Author: TIERRA SMITH

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Final days at GSU

  After working for Grambling State University for five years, Frank G. Pogue announced his retirement, giving many seasoned students the opportunity to reflect on his contributions to the university.    “It was a breath of fresh air for the university,” said Kindrell Plains, 27, the Graduate Student Government Association […]

Features

Men, respect all women

The significance of women in today’s society is equal and sometimes greater than the role of men.  Women in today’s society have a key role in incomes being greater than the male. Women no longer have to stay home and be homemakers and acquire a higher education.  A woman wears […]

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Annual pageant culminates in crowning of new Miss Cover Girl

  As the lights dimmed, the sounds of Klymaxx’s, “Meeting in the Ladies Room” began to blare through the speakers in the T.H.. Harris Auditorium. Twenty-eight girls graced the stage joined by the current Miss Cover Girl Tiara Thomas, mimicking a lady checking her appearance as they began their “Ladies […]

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Students honored at convocation

When everything has been done in college and students move on to their own professional lives, Douglas Thomas said there’s only one thing that makes a big difference: Integrity. “I applaud everybody who is here because of hard work,” Thomas, the university’s Benjamin S. Quales Endowed Professor of History, told […]

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Future for Grambling’s Office of Retention uncertain

  “To recruit, to retain, to graduate”, according to the Grambling’s website this is the mission for Grambling State University students who enter into the Office of Student Retention. This program is said to give students the tools to handle tough classes, tutors, give them skills that they can use […]

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President’s concert

  Tuesday night Grambling State University’s music department held their annual President’s Concert in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. With marching season being over in the spring, the music department can focus on preparing for concerts. The performers prepare for the President’s Concert from the beginning of the semester. […]

Features

Wayne women striving since 1940s

  For years women have succeeded in a world that’s perceived to be run by men. Today, women prosper in fields such as education, law, medicine, serving the country and many other occupations.  The women of the Wayne family, however, have been thriving, as far as receiving an education, constantly […]

Arts

Life without Stabler

  When flipping through the channels looking for something interesting to watch, I usually find a high number of reality television shows, mixed in with some kind of sporting event. But then I’ll find the one show that I’m looking for, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.   his emotional Law […]

Opinion

Student Perspective: Women’s History Month

 Women’s History Month is celebrated in the United States in March every year. The observance is to show women around the country that they are appreciated – past and present.  Women play a big part of history as much as a man is because they are strong, independent, hard-working women […]

Arts

Student hosts senior recital

   Baldwin Louis, a Brooklyn, New York native, wears several different hats at Grambling State University. On Monday during his senior recital, he wore one hat that many students on campus may be unfamiliar with.  However, the aspiring music and vocalist teacher was never fond of singing at first. Eighteen […]