Many Lincoln Parish members gathered at the Louisiana Tech arena to participate in the 2008 heart walk on Saturday, Feb. 17.The heart walk consisted of citizens from those who have raised thousands of dollars to members who just wanted to show their participation. The walk is to raise awareness about the seriousness of heart disease. […]
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Cut Coach Ponton some slack
The GSU women’s basketball team has had a season they would like to forget. They are 1-23 (eight losses by 20 or more points) and have not won a game in 110 days. This is a rebuilding year for David “Rusty” Ponton’s basketball team. He lost four of his five starters from last year’s squad, […]
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GSU’s fight song voted one of best in nation
It’s taught in First Year Experience classes. It’s chanted at football games in Robinson Stadium and elsewhere. It was even played at legendary coach Eddie Robinson’s funeral.And now the Grambling State fight song has been recognized as one of the best in the country. The Web site www.fvsports, recently announced the 25 schools that were […]
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TB: What does Black History mean to you?
Chantal BrownFreshmanFontana, CalifThe way I feel about black history is you must know your past to know where you been.Amelia EvansFreshmanChicagoThe way I feel about black history is it is important to me because you can learn all the great achievements our people have done over the years. Michael BowdenRustonFreshmanBlack history to me means strength, […]
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TB: Who is your Black inspiration and why?
Asia RobinsonFreshmanDenver, COMy mother because she is a black Nubian queen who always puts her kids before herself.Rhondria ClevelandFreshmanMonroeMadam C.J. Walker, because she invented the curling iron. If it wasn’t for her I wouldn’t be able to comb my hair. Rita WilliamsFreshmanChicago, ILMy black inspiration is my mother. She’s worked hard all her life and […]
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Regarded as one of the best
Grambling State alumna Patricia Cage-Bibbs is regarded as one of the top women’s basketball coaches in the country today. During her 13 years at GSU, she energized a struggling program and made the women’s basketball program one the best in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.Bibbs got her first job coaching in 1974, when Ruston High School […]
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Tickets, tickets and more tickets
Students and faculty all over the campus of Grambling State University have had their personal experiences with receiving tickets. Many are frustrated and don’t understand why there has been a large influx in ticket issuing this school term.According Sandra Lee, associate professor in the Department of Mass Communication, students should accept the consequences of getting […]
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GSU attends FCA Retreat
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Gramblinite wins 13 awards at two conferences
Competition is always an exciting part of journalism when it comes down to the top Historical Black College and University student newspapers in the country. February 13th-17th, the 10th Annual HBCU Conference took place in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference was hosted by the Mass Communication department of Morgan State University. The students were allowed on […]
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Wiley choir has rich history
The Wiley College A Cappella Choir, under the direction of Stephen L. Hays will be performing at 3 p.m. Sunday at the New Rocky Valley Baptist Church in Grambling, as part of the church’s Black History Month celebration. The choir has a rich history of singers and composers dating back to the eighteen hundreds. Historical […]