From rags to riches, another artist rose to stardom. The world finally hears Wiz Khalifa’s new Album Rolling Papers. Overall, the album has some great music, but on some levels, it doesn’t live up to the hype that pushed Khalifa to mainstream popularity. Lyrically, Khalifa can be impressive or average. […]
Author: Trent Brown
A Closer Look
Meddling, seems to be the American people’s biggest pastime. Neighbors in their quest for a safe neighborhood take on the task of being “eagle eye” from the closed blinds of the living room. Unsavory characters and unknown cars are quickly snuffed out by suburban familiarity. These are just simple acts […]
Women’s, men’s basketball teams praised by GSU president
Dr. Frank Pogue held a luncheon at the Assembly Center on March 22 to celebrate the success of this year’s men’s and women’s basketball team. Collectively the two teams were hands down the best we’ve seen in years and Dr. Pogue wanted to show the teams that the university appreciates […]
Campus ministry offers annual leadership, mission retreat experience
Grambling State Campus Ministry unit offers the opportunity of Leadership and Mission Retreat each year during Transfiguration week, known to others as Mardi Gras Break. The objective of this retreat is to serve, learn, render worship and fellowship with the homeless and poor of the St. Mark’s Treme Community in […]
Kappa Delta Pi inducts new members
The Grambling State University Iota Tau Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi inducted six new members. Kappa Delta Pi is an international honor society founded in 1911 and composed of more than 1, 200,000 educators. The Iota Tau Chapter was founded on May 21, 1961.Khristopher Cash, Kimbernique Coleman, Danielle Copeland, Marquesha […]
GSU receives Play Golf America donation
St. Patrick’s Day was a lucky day for Grambling State University after being presented a $25,000 check on behalf of 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin.U.S. Ryder Cup Team members each received $50,000 to donate to colleges and universities of their choice to help support or start that school’s […]
Catholic Student Organization hosts meeting
St. Benedict the Black Church of Grambling’s Catholic Student Organization (CSO) held an interest meeting. After mass students fellowshipped and ate with one another as they learned more about the church and the organization. The purpose of the gathering was to introduce new freshmen to the CSO, to help them […]
The truth about homosexuality in the Bible
Over the past few weeks there has been a lot of talk about homosexuality and the Bible. There has been misinterpretation of scripture and taking scripture out of context to benefit others biased view points toward homosexuality. So let us learn a few ways to interpret the bible. They include […]
We have different beliefs; can’t we all just coexist?
Peace, love and happiness are three values that are cornerstones to anyone’s religion, but at times it seems like everyone is at each other’s throats. I will proudly proclaim that I am a Christian of the Baptist persuasion. However, I am not as closed minded as many in my faith. […]
The sin we’re in
Could you fathom being a student at a Historically Black University where your peers think of you as an outlandish person who shouldn’t have basic human rights and is destined for hell? These thoughts are based on approximately six scriptures in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says, “Do you not […]