Ashirah Simpson hosted a pop-up shop featuring some of her products at her home in Chicago, Illinois. Courtesy photo Senior Ashirah Cimone Simpson is no ordinary student. In 2015 she started her own company by making body scrubs in hair dorm room. Simpson’s business, Seek Divine Collections, sells natural hair and organic skin care […]
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GSU men post back-to-back losses
The Grambling State University men’s basketball team ended a four game win streak falling victim 86-85 to Texas Southern University Saturday night (Feb. 16) and 92-87 to Prairie View A&M University on Monday (Feb. 18) afternoon. TSU vs. GSU The Tigers came out shooting 48 percent, going 13-for-27 from the field to trail […]
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Baseballers win two of three as season opens
The Grambling State University baseball team opened its season going 2-1 in the Andre Dawson Classic last weekend at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans. On Friday, Feb. 15 the Tigers defeated Eastern Kentucky 7-4, On Saturday, Feb. 16 they fell to rivals Southern University 6-5 and on Sunday, Feb. 17 the Tigers came […]
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Softball team still undefeated at 6-0
The Grambling State Tigers softball team is on a winning streak. The Lady Tigers are now 6-0 after they swept the Texas College Steers on Feb. 13. “I am very grateful for the winning streak we have right now but not satisfied, as a team we want more and have to remain focused on one […]
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Bowlers miss SWAC tourney
Kayra Carter prepares to bowl at the SWAC round-up. GSU ATHLETICS/Courtesy photo The Grambling State women’s bowling team competed in its final Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) meet of the season during the SWAC East Round-Up. The Lady Tigers picked up a win over Alabama A&M during the opening day, but it was not enough as […]
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Team effort fuels Lady Tigers’ sweep of TSU, domination of PV
Ariel Williams drives past a Prairie View A&M defender. RAVEN LEDAY/ The Gramblinite The Grambling State University women’s basketball team had a successful stretch over the past week, posting back-to-back wins. TSU vs. GSU Three players scored in double figures as the Lady Tigers triumphed over their opponents, Texas Southern University, 72-55, in […]
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HBCU students play pivotal role
Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. and David Richmond enrolled as freshmen at North Carolina A&T University in the fall of 1959. By Feb. 2, 1960, the photo of the four young men sitting at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, appeared in newspapers across the country. SITINMOVEMENT.ORG/Courtesy photo The Greensboro Record […]
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Just say no to the N-word
Franklin Nelson To be honest, at some point in our lives we’ve heard or said it! Right? By “It”, I mean the N-word. Whether it’s been heard in the derogatory/racial sense or said in a form of slang, we should all know its loaded history. “N—–” is a divisive word in society. Derived from […]
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Why N-word is NOT a problem
Kris Darroux Tupac once said, “Niggers was the ones on the rope, hanging off the thing; niggas is the ones with gold ropes, hanging out at clubs.” The word nigger has been utilized as an emphatically contrary term of scorn for a dark individual since the 18th century. Today it stays a standout amongst […]
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N-word in higher ed: Should we use it?
“The N-word” is a euphemism for a known derogatory term that is used to insult and degrade African Americans. The actual term, despite its wounding history, is still used to this day not only as a racial slur but increasingly by African Americans as a general reference to Black people or as a term of […]