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When preparing for college, you plan for academics, future endeavors and protecting yourself from the dangers on campus. Not only referring to just security precautions but also STDs. The issue among college campuses and students is simple automatic thought of safety, therefore not getting tested when the problem becomes too late. STDs spread across America […]

Young people can and do acquire sexually transmitted diseases, despite many believing that they have sexual invincibility. The mental “S” on some chests is as likely to indicate syphilis as it is to reflect a Superman or Superwoman. Sexually transmitted diseases can stem from risky behaviors including vaginal, anal and oral sex. Of course, every […]

Nicholas Love is a Fall 2006 graduate of Grambling State University. Love received his baccalaureate degree in the field of mass communication specializing in the area of broadcast and is currently working on his Masters of Science in Sports Administration at GSU. During his stint at GSU his campus activities entailed: The World Famed Tiger […]

Enrollment and retention rates at Grambling State University continue to decline and are a cause of concern for officials. The Office of Planning & Institutional Research tracks these figures and while the figures generally fluctuate, the last two years saw a drop from approximately five to four thousand students.Registration was extended twice, and as of […]

Super Bowl XLV was just a game to some, but for Terry Lilly it was a dream come true. Grambling State University’s very own Terry Lilly, director of Recreation/Intramural Sports and Spirit Coordinator, was invited to be a guest choreographer for the halftime show. “I did not choreograph Usher,” Lilly said, killing one of the […]

With the state looking to consolidate, remove or justify programs at state schools, some wonder how these institutions will function. GSU has 31 at-risk programs. Some at-risk GSU undergraduate programs include Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Physics, English and Foreign languages. Predictions and opinions about the possibilities run the gamut. “I believe we should take this […]

February for some time has been considered the month of romance. Legend has it that Saint Valentine was an imprisoned man who fell in love with his jailor’s daughter. Before he was put to death he sent the first ‘valentine’ himself when he wrote her a letter and signed it ‘Your Valentine’, which are words […]

It all happened Feb. 1, 1960, in a very segregated North Carolina, when four African-American college students from North Carolina A&T University organized a sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro.The four freshmen, who became known as the Greensboro Four, were Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, and David Richmond. Their defiant act spread […]

Recently a friend of mine told me that she was scared to date because of her past relationships. She said that her past relationships affected her present ones and made her fear future relationships. It’s almost like she is caught up in a love triangle with her past. And this happens to a lot of […]

Mixed media artist and fine art photographer Sheila Pree-Bright recently visited Grambling State University, where she shared her work in the “Girls, Grillz and Dolls” exhibition.Her work, which was displayed in Dunbar Gallery, focused on the perception of identity and the standards of beauty. Pree-Bright, who is based in Atlanta, grew up in Germany. It […]