Ten Grambling State University students and Dr. Frances Staten participated in the first Power Shift Conference, convened earlier this month to discuss issues related to global warming. Held at the University of Maryland, the conference brought together about 6,000 students from across the nation to learn more about the effects of global warming, gain skills […]
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Veterans honored
Duty, honor, country. Just a few of the words spoken at the Eighth Annual Veteran’s Day program held Friday morning in the Nursing Auditorium . Guest speaker was Dr. Lamore J. Carter, whose credentials include being a World War II veteran, 33rd Degree Mason, graduate of Fisk University, and founder and first president of the […]
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Long-Jones Hall in danger of collapsing
Many students on campus are unaware that they might have to find another location in the future to pay their school fees because the current location where they go, Long-Jones Hall, is a building in danger of collapsing. Long-Jones Hall is one of the oldest buildings on the campus of Grambling State University. And because […]
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Fire blazes a Tiger Village 400 room
Around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, a fire broke out in the Tiger Village 400 dormitory on the first floor. Rodney King, a freshman from Tallulah, lived in the room where the fire occurred.”I was getting ready to go to sleep and I smelled smoke coming from the closet,” King said. King said that he tried to […]
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Saturday’s match with ULM was more than just a game
It had been 22 years since Grambling last defeated a Division I program. Sept. 28, 1985, in Shreveport, Grambling shocked the world when they upset Oregon State 23-6. Last weekend, the Tigers attempted to do the same against the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The game was more than just a normal out-of-conference game for […]
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Southern Rips Grambling 23-13
It began with a tribute to coach Eddie Robinson. They started their preparation for it when the season first started and now the game was here. The 34th annual Bayou classic kicked off with a bang as Southern University scored on their first two possessions. The Jags started the game with a 9 play, 80 […]
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Grad student receives SACS-COC travel grant
Nara Martirosyan, GSU International doctoral student, has been selected to receive a Travel Grant to attend the 2007 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) annual meeting in New Orleans Dec. 8-11. Martirosyan was chosen out of a limited number of travel grants available to graduate students in postsecondary education in Southern […]
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United Campus ministry launch ‘Angel Tree’ Christmas
Delivering gifts of love and a message of hope to children of prisoners is the aim of Angel Tree Christmas sponsored by United Campus Ministry. This is the second year for the Angel Tree promotion.”If you’re a first-time volunteer, you’ll soon understand our excitement and enthusiasm as we reach out to families of prisoners,” said […]
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Club celebrates 25 years of service
Grambling’s chapter of the Lions Club has been around for over two decades.Lula King, acting associate dean and coordinator of the undergraduate social work program, is the president. She has been a member for nine years and president for five years. “We are planning to commemorate the 25th anniversary on Friday, Dec. 7 with a […]
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Chivalry is still alive and well
Dude is boisterous. His scent is an infusion of weed, Blacks, liquor, and late nights, perhaps some combination of the first with the latter. His boxers show. Wife-beaters hang from his frame. The corners of his mouth slip into snarls. His profane words pounce onto any available ear. He randomly spits mucous. Bring him home […]