Author: Arshauna Candler

News

Coca-Cola CEO competition winner’s startup experience

Courtesy photo There comes a time in your life when one seemingly small experience helps you realize what and where you want to be in life. Sometimes we allow our fears and thoughts of failing to hinder us from what God has in store, so we sit back and dwell […]

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MLK’s trip to Alexandria to be showcased in Ruston

Morris Thomas artwork will be on display from January 21 through March 1./Courtesy photo Morris Thomas is an internationally recognized visual artist from New Orleans, Louisiana, who is presenting his work at “The Art of Morris Taft Thomas Exhibition” as a part of the initiative to celebrate Black History Month […]

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A day of honor

Speaker Jevin Hodge electrifies audience with his motivational words. Philip Fowler/The Gramblinite “That’s the sound of our ancestors screaming. We are champions of what many people in our time has died for.”    Jevin D. Hodge ended his speech about what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. means to him with […]

Opinion

Government shutdown affecting citizen-soldiers

As United States citizens, we are no strangers to federal government shutdowns.    I’m a student currently in my sophomore year at Grambling State University. For the past five years beginning December 2013 I’ve also been a soldier in the United States Army; Louisiana National Guard. With that being said, […]

Opinion

FRANKLIN: R. Kelly isn’t the only one “canceled”

Cartoon illustrated by Deshatey Coleman I remember when I was younger hearing my mom play songs like “Step in the Name Love” and “I Believe I Can Fly”. The Grammy award winning singer from my hometown Chicago was often played by my parents in my childhood years. I remember my […]

Sports

GSU football well-represented in NFL playoffs

Chester Rogers rumns down the field after a reception./Courtesy photo Rogers comes back to GSU campus to receive his degree./Courtesy photo Trent Scott prepares to block./Courtesy photo Scott poses for a team photo for the Los Angles Chargers. Grambling State University has produced several athletes who have gone on to […]