Grambling State University’s Travis Matthews, a senior mass communication major from Houston, dropped an extended play named TheMisUnderstood Oct. 15. He has been rapping since the 4th grade, but didn’t seriously pursue a rap career until he was 15. He was inspired by his friend in high school who had […]
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Last Game In The Hole
Anthony McGhee will never forget the day Grambling State University’s football team grabbed national headlines. He doesn’t consider last fall’s boycott a bad thing either; instead he sees it as something positive that brought the team together. “Regardless of what you have been through, you can always get something greater […]
No confidence
Cynthia Warrick The Grambling State University Faculty Senate, representing more than 200 faculty members, has decided that Interim President Dr. Cynthia Warrick is not the leader for our esteemed institution, now or later. Therefore, the Faculty Senate has voted in favor of a vote of no confidence and they strongly […]
Greyhound bus station closes
After 31 years of service and providing transportation for countless students and community members in and around the area, the city of Grambling’s Greyhound has closed and will not be reopening. Greyhound had to make a choice between Grambling’s bus station and the Greyhound station in Ruston, which is a […]
Kappa Kappa Psi host annual food drive
Members of Kappa Kappa Psi posing during their annual food drive on the yard The National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week starts Saturday, Nov. 15 and the Epsilon Rho chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi has collected over 100 nonperishable food items during their food drive on Tuesday to help decrease […]
G-Men keep rolling against Mississippi Valley
Naysayers and nonbelievers of head coach Broderick Fobbs’ G-Men football squad were heard throughout the press box in Rice-Totten Stadium during last Thursday’s game. “This will be an easy win for Mississippi Valley.” “And they (Grambling) say their record is 6-0 in the SWAC?” These were just a couple of […]
An open letter to HBCU graduates
Although most of us have never met, we share a special bond as graduates of one of America’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With few exceptions, these are the places that sprouted from sweat-soaked seeds planted by the sons and daughters of former slaves, sharecroppers and subsistence farmers whose […]
Jones retains seat as mayor
Edward Jones The opportunity that a voter’s voice can be heard and politicians can only anticipate all of their hard work- canvassing from door to door speaking to residents, campaigning with signs and brochures and shaking hands, has paid off. Polls opened early Tuesday morning at 6 a.m. and did […]
Leading The Way
Newly inducted GSU student gets pinned at the Earl Lester Cole Honors College induction on Oct. 30 The room was packed with excellence at the 25th annual Earl Lester Cole Honors College Induction ceremony Oct. 30 in the Black and Gold Room. Forty-nine students from different majors and regions of […]
Philanthropist donates $100,000 to university
Bernadene High Coleman Bernadene High Coleman, a native of Plain Dealing, knows the value of receiving a higher education, and because she does, donated $100,000 to support Grambling State University in helping others achieve that milestone. “All of us should be willing to share and not be selfish about […]