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The first men’s conference of the Black Male Initiative was held on campus last Thursday. It was entitled “The Gentleman’s Colloquy” and addressed the problems that black males face at GSU and in general. Dr. Paul Bryant, vice president for Enrollment Management, spoke on the retention rate at Grambling State University. There is a seven […]

Is it possible to find that storybook romance kind of love, in college, the type of love you stay awake dreaming about, or even the kind that Jamie Foxx sang about to Fancy on the final episode of The Jamie Fox Show? At the ripe age of 23, I know I haven’t found it yet? […]

Angela Robinson of Grambling State University’s Office of Student Judicial Affairs conducts numerous workshops to make students aware of the Code of Student Conduct and to prevent them from violating the codes.Judicial Affairs is responsible for adjudicating academic and nonacademic violations of the Code of Student Conduct. “Our primary mission is to promote student learning, […]

Nearly 3,700 students from seven states and approximately 50 high schools traveled to Grambling State University to participate in the 32nd Annual High School/Transfer Day on Saturday.The students received meals, game tickets and t-shirts and toured the campus and attended an event in the Frederick. C. Hobdy Assembly Center. At this event students received advice […]

An American author, astute journalist, and professor of graduate studies at Columbia University of Journalism, are only some of the hats Samuel Freedman juggles. With a catalog of six books, including Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry, where he was awarded the National Jewish Book Award in 2000, he has […]

The Division of Student Affairs and Lyceum Series will host a high energy, substantive, and highly interactive Student Leadership Development Seminar featuring Dr. Lee Jones. The presentation will be held Oct. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the School of Nursing Auditorium.Dr. Jones will articulate how Greek and Non-Greek student organizations exemplify more than just stepping, […]

If a man named “Diamond” with strappy sandals with 3-inch high heels (as described in the VIBE magazine article, “Mean Girls of Morehouse”) walked into my classroom, I probably would politely walk out.While there is nothing I can do about how one decides to present, something of this nature would be a distraction more than […]

Albertina Walker, known as the Queen of Gospel Music, died recently at the age of 81. The gospel music legend, who recorded more than 60 albums in her 60-year career, died on Oct. 8 in her hometown of Chicago.Walker started singing as a 4-year-old in the children’s choir of the West Point Baptist Church. At […]

At Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia there is an overall standard dress code for students. No hats, sagging pants or do-rags.But upon reading an article titled “The Mean Girls of Morehouse” I had found that there is also a prohibition of any dresses, heels, skirts and other feminine garments. Although many feel that men shouldn’t […]

I always wondered whom to blame for the state of music now.I’ve been sharpening my pitchfork for ages. My torch has been on my bookshelf for so long, sitting next to my copy of The Art of War. But I cannot summon the mob, for I simply can’t figure out who to blame. I mean […]