Author: KASSANDRA MERRITT

Sports

GRAMBLINGSOCCER

  How can any player be rewarded on a team with a horrid record of 2-13? On a team that struggled throughout the season, GSU’s forward  Sierra Ardnt finished the season on a high note.   The 5-foot-5-inch Longmont, Colo., native was the leading scorer in the Southwestern Athletic Conference  with […]

Sports

Turnovers result in men’s hoop squad 0-3 start to season

Head coach Joseph Price and his revamped Tigers debuted their season on the road with three-straight blow out defeats.  On Friday the Tigers lost to Cleveland State 92-49, on Sunday dropped one to Ball State 78-51 and Tuesday fell short to Miami 80-54.  Despite the Tigers’ (0-3) early struggles, Terry […]

Sports

Senior Day for Grambling

  Senior Night was a success for the Lady Tigers’ volleyball team. The intensity was high as the Lady Tigers’ seniors of Dorothy Brown, Vanessa Brown, and April Johnson all were honored on the court just before they swept the Alcorn Lady Braves 3-0. “I want to thank the Lord […]

Arts

Rich Boi, Holli Withai, Astro Gang drop mixtapes

  Rich Boi ‘Highlight Real’   Louisiana beat maker Rich Boi made quite a name for himself in 318 by producing and filming videos for the last two years.  In August, he was hired as the Operation Manager at GSU’s radio station 91.5 KGRM. He’s currently training over 18 students […]

Opinion

Food Review

Ever since I set foot on the campus of Grambling State University two years ago, I have heard nothing but negative things about the infamous dining hall, also known as “the caf”. Since I was a transfer and was a former athlete, I had the opportunity to grub at several […]

Opinion

Critiquing the Caf cuisines

New to the HBCU scene and a bit excited about the cafeteria food. When I got to Grambling, my expectations was slightly reached once I realized I shouldn’t compare the Caf to bigger campuses.  At the beginning of the semester, the food was delicious, probably because at the time everybody […]

Opinion

Domestic Abuse on Grambling’s campus

  There are women on GSU’s campus who have been mentally and physically abused by the ones they thought they could trust. I, Ebony T. Myers, am one of them.  I fell deeply in love with a guy who presents himself in a respectable way, and who seems like everyone’s […]

News

Grambling State Police chief expresses stance against sagging

Grambling State University Chief of Police Michael Storr says that GSU is not a place for sagging pants, but a place of integrity, a place of business.   “This small town university is an environment set on professionalism. Sagging is unacceptable,” said Storr.  At Langston University where he previously worked, […]

News

Dept. of Music seeks OK

  The Department of Music at Grambling State University received a visit recently from the National Association of Schools of Music.  A two-team advisory committee consulted with President Frank G. Pogue, department heads, faculty and students during its Oct. 9-11 visit. They discussed the progress of the program and validated […]

News

GSU audit successful

Grambling   State   University   President   Dr. Frank   G.   Pogue  says that the Louisiana   Legislative   Auditor’s   Office   has   given   the   university   a   clean,   effective  and  efficient  annual  audit  for  the  period  ending  June  30,  2012.  It  […]