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GSU honors Dr. Gallot’s impact

Grambling State University held a celebration reception for Dr. Mildred G. Gallot and the establishment of an Endowed Scholarship in her honor. The reception was held Friday in the Black and Gold Room of the Favrot Student Union.Leon Sanders, Interim Vice President of Finance presided over the program. The invocation was given by Dr. Leon […]

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GSU employee of 36 years reflects

It was a sad day for many Grambling State University Art Department students after learning their administrative assistant would no longer greet them with a smile. To the dismay of many, Jennifer Jones retired Friday, Feb. 18 leaving a vacant seat.”It is my great pleasure to take this opportunity and thank all of the friends […]

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Exploring healthy eating

Concerns for health, animal rights and the Earth are encouraging people to squash the beef and pass the peas to pursue a lifestyle in vegetarianism. Many young people are making a major change in their eating habits in response to the awareness about the origin of meat products, and for health benefits. With weight loss […]

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Pell Grants face uncertain future

Recently, President Barack Obama presented his budget plan. According to Fox News, the plan is estimated to spend $3.55 trillion in the fiscal year 2012, and the White House determined that about three percent or $9.8 billion will go to education. Unfortunately, low-income college students are under attack by the proposed budget cuts. The Pell […]

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Gramblinite reaches toward endless future

“You don’t need an Ivy League education to be successful,” said Brea Douglas. Douglas is a 2009 graduate of Grambling State University, where she studied mass communication with an emphasis in the field of broadcast. When she was not devoting her time to academia, Douglas spent a lot of her time in the GSU-TV Center. […]

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From anti to addicted to Basketball Wives

Before watching Basketball Wives I compiled a list of reasons why I was better than watching the show and its regressive portrayals of women. I am too smart for this coonery, I thought.Then I watched an episode and another. It was a cerebral Big Mac after a diet of schoolwork, poetry and recovering from giving […]

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Alumnus brings style to campus

Grambling State University alumnus Eric Banks has opened a full service barber/ beauty/ nail salon on March 14. Headliners is located underneath the Black & Gold Room and is here to serve the students.Banks wanted to figure out a way to give back to the students, so he was given a vision to create a […]

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Rap legend Nate Dogg: His death was a shock to many

March 14 shocked music industry. On that day West Coast hip-hop legend Nathaniel D. Hale also known as Nate Dogg was announced dead.Long Beach, Calif. newspaper, the Press-Telegram received the news from his family and was the first to report Nate Dogg’s unspecified death. Although the cause of his death is unclear, it was reported […]

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Homosexuality and the Bible; who are we to judge?

Several months ago mega-church minister of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia Bishop Eddie Long was accused of coercing four male congregation members in sexual acts while they were teenagers. Sources said that Bishop Long used lavish trips, automobiles, and jewelry in exchange for sexual relations from the four teenagers. Since these allegations […]