As the Grambling men’s basketball team gets set to begin the season with a five-game road trip, the revamped Tigers welcome a new coaching staff as they hope to change the culture of the infamous reputation of the program. “The basketball program has been in disarray over the last couple […]
Author: Tierra Smith
The great debate continues: violins vs. fields
#8220;A violin is a fiddle; a fiddle is a violin. There are no differentiating features, period. The only true reason you’d call one instrument a violin and the other a fiddle is the approach…” (Violin vs. fiddle: What’s the Difference?) I, like millions of Americans, have been “tuned in” to […]
Obama paranoia and race-based dementia
The presidential election cycle has been the most contentious of my lifetime, which is weird because I truly thought that nothing could ever exceed the nastiness of 1990s when William Jefferson Clinton was President of the United States (POTUS). I was wrong, very wrong. The election of Barack Obama to […]
‘Cheatin’ delivers big laughs
Grambling State University theater department, proudly presented Cheatin’ by Del Shores Tuesday night. Cheatin’ was directed by Nicholas Harrison, an instructor in the theatre department. Although this was Harrison’s first well-made production, it certainly did not show. Cheatin’ is a comedy about infidelity and gossip. This play included three […]
G-Men lose to Jackson State for first time in five seasons
Jackson State University starting quarterback Clayton Moore said that his team preached before the game that Grambling was the team to beat. And JSU did just that Saturday afternoon in Eddie Robinson Stadium. They beat Grambling -badly- with a final score of 53-17. “This was a personal game,” said […]
#Gramfam exhilarated by Obama victory
Students at Grambling State University looked on this year’s presidential election – and races elsewhere – with varying degrees of interest for different reasons. Many gathered to watch election returns in Favrot Student Union on Tuesday night. One of those who gathered in the Union was Michael Brown, a senior […]
Obama Moves Forward
G, S, G, S, G, S, U, U, U was chanted throughout the second floor of the Favrot Student Union during election night as Grambling State University students jolted with happiness when CNN announced the re-election of President Barack Obama. With 303 electoral votes, Obama won by a huge […]
‘A cut above the rest’
What better way to start a fashion show then to start fashionably late? Thursday in the Black and Gold Room, which was that was packed to capacity, the Black Dynasty modeling troupe hosted their big fashion show that was scheduled for 7 p.m., but it didn’t kick off until […]
Dad’s voting red; I’m voting blue
“Whom are you voting for?” “My dad said [insert political figure here] was good, so I guess him.” This is a dialogue that occurs far too often between young adults, and it is these same young adults who often do not end up at the polls. Many young adults […]
GSU, we need to communicate: transparency is key
The Gramblinite newspaper is an award-winning student publication on the university that trains students for possible careers in the field of journalism. The weekly publication is also designed to bridge the gap between the campus and the surrounding community, since the newspaper, in fact, serves as the physical news […]