ron was shot in Washington D.C. Sunday morning October 23, at 2:30 a.m. The Harlem, NY native was leaving a popular D.C. nightclub H20 in his blue Lamborghini when three unknown men tried to carjack him, according to the rapper’s spokesperson. The suspects had […]
Campus quiz bowl competition stiff
Brains needed! Twenty teams arrived in the Black and Gold Room Tuesday, Oct. 18 and 19 to compete in the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge, headed by Wanda Ford and coached by Drs. Angelia Weaver and R. Anthony Nelson. The competition, which is better recognized as the Quiz Bowl, consists of […]
Full slate of activities under way for GSU Homecoming
Homecoming Week is well under way, and the annual GSU family reunion keeps building toward its culmination Saturday night. Variety seems to have become the watchword of Homecoming 2005. Activities ranging from the educational to the fun have brought many students – past and present – out to participate. The […]
Concert to be held in Gym on Friday
On Friday, Bobby Valentino, Nivea and the Youngbloodz will appear in concert at Grambling State University, an event sponsored by the Favrot Student Union Board. The concert will be in the Men’s Gym. Valentino is currently a member of Ludacris’ Disturbing The Peace record label. His self-titled CD hit stores […]
AKAs step out 95 strong
Thunder hit the floor as 95 ladies of pastel pink and green made their presence known. Their 4-inch black boots greeted the floor with heavy stomps as they stepped their way into the fall 2005 Alpha Theta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. The theme of pink and green […]