Caribbean Leading Young Professional Student Organization (CALYPSO) held a meeting with the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Robert M. Dixon at 11:00 am on November 25, in Grambling Hall. This meeting was prompted by a letter and accompanied by a petition signed by international students who addressed Dixon on Nov. 6. The central […]
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Taking a look at the new aura of American liberalism
“…if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties-if that is what they mean by a “liberal,” then I am proud […]
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Is the White House now a ghetto?
Today, Americans, especially African Americans, and people all over the world are still celebrating and enthusiastic about the results of the November 2008 presidential elections. We are now very much a part of history in the making as the first African-American president was elected in the United States. This is a phenomenon that many people […]
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Battle entertains thousands
The Bayou Classic Battle of the Bands and Greek show began with Southern and Grambling receiving sizable checks from State Farm. As if university donations weren’t reason enough for an already amped audience to celebrate, both bands delivered memorable performances.If the Greek show was an appetizer, musical combat was the entertainment entrée of choice. Grambling […]
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‘Prop 8: The Musical’
NEW YORK – Since Proposition 8 passed in California, much of Hollywood has been up in arms. Now, they are singing and dancing, too, in a new Web video called Prop 8: The Musical.The video was posted Wednesday on FunnyOrDie.com, the video site co-founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The site has found a […]
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MIT dean visits GSU to recruit
Christopher M. Jones, assistant dean of the Graduate School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, visited Grambling State University on Nov. 21 to recruit some of its finest students in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science and engineering. The two programs that Dean Jones discussed with the high-achieving majors were MSRP (MIT Summer Research Program) […]
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SGA president gives end-of-semester view
As we approach the end of the semester, from my point of view, I believe it has been a pretty good fall semester. History was made when Barak Obama was elected president of the United States of America and became the first Black president in history. On behalf of the Student Government Association, we wish […]
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JUST PLAIN UGLY
This was a one-sided contest. The G-Men dominated this football game from start to finish. At the end of the game, the tigers won 41-9. The 2008 championship gives the GSU football program their fifth title in eight years.Grambling (11-2) started out very fast, a contrast to the way they usually start games off. Grambling […]
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Gays struggle to find place in society
Ebony Hubbard has been gay as long as she could remember.”I’ve been gay since I was a kid,” she said. “I don’t think in kindergarten I had the language to place a label on to it; but I think at a young age, we become aware of social norms and the way things are suppose […]
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A&S editor says goodbye
And so, it has come to this. After multiple setbacks, frustrations, and one significant natural disaster, I am set to make my triumphant exit from Grambling State University.I can’t say that this has been an easy journey, but I can say that I am grateful to have gone through this experience. I’m not really big […]