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Gospel singer Walter Hawkins services set for Wednesday

Ripon, CA – Walter Hawkins’, the Grammy Award-winning gospel singer/composer and pastor of Oakland’s Love Center Church, funeral services will be held July 21 at 11 a.m. at the Paramount Theater.Hawkins died July 11th at his home in Ripon. For the last two years, Hawkins battlled pancreatic cancer. He was 61 years old. During the […]

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SGA hosts barbecue, sets coming events

The GSU Student Government Association hosted an Independence Day barbecue on July 4 in the quad. The event was an opportunity for fun, sun, music and second servings of JJ’s Cajun Kitchen grub with community members. While summer session students, friends and faculty attended, so did about 25 high school students in the High Ability […]

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Oprah Winfrey to call it quits, end successful show

After 25 years of production and numerous gossip filled celebrity interviews, Oprah Winfrey decided to throw in the towel. Her last day of the show will be September 9, 2011.Winfrey expressed how much the show means to her and why she has decided to leave during the regularly scheduled broadcasting time of The Oprah Winfrey […]

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GSU legends to be inducted in hall of fame

Football will be the primary focus when Grambling State University honors its latest group of athletic legends later this month.?? A total of 15 individuals who have made a major impact on the school’s sports history will be inducted into the GSU Legends Hall of Fame at the Monroe Civic Center on July 17.??Ceremonies will […]

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Grambling family, community remembers resident

Funeral services were held for Louise Arrington Williams, longtime Grambling resident, Tuesday at the New Rocky Valley Baptist Church. Mrs. Williams was remembered mostly for her kindness. “She will be wearing animal print, high heel boots, fur and a hat – crooked – and wearing Mary Kay (cosmetics). She loved Mary Kay.” That was the […]

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Black women + body blues?

Black women experience body image blues, too. A recent interview in Harper’s Bazaar showed that tennis star Serena Williams, who helped bring stacked back to mainstream, wrestled with her shape. To an extent, it seems she still does. Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Hudson, Tocarra and countless other women of color provide images which counter the […]

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Vice president of finance released

The former vice president for finance and administration Daarel Burnette was released by the administration.An e-mail from President Dr. Frank G. Pogue confirmed that Burnette was replaced by Leon Sanders, who also is experienced in this position. Sanders’ current position is interim vice president for finance and administration. A nationwide search for a permanent vice […]

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Zion Traveler enriches community students

Zion Traveler Baptist Church sponsored an enrichment program this summer. The program, under Maurice White’s pastoral leadership, served 20 children and gave students an opportunity to polish skills they learned during the school year. “They worked on some math, science, social studies, reading. “They go to the library and do research,” said White. “Previously we […]