President Barack Obama’s health bill is important to citizen throughout the United States. The bill is striking up conversation all across the world.Certain parts of the health bill people like and some parts they don’t. One part of the health bill that I want to talk about is giving $250 […]
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Summer enrollment slow and steady
Summer session one enrollment began slowly but increased. “Summer session one is usually the most difficult due to students waiting for their grades to go in the system because once grades are in, financial aid is able to tell how much aid each student will receive,” said Albert Tezeno, financial […]
Honoring Juneteenth
The city of Grambling will join cities around the country for Juneteenth Celebration. Grambling will begin its celebration Wednesday, June 16 and end on Sunday June 20.Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery. The celebration takes its name from U.S. Army Major General Gordon’s June 19, […]
Board discusses future of GSU
The future of Grambling State University was the topic of discussion by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System on Wednesday morning. The meeting was held in the sparsely filled School of Nursing Auditorium.The public meeting was held so that those from the community and university students […]
Excellent graduates celebrated for hard work
During Grambling State University’s Spring Commencement, six students were recognized for graduating with a 4.0 g.p.a. The students were Melissa Francis, marketing, St. Lucia; Nigel George, accounting, Dominica; Whitney Ingrid Siana Henry, biology, St. Lucia; Doria Honore, accounting, St. Lucia; Ulric Junior Joseph, computer information systems, St. Lucia; and Nonso […]
Engineering Technology gets iNARTE accreditation
The International Association for Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics, Inc. (iNARTE) has recently certified Grambling State University as an iNARTE accredited university. GSU will now be posted on iNARTE’s Web Site under accredited universities and Training Institutes.As an iNARTE officially Accredited University, GSU is recognized as offering BS degree in Electronics […]
Pogue announced as GSU’s president
BATON ROUGE – The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System today unanimously voted to appoint Frank G. Pogue Grambling State University ‘s eighth president. UL System President Randy Moffett presented Pogue to the Board as the Grambling Presidential Search Committee’s recommendation. “The Grambling community rallied around and […]
GSU’s Shelby drafted by Baltimore Orioles
Grambling State Tigers senior outfielder Jeremy Shelby was taken in the 38th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Baltimore Orioles.The Lexington, Ky., native becomes the first Tiger to go in the MLB draft since current interim head coach James Cooper was taken in the 33rd round […]
A nation of Nedas: last summer in Iran
Truth can only be concealed for so long. Just ask Iranians. Their country was a technologically linked, governmental pool of blood and chaos last summer. As a peaceful protest took place, a sniper shot a young Iranian woman, Neda Agha-Soltan, in her chest during daylight. HBO presented a documentary, “For […]
A Different Look
As a child who never had a father present in his life, Father’s Day was a day to give thanks to the father figures in my life. However my outlook on fatherhood changed on August 7th 2008 when my son, David L. Lankster, Jr. was born.Growing up in a single […]