What’s the first thing you do when meeting a new roommate? You know the usual awkward first few days of getting to know the person your living with, well that was not the case for Khailla Onojeta, a junior majoring in business management here at Grambling State University. I had the pleasure of […]
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BECK: I am the 1% of the 1%
Averi-Alexya Beck is a junior mass communication major from Shreveport, La. Of the 325 million people living in the US, only one percent are brave enough to serve in the military. Though that number seems inconceivably low, it is an accurate statistic. So what does that mean for me? It means I am a part […]
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Alum of the Week
Penya Moses-Fields. Courtesy photo Athlete, AKA and attorney? Sounds like a triple threat. However, that is not all there is to Penya Moses-Fields and it all began at Grambling State University. “I was offered an academic and athletic scholarship to the university, but I only accepted the academic scholarship so I could control my […]
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Improvements being made to campus transportation service
SGA President Adarian Williams informs students that drivers are volunteers that want to give back to the community. Courtesy photo The Student Government Association Office of Transportation is a helpful service that students are encouraged to take advantage of if they have local travel needs. Services include but are not limited to rides to […]
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Briefs
GramDads Father Initiative to hold meeting Are you a student? Are you a father? Are you interested in connecting with other fathers who are students here at Grambling? If you answered yes to these questions, come out and learn more about the GramDads Father Initiative. A meeting will be held in the Grambling […]
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Special elections for District 12 house seat
Voters are going to have two candidates to choose from this month in northwest Louisiana’s House races. District 12 includes part of Lincoln Parish and all of Union Parish. Republicans hold 59 House seats in the state. They also hold large majorities in both the the Louisiana House and the Senate but Democrats still […]
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GSU TV Center’s “Mr. B” provides hands-on-training
Mr. B assists mass communication student Ahmya Ash with camera equipment. Averi-Alexya Beck/The Gramblinite When attending different events on campus, students often see other students working behind the scenes as camera operators or utilities, but may not know how those students received the opportunity to do so. The GSU TV Center is the production […]
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Students find new accomodations on ‘‘Walk Day’’
Have you ever had an unpleasant living experience? Have you ever thought if you lived near classes or buildings it would make getting to class a lot easier? For Grambling State University students who answered “yes” to the questions above, the Department of Residential Life came up with an easy solution. The Department […]
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Community Service
SGA officer Ashley Dabney (middle) stands Linneka Watson and Araya McNeary showing off care packages. Raven LeDay/The Gramblinite Student Government Association members and the JCS Project assembled 150 snack bags, 75 school supply/personal boxes and 15 GSU custom boxes on Jan. 17 for on-campus students. Simply Helping Foundation out of Houston, Texas also helped […]
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GSU wi-fi fix pushed back to fall 2019
Imagine opening your laptop to do homework however you cannot complete assignments because the wi-fi isn’t working. Or you’re headed to class but the teacher cannot access the internet to pull up the powerpoint slides for notes. Those were two examples students provided as issues that they face each day. Last semester Grambling State […]