Author: Lacey Mayo

Opinion

Does your opinion matter?

  People have opinions regardless the subject: politics, sports, music, or education but an opinion is not factual. It’s how one personally feels about a certain topic, person or maybe how they’re feeling at the moment.  As I walk into classes at GSU all I hear is “she should wear […]

Arts

From the ‘Yard’ to the Classic

Never playing the same song mixes twice, Chase “DJ Chase” Thompson comes off as modest and quiet. But when the lights are all on him, it’s showtime and the crowd turns up.  Having only two years of experience under his belt, the young disc jockey is versatile, spins off of […]

Arts

TWENTY QUESTIONS

  Is Miss Sophomore the next Miss Grambling? Will she get elected next semester? Who sneaked into 3 Docs Friday? Wasn’t it free? Does the band feel like losers because the football team is? Are the players embarrassed to step out on the field now? Will all be forgiven if […]

Arts

Lessons learned at ‘Rip the Runway’

The semester started with the Sophomore Class of the Student Government Association events “Act like a Lady Think Like a Man”, “Sophomore’s Rock,” “Leadership Academy Boot Camp,” “G-Talk,” and with help of the Freshman class “Rip the Runway.” “Rip the Runway” was held in the Black and Gold Room and […]

Arts

REVIEW

  Everybody loves the weekend. Well, you don’t have to wait until Thursday to enjoy that wonderful feeling; you can enjoy it everyday. Twenty-two year old Canadian recording artist Abel Tesfaye, also known as the Weeknd released his debut album titled Trilogy. The Weeknd’s album, which dropped on Nov. 13 […]

Arts

Emotions infused through vibrant colors

Up the steps, through the double doors, a quick right and through the glass door is the short journey one would have to take to the Dunbar Hall art gallery, which is currently showing the artwork of Mia Symone Murry.  Over a dozen of Murry’s paintings, entitled, “Seasons of Me” […]

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‘Words to make your skin crawl’

   On Monday, at 7 p.m. to be exact, as one walked into Grambling Hall, the lights dimmed as soothing soul music played from Stevie Wonder to Lauryn Hill and fingers snapped as stanzas were memorized and recited. Lyrical Quest, an open-mic group that originated in 2008 on Grambling State […]

Arts

Commentary

  I commonly hear people gripe about the opposite gender. I hear males complain about how females conduct themselves. I hear females complain about how males don’t believe in chivalry. These statements cause me to ask, “have your standards lowered as a result of this?”  What I mean by this […]

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GSU honors life of fallen Gramblinites

Drameri Dill, a first-time Grambling State University student, died in a single-car accident early Sunday, Nov. 4. He was 22. The matter is being handled by the Ruston Police Department.  Dill, of Clinton, Miss., who transferred to GSU from Louisiana Delta Community College, was captain of Bac Doe Production, an […]

Features

GSU honors life of fallen Gramblinites

Dr. Doris D. Carter was a professor in the Department of History from 1971 to 2012, serving over 40 years.  She was a competent and caring instructor and an accomplished historian.  She demonstrated her proficiencies as a researcher and writer.  She published books, journal articles, book reviews and ancillaries.  Among […]