When it comes to the government, smaller is better, and the person needed to keep the government small and on the side of the people is John McCain. Count the last thing the Democrats gave the American people anything without raising taxes and increasing the size of government: ZERO. Barack Obama is the torch carrier […]
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Barack Obama elected president
UPDATED: 11/05/08 @ 1:16 a.m.As students began filing out of the Election Day Watch Party held by the Student Union Board, CNN projected that Barack Obama won the Presidential election. As students cheered, cried, and passed out, students crammed the Student Union in a celebration. Shortly afterward, students ran into the Tiger Xpress to celebrate […]
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Obama: America’s sixth Black president?
Every day, we keep hearing that Barack Obama has made history by becoming the first Black person to win the presidential nomination of a major political party. But according to some historians, Barack Obama, if elected, will become the sixth or seventh president to possibly come from Black ancestry. Although many Black Americans were truly […]
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Alumnus speaks on the achievement gap
Dr. Angel Harris, assistant professor of sociology and African American Studies at Princeton University, presented a student research forum at his alma mater, Grambling State University. The forum was sponsored by GSU’s sociology and psychology department, NIMH-COR Honors program and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.The forum was held Monday through Wednesday, and Harris said the […]
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Lady Tigers win epic showdown on ESPNU to remain undefeated
For six straight years, they have been one of the best to ever grace the court in the SWAC’s West Division. As this season winds down, the Lady Tigers volleyball team is looking to make it seven years straight that they have held the division title.However, before they could do that, they had to defeat […]
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Obama creates a movement by asking the right questions
Of course one needs to have sufficient knowledge and courage to ask the right questions. Sometimes people get so carried away by media and existing socio-cultural norms that they just can’t think clearly, and as a result can’t ask the right questions. It got into my mind pretty intensely when it came out in the […]
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Subway robbed Monday night
Grambling State and Grambling city police are looking for a man after he walked in and robbed Subway in Grambling.According to owner Roderick Sims, the man walked into Subway about 10:30 p.m. Monday and robbed him with a B-13 Ruger, escaping with less than $100. Sims described the man as a Black male around 19 […]
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Obama is better for America
As a person of African descent I am proud of the atmosphere of this year’s election. The face of American leadership may soon change. Growing up in a region where people who look like me have held the reins of power, it seems confusing to me that the same had not been mirrored in the […]
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Hudson tragedy unfolding as suspect identified
Oscar award winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, lost her mother, brother, and nephew last Friday due to a domestic related issue involving her brother-in-law. William Balfour, the husband of Jennifer’s sister Julia, was taken into custody on Friday by police questioning in the killings. Balfour had been living with the family for years and […]
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Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Proposed Amendment No. 1Act 935 of the 2008 Regular Legislative SessionTo provide for term limits for members of the Public Service Commission, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Board of Regents, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and […]