The Favrot Student Union Board presented the annual homecoming comedy show in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center tonight. The headlining comic was Charlie Murphy, best known for successful skits on the Dave Chappelle show. The show opened with JJ, the host of the night. His country accent, jokes about […]
Author: Imani Jackson
The rewards of Service-Learning
October marked the beginning of a campus cleanup campaign that began as a result of the needs of the Grambling State University Laboratory High School. The campaign was established to assist the school with defraying the cost of cleaning the Robinson football stadium after home games. The Office of Service-Learning […]
Groups raise domestic violence awareness
Grambling State University’s Favrot Student Union and Living Learning Communities passed out literature and purple ribbons to raise awareness about domestic abuse.David Ponton, director of FSU, said, “Domestic abuse is one of those things that is overlooked, especially in our community, and it shouldn’t be.” Ponton said they definitely want […]
Speaker enlightens students
Angela Robinson of Grambling State University’s Office of Student Judicial Affairs conducts numerous workshops to make students aware of the Code of Student Conduct and to prevent them from violating the codes.Judicial Affairs is responsible for adjudicating academic and nonacademic violations of the Code of Student Conduct. “Our primary mission […]
Above and beyond
#8220;A stitch in time” is a phrase used in needlework, embroidery and weaving. It’s also attributed to popular 1990s TV show The Outer Limits. It now applies to Grambling State senior running back Frank Warren, who has reached beyond the limits of his wildest dreams and stands on the threshold […]
Paranormal Activity 2 Review
Paranormal Activity 2 is a must-see and kept America awake until daybreak.People traveled from miles around to take a glimpse at this fall’s most horrifying film. The movie aired midnight Friday and tickets sold out by 10:00p.m. The movie was a box office hit and was shown in two theatres. […]
Town Hall meeting, multi-layered discussion
The student government association hosted a town hall meeting with the university president, vice presidents and representatives in Grambling Hall Wednesday night. The questions came from students who addressed administrators and anonymously in the form of green slips of paper that were given to SGA representatives. One of the first […]
Manhood is in the pulse, not the purse
Morehouse College, the nation’s only all-male HBCU, put its biases on Front Street when the school’s dress code changed last year in response to cross-dressing and non-traditionally attired Morehouse men. Recently the Vibe “Mean Girls of Morehouse” article by Aliya S. King incited many to address longstanding homophobia, patriarchy and […]
Mean Deans and Gay Queens
At Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia there is an overall standard dress code for students. No hats, sagging pants or do-rags.But upon reading an article titled “The Mean Girls of Morehouse” I had found that there is also a prohibition of any dresses, heels, skirts and other feminine garments. Although […]
Morehouse- dress code changes called for
If a man named “Diamond” with strappy sandals with 3-inch high heels (as described in the VIBE magazine article, “Mean Girls of Morehouse”) walked into my classroom, I probably would politely walk out.While there is nothing I can do about how one decides to present, something of this nature would […]