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Mardi Gras Ball set for Saturday

Grambling State University’s  Favor Student Union Board will host its annual Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball from 6 – 9 p.m. on Friday. The formal dress event will be held in the Black and Gold Room of the Favrot Student Union. This will be  part of the Black History Month events the Favrot Student Union Board […]

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Students get down to business at Bayou Classic’s Vendor Village

By Damien Ishamel Fairconetue damien_fairconetue@yahoo.com NEW ORLEANS — On Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, on the second level at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, several business representatives showcased their companies’ and agencies’ assets to multiple visitors. Ron Butler; Chief Executive Officer of Community Development Action Coalition and Chantel Smith, Campus and Community […]

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CAPUS BRIEFS

  Favrot Student Union Board to sponsor Classic spectator bus The Favrot Student Union Board is sponsoring a spectator bus to the Bayou Classic for Grambling State University students. Deadline is Monday, Nov. 18 on a first come, first serve bases. The $200 package includes transportation, game and battle of the bands ticket, and two […]

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Grambling to get a new kind of tiger

Grambling State University officials, administrators, faculty, staff and students crowded the quad Monday morning for the ground-breaking ceremony of the soon-to-be tiger statue, which many believe will be one of Grambling’s landmark.  “Visitors and parents, that come to Grambling’s campus-they are going to be greeted by an aggressive, yet meek and humble tiger,” said Dr. […]

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Promising debut for unlikely Tiger

  Grambling State University’s winless football team announced open tryouts for a place kicker, so the school’s intramural club soccer team coach encouraged his players to take the rare opportunity to join a Division I team in the middle of the season. About six students took them up on the offer. In the end, Phares […]

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Coaches Luncheon

Grambling State University and Southern University come together for the annual Bayou Classic Coaches’ Luncheon to talk a little trash before the big game Saturday but more to recognize top performers.

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GSU honors life of fallen Gramblinites

Dr. Doris D. Carter was a professor in the Department of History from 1971 to 2012, serving over 40 years.  She was a competent and caring instructor and an accomplished historian.  She demonstrated her proficiencies as a researcher and writer.  She published books, journal articles, book reviews and ancillaries.  Among her noteworthy publications are Robert […]

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‘Words to make your skin crawl’

   On Monday, at 7 p.m. to be exact, as one walked into Grambling Hall, the lights dimmed as soothing soul music played from Stevie Wonder to Lauryn Hill and fingers snapped as stanzas were memorized and recited. Lyrical Quest, an open-mic group that originated in 2008 on Grambling State University’s campus consist of students […]