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‘Crumbs’ brings joy to playgoers
Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy premiered Tuesday night to a sparse but enthusiastic audience in the Floyd L. Sandle Theatre in the Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center. Directed by assistant professor Karl V. Norman, the two-act play is set in 1950s New York and focuses on widower […]
Cracking down
As the word spread across campus of the new “sagging” ordinance for the city of Grambling, many Grambling State University students were outraged while others felt relief that something was being done about the often-seen attire. “I feel attacked, like they coming for our necks,” said Telvins Black, 21, a […]
President, faculty and staff hear issues from students
As most students walked into Grambling State University’s McCall Dining Hall for lunch Monday they were in for a surprise. To eliminate any middlemen or miscommunication, the university’s executive leadership team was sitting at tables to hear directly from students. “I’ve never seen anything like this in all of my […]
Grambling grad speaks to communication students
According to Chekesha Rashad, Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), there is two types of people in the world-they’re the dreamers and the “existers.” The “existers” are people who work a nine to five and live for the weekend. Dreamers are those who are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve […]
Deltas go ‘Red’ to fight heart disease
The Grambling Alumnae and Delta Iota chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. held a workshop to make people aware about the dangers of heart disease. In conjunction with the American Heart Association’s (AHA) National Wear Red Day, the Deltas asked area residents to join in the AHA’s fight against […]
King Week raises awareness
Junior Reginald Mask II asked, “If you left your institution today would you be satisfied with your education?” That was the question Mask asked during his event Monday evening, which was the apex of his week long King’s Week initiative. As a residential assistant, Mask has set out to make […]
Newspaper captures awards
Note pads, ink pens, laptops and cameras are just some of the items that flooded Nashville, Tenn., earlier this month for the Black College Communication Association conference. From Feb. 7-10, student journalists were allowed to come together from 10 Historically Black College or Universities to attend the 15th Annual […]
GSU addresses Obama’s State of the Union Address
“Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…” was President Obama’s opening line to the 2013 State of the Union address last Tuesday. These words made it clear that President Obama intends to keep […]
Grambling State student presents paper
Grambling State University student Sharlene Cassius recently presented a paper at the Mississippi Philological Association Conference. Cassius, an English and Spanish double major, presented her essay titled “Hypocrisy in the Merchant of Venice.” The conference was held in Hattiesburg, Miss., at William Carey University on Feb. 8. Cassius […]