Grambling State University president pops in on weekly meeting of The Gramblinite to congratulate the staff on a national win, offers encouragement The Gramblinite‘s weekly staff meeting was preempted when the president showed up. Grambling State University President Frank G. Pogue made a surprise visit to the Washington-Johnson Complex to wish the campus newspaper […]
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GSU students pledge not to use the ‘N’ word
Emotions and opinions were stirred inside the Favrot Student Union by the topic of the “N” word hosted by the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity. Yesterday, the Iota Theta Chapter at Grambling State University held a forum called “Say No to the “N” Word” yesterday in room 243. Nobel Michael, a member, was the master […]
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GSU to present ‘The Glass of Water’
The Department of Visual and Performing Arts is presenting The Glass of Water by Eugene Scribe, which will be playing in the Floyd L. Sandle Theatre from Feb. 18 through the 21 at 7 p.m. The play is a comedy set in the 1700s in which major events occur from small events happening throughout […]
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‘The Gramblinite’ wins best HBCU newspaper
The Gramblinite, Grambling State University’s student newspaper, won best overall student newspaper and took home seven other awards at the 16th Annual National HBCU Student News Media Conference, held in Houston and at Prairie View A&M University. “We faced much adversity last semester, and to overcome that and still produce a paper every week […]
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Icy weather halts classes
Classes were closed for two days at Grambling State University as a severe ice storm covered the roads, trees, cars and homes in Grambling and surrounding areas. The university declared the campus closed Monday evening with storms being forecast for later that night. It wasn’t until Tuesday where the weather was at its worst […]
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Grambling student joins Clinton’s global initiative
Grambling State student David Freeman has been selected to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University Conference this year taking place in Phoenix, Arizona. “I am very excited to represent Grambling State University and to engage with the best and the brightest intellectuals of my generation,” said Freeman, a senior business major from Houston. […]
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Russia passes anti-gay law
Russian President Vladimir Putin is under fire after enforcing anti-gay laws before the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. The bills concern the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” and the protection of “children from information that can bring harm to their health and well being.” According to article 6.21 of the bill, “Propaganda is the act […]
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Winter wildness
Student reactions are split after a snowball fight on the courtyard between two freshman dormitories escalated to a water fight with the Grambling Fire Department Wednesday morning shortly after midnight. Students were allegedly having a friendly snowball fight when the Fire Department showed up and began to spray them with water. Firefighters said the […]
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Would FSUB consider underground artists for TigerFest?
The past TigerFest artist selections may seem OK to the naked eye, but with closer attention to detail within the music community, there’s a way bigger scale of artists residing in the underground that could save the school a couple dollars. Due to my obsession with music, I often find myself on YouTube looking […]
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Microwave pralines in 18 minutes
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 2/3 cup heavy cream 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons margarine 1 1/2 cups pecan halves 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: In a large, microwave safe bowl, combine sugar, cream, salt, margarine and pecans. Microwave 9-minutes on high, stirring once. Let rest 1 minute. Next, stir in […]