Author: Henry Williams

Sports

Miller takes talent overseas

Joanna Miller as a member of Lemvig Basket. She is averaging 22.8 points per game in Denmark From the United States to Denmark, former Grambling State University Lady Tiger basketball star Joanna Miller continues to excel professionally overseas in the sport that she loves the most.  During her two-year tenure […]

Arts

The MisUnderstood

Grambling State University’s Travis Matthews, a senior mass communication major from Houston, dropped an extended play named TheMisUnderstood Oct. 15. He has been rapping since the 4th grade, but didn’t seriously pursue a rap career until he was 15. He was inspired by his friend in high school who had […]

Arts

Bo$$ Up The Trap

Dee “the6thGrade” Wilson is this era’s balance between what people want to here and what people need to hear. The Monroe born and raised artist released two projects before having the whole Grambling State University campus under hypnosis of his “Boss Up The Trap” record. He began rapping in the […]

Opinion

Loving being in a black sorority

When you think of a sorority what is the first thing to come to mind? Parties? Pillow fights? The movie Legally Blonde? People rarely think of the benefits that come with being a member of a sorority but usually rely on what they have seen on television or in movies. […]

Opinion

Join for the right reasons

There’s nothing wrong with pledging in my eyes. I just think there is something wrong with the reason people pledge.  Be aware that you are committing yourself to a life-long organization. Whether you join a Greek, non-Greek, or even a club, know why you are doing so. Because the reason […]

News

You can get rid of the ‘Gut’

As a freshman coming to college you are excited and eager on your new found journey in life. You are excited on finally leavng the nest and become independent.  Finding this newly found independence comes with a price; rather it is excessive amounts of food intake to cope with stress […]

Briefs

Services for retired administrator

Funeral services for Dr. Thomas Lee Richardson will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Lewis Temple CME Church in Grambling.   Visitation will be held Friday from 5 p.m to 7 p.m. at King’s Funeral Home, 1511 W. California in Ruston.  Interment will be in Grambling Memorial Garden. […]

Briefs

Students attend teacher institute

Alex Fenceroy (left), Dr. Loretta Walton Jaggers, Jessica Tisdale and Arceneaux Robinson pose with rocket at Johnson Space Center. The students will present the results of their NASA involvement today in Charles P. Adams Hall Room 217 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Department of Curiculum and Instruction at […]

News

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 […]

News

Cheerleader of hope

Grambling State University alumnus Stanquin Hill died on Monday from cancer complications. He was a member of the United African American Men and the GSU cheerleading team. He graduauted in 2011 Grief and sadness filled the hearts of many students, faculty and staff at Grambling State University when they heard […]