Grambling State University basketball legend, Bob Hopkins, has been named as a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction class of 2013. As a player, Hopkins averaged 30 points and 17 rebounds a game for the Tigers from 1953-56. He was a two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American under Eddie Robinson […]
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Sexy attire standsout during StrutLA show
StrutLA strutted down the runway last Thursday to a packed crowd of Grambling students held in the Men’s Gymnasium on Grambling campus. The clothed models showed off wear from the Ro Collecton designed by Romello Truitt. The clothing exhibited in the show was everything from casual jeans and T-shirts sporting the RO Collection logo to […]
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Track team sets blistering pace
Grambling State University’s track and field program was on the road for their last three meets and they were successful, as usual. First they traveled to Lake Charles for the McNeese Relays on March 9. They competed fairly well, placed first place in every event except the men’s 4×100 meter relay. The most intense […]
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Entertainment executives visit GSU
The president and chief operating office of Universal Studios encouraged Grambling State University students to sacrifice and do what it takes to succeed as they pursue their dreams. His message was simple: You can go further in life if you believe. “You have to find a way to follow your dreams,” Ron Meyer told the […]
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Two GSU grads sworn in as attorneys
Former Gramblinites Kourtni R. Mason and R. Jared Evans were recently sworn in as members of the Louisiana State Bar by the Supreme Court. The ceremony took place at the Ponchatrain Center in Kenner as retiring Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Katherine “Kitty” Kimble administered the oath. Mason and Evans passed the July 2012 Louisiana […]
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Two GSU students receive scholarship
Two Grambling State University students are the first HBCU students to receive scholarships from the Advertising Education Foundation of Houston (AEF– Houston). Richard Klein, chairman of the AEF– Houston, said Erina Love and Justin Madden were chosen from a pool of about 300 applicants to each receive a $2,000 scholarship, making it “the first […]
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Student turned entrepreneur
After one semester of selling clothing, the newest addition to Scents of Heaven on Main Street has become the go to place for unique and customized vintage pieces. Jessica Taylor, the owner of Thrift Boutique says she’s been an entrepreneur since elementary school and knows how to cater to the area she’s in. Taylor, […]
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Sigma Alpha Iota kick off celebration week
Day Two of Sigma Alpha Iota Week was the premiere of August Rush, held at 7 p.m. Monday in the Favrot Student Union Theatre. August Rush is a story of a music prodigy. Lyla is a renowned and beautiful cellist and Louis is a guitar player and vocalist at a club. Lyla and Louis […]
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A passion inspired by chaos
“Random photos to like, from a photographer to love,” reads the Instagram (@CileyCares) biography of Ciley Carrington, whose senior art exhibition is showing through Monday. Filling the Grambling State University Dunbar Hall Gallery, the Los Angeles native uses a combination of photography and digitally generated wors throughout his exhibit, titled “F***ing Up The Streets.” The […]