Winning five first place awards, including Best Weekly Newspaper, The Gramblinite stole the show at last week’s National HBCU Student News Media Conference & Job Fair in Durham, N.C. The remaining awards presented by the Black College Communication Association were three third-place awards and two honorable mentions. “The awards won by The Gramblinite are a […]
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Tabasco brings out taste
A Tabasco seminar took place in Washington-Johnson Complex Friday where Grambling State University students got a taste of the market industry. GSU students educated themselves about Tabasco hot sauce on how it works, where it is found, and why it is such a big product in restaurants.GSU students also had a chance to sample different […]
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Co-founder says Panthers sought to ‘serve the needs of the oppressed’
Huey P. Newton founded the Afro-American Society and was co-founder of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. He was also the minister of defense in this organization, but later turned to community service for the poor. Newton said, “The original vision of the Black Panther Party was to serve the needs of the oppressed […]
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Deltas gives students a three-day experience
Posted: Feb. 21 @ 2:05 p.m.Coming back with vengeance, a strong spirit and start is exactly what the Delta Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is doing. The Delta’s orchestrated a three day event, lasting from Monday to Wednesday, that consisted of seminars and a community service project, called A Delta 3 Day […]
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BCM attends conference
With praising God on their minds, a group of nearly 20 people took a trip to the Collegiate Evangelism Conference (CEC) in Alexandria this past weekend. The group belonged to Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Grambling State.The CEC is a conference that unites all of the BCMs in La. for one weekend. The goal of the […]
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Grambling Campus Ministry seeks help
You have kept us going in campus ministry! While many campus ministries in recent years have been closing in other states outside of Louisiana; Grambling State University United Campus Ministry has remained open with generous contributions from alumni, friends, families and supporters of extended ministry in higher education. But the crisis of inflationary costs coupled […]
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Two is better than one
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. though one can be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” (Eccl. 4:9-12) Many people struggle with trying to make it alone in today’s […]
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Reader sends out hope and determination to all
Dear Editor:Happy New Year to you all! I hope your holidays were restful and invigorating. Beyond my heartfelt wishes for an excellent 2009, lies my message. Having witnessed Barack Obama’s inauguration as the first Black president of the United States of America, join me in the quest for dreams that were bound to remain unfulfilled; […]
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When are you getting married?
Every time I go home my family bombards me with this simple yet complex question. I always give a puzzled look and shrug. To my family, I have reached that age where it’s time to take that trip down the aisle. Much like the biological clock that ticks, wedding bells have started to ring loud […]
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‘Real world’ tips prepares Black women
Like most new college graduates, Chaz Kyser was very excited about finally being able to take her talent, ambition and energy into the real world after she was handed her diploma in May 2000. Unfortunately, like far too many young women and men entering the professional work force for the first time, she was also […]