Magnolia Film & Production Company is joining forces with Catch 22 Films & Video Production for a one year contract to produce Dr. Nancy B. Shepard’s next two motion pictures, 99 Pounds: The Rows to a Dream and Birds Gotta Fly. The joint venture is the culmination of Louisiana’s efforts to bring motion picture production […]
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Don’t burn your bridges or schools
After looking up the definition of the word arsonist in my handy Webster, I found it necessary to share my findings with you the general public. According to my my man Webster an arsonist is an individual who sets maliciously sets fire to the property of another or burns one’s own property for an improper […]
Dude, go to class … and stop doing everything else
Dude…go to class…and stop setting fire to Pinchback. We know the dorm is in dire need of repairs, but what’s your point of destroying it even more? The more you tear it up, the longer it takes to repair. Also, I would advise you to watch your back. Pinchback is looking to stomp a Texas-sized […]
Early upsets scramble tournament predictions
As the Sweet 16 kicks off, many of you are still getting over the bracket busting upsets that was the first two rounds of this year’s NCAA Tournament. As predicted, this year’s tourney has been full of unpredictables. The first round was amazing. Who knew that Montana would upset Nevada or that Wisconsin-Milwaukee would pull […]
Juve gives ‘Reality Check’
Juvenile has been a Southern rap fixture since he broke through with the rest of the Cash Money Millionaires in 1998. The label’s string of hit singles and albums solidified them as the top dogs in New Orleans, and a force to be reckoned with in the south. Juve parted ways with Cash Money only […]
Hunter renews mind, body, and spirit via yoga
Yoga is fast becoming a popular form of exercise. It can create a vibrant and healthy body and mind. On Saturday, March 18 people were afforded an opportunity to renew and refresh their minds, bodies, and spirits via yoga. Grambling State University alumna Faith Hunter hosted two sessions. One of the sessions was for senior […]
Delafosse provides training for Grambling Judicial board
Grambling State University’s judicial board received training on Thursday, March 16. Nan Delafosse, Director of Judicial Affairs at Texas Southern University, facilitated the workshop. The judicial board is the primary judicial body of the university. It has original jurisdiction over all cases referred to it by appropriate university officials. Also, it has jurisdiction over all […]
Black Dynasty story
Whatever Black Dynasty wears in their shows they are guaranteed to turn heads. This was definitely the case of their latest sidewalk show held last Wednesday in the front of the Men’s Memorial Gymnasium. The modeling organization decided to host an entire show dressed as exotic animals from all genres of the jungle. The audience […]
Alumna steps to the bench
After 22 years of civil litigation, newly appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dorothy B. Reyes now presides over a Proposition 36 drug court. "I wanted to give back," Reyes, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, who hails from a farm in central Louisiana. "This is really a good place for […]
Fires scorch Pinchback again
"Makes no sense" is what freshman business management major Maurice Blake said as he and other students stood in the rain, evacuated from Pinchback Hall while the second of two fire of the day was being battled Monday afternoon. The incident devastated the second and third floors. The first fire, on the third floor, started […]