Still recovering from a major earthquake, Haiti must now deal with another disaster, an outbreak of cholera. Cholera is a species of Vibrio bacteria and produces a deadly toxin. This specific toxin kills 60 percent of those who attain the disease and aren’t treated.At least 135 people have died from […]

My homeboy recently Facebooked me a link to “8 Reasons to Date a White Man,” an article that was published on the Madame Noire Web site. That vitriol. The author, LaShaun Williams, proclaimed her marriage to a Black man, but encouraged sistas to do the café con leche. While the […]

In his debut novel, Lord Shabazz pens an urban love story that takes place way down in the dirty South. And to Kim, at times Louisiana and the men down there was just that-dirty and unfair.She loved some Grambling State though. And the faculty and student body at the historically […]

I love the smell of a freshly waxed and polished hardwood court. It smells like victory. On Tuesday, the National Basketball Association kicked off its season with some heavy hitting games.The first was between the Miami Heat and the “underdog” Boston Celtics. If this game was any indicator of the […]

It seems like a lot of people aren’t really into football anymore #WONDERWHY? Well since the majority of the students here at Grambling State are Saints fans and the Saints are back to being the usual regular sorry football team that they have been for years, the fans have nothing […]

The Psi Beta Zetas held an open discussion last week about the B-Word. I commend them for their thoughtfulness. What we call ourselves and what we respond to is important. Instead of following tradition and blindly embracing certain “terms of endearment,” we ought to be aware of the effects of […]

Anne Wimbush Watts figured her afternoon was done after she finished a speech at Atlanta’s Rush Memorial Congregational Church on Sept. 12.”They were up at the podium and talking about this person who seemed to have really done quite a bit,” Watts said. “I said, ‘Wow, that’s a great person.’”Actually, […]

The first men’s conference of the Black Male Initiative was held on campus last Thursday. It was entitled “The Gentleman’s Colloquy” and addressed the problems that black males face at GSU and in general. Dr. Paul Bryant, vice president for Enrollment Management, spoke on the retention rate at Grambling State […]

#8220;Brilliance, creative art and expensive” all come to mind when viewing Kanye West’s short film. “Runaway” tells of a story about a phoenix (Selita Ebanks) fallen to earth.The 35-year-old rapper makes her his girlfriend, despite others discriminating against her. She eventually has to burn herself alive and goes back to […]