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Students attend teacher institute

Alex Fenceroy (left), Dr. Loretta Walton Jaggers, Jessica Tisdale and Arceneaux Robinson pose with rocket at Johnson Space Center. The students will present the results of their NASA involvement today in Charles P. Adams Hall Room 217 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Department of Curiculum and Instruction at […]

Briefs

Services for retired administrator

Funeral services for Dr. Thomas Lee Richardson will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Lewis Temple CME Church in Grambling.   Visitation will be held Friday from 5 p.m to 7 p.m. at King’s Funeral Home, 1511 W. California in Ruston.  Interment will be in Grambling Memorial Garden. […]

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You can get rid of the ‘Gut’

As a freshman coming to college you are excited and eager on your new found journey in life. You are excited on finally leavng the nest and become independent.  Finding this newly found independence comes with a price; rather it is excessive amounts of food intake to cope with stress […]

Opinion

Join for the right reasons

There’s nothing wrong with pledging in my eyes. I just think there is something wrong with the reason people pledge.  Be aware that you are committing yourself to a life-long organization. Whether you join a Greek, non-Greek, or even a club, know why you are doing so. Because the reason […]

Opinion

Loving being in a black sorority

When you think of a sorority what is the first thing to come to mind? Parties? Pillow fights? The movie Legally Blonde? People rarely think of the benefits that come with being a member of a sorority but usually rely on what they have seen on television or in movies. […]

Arts

Earning stripes in the kitchen

Many Grambling State University alumni have gone on to become actors, singers, and a few professional athletes. However, one recent graduate has aspirations of becoming big in the culinary arts field.  Daniel Jackson, who was born in Shreveport but was raised in Pittsburg, Ca., plans to enroll in graduate school […]

Arts

Vibin’ out with Lyrical Quest

There is a place on Grambling State University’s campus where students go to freely express themselves as they share their gifts and talents with fellow peers. This place is the student-ran Lyrical Quest.  Lyrical Quest (LQ) is a spoken word driven organization composed of poets, rappers, singers, and musicians.  “(LQ) […]

Arts

August Wilson play set for next week

The Department of Visual and Performing Arts will present Radio Golf by August Wilson at 7 p.m. next Monday through Thursday. The play will be performed in the Floyd L. Sandle Theatre in the Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center on the Grambling State campus. In Radio Golf, the Pulitzer-winning author […]

Arts

Having ‘smoothe life’ is what it’s all about

ldquo;Smoothe life” is how I describe my way of existing in the world: enjoying the positive side of life, never losing my cool. It’s a feeling, an influence, a way of life, and I even added an ‘e’ to the end of smooth, making it my own word in a […]

Arts

Bo$$ Up The Trap

Dee “the6thGrade” Wilson is this era’s balance between what people want to here and what people need to hear. The Monroe born and raised artist released two projects before having the whole Grambling State University campus under hypnosis of his “Boss Up The Trap” record. He began rapping in the […]