According to Chekesha Rashad, Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), there is two types of people in the world-they’re the dreamers and the “existers.” The “existers” are people who work a nine to five and live for the weekend. Dreamers are those who are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve their dreams. Rashad, a 1998 […]
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Jon Gosier known as a true triple threat
Online media is a world filled with many technical innovators and great thinkers. With the world literally at their fingertips, they help pave the way for our communities and cultures to advance into the digital age. In such a fast paced, growing industry it can be hard to stand out and do something original or […]
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Baseball team takes the mound
A normal preparation practice for the Grambling State University baseball team consists of the following: the players stretch and run to get loose and warm up. Then the team does bunt coverage, first to third defense, pick off and run downs, cut off an relays, and last reads and leads. The Tigers […]
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GSU addresses Obama’s State of the Union Address
“Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…” was President Obama’s opening line to the 2013 State of the Union address last Tuesday. These words made it clear that President Obama intends to keep calling on both parties to […]
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Newspaper captures awards
Note pads, ink pens, laptops and cameras are just some of the items that flooded Nashville, Tenn., earlier this month for the Black College Communication Association conference. From Feb. 7-10, student journalists were allowed to come together from 10 Historically Black College or Universities to attend the 15th Annual National HBCU Student News Media […]
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King Week raises awareness
Junior Reginald Mask II asked, “If you left your institution today would you be satisfied with your education?” That was the question Mask asked during his event Monday evening, which was the apex of his week long King’s Week initiative. As a residential assistant, Mask has set out to make his students better. In the […]
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GSU takes second in indoor meet
This past weekend, Tigers head coach Bertram Lovell and the Indoor Track and Field team finished second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Birmingham Alabama at the Crossplex. Alvarez Romero provided an overall perspective of how well the team performed at the championship. “There were a few injuries […]
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President, faculty and staff hear issues from students
As most students walked into Grambling State University’s McCall Dining Hall for lunch Monday they were in for a surprise. To eliminate any middlemen or miscommunication, the university’s executive leadership team was sitting at tables to hear directly from students. “I’ve never seen anything like this in all of my years, where administration, students and […]
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‘Crumbs’ brings joy to playgoers
Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy premiered Tuesday night to a sparse but enthusiastic audience in the Floyd L. Sandle Theatre in the Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center. Directed by assistant professor Karl V. Norman, the two-act play is set in 1950s New York and focuses on widower Godfrey Crumb, who is played […]
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Cracking down
As the word spread across campus of the new “sagging” ordinance for the city of Grambling, many Grambling State University students were outraged while others felt relief that something was being done about the often-seen attire. “I feel attacked, like they coming for our necks,” said Telvins Black, 21, a sophomore engineering technology major from […]