The Gramblinite
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
The director of the Grambling State University Orchesis Dance Company, who has more than 25 years of global dance experience, has been suspended until further notice. Sources say that both Dianne Maroney-Grigsby and her assistant director Teresa Jacobs were temporarily removed from the company last week by the institution, because of two letters to university […]
Grambling State University’s Miss Plus Couture lends her talent to help Grambling Laboratory High School cheerleaders reach national heights. Brittany Smith has been helping with the GHS’s cheerleaders for two semesters, but this is her first semester as a head coach and under her leadership the cheerleaders are already […]
Members of the Supreme Court will begin in November holding major rulings about gay marriage, affirmative action and voting rights. Some of the cases brought before court been approved for hearing. Along with gay marriage, racial preferences, fighting of terrorism and voting rights act will also be reviewed. Out […]
There’s no such thing as being too far from home to celebrate its history, people and culture. For Nigerians in the city of Grambling every year on the first of October is a festival that allows them to celebrate their nation’s Independence. Members of the Association of Nigerian Ambassadors […]
Oscar Davis, a Grambling alumnus, is honored in the inaugural edition of Who’s Who Black Dallas. The Bastrop native was recognized for being a professional who has excelled tremendously in his profession. Who’s Who Black Dallas showcases the achievements and success of some of the top African American professionals […]
As one walks into Grambling State University’s student Tiger Express they will walk into an area with a selection of food establishments such as Burger King, Panda Express and Topio’s, but as you walk past Starbucks where lights are off and doors are closed. Contrary to belief Starbucks retail […]
Students from various majors gathered last week upstairs in the Student Union to receive information about upcoming summer research internships and graduate school opportunities with the University of Illinois at Chicago. For 15 plus years, Dr. J. Russell Willis, sociology and psychology professor at Grambling State University, with the […]
All of us yearn for them, the nostalgia for the ‘yesteryears’, bittersweet longings for the past. And yet, despite all the pleasantries, the jukebox fawning for “Happy Days”… ‘the Fonz’, and “Opie Cunningham”– this ‘rear view mirror’ stare often offers a starker contrast than our ‘windshield view’ up ahead. […]
Fresh Campus has come to Grambling State University to bring about change and clean breathing air for students and everyone else who works on or visits campus. Fresh Campus is a student-led campaign established to help empower college students to bring about social change by focusing efforts on 100 […]
In the first presidential debate, an aggressive Mitt Romney sparred with President Barack Obama over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy. With early voting already under way in dozens of states, Romney was particularly assertive in the 90-minute event moderated by […]