The University of Louisiana System has scheduled weekly, 30-minute webinars to discuss its budget.   The briefing on April 10, narrated by UL System President Sandra Woodley, gave succinct but specific statistics and figures for each of the nine schools it fosters, which includes Grambling State University and Louisiana Tech […]

Joiya Smith is the 2015-2016 Miss Grambling State University, and Jonathan Wallace won the slot as the next Student Government Association president. “It’s surreal, it hasn’t hit me yet, campaign week hasn’t even hit me yet,” said Smith moments after discovering she had won.  Smith said she is very excited, […]

On Thursday of last week, the Daily K.O.S. online news site surfaced a story involving two Caucasian students from Grapevine High School, located in Grapevine, Texas, who recorded a disgustingly racist freestyle.  Some of the lyrics included phrases such as “n**** n**** n**** always looking at me, I want to […]

On April 16, it was announced that Suge Knight will be standing on trial for charges of attempted murder and murder for allegedly running over two people in a Compton parking lot earlier this year. Knight was captured on security cameras hitting two men with his truck. His attorney proclaims […]

The Society of Professional Journalists recognized the 2014 annual Mark of Excellence award winners from Region 12, which all took place Saturday in  Lake Charles at McNeese State University. This journalism competition recognizes students for exceptional work in several areas and across platforms. The contest names a winner and one […]

The Society of Distinguished Black Women Incorporated has brought back the Men of Essence Calendar Pageant. DBW used to held the pageant annual, but this is the first one since 2006. Exhibiting a great sense of poise and masculinity, this year’s Man of Essence is Johnathan Hall. “First of all, […]

Eight of Grambling State University’s finest graduate students were in attendance for the 2015, 27th Annual National Black Graduate Student Association (NBGSA) conference which was held in Jacksonville, Fla., April 8 through 12. Seven of the graduate students were chosen to be part of the 2015-2016 National Leadership Team (NLT). […]

Grambling State student Malik Wheeler has been accepted into University of Iowa’s Summer Research Opportunities program. This program is designed to provide undergraduate students with in-depth research experience. It is an eight week program in which room and board is paid for and students receive a stipend of $3,000 at […]

ldquo;How can Black lives matter if we are not fighting the degradation of the woman’s image, the black woman’s image?” That was the question Truth In Reality founder and domestic violence activist, Sil Lai Abrams, asked at the beginning of the seminar. This seminar was part of Abrams “Redefining HERstory” […]