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1. Lil Wayne: The Carter IV- April– Besides 2Pac, Lil Wayne is the only artist to have a number one album behind bars. Before his bid last February, he released his Rock-N-Roll inspired album Rebirth. – The album was well received by critics but many wondered when the world was going to see Wayne get […]

Jackson State defeated Grambling State 69-57 in Grambling last Saturday night. Tyrone Henson led Jackson State with 19 points.This game was a rematch from the first round of last year’s SWAC’s tournament game, where Grambling State eliminated number one seed Jackson State. Grambling State came out the gate aggressive and held a lead until Jackson […]

Jonathan Jackson, a native from Shreveport and a graduating senior theatre arts major/Floyd L. Sandle Theatre Arts president will conduct a one man show. The show will be held in the Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center on campus Friday at 7 p.m.The show is entitled Through the Fire. The theme is, if you don’t know […]

Popular Web site worldstarhiphop.com has been put to rest.Rapper 50 Cent quickly took the credit for the demise of the highly known site. He called New York radio station Hot 97 to give his reasoning of the shut down. According to billboard.com, he said, “I took a lawsuit… we’ve been through the process for a […]

Grambling State University’s head football coach Rod Broadway will leave GSU to return to his home state of North Carolina.The university released a press release, which confirmed the upcoming change. Rumors circulated about a week ago that Broadway was leaving GSU. During that time an athletic representative from North Carolina A & T said that […]

President Barack Obama presented his second State of the Union address by paying tribute to the victims of the January 8 Tucson tragedy that left 6 dead and 14 injured including Democratic House Representative, Gabrielle Giffords. Immediately after his tribute, Obama appealed to both parties to put aside political differences and come together to move […]

The Louisiana Board of Regents yesterday announced that 460 academic programs at the state’s public colleges and universities are up for possible elimination.The board’s reasons included duplicative academic offerings and abysmal graduation rates for the cuts. The Southern University System might lose more than 50 programs between Baton Rouge, Shreveport and New Orleans schools. Grambling […]

GSU students have increased options with their identification cards this semester. Previously, student IDs were used for meals in the cafeteria, Tiger Xpress food court and Tiger Xpress convenience store. Once validated, the cards are also used for entrance to on-campus games.Students now have the option of putting Tiger Bucks or GFlex on their cards. […]

Charges against former Grambling mayor Martha Andrus have been dismissed. Louisiana State Ethics Board recently vindicated Andrus of ethics charges. The allegations date back to 2008 when Andrus was connected to $50,000 that has yet to be proven missing. Andrus allegedly fired business manager Willie Mabry and town clerk Pam Stringfellow and suspended Police Chief […]