After completing four intensive days of tryouts, the Grambling State University head men’s basketball coach has made the final cuts for this year’s team. The coaching staff selected six walk-ons: Travis Hawkins, Velario Altherimer, Tyron Bain, Dion Watson, Isaiah Patterson and Reginald Smith. They will join four returning players: Terry […]
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2K Sports releases NBA 2K14 with new features
Tuesday morning, 2K Sports once again releases the No. 1 rated NBA basketball video game NBA 2K14 at midnight. The game is developed by the company Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. The game was released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It will also be released In November […]
Herstorian Insight
Do you have health insurance? If not, this is the perfect time to get affordable health care assistance. Accidents happen, and you never know when you may need to get help, therefore, it is paramount that we are covered with health care. The Affordable Care Act colloquially known as […]
Stronger than we know
Last month was National Suicide Prevention Month and October brings us to National Depression Education Awareness and Emotional Wellness Month. Most of the time these issues go hand in hand because depression can cause suicides and on a more catastrophic level, mass killings. By now, everyone is familiar with […]
A New York holiday’
Hip-hop mogul Shawn Carter, otherwise known as Jay Z, can now add luxury brand designer to his list of accomplishments. Besides having a wife who has synonymously taken over runways and stores, he’s partnering with top fashion house Barneys for a limited multi-clothing label called “A New York Holiday”. Even […]
Nintendo visionary dies at 85
More than earthquakes are shaking up Japan as it’s citizens mourn the loss of one of their most influential businessman. Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi was pronounced dead at age 85. According to the company, Yamauchi died of pneumonia in a Japanese hospital in Kyoto. He is succeeded by his […]
Criminal Justice holds inductions
Longtime Grambling resident remembered
Ashton Attis Wilkerson was funeralized on Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Grambling Memorial Garden. He was born in Ruston on Nov. 13, 1936 to Esther Goree and Calvin A. Wilkerson. After the passing of his mother in 1937, “Jerry” as he was affectionately called, grew up in the home of […]
Insurance markets open as political gridlock continues
U.S. Rep. Patrick Jefferson said the Republicans are “holding the government spending budget hostage.” Without a budget agreement, the government cannot continue to run. Many people believe the House of Representatives, majority led by Republicans, will not approve any budget that funds the Affordable Care Act, familiarly called Obamacare, because […]
SHUT DOWN
Grambling State University students fear that the outcome of the federal government shutdown will immediately influence their daily lives. However, as long as the disputes between President Barack Obama and Congress are dissolved quickly, they should not worry. The food stamp program (properly named the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]