Author: KOURTNEY THURMOND

Features

‘Creating ‘Champions’

History is being made every day at Grambling State University, and as we take this month to celebrate the innovators of the past, we also look at what today’s innovators have in store. One such innovator is Henry Tolbert, pastor of The Church of the Champions. For the past two […]

Tips

Marvin Sapp is coming to Grambling

  World Renown Gospel Singer and Pastor Marvin Sapp is coming to Grambling on Thursday, March 7. Pastor will make an appearance at Lewis Temple CME Church.  Sapp will be preaching for Lewis Temple’s 135th Anniversary Special Worship Service. This event is for all the community of Grambling, and surrounding […]

Tips

GAC Deltas host Oratorical contest

  The Grambling Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the Pinkie C. Wilkerson Life Development Center held its inaugural Dr. Helen Richards-Smith black history oratorical contest.  The contest was held on Sunday at Lewis Temple C.M.E. Church in Grambling. The contestants presented orations from Frederick Douglass, representing […]

Features

Grambling history-makers

  Legend, icon, pioneer are perhaps three of the most appropriate words one can use to describe Conrad Hutchinson Jr.  “Hutch”, as he was affectionately known, became Grambling College’s band director in 1952, a position he held for more than 37 years. Through his knowledge and love for music, he […]

Opinion

A nation is as good as its public policy

Public policy is an important part of a nation’s overall wellbeing.  A civilized society is judged by the quality of its public policies. Historically, the Western countries have come across better in comparison to the Non-Western countries, because they could produce more meaningful and useful public policies for their citizens.  […]

Opinion

Jon Gosier known as a true triple threat

Online media is a world filled with many technical innovators and great thinkers. With the world literally at their fingertips, they help pave the way for our communities and cultures to advance into the digital age. In such a fast paced, growing industry it can be hard to stand out […]

Sports

GSU takes second in indoor meet

  This past weekend, Tigers head coach Bertram Lovell and the Indoor Track and Field team finished second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Birmingham Alabama at the Crossplex. Alvarez Romero provided an overall perspective of how well the team performed at the championship. […]

Sports

Terry Rose Rises

Unlike most students who attend Grambling State University, Terry Rose does not have any family ties, never visited the campus and he slightly doubted even playing for a Division-I school, but thankfully someone instilled a quote in his younger years that stuck through the adversity.  “Hard work beats talents  when […]

Arts

Mrs. Carter Returns

There is one entertainer whose name has been on the tip of every tongue since the beginning of this year – Beyonce! After taking a necessary hiatus last year to spend time with her newborn and prepare for the challenges that lay ahead, Mrs. Carter is back.    She hit […]

Sports

Baseball team takes the mound

  A normal preparation practice for the Grambling State University baseball team consists of the following: the players stretch and run to get loose and warm up.   Then the team  does bunt coverage, first to third defense, pick off and run downs, cut off an relays, and last reads […]