"Ladies, please lock your door at all times," a Jewett Hall flier read. "There is a rapist on the loose. Be safe!!" This flier in conjunction with the rumors of a rapist had some females living in fear, running off whenever they saw a male lurking around the female dorms. GSU Police Chief Jefferson Walker […]
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La. Colleges officials describe ‘fragile’ finances
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s public colleges are slated to receive $91 million more in state funding next year than they currently have, but education officials said Tuesday that’s barely enough to keep higher education on track after two hurricanes. Many colleges lost students and their tuition dollars, and other universities around the country are recruiting […]
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Gramblinite takes top award
Gramblinite staff The Gramblinite staff came up big once again at the Region 12 Society of Professional Journalist Annual Conference winning several awards. The annual conference was held at The University of Memphis in Memphis, Tenn. The conference took place Friday March 31- Sunday April 2. The Mark of Excellence Awards are given every year […]
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Professors to speak at poetry event In honor of National Poetry Month, the Cross Cultural Club will present the Second Annual Poetic Art: A Celebration of Spoken Word on April 25. The event will spotlight the works Drs. Nanthalia and Jimmy McJamerson, both GSU professors. The McJamersons provide educational seminars, motivational speaking, empowerment books and […]
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A.C. Lewis Memorial Library gets first new computers in 11 years
It’s a product of waiting 10 years, said Director of Library Services Dr. Rosemary N. Mokia. She remembers years ago when A.C. Lewis Memorial Library had only two computers. Others had been added over time, but it had been 11 years since new ones had been installed. Now, the official opening of the Library Instruction […]
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Where is our money going
We, students, always seem to want something. We always want better dorms. We always want cable. We always want our refund checks to come in on time. However, I rarely hear students asking the pertinent questions. How about where is our money going? Well -I wanted to include exact figures. However, I could not find […]
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Picture perfect season now imperfect
Sports editor It was picture perfect. Head Coach Larry Wright is having his best campaign in his coaching career at Grambling, and Wright’s own prospect Brion Rush is having the best season of his life. That picture was slightly shattered when Rush went down with a foot injury. The G-Men are in second place and […]
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Let’s not forget where we come from
In an age where hip hop and pop music is in the forefront of African American culture and entertainers are getting deals not for their excellence at their craft but for their ability to create a hot song, one should take a minute to reflect back on the music of yesterday, and I mean that […]
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Iwonder what the trailblazers would think … and your mom
It’s like when you do something you know you’re not supposed to be doing … and get caught. Momma takes that switch and wears you out. After the screams, the tears, the torture, you wish you never made that terrible decision. There was a reason for the beating: You knew you weren’t supposed to do […]
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Student, know thyself
This semester to me seems to be one of pointing fingers and blaming. I’m not just talking about the recent issues on campus but I’m talking about relationships. Academics, romance and friendships have seemed to go wrong this semester. When things go wrong it always seems that people begin to blame others but don’t realize […]