Author: Marisa D. Turner

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Keep your in-house business in

When I was a little girl my momma used to tell me all the time, “What goes on in this house, stays in this house.” And let her hear you telling somebody, even a close relative, anything about the comings and goings of her household, you can read it, write […]

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Spring Festival of the Arts

Face paintings, art, storytelling, crafts and pictures. These were the activities going on in front of Dunbar Hall on the second day of The Spring Festival of the Arts. Wednesday the 13th was Children’s Day. The Festival on the Green featured booths from various departments around campus. The Art, Theatre, […]

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90 years later, a reexamination of the film ‘Birth of a Nation’

March 2005 marked the 90th anniversary of the release of D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, a film that remains one of the most groundbreaking and controversial in movie history. The Birth of a Nation set the foundation for the long history of racially bigoted filmmaking in America. Some […]

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Graduation rates are March’s true madness

The Big Dance should be renamed the Big Dunce. As many of us watched the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament these past few weeks, most of us did not hear about a recent report on the graduation rates of the tournament’s players. It is a scandal, to say the […]

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Students, where are your voices?

Some of you went home for Spring Break. I’m sure you enjoyed that taste of the home cooking that you haven’t had for a while. I stayed on campus, but, unfortunately, I didn’t get to experience any kind of home cooking. Yes, the “cafe” was closed. Now, I understand that […]

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Louisiana owes the wrongfully imprisoned more than freedom

Louisiana owes the wrongfully imprisoned more than freedom By Ernie Miles Guest columnist You may have seen or heard about Michael Williams. He is a native of Jonesboro who was freed from Angola State Prison in March 2005 after conclusive DNA evidence proved that he did not rape a 22 […]

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Baseball team ready for SWAC playoffs

It’s almost that time again: playoff season. As the regular baseball season winds down, the G-Men baseball team prepares to enter the stretch that determines who will advance, or who will stay home. As of right now, Grambling is on the borderline of staying home and advancing to the playoffs. […]

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Cheerleaders compete for top spot

#160; Going into the tournament, the cheerleading team had one goal. “Our main goal was to strive for the best,” Jacobs said. “Our team has worked so hard and so long.” “We work very hard, and we deserve this opportunity to win.” Jamarsa Peters hit the nail right on the […]

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Choppa coming to Grambling

Ever since he’s reclaimed the title as the “Da Real Choppa,” this artist has been all over the country showing everybody what “Choppa Style” is all about. Leaving No Limit Records, and now on Body Head Roy Jones label, Choppa has been seen on BET’s show “Uncut” and is waiting […]

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DBW hosts sexy batle

The never-ending war between men and women raged on as the Society of Distinguished Black Women hosted “The Battle of the Sexes” seminar on Monday, April 4. The 2004-2005 men of essence formed a panel that addressed questions from the audience. “The purpose of the event was to express the […]