On Friday, Sept. 30, GSU nursing students in levels 2-5, participated in the 11th annual Operation Stand Down held at the Salvation Army on Stoner Avenue in Shreveport. Operation Stand Down is a collaborative project undertaken by agencies, businesses, and faith communities to address the issue of homelessness in the cities of Shreveport and Bossier. […]
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G-Men go west for next game
Coach Melvin Spears and staff will take the GSU football team to Seattle to face Washington State University at Seattle Seahawks Qwest Field for a 7 p.m. showdown Saturday. The game will be another test for the Tigers as they take on a Division One PAC-10 team. “What we need to do is stay focused […]
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ABCs of crisis could have saved lives
‘They say New Orleans is built over water," my mama used to tell me when I was growing up in Louisiana, explaining why the right hurricane could flood the city. How could they build a city over water?" "I don’t know." "How could the poles be long and strong enough to hold up a city […]
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Retiring GSU faculty, staff honored
Fifteen retiring faculty and staff members were recognized by Grambling State University during a dinner in their honor held recently at Squire Creek Country Club in Choudrant. Recognized were: Dr. Dorothy Alexander, College of Basic and Special Studies; Winfred Atkins, Graphic Arts Department; Joe Barnett, Facilities; Billie Brown, Food Service; Gardner Clark, College of Basic […]
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Wearing the Crown of Elegance
“The Elegant Enchanted Garden Of Tigerland,” the theme that will forever place a mark on the heart of the reining Miss Grambling State University. NaKesha Dionne Alexander, the 21-year-old elementary education major from Baton Rouge took center stage Wednesday night in T.H. Harris Auditorium. The evening began with a greeting from Vice President of Student […]
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Former Miss GSU finds father
It happened so fast. At around 3 a.m. Aug. 29, Hurricane Katrina breached the 17th Street Canal levee in New Orleans. Later that day at 9 a.m., the eye of Hurricane Katrina just missed the city, flooding the 9th Ward. Hours later, the Big Easy was underwater. Many fled to the Superdome for shelter; others […]
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McCall reopens with new featuresMcCall reopens with new features
Broken tables, bent chairs, and filthy restrooms are now only a memory in the McCall Dining Hall, which opened it doors to hundreds of students on Monday. Dinner, which originally started at 4:30 p.m., started at 5 p.m. with eager students entering the dining hall for the first time since May. The 2.4 million dollar […]
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How much time do you give?
I visited a church this past Sunday and the preacher was speaking about making excuses. In the book of Luke chapter 14 Jesus is telling a story about a king who was hosting a dinner and had invited some people to come and feast with him. When the time came around for the dinner to […]
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Activist Davis to bring message to campus
Professor Angela Y. Davis will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday in T.H. Harris Auditorium, after which she will conduct a book-signing. Davis, known as an activist throughout her career, has maintained her commitment to radical feminism and human rights. A native of Birmingham, Ala., Davis attended Elizabeth Irwin High School, best known as the Little […]
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Release yourself from the box
Adaryll Moore is truly a”Man Amoung Men,” as he stated at his Release Yourself from the Box tour held on campus Friday, Sept. 2. Although the attendence was few in number, that didn’t hinder Moore from sharing with the audience his powerful testimony. As the students walked into the Grambling Hall Auditorium, they were greeted […]