Author: TIERRA SMITH

Sports

GSU QB Williams receives excellence award

Johnathan Williams, Grambling State University’s quarterback, received one of two United States Marine Corps Excellence in Leadership Awards during a special Bayou Classic lunch last Friday. Audry Thompson, a Southern University defensive lineman, received the other. Before the big battle on the field Saturday, the Grambling State and Southern football […]

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Committee to select new GSU leader in June

The Grambling Presidential Search Committee hopes to announce a new president by the first week of June. The Hollins Group announced at the last meeting among the University of Louisiana System and the Search Committee that there were 37 potential candidates. The groups have also ironed out a timeline in […]

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Winter Wonderland takes Grambling by storm

For the second week in a row, Grambling State University classes have been cancelled due to inclement weather. Today’s classes were suspended, as well as four days last week. The decision on whether school with resume Friday depends on weather conditions overnight.  According to Dr. Janet Guyden, the provost and […]

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Potential candidates worried about future

The Hollins Group, the organization responsible for the Grambling State University presidential search, will meet in Baton Rouge on Feb. 24 to discuss the search timeline and other concerns. According to a letter to the University of Louisiana System, the GSU presidential candidates are worried about the economic future of […]

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Alumnus Green to lead neighborhood Walmart

WEST MONROE- While smiles and cheers came from most at the Walmart Neighborhood Market grand opening, the emotions from Yvonne Green were dif­ferent. She watched as her only son stood with big scissors ready to cut a red ribbon. As Terry Green Jr., 32, snipped the ribbon Wednesday morning, his […]

Basketball

Lady Tigers take 2 at home

In a two-game home stand, the Lady Tigers basketball team was able to secure two close wins. The first was Saturday afternoon against in-state rivals Southern University, with GSU winning 57-56. On Monday night, the Lady Tigers defeated Alcorn State University 64-57. With the wins, the Lady Tigers balance to […]

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Contract stipulation could stop Warrick

GSU Interim President Dr. Cynthia Warrick has stressed her desire to become GSU permanent president of the univeristy. Grambling State University’s interim president, Dr. Cynthia Warrick, has expressed on various occasions her desire to be the permanent president at the university. But a contract between the University of Louisiana System […]

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GSU students displaced for administration housing

During Tuesday’s town hall meeting between Grambling State University administration and students, tensions rose as GSU student Michael Meadows wanted to know why he was displaced from his pre-registered apartment in West Campus to make room for newly acquired administration members. Two weeks before school started, Meadows said, he received […]

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Grambling Lab schools continue efforts to survive

Grambling State University Labortary School located on GSU campus is apart of the city of Grambling education system.   The Grambling High Foundation pulled its charter school application form the Louisiana Department of Education on Oct. 13 because it would have not been approved. The application would have secured funding […]