As Jan. 20 approached, the nation and world waited and watched as the end of the President Bush era occurred, and the beginning of the President Obama era began. A historic event also occured here at Grambling State: The Delta Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. was finally allowed to return to business […]
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‘Uninvited’ makes for a cringing good time
The newly released horror film The Uninvited is based on a Korean horror film and is directed by the Guard Brothers. It tells the story of a teenager named Anna, played by Elisabeth Browning. As the movie opens, Anna is shown packing her things and is about to leave her stay at a mental institution. […]
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International students take their culture to prison
Six students and two professors from Grambling State University recently visited Wade Correctional Center in Homer.Charles Boyd, president of The Louisiana Kisatchie Chapter of the Jaycees (a prisoners organization at Wade) invited Dr. Marianne Fisher-Giorlando to bring some international students to present information about their respective countries for the Jaycees International Cultural Awareness Seminar as […]
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Best game of 2008? Maybe
After several years of competition with many fighting games such as Street Fighter, Virtue Fighter, Tekken and Marvel vs. Capcom, Mortal Kombat has returned to the game universe again and ready for the top spot. In 2008, the competition was between the fighting games Soul Calibur 4 and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Although the […]
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Inauguration Journal
Sunday Day OneI woke up at 8:30 AM with much excitement and anticipation of what lye before me. In hours, I would be departing Grambling for Washington, D.C. for the Presidential Inauguration of President Barack Obama. There were a few things left to be done before leaving, which included getting coverage of the GSU band […]
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Meet the Greeks
Many students made their way to the Black and Gold Room at the Favrot Student Union for the National Pan-Hellenic Council’s 2009 Meet the Greeks On Tuesday and Wednesday night. All nine organizations were present and ready to give the student body a glimpse into their exclusive world.The ladies kicked things off Tuesday at 6:30 […]
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Othello stands test of time
With a cast ranging from glowing freshman thespian, Tiana Alexander, to student government president, Chris Harmon, Othello was destined to be interesting. The prospect filled event took a literal and figurative stab at Shakespearean drama Wednesday night.The production hit immense highs and a few lows. Though there was some confusion about whether or not the […]
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What the Inauguration means to me
One of the most profound speeches in the 232-year history of the United States of America was delivered 45 years ago by civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a man whose vision for this nation has proven over time to be much more than a “dream,” but rather a prophecy. Dr. King – […]
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A reflection of the life of LaToya Katris Frazier Jackson
Funeral services for Mrs. LaToya Frazier-Jackson, age 26, of Grambling will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Mt Zion Baptist Church in Grambling. Interment will follow at Grambling Memorial Gardens under the direction of Our Christian Funeral Home. Visitation will be held on Friday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Our Christian Funeral […]
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Obama begins an era of responsibility along with freedom
“What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility – a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the […]