At age 20, Debreial Kirkwood knows exactly what she wants in life and what she needs to do to get it. She is making history as the first person in her family to attend college. Through her college education, Kirkwood plans to break standards and barriers for Black women and women in general. Kirkwood was […]
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Switch that Tiger
When Henry Tolbert first came to Grambling, he was recruited as a running back. Jason Hatcher, who is now in the pros, also went through a position switch. Head Coach, Melvin Spears, whether he initiated, or approved of the switch, made the transitional switches for the betterment of the team, as a whole. Tolbert has […]
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Soccer team wins SWAC
4 players voted to all-academic team The Lady Tigers, for the second time in three years, ended the Southwestern Athletic Conference soccer season with a championship. This year’s SWAC Tournament was played on the campus of Alabama A&M. Mississippi Valley kicked off the tournament by defeating Southern 3-1; followed by Jackson State’s romping of […]
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Louisiana Arts Council to present gospel play and hat exhibit
The North Central Louisiana Arts Council will present Crowns, a production by Shreveport-based Mahogany Ensemble Theatre in a musical tribute to the faith and fashion of African-American women and their church hats. The play is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Dixie Center for the Arts in Ruston. Tickets are available at the Dixie […]
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Word Briefs
Sophomore Class worship together The Sophomore Class president would like to invite all members of GSU’s Sophomore Class to attend Sophomore Sunday. This month’s location will be the New Living Word Church located on 1900 W. Barnett Springs Road in Ruston. The president asks that all interested persons meet in front of the Favrot Student […]
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A Crowning Moment
Snow fell on a stage decorated in cream and gold. Justin Timberlake sang “Sexy Back” in the background. Six diverse women walked on the stage in silver sequined dresses and introduced themselves to the audience. One of these women would be chosen to reign as Alpha Phi Alpha’s new Ice Princess- Miss Black and […]
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GSU students teach tennis to AJB youth
Members of the GSU tennis team – Chad Edwards, Airiea Williams, Ashley Williams and Faith Williams – volunteered to help with the program. The program, titled Leaders of Greatness, is sponsored by the U.S. Tennis Association, which gave her grants for the program. Beck plans to use the opportunity to teach children from all of […]
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Why do immigrants come to United States of America?
The answer to this question lies in the history of this country, because the history of the United States is deeply related to immigration. For many years, the United States opened its doors to welcome those seeking political and religious freedom as well as the “adventurer, the wanderer, the persecuted, the fortune seekers, and others.” […]
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The portrayal of the Mother Land
Of recent, I have noticed with awe, disgust and utter disappointment the way Africa and Africans are being portrayed by ignorant people. I have watched stand up comedy by Jamie Foxx, Steve Harvey, Eddie Griffin and their likes. These comedians relatively dissed the Motherland and its inhabitants. The continent where the origin of Man evolved, […]
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An open letter to the GSU family
The Rev. Connie Breaux Campus Ministry Dear Grambling students and staff: Campus Ministry recently moved into Robinson Hall with hopes of making it its permanent home. Just recently we were informed by our director that we should not get too comfortable because it seems we will be moved again (the sixth move for Campus […]