An array of cheers filled the Ocean Center on Thursday in Daytona Beach, Fla. as the Grambling State University cheerleaders took the stage at the National Cheerleading Association’s cheerleading competition.The competition consists of about 140 teams from all over the nation competing to be judged on crowd involvement, choreography, technique […]
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‘Dreamgirls’ to dazzle next week
Take a trip back to the music and dreams of the 1960s by attending the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Dreamgirls, and a silent auction at the 2nd Annual President’s Scholarship Dinner-Theatre Gala set for April 24-25 in the Grambling State University Assembly Center.The musical is presented by the President’s Scholarship […]
Jackson takes office with passion
It was a long, stressful week, but Steven Jackson wasn’t done yet. He sat in the Grambling Hall Auditorium, in sweltering heat, waiting, hoping. As the results were read, he could finally breathe a bit.”I was a little nervous,” he said. Jackson’s celebration of his victory was short-lived, as he […]
Let the master fashion motivator solve your sartorial conundrums
Ahhhhhh .. it’s spring again. Don’t you just love all the effervescence and explosive inspiration that rolls in with this season? It is a great one filled with beautiful palettes of floral prints, pastel shades and breeze fluttering dresses. Spring is most definitely for lovers. But without fashion and the […]
Cash Street Café to host art exhibition
Grambling State University’s Cash Street Café is hosting an exhibition of artworks by Simsboro native De Shadrick “Tae” Talbert through April 29.Each art major at GSU develops a proposal in their junior year that helps to focus the work they produce during their junior and senior years. During the senior […]
Saint Luke’s Episcopal installs new pastor
Reverend Thomas T. Nsubuga was installed as Vicar of St. Luke’s Episcopal Chapel of Grambling Sunday, March 22. Rt. Reverend D. Bruce MacPherson, bishop of the Diocese of Western Louisiana, presided over the services.I had the oppurtunity to interview the new pastor of St. Lukes Episcopal about, the reason why […]
All hail the King (King Tut, that is)
The Art Department and students from other majors went to Dallas on recently to experience the King Tutankhamun exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. It was amazing viewing the sarcophagus, jewelry and the different artifacts from the young ruler’s reign. The exhibit also had artifacts from the rulers and […]
Easter sunrise service at Hodges Gardens State Park revived
Hodges Gardens State Park is reviving a long treasured Easter tradition that in recent years had been discontinued. The annual Easter Sunrise Service will once again be performed on Easter Sunday, April 12. Area church choirs and the Centenary Choir will present the story of Christ in song and narration. […]
P.O.E. People turn out for Lyrical Quest
Lyrical Quest held it down as the brothers of Phi Beta Sigma hosted open mic night. Students showed up from all over and came out to hear the soulful sounds of amateur lyricists, poets, musicians and vocalists performing their craft that they poured purely from the hearts. Sophomore Arsenio Wilborn, […]
Dunbar gallery to feature senior art shows
Grambling State University ‘s Dunbar Gallery will feature the senior exhibitions of two art majors, Tamarrow Wilson and Tiffany Grant, through April 24.Students create proposals for works to be completed in their junior and senior years at GSU. The works then are submitted to a faculty panel that judges the […]