As Grambling State University continues its transformation, many buildings go up and others come down. Grambling is also attempting to advance itself academically by implementing things to make the campus more technology friendly. More and more areas of campus are becoming wireless and many more transformations are to come with […]
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Welcome students, and your wardrobes
It is a joy to return back to you to keep you informed. Lets talk about all things fashion. Before we return to the fall semester clothing options, let us think back to last season’s choices and what trends taught us. Dealing with the recent crisis of the economy and […]
Warner Music pays for rapper’s doctorate
Roxanne Shante was a young rap star. When the music stopped, she didn’t miss a beat.Roxanne’s revenge was sweet indeed. Twenty-five years after the first queen of hip-hop was stiffed on her royalty checks, Dr. Roxanne Shante boasts an Ivy League Ph.D. – financed by a forgotten clause in her […]
Local talent hits the big time
Steve “CA$H” Morgan, a 22-year-old native of `Grambling, breaks into the music industry by signing a contract with RCA/ Jive Records. He becomes the first rapper in Grambling’s history to sign with a major record label. Jive Records is a major label that produced music for some of the biggest […]
‘Serial Killers’ explores HIV
#8220;She was treated like she didn’t belong in this world anymore,” said “Shannon” played by Jeralyn Williams during the Serial Killers last weekend. Shannon was referring to a cousin who contracted HIV and experienced alienation after her status was made public. The show kicked off the theatrical semester as an […]
Student athlete White dies
The Grambling community is planning a vigil next week for Henry White, the Grambling State student-athlete who died at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday at LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport.White, 21, was a junior criminal justice major and a first-year member of the university’s basketball team. As of press time, there had been […]
Newcomers get encouragement about life
Many Grambling State University newcomers are skeptical. Most pray nothing bad comes their way. A few worry about peers and roommate compatibility. Some ponder parties and Greek life. Others hope to find positive organizations to join. Shelton Berry, president of Campus Ministry, gave some advice for the incoming freshman. “Freshmen […]
Grambling High graduates 45, 15 with honors
Forty-five students graduated on May 18 from Grambling State University Laboratory High School. As the Grambling High School Band began to play the graduates anxiously marched out to an awaiting crowd of parents, guardians, teachers and friends. Out of the 45 graduating seniors, 15 graduated with honors. Six of those […]
GMMS exceeds state LEAP expectations
One hundred percent of the eighth graders who took the Spring 2009 LEAP tests at Grambling State University Middle School met the standards necessary for promotion to ninth grade.The students also surpassed the state average in 20 of 21 of the LEAP standard categories. – Eighth-graders at GSU Middle scored […]
Jindal informs graduates that ‘Truth is power’
More than 400 graduates walked across the stage on May 17 at Grambling State University to receive their diplomas.The commencement address was given by Gov. Bobby Jindal amid his fight to reduce budgets for education and health care in Louisiana. However, Jindal did not touch on the budget crisis. “The […]