UNESCO and 32 partner institutions, this week, launched the World Digital Library, a Web site that features cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world. The site – located at www.wdl.org – includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, prints and photographs. It provides unrestricted public access, […]
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Recycling contest for students kicks off
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is sponsoring its second annual YouTube video competition as part of Recycle Glass Week in September. Students are asked to create a 30-second YouTube video about the benefits of glass container recycling for a chance to win $2,000, $1,000 or $500 (for first, second or […]
Quest flexes arts muscle
The artists of Lyrical Quest have been busy, busy, busy recreating and exhibiting their talents this semester. The group, which has only been in existence a little better than a year, has made its name known in a variety of settings. The Quest began as an underground, indie art scene […]
Senior Class VP drops advice for graduation
Our time has finally come and graduation is just a few days away. This is a very exciting time and we are all anxious for May 16th to get here.Clearance forms for graduation can be picked up in the Student Accounts Office on the second floor in Long-Jones Hall. Signatures […]
Campus is dead!
So it’s the fall of 1993, Zhane is pumping through the speakers and the Yard is as thick as molasses and, no, it’s not Homecoming. The Greeks are crowding the sidewalks strutting, strolling, and hopping like there’s no tomorrow. Diss struts are sent flying across the Yard in an urgent […]
Grambling: a troubling place
When I first got to Grambling State University, I learned that there was a place that the University resided in. That place was called the city of Grambling. As the time progressed, I noticed that the city was improving.They instituted a trash program, put up some recycling bins at City […]
Hurt pockets … Hustle hymen?
Ill-fitting ensembles, garish face paint, stratosphere level stilettos and alleyway addictions- that’s the prostitution millions envision. Yet in the midst of a recession, the oldest profession might be gaining publicity and speed. Romanian teenager, Alina Percea, recently placed an ad online auctioning her virginity. With a domestic father, unemployed mother […]
Annual Spring Bling focuses on sports awareness at GSU
On a humid Monday afternoon, students from Grambling and Louisiana Tech were competing in various sports events by the Assembly Center; however there were no ranking or bragging rights on the line. They were just having good, clean fun. While the majority of the students were in class, the fifth […]
New pep and steps
#8220;GO TIGERS! GO!”The 2009-2010 Cheerleading squad tryouts took place in the men’s gym Sunday afternoon. Eager, anxious, and nervous participants sat as they waited for their numbers to be called for a chance to step up to the plate. Dressed in white sports bras (or T-shirts for males) and black […]
Powershifters clean up
The Grambling State University Powershifters participated in the Keep Lincoln Parish Beautiful cleanup recently. The Powershifters cleaned up an historic road between Highway 80 and Martin Luther King street. The cleanup was a big success and is just the start of many more great things to come from the Grambling […]