October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month as well as being Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Yes, we are making a difference when it comes to surviving each of these threats to our health and safety. To treat breast cancer, doctors are coming up with different kinds of medicine that patients can take in order for the […]
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Is your life healthy?
Today it seems so much easier to live on the go, rather than planning out our days to live better. College students probably have the worst time adjusting to life away from home. You don’t have mom or dad to hold your hand through every day. As soon as fast food hit the America population, […]
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Still struggling with fitting in
There are Black people on every continent. Each of us comes from a different background and we are all on different paths. Therefore, it is a given that no Black person is the same as another. It is easy to label people with convenient stereotypes for our own self-actualization, but labels minimize the depth of […]
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CAMPUS BRIEFS
Residential life and housing to host run, walk event October 28 The Department of Residential Life/Housing will host the second Annual Glow Run/Walk on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The department invites the campus community to come out and support Breast Cancer Awareness. Interested particpates can sign up by sending an Email to Gsuhousing@Gram.Edu. The first 50 […]
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Story Tellers: a community healing creation
Story Tellers was started and created January 2015 by Erica McFarland, mental health specialist. Influenced by the loss of her mother, McFarland decided to create an event where individuals could come together and share stories that are therapeutic and could possibly help people mind, body, spirit and soul. A testimony meeting a Ted talk. The […]
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Laboratory Middle School receives grant
The Grambling State University Laboratory Middle School has received a one-year, $500,000 school improvement grant from the Louisiana Department of Education. The grant was awarded to Lincoln Parish on behalf of the school at a Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting Oct. 13 in Baton Rouge. Since 2010, the Louisiana Department of Education […]
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Miss GHS to accept her crown
On this evening, the newly-elected Grambling State University Laboratory Schools’ queens will be crowned at a coronation.Representing Grambling High School is Kyrah Hill. CaptionMELANIE C. THOMASThe Yearbook Miss GHS will be crowned tonight in the T.H. Harris Auditorium. Recently, Hill, a 12th grade honor student, was recognized by Ruston’s Rotary Club as Grambling High […]
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Interested in Kamp? Visit Career Services
The Office of Career Services has scheduled an informational meeting Monday for anyone interested in working with Kids Across America, a Christian sports camp located in Branson, Missouri. The meeting will be held in A.C. Lewis Memorial Library, Room 167, from 7-8:15 p.m. KAA, which is for campers 9-18 years old, hires more than 600 […]
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CMAST hosts Eli Lilly rep
The Center for Mathematical Achievement in Science and Technology (CMAST) at Grambling State University held a special internship opportunity with The Eli Lilly and Company on Oct. 6. The seminar was specifically targeted to science majors but all majors were welcomed to attend. There were two speakers that presented the opportunity to the students. One […]
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Schedule of events for Homecoming 2015
Sunday, Oct. 18 GOSPEL EXPLOSION, featuring VaShawn Mitchell, 7 p.m. in T.H. Harris Auditorium. Student admission free with valid I.D.; nonstudents, $8. Monday, Oct. 19 BLACKLIGHT PARTY, 7 p.m. in the Black & Gold Room. Tuesday, Oct. 20 BATTLE OF THE DJs, featuring DJ AP, DJ MakeAMove and DJ Twins, 11 a.m. on the Yard. […]