People have opinions regardless the subject: politics, sports, music, or education but an opinion is not factual. It’s how one personally feels about a certain topic, person or maybe how they’re feeling at the moment. As I walk into classes at GSU all I hear is “she should wear […]
Opinion
McCall Dining Hall Speaks
Sneak peek to the journey of courage
Ladies have you ever thought about how your life would be if you were pregnant in college? Here is a sneak peek to answer this very question. “The Journey of Courage” which is directed and produced by sophomore Kenya Williams is a documentary that goes through the pregnant […]
Living in the now and embracing today
Take a step back, and inhale the moment and exhale the past, realize that this very moment is the only one that is certain. Often times, we as humans go through life with the damages of yesterday. We find ourselves forced to live with psychological hang-ups due to our environments, […]
Domestic Abuse on Grambling’s campus
There are women on GSU’s campus who have been mentally and physically abused by the ones they thought they could trust. I, Ebony T. Myers, am one of them. I fell deeply in love with a guy who presents himself in a respectable way, and who seems like everyone’s […]
Critiquing the Caf cuisines
New to the HBCU scene and a bit excited about the cafeteria food. When I got to Grambling, my expectations was slightly reached once I realized I shouldn’t compare the Caf to bigger campuses. At the beginning of the semester, the food was delicious, probably because at the time everybody […]
Food Review
Ever since I set foot on the campus of Grambling State University two years ago, I have heard nothing but negative things about the infamous dining hall, also known as “the caf”. Since I was a transfer and was a former athlete, I had the opportunity to grub at several […]
Obama paranoia and race-based dementia
The presidential election cycle has been the most contentious of my lifetime, which is weird because I truly thought that nothing could ever exceed the nastiness of 1990s when William Jefferson Clinton was President of the United States (POTUS). I was wrong, very wrong. The election of Barack Obama to […]
The great debate continues: violins vs. fields
#8220;A violin is a fiddle; a fiddle is a violin. There are no differentiating features, period. The only true reason you’d call one instrument a violin and the other a fiddle is the approach…” (Violin vs. fiddle: What’s the Difference?) I, like millions of Americans, have been “tuned in” to […]
Unique vs. ghetto names
#8220;Wow, that lil girl’s name is hella ghetto! That poor thing ain’t gone never get no job!” I recall hearing this blurted out by a Black adult during my childhood. But as a child I was not completely sure of what a “ghetto name” was, or how a name could […]