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Briefs for March 21, 2019

The 2019 Home Depot Retool Home Depot is offering $50,000 for campus improvements. Vote today at retoolyourschool.com/vote. If you are on Instagram or Twitter, with every post or tweet, use the hashtag: #grambling_rys19.   Spring break hours for shuttle transportation March 21 – March 27 Shreveport Airport Departure Times 3:30 […]

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Kar-Dash Transportation Service launches in Grambling

Transportation services such as Uber and Lyft are known for their convenience allowing people to travel easily from one location to the next via a driver’s personal vehicle. However, these services are generally only offered in large cities. Many students on Grambling’s campus have difficulties traveling to nearby cities like […]

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Chess Tournament for the Grambling Community March 19-20

The Department of English and Foreign Languages of Grambling State University is sponsoring A Round-Robin Chess Tournament for the Grambling Community.  The Tournament is scheduled to take place Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19-20, 2019 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Tiger Express. All prizes are for the top-ranked students only: 1st Prize:  $75.00 2nd […]

Arts

Fiji Made Me Do It – new wing shop opened at GSU

GSU Athletic Director Dr. David Ponton poses with Shelby Prout. Courtesy photo The Texas College Basketball team stops by for a bite. Courtesy photo Fiji wings serves a variety of food options. Courtesy photo Grambling’s own Shelby Prout a.k.a MC Fiji has opened up a well known wing spot in […]

Arts

FSUB holds Mardi Gras ball

Students attented the Mardi Gras Ball in the Black and Gold room.  Carlton Hamlin/Courtesy photo As the Mardi Gras break began the Favrot Student Union Board (FSUB) wanted to bring New Orleans to Grambling and hosted their first Mardi Gras Ball.  Mardi Gras is a unique holiday which oftentimes is […]

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Durags, wave therapy taking off at GSU

The  Windy City Club hosted a “Wave Check” on the yard where students showed off their hair.  Kayla Sullers/Courtesy photo Durags are the new wave around campus.  Cartie Braggs, also known on GSU’s campus as Teddy, made the decision to sell durags, or wave caps as a lot of people […]

Opinion

FOWLER: I understand the importance of a woman

Philip Fowler with his mother and siblings. Courtesy photo Philip Fowler is a graduate student marketing major from Houston. It’s a man’s world. That may be true, however it would be nothing without a woman or a girl.  In my life a woman has been the backbone, the provider, the […]

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BECK: The role of women in marriage

Averi-Alexya Beck is a junior mass communication major from Shreveport, La. When discussing gender roles, many women, mostly feminists, say they want the relationship to be neutral as far as what the responsibilities are. Since the Biblical days, both men and women have been expected to uphold “their part” in […]