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While it portrays the stereotypical Black person, you have to admit that The Boondocks are hilarious. Returning for its third and final season, the season premiere involved a situation so many of us can relate to, the election of President Obama.The season premiere on Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” poked fun at the thoughts of Blacks […]

The Gramblinite, the student-run newspaper at Grambling State, is wrapping up another successful year, with the announcement of 15 Louisiana Press Association awards won. The LPA awards were presented Saturday in Lafayette at the organization’s 130th annual convention.The Gramblinite entered four contests (one statewide, two regional, and one national) for student newspapers during the school […]

Fellow Gramblinites:For the past year, it has been my honor to serve as your SGA president. For me this has been a period of progress but yet a time set apart. Today, in my final message to you, I would like to deliver a very simple and heartfelt message: Thank you. Before I depart, I […]

According to GSUtiger.com, Grambling State rallied on the final day to move from third to champions in the 2010 Men’s Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships despite miserable weather conditions. During the final day push in running events, GSU claimed third place outdistancing Arkansas-Pine Bluff and the Golden Lions’ dominating performance in […]

ense battles in the conference semi-finals. Starting off the semi-finals were the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers, making Saturday night’s game a competitive battle to see who wanted it more.After beating the Chicago Bulls to advance to the next round, the Cavs had intentions on going in with a different type of approach than […]

As the term of Student Government Association president nears, Steven Jackson gives reflections of the years.Q: As you look back on your term as SGA president, what do you feel was your biggest accomplishment?A: I feel my biggest accomplishment was seeing the fee for the renovation for a new state-of-the-art library be passed. Q: Is […]

In an effort to prepare young ladies for prom and life, Torry Dean hosted an etiquette seminar for female juniors and seniors at Grambling High.Hazel D. Hunter was the guest presenter. She discussed table manners, good posture and the appropriate manner in which ladies should carry themselves. Also, she showed them how to properly sit, […]

tities can’t contain today’s problems. Everything from the financial meltdown of 2008-09 to the Greek debt crisis to the recent oil spill in the Gulf Coast makes us feel that the civilized world’s abilities to contain big challenges are shrinking. What has happened in the past few decades that created this condition of helplessness in […]

Dear Editor:This is in regards to the article titled “Grambling State Senior accepted to Harvard” in the April 22, 2010, edition of The Gramblinite. I would like to commend Ms. Henry on her acceptance to Harvard University. Being accepted to an Ivy League university from an HBCU is not only a major accomplishment but also […]

As the semester comes to an end, this is the time for evaluation. Teachers evaluate how much we learned while we evaluate how much teachers taught. I would like to propose another type of evaluation: the love evaluation. How much of God’s love has been shown in your daily life? Oftentimes we check our standing […]