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‘Here to stay’

 In today’s society, it is common for freshmen college students to get homesick. Mainly because of the home cooked meal they anticipate when returning home for the holidays.  However, Chester Rogers III, a freshman wide receiver here at Grambling State University, doesn’t have to miss those home cooked meals, he convinced his parents to bring […]

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New director stirs things up at McCall Dining Hall

Working in the food service industry since high school, Eddie Rushing takes pride in serving a variety of quality food. Now he’s the new food service director at Grambling State University. Leon Sanders, the university’s vice president for Finance and Administration, announced Rushing’s selection at the Spring Convocation last Thursday in the T.H. Harris Auditorium […]

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L M B O

  T.H. Harris Auditorium was ‘turnt up’ with laughter last Wednesday night as comics Steve Brown, J.J Williamson and Tony Tone performed during the Tiger Fest2k13 Comedy Show.   Host Steve Brown is no stranger to GSU, and neither are his unique sense of humor and antics.  Highlights included Kendrick “K.K.” Smith’s rendition of Usher’s […]

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Rising stars emerge under the lights

Last Thursday via Grambling’s T.H. Harris Auditorium, Elle Varner, Curren$y and Ace Hood gathered their talents for an inspiring night of talent and great music.  The show itself kicked off somewhat early with host Pskillz and DJ Chase on the wheels of steel dropping hits from the West Coast, Midwest, South and the East Coast.  […]

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Acting Workshop

An “Acting Workshop” will be held Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Shreveport at the Clarion Hotel. The workshop location is 1419 E. 70th Street. Working with the workshop will be Charnele Brown, Kimberly Reese of A Different World, is an American actress, producer and singer. She is perhaps best known for […]

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Earl Lester Cole Honors College holds last series

  The Earl Lester Cole Honors College ended its Spring 2013 lecture series with an evening packed with information and history on Monday. The evening opened with Grambling State University Mathematics teacher, Dr. Carl Roberts entertaining the audience by relating Math to everyday life. Roberts kept the audience intrigued with his anecdotes and examples.   “When […]

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Precision and intensity

  Grambling State University’s sororities and fraternities stepped and stomped on stage in the T.H. Harris Auditorium for the annual Greek and Non-Greek Step Show that concluded this year’s TigerFest.  The participants competed Friday, the 19th  for a cash prize and a chance to represent the university at the 40th Annual Bayou Classic, in New […]

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Farewell II – Photo Finish

 This is not a farewell but more like a long letter to thank those that have helped me while I have been at Grambling  Let me start by thanking my mother and grandma Robbie for all their hard work getting meW through college. Year after year, I talked about staying home and the only way […]

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GSU history emeritus head remembered

Minnie Elizabeth Thomas Bailey’s funeral services will be held Saturday, April 27  2 p.m. at Mays Chapel CME Church, Ruston and a Family Night Ceremony is set for Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at  Our Christian Funeral Home/Miller’s Funeral Home location. She was born to Robert Jackson and Georgia Malone Thomas on March 10, […]

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Wright to speak at New Rocky Valley BC

Dr. Margaret Brewington Wright will serve as speaker as Pastor Julius Sumler and the New Rocky Valley Baptist Church celebrate its Annual Women’s Day on Sunday, April 28. The church is located on 2155 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. in Grambling. Services will begin at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday School taught by Sarah Dennis and […]