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Potentially one of the greatest athletes of our time, Ernie Davis never got his chance to showcase his talents at the next level. Davis dominated the ranks in football and basketball. He helped Elmira Free Academy in Elmira, N.Y., to a 52-game winning streak in high school basketball even though basketball wasn’t his sport of […]

She’s baack! Erykah Badu has always been known for being unpredictable – and still is, 10 years after releasing her first solo album Baduizm. The release of her much – anticipated fourth studio album, New Amerykah Pt. 1: 4th World War, has been the topic of several conversations since the beginning of 2007.Since the mid-90s […]

Grambling State University’s Art Department will welcome back alumnus and former Gramblinite cartoonist Cbabi Bayoc as the guest artist for the 2008 Spring Celebration of the Arts. Dunbar Gallery is featuring an exhibition of Cbabi’s work through March 4, on which day he will present a lecture on his work from 10 a.m. to noon […]

Feb. 28 is the deadline for educators who wish to spend one academic year helping to improve the quality of education in Africa.The International Founda-tion for Education and Self-Help invites applications from schoolteachers, college and university professors and school administrators Since 1992, more than 1,000 American teacher-trainers have been recruited and assigned to African teacher-training […]

Marrow Donor Drive set Friday in Favrot Student Union at GSU Grambling State will be the site of a Marrow Donor Drive from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in Favrot Student Union. Those interested in joining the Marrow Donor Registry must be between the ages of 18 and 60, meet certain health guidelines and […]

Funeral services for Dorothy Ann Jackson Ashford of Grambling will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Christ Temple Baptist Church, 7349 Highway 80, in Grambling. Mrs. Ashford died Monday at Willis Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport. She was born on July 20, 1952 in Simsboro, to Lorine and Zelma Jackson. On December 8, 1969, […]

GSU radio station 91.5 FM KGRM has once again been nominated as the station with the most community involvement in the 2008 Black College Radio Annual Awards.Individual staff members who have also been nominated and the awards they are competing for are: Joyce Evans, station manager of the year; Natasha West, program director of the […]

My sistas, my sistas. Why must we be so negative? Why must we be so negative toward one another? Should we be battling one another? Should we be so salty toward one another? Why do we always feel the need to call one another b’s and h’s? No matter if we are at the club, […]