Author: TIERRA SMITH

Sports

Runner makes most of time at Grambling

What was your fastest completion of the 5-mile run this year?  I think it was like 38:18 in Natchitoches at Northwestern State University.   What is the difference between cross country and track?  In cross country you only have to run five miles, it’s only one event, but in track […]

News

GSU Homecoming 2012

  Many festive events are schelduled for Homecoming week.  Favrot Student Union Board organized the weeks activites and the theme for this Homecoming is “GSU Flight 1901… You Are Now Free To Roam Tigerland!” Sunday – Gospel Explosion @ 7pm – T.H. Harris Auditorium   Featuring: Joshua Rogers; Admission: Free  […]

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Campus Ministry holds celebration

  “God does not give you anything you can not handle,” were the first words that opened up United Campus Ministry week at the Methodist Children’s Home. Under Campus Ministry Director Connie Beaux, each day the women of campus ministry, held an event that would better the Grambling-Ruston community. The […]

Arts

Art and soul of the underground adolescent

  Houston native, Stetson Leon Rhodes is not just your everyday “rapper with a dream,” but an individual who has intentions to change the urban industry with his story.  The young artist is working to release Youth from his three-part music project, Youth Soul Love and is anticipating his new […]

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Get ‘Pretty’ at new shop

  “Anything to get pretty we have it here at Pretty” is the slogan used by the new hair supply store “Pretty Beauty Supply” located on 309 Main Street in between Realitees and Heavenly Hands Barbershop.  This store was opened by former Gramblinite Hanniyyah Castro to help provide a service […]

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KGRM to host Radiothon

  Grambling State University is set to host its first Radiothon, sponsored by the Office of Institutional Advancement and 91.5 KGRM-FM. The Radiothon is a fundraising medium that will reach individuals outside the GSU community.  “The Radiothon is just another vehicle. The difference is that we’re reaching out to listeners […]

Sports

Women’s soccer team shows heart of a Tiger in victory

  So far, so bad this fall for Grambling State University athletics.  The women’s volleyball team remains winless as does the football team.  But in one sporting event from last weekend, one team’s athletes showed the passion and pride that have always been associated with Grambling. The GSU soccer team […]

Sports

La.Tech in Top 25

  Neighboring university, Louisiana Tech made their second appearance in the Associated Press poll since 1999. This season the Bulldogs hold a winning record of 5-0, as a result they are ranked No. 23 in the AP poll and No. 24 spot in the USA Today/Coaches poll.   Thirteen years […]

Opinion

Fight like a girl!

Breast cancer in males is a rare condition that according to the National Cancer Institute, is accountable for less than 1 percent of all breast cancer cases. Research shows that about 1,910 men are diagnosed each year and, of those, 23 percent are killed by the disease.  This is compared […]

Tips

Chamber to honor local leaders

  The fifth Annual Community Contributions Banquet sponsored by the Greater Grambling Chamber of Commerce will honor a local business, individuals, and two community groups Oct. 11 in the Ruston Civic Center.  “We look forward each year to this opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding individuals, institutions, community groups and businesses […]