As the fall 2020 semester draws to a close the Grambling community is collectively longing for normality. Mass Communication Undergraduate Coordinator Marjorie Newman said she misses in-class instruction. “You can't feel their energy, we need to have human interaction,” Newman said. Many in the Grambling community report being in Newman’s […]
Author: Kobe Jackson
‘Work Work Don’t Stop’, even for Covid
Grambling State is a university famous for its DJs and the DJ Twinz have always had an impact not just in Grambling, but all over. 2020 has not been a great year for anybody in the college environment at Grambling State University due to the coronavirus. Missing in the campus […]
Students uncertain about selecting on-campus option in Spring due to Covid spikes
Covid has increasingly been spreading throughout the state and nation many to believe recovery by the spring semester is not feasible. Grambling State University announced on Oct. 11 registration would open for students to register for the spring 2021 semester some students were hesitant about doing their spring 2021 schedule […]
WhoMadeMeDoIt reboots to adapt to pandemic
In the wake of COVID-19, local businesses and companies, such as Grambling’s WhoMadeMeDoIt, have been forced to change the way they operate in order to stay in business. WhoMadeMeDoIt's location right next to GSU’s campus resulted in a steep decline in business early on this year after all students were […]
Black Wall Street and the 1921 Tulsa race riot
What the Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood of Greenwood, widely known as the Black Wall Street, looked like before and after the events of May 30-June 1, 1921. Oklahoma Historical Society/Courtesy photo Newspaper coverage following the destruction of what The Tulsa World called “Little Africa”. Estimates of the number of dead ranged […]