The Football Wives group is extending an invitation to alumni and friends of Grambling State University. The Golden Masquerade ball will be held Saturday, April 9 at the Ruston Civic Center, 401 N. Trenton Street. The evening of elegance will feature dinner, live music, a D.J. and dancing. A limited amount of tickets are […]
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Women’s History Month
GLENN LEWIS/The Yearbook Grambling State University President Willie D. Larkin (seated right) and City of Grambling Major Ed Jones sign proclamations declaring March as Women’s History Month at the university, in the city and in the community. Looking on are members of the Epsilon Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., which is […]
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Former dean at Grambling State to be remembered Saturday
The funeral and homegoing service will be held for Dr. Dorothy Alexander on Saturday at King’s Funeral Home, 1511 W. California Ave, Ruston, Louisiana at 11 a.m. Dr. Alexander died at the Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Austin, Texas on Sunday, February 28. The family hour and Omega Omega Service (Delta Sigma Theta, […]
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Group tackles ‘Black Men Hate Black Women’ myth
With the growing miscommunication between the sexes in the Black race, an event such as “Why Do Black Men Hate Black Women” seemed it would do nothing but add fuel to an already raging fire. The event’s coordinator, Micah Perkins, Miss Omega, believes that events such as hers can offer a foundation for understanding one […]
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Rain, rain, go away!
At 11:21 p.m. Tuesday, an emergency alert announced that “classes will be closed on March 9th and 10th, due to in climate weather, with 15 mile an hour winds and 90% chance of rain.” That chance of rain was a deluge. “This weather was such an inconvenience for me. I felt trapped,” said Imani Goff, […]
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F.L. Sandle Theater final play of season takes us even higher
For Black History Month, the Grambling State University Department of Visual and Performing Arts presented The Mountaintop, directed by Karl V. Norman. 'The Mountaintop' is final play for the spring season. This play was full of thoughts that moved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on that catastrophic last day of his life, in […]
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Rebel: Without A Pause…
Rihanna has definitely risen to the top of the charts once again with her latest album. The entire album is a mixture of the pop music she is famous for but also the Bad Gal RiRi she has come to be known as. Getty Images/Christopher Polk Rihanna with Anti album artist Roy Nachum. The […]
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Tigers teams take on UAPB, MVSU
GLENN LEWIS/The Yearbook Bre’nae Andrews, #12, on the Grambling Lady Tigers attempts a shot against the Lady Golden Lions of UAPB. Shakyla Hill led her team with 22 points, nine rebounds, three assists and four steals as the Grambling State University Lady Tigers defeated the Lady Golden Lions of University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, 67-49 […]