The Gramblinite
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Shocked and devastated would be a few words to describe the emotions of people when they heard about the burning of Sharmeka Moffitt, a woman from Winnsboro who apparently was set on fire. She was said to have been attacked because she was wearing an Obama shirt. The call to […]
#8220;Wow, that lil girl’s name is hella ghetto! That poor thing ain’t gone never get no job!” I recall hearing this blurted out by a Black adult during my childhood. But as a child I was not completely sure of what a “ghetto name” was, or how a name could […]
The New York native and protégé of the late Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes, Natina Reed was killed this past Friday in a fatal car accident. Reed, 32, was a member of the 90s R&B singing trio Blaque, who was signed by Lisa Lopes. She also starred in the hit 2000 film […]
In less then a week, the Department of Visual and Performing Art’s at Grambling State University will present its second stage production Cheatin’. Opens next Tuesday, and Director Nicholas Harrison says the complexity of comedy for this show will keep students laughing in their seats. “This show will stand out […]
This time history didn’t repeat itself- Grambling’s Men’s Cross-Country fall to fourth place in the conference championship. Mississippi State Valley was crowned SWAC champions on Monday in Clinton, Mississippi. “It was a little disappointing to me because we usually finish in the top two. But starting from almost scratch, you […]
The Lady Tigers, hopeful for their first win, took on the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Golden Lions. UAPB (7-13) coming off a win against Henderson State University, looked to sweep GSU in the season series winning the first game on their home court. The Lady Tigers (0-17) got off […]
The “naysayers,” as Coach Doug Williams would describe, are the people who talk negative about the Tigers. They mostly blamed starting quarterback D.J. Williams for the continuous losing on the season and they wanted to see Frank Rivers running the show. Due to Williams’ hip injury in the second […]
This year’s Grambling State University’s intramural flag football team championship games proved to be exciting. In the women’s championship game, in a triple overtime, the Hot Girls defeated Crime Mob by a score of 24 to 18. In overtime, the Houma Boyz defeated Team 99 26 to 20. The Houma […]
A product from the “dirty souf”, Monroe native Ray Lavender is one of the artists for the Black Entertainment Television College Tour, which made a pit stop at Grambling State University last Friday. Lavender discovered his voice at the age of four. For three years, the down to earth […]
Meek Mill and Melanie Fiona capped Grambling State University Homecoming activities Friday night by throwing an epic house party in the T.H. Harris Auditorium. The party started at 7 p.m. and if you got there at 7:03 or even 7:01, you would have had to park in Ruston, for everybody […]