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The Delta Iota Chapter Deltas of Grambling State University are back and moving forward. The rebirth of the legendary sorority’s local chapter is in its beginning stages. Grambling’s Deltas hadn’t probated in five years. That changed Tuesday night. The event revealed the 48 initiates. The sorors expressed joy, love, and relief. Many said that this […]

Grambling State University alumnus Henry Whitehorn has been nominated by President Barack Obama as the U.S. Marshal in the Western District of Louisiana.U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, who recommended Whitehorn for the position last August, related, “Chief Whitehorn has had an outstanding career in public service in Louisiana, and he is beloved in the Western […]

The Black Team came out victorious in the Annual Black & Gold Spring Football Game held Saturday in Tiger Stadium.Spring games are normally exhibition games in which coaches evaluate what younger players have learned playing in the system so far, while the veterans of the team are refreshing their skills as the summer approaches for […]

As a child I thought my Dad was loony. Whenever it was his night to cook, my siblings and I asked what was for dinner only to be given random responses like camel humps, bird pectin and monkey’s brain. When he left the house without us it was usually to see a man about a […]

In such perilous and difficult times, we can concur that our troubling youth can be our greatest concern. The ones who are responsible for turning it around do not lie with government, but the church community.Servants of God must analyze exactly what constitutes the plight and downfalls of our young people. Our young men are […]

Grambling State University’s top academic students received recognition during the annual Honors Day Convocation and awards banquet held on Wednesday.Clarence Hawkins, the featured speaker for the convocation held in the Frederick C. Hobdy Assembly Center, was introduced by honor student Imani J. Jackson. After joking with Jackson for calling him quintessential, Hawkins said, “The greatest […]

Being a college student and always having to be serious with either class work or studying, it is always a welcoming feeling to get a chance to let your inner child out. On Tuesday, the Favrot Student Union held a Build-A-Tiger event on the yard. Walking up to the yard one would think that they […]

Graduating from college during today’s economic uncertainty is a scary feat. To ease tensions Sarah Troyer, a Teach For America representative at Grambling State University, explained that the program might benefit students who are about to face the real world. “We are looking to solve the achievement gap,” said Troyer, who added that low-income students […]

The New Rocky Valley Baptist Church mission will hold a Women’s Day program at 10 a.m. on Sunday.The speaker will be Jeanette Hutchinson, retired physical education professor at GSU. Hutchinson is the widow of Dr. Conrad Hutchinson Jr., who was director of the World Famed Tiger Marching Band. She is a member of Deborah Circle, […]

The Rev. Roland McCoy Wilson Sr. was laid to rest Saturday at Sweet Home Church of Christ Holiness USA. Services was officiated by Rev. Eddie Douzart III of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.Rev. Wilson, 61, passed away Tuesday, April 6 at the Rapides Hospital. A resident of Jonesboro, he worked for 17 years in the facilities […]