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He rattles off places, dates, and statistics like it was yesterday and not 10 years ago. His passion for the game is only overshadowed by his enthusiasm. Known simply as ‘number 10’, Melvin Monrose is not your average football player, or soccer depending on which side of the equator one calls home. The 24- year-old […]

GSU has Sodexo Ambassadors. Hospitality majors can hope to benefit from internships and full time positions offered through Sodexo’s Student Ambassadors program this semester. Sodexo – Food services & Facilities Management Services Company Inc. is the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, serving 10 million customers […]

GSU’s TABASCO Marketing interns Christel Eugene and Alexis Davis attended the annual Fall student orientation session held at Avery Island on Friday, Sept. 25. The day long affair was held under the college marketing reps and advisors of Dillard’s, Southern and Xavier University.The mandate for this activity was to provide both returning and new interns […]

Vanessa Littleton has been named director of Public Relations forGrambling State University. She attended the University of Central Florida, where she was a McKnight Fellow and a doctoral candidate in Public Affairs.Littleton will serve as the official spokesperson for Grambling State Universityand she will assist in developing communication and marketing strategies for GSU. Prior to […]

In an effort to promote the array of services offered by the Office of Career Services, the Senior Class held a reception in the Black and Gold Room geared to getting the word out to the students. Senior Class President Dafnee Chatman extended a warm welcome to all the students. “If there is anything you […]

National Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to observe the past and present achievements of Hispanics. Embracing the Fierce Urgency of Now, is this year’s theme. Many Hispanic Americans made an impact in this nation. After a much maligned nomination process, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor became the first Hispanic justice to serve on the Supreme […]

Humans are a funny species. While being the most dominant, we often succumb to the most juvenile things. Even the strong fall off the path throughout the course of life; so there’s no time to be weak-minded. Knowing one’s self is said to be the apex of learning, so let me guide you one step […]

The on-the-court basketball product has been awful. Washington takes over a team that has won a total of 16 games the past two seasons and has only had a .500 five times in the past 23 seasons. Last year the team was 6-23, which included an abysmal 4-14 conference record. Washington said the first thing […]

“The blacker the college, the sweeter the knowledge.” During invocation at the Cotton Bowl, ripples of laughter emanated mid-prayer as a pastor praised HBCUs and stressed the necessity of Black higher education avenues.In the midst of today’s Black president era, Black advocacy seems dated to some. However, race issues still exist. Sometimes all that race […]