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An estimated 15 religious protesters condemned Louisiana Tech University students to hell during lunch Tuesday.Representatives of Consuming Fire Fellowship from Woodville, Miss., held hell-centered signs and verbally assaulted students. The protestors distributed pamphlets with scriptures of the God’s wrath toward sinners. For some on Louisiana Tech’s campus, hate-based expression is not new. “I have to […]

The Louisiana Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (LA-EPSCoR) is soliciting research proposals from the state’s tenured, tenure-track or full-time research professors in science and engineering. Proposals are due April 18. The program is limited to the science and engineering research disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation. For more information about which disciplines are […]

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 […]

Valentine’s Day loveLove that loves annuallyArrival is nearEvery time you’re hereIt is nothing but smilesSo why must you go Heartbreaks and heartachesIs what your departure doesWhy put me through it Valentine’s Day loveLoves me like no other loveWhat is your secret Maybe there’s a wayNo it has to be a wayNeeds a way for my […]

It’s that time of the year again. The time of the year that every woman loves and every man loathes. Yes, it is mid-February, therefore it’s Valentines Day. So here are some tips to make her Valentines day enjoyable. *Be original. The more thought you put into a gift, the better your gift will be. […]

Who do you dream of when you dream of the person you want to be with? Do you ever dream about that fairy tale love? Do you believe in it? Being a February baby, I consider myself to be a “love child.” In my dreams, I am that hopeless romantic who waits at the top […]

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 […]