Dance Explosion 2016! will take place on April 16. Don't forget to get your tickets at danceexplosion2016.eventbrite.com to register for classes. Remember, tickets are currently at a discounted rate of $20. If you have 10 or more in a group to participate and take all five classes, tickets are only […]
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SLI volunteers at call center
The Student Leadership Initiative program (SLI) volunteered their time this week to lend a helping hand to the admissions and recruitment call center. “We call people who are missing parts of their admission application so that they can receive their status and be fully admitted if eligible,” said Zaphany Banks, […]
Grambling State currently hosting national theater festival
The Best is Yet to Come is the theme of the 2016 conference of the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts, which is being held on the campus of Grambling State University. Tico Wells The conference, which started Wednesday, April 6 and will run through Saturday, April 9, includes […]
Job-creating economic development project announced
The City of Grambling; Kimble Development; Enhanced Community Development LLC, a subsidiary of Enhanced Capital; Hamptons Roads Ventures LLC; and First NBC Bank recently announced an economic development project to provide residents of Grambling, Louisiana, with much-needed retail options, including the town’s only conventional grocery store and pharmacy. Called the […]
Election results are in
With the school year coming to an end, election week finally arrived. This year there were some strong competitors who definitely brought the competition with them. Michael Meadows won the title as Student Government Association president and the 2016-2017 Miss Grambling State University will be Astra Watts. Michael Meadows (left) […]
National Library Week is set for April 10-16
National Library week this year will be celebrated during the week of April 10-16. National Library Week theme The A.C. Lewis Memorial Library on the campus of Grambling State has planned a week of activities in line with the theme, “Libraries Transform”. The following activities are all held in […]
The race continues
With 216 days until the U.S presidential elections, the primary elections are still a hot topic. Two Democrats and three Republicans are still in the running for their party’s 2016 presidential nomination. For the Democrats party Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and for the Republicans Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and […]
We should know not all of Islam is hostile
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is a large group of followers of hardline religious teachings of Islam. Followers of ISIS align themselves to the teaching set out by the Sharia law. Moderate Muslims would disassociate themselves from the images being broadcast by various news agencies. The moderate […]
Community previews Jackie Robinson film in museum
Head baseball coach James Cooper and the Grambling State University baseball team got a special preview of “Jackie Robinson,” the latest Ken Burns documentary for Public Broadcasting Corporation at the Eddie G. Robinson Museum. glen lewis/The Yearbook Head coach James Cooper, baseball legend Wilbert Ellis, Ralph Garr stand with […]
Grambling’s own historic women
NOTE: Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when the week beginning March 7, 1982 was designated as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987, the month […]