Over the past two weeks, the Grambling State University football team has suffered a drastic change in losing their head coach, Super Bowl XXII MVP and four-time Southwestern Athletic Conference champion coach Doug Williams. Some believed that dismissing Williams was the answer to turning around the football program. Despite the immediate change, one thing still […]
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Issues with fights and drugs plague Freshman Village
Campus safety has become an issue at Grambling State. Over the past few weeks, fighting, smoking and the sale of illegal drugs have occurred in Freshman Village (dorms Fredrick Douglass, Phyllis Wheatley and J.D.E Bowen). Since freshman orientation week between 5-10 fights have happened. Police have been able to break up these altercations between […]
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Graduate makes an impact at the NCBM Conference
Brandon Richardson will tell you hard work pays off. The Grambling State University graduate and doctoral student has been invited to the 40th National Conference of Black Mayors in Atlanta (NCBM) in Bermuda next year and has also been invited to handle the media for the 2014 World Summit of Mayors conference in Colombia. The […]
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Grambling alum pens new relationship novel
Two hours before kick-off, Grambling State University alumnus Andy Brown began to set up to broadcast the Kansas City Missouri Classic for DFWi Radio, an online radio station. Brown said he drove to his hometown to see his alma mater play. In his left hand, the entrepreneur held a book he published in 2011 titled […]
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Godwin set to direct first play of the season
This is a season of discovery and with each discovery comes a new opportunity for King David Godwin. For his new play, The Amen Corner, opening Tuesday, he expects the audience to leave feeling they have learned or revisited some ideal about the human spirit they may have forgotten. “I chose this production because […]
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Organizations shine at GSU
As new faces are seen throughout campus this semester, it’s also the beginning of some new and returning organizations at Grambling State University. As a student, it’s important to know what’s going on around the academic community. Every year., Grambling holds an annual organization week to introduce curious students interested in participating in extracirricular activities […]
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Moving forward
Even with a coaching change, one element will remain the same: starting quarterback. George Ragsdale said Wednesday afternoon that D.J. Williams will keep his job for Saturday’s Missouri Classic. “I haven’t seen any reason for him to lose his job,” said the interim head coach of Grambling State University’s football team. “When you are quarterback, […]
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Grambling Loses Legend
Early Wednesday morning, Grambling State University fired head football coach Doug Williams days away from the G-Men’s away game in Kansas City, Mo. After just starting the football season with two losses, and an eight-game losing streak, the university thought it was best to go in a different route. “There wasn’t a lot of conversation. […]
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English Writing lab is now open
The English Writing Enhancement Lab has officially opened this semester. The hours of operation for the lab are from Monday thru Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The lab is located in Carter G. Woodson Hall, Room 231. The EWEL provides English tutoring and writing consultation for all Grambling State University students […]
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Moore announced as scholarship recipient
Grambling State University has been selected the school of the month for September by the Tom Joyner Foundation, and sophomore Pierre L. Moore was named the first of four Hercules Scholars Thursday. “It’s always nice to be tied to the Tom Joyner Foundation because it brings such national exposure to Grambling State University,” said Pogue. […]