Ever since I set foot on the campus of Grambling State University two years ago, I have heard nothing but negative things about the infamous dining hall, also known as “the caf”. Since I was a transfer and was a former athlete, I had the opportunity to grub at several different cafeterias in the sunny […]
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Dept. of Music seeks OK
The Department of Music at Grambling State University received a visit recently from the National Association of Schools of Music. A two-team advisory committee consulted with President Frank G. Pogue, department heads, faculty and students during its Oct. 9-11 visit. They discussed the progress of the program and validated the requirements necessary for reaccreditation. […]
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Domestic Abuse on Grambling’s campus
There are women on GSU’s campus who have been mentally and physically abused by the ones they thought they could trust. I, Ebony T. Myers, am one of them. I fell deeply in love with a guy who presents himself in a respectable way, and who seems like everyone’s ‘dream’ guy. He blends in […]
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GSU honors life of fallen Gramblinites
Dr. Doris D. Carter was a professor in the Department of History from 1971 to 2012, serving over 40 years. She was a competent and caring instructor and an accomplished historian. She demonstrated her proficiencies as a researcher and writer. She published books, journal articles, book reviews and ancillaries. Among her noteworthy publications are Robert […]
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Commentary
I hit I-20 heading toward Shreveport at 7 a.m. on Nov. 4. Five long hours were ahead of us. The anticipation floated around in my head. I prayed this experience at the Sprint Cup Series would be worth the drive. When I first arrived, we stepped out of the car to the aroma of […]
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Drum line holds it down for GSU’s band
The crowd went wild, as drum lines from both Grambling State University and Southern University stepped forward to rock the stadium. “This is what everyone has been looking forward to, a nice smooth battle between both drum lines,” said Florida Franklin, a sophomore at Grambling. As fans from all over the world crowded the Mercedes-Benz […]
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Obama Moves Forward
G, S, G, S, G, S, U, U, U was chanted throughout the second floor of the Favrot Student Union during election night as Grambling State University students jolted with happiness when CNN announced the re-election of President Barack Obama. With 303 electoral votes, Obama won by a huge margin over Gov. Mitt Romney, […]
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Obama paranoia and race-based dementia
The presidential election cycle has been the most contentious of my lifetime, which is weird because I truly thought that nothing could ever exceed the nastiness of 1990s when William Jefferson Clinton was President of the United States (POTUS). I was wrong, very wrong. The election of Barack Obama to the Office of President, the […]
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The great debate continues: violins vs. fields
“A violin is a fiddle; a fiddle is a violin. There are no differentiating features, period. The only true reason you’d call one instrument a violin and the other a fiddle is the approach…” (Violin vs. fiddle: What’s the Difference?) I, like millions of Americans, have been “tuned in” to the presidential debates and campaign […]
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#Gramfam exhilarated by Obama victory
Students at Grambling State University looked on this year’s presidential election – and races elsewhere – with varying degrees of interest for different reasons. Many gathered to watch election returns in Favrot Student Union on Tuesday night. One of those who gathered in the Union was Michael Brown, a senior mass communication major from Atlanta, […]