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First there was Degrassi, which we all know “took it there.” Then there was One Tree Hill, which took it a step further. Now we have MTV’s newest hit show Skins, which takes it there, takes a crap, forgets to flush and leaves you wondering why.It started with a group of high school students on […]

PINE BLUFF, Ark.–The Grambling State Lady Tigers basketball team made short work of the Lady Golden Lions of Arkansas-Pine Bluff for the second time this season as they turned in a 72-43 victory tonight.It was all Lady Tigers in the first half opening a 4-0 lead to start the game. The Lady Lions held fast […]

Pop performer Beyonce recently allowed her skin to be darkened for a photo shoot in French publication L’Officiel. The shoot was inspired by Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti. Beyonce’s (momentary) caramel to cocoa transformation set the cyber world ablaze. To her Stans (ride-or-die fans), let me wave my peace flag first. I respect her hustle. I […]

Pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose, was one of the greatest rulers in the Eighteenth Egyptian Dynasty; which according to whenweruled.com was an all-Black dynasty. Rit Nosotro, a writer for hypetext.net, claimed that, “Some historians believe that she was the Pharaoh’s daughter that drew [baby] Moses out of the Nile.” Hatshepsut […]

The Grambling State University low completer review 2011 included the recommendation for termination of the undergraduate Middle School Education program and French Education 6-12. The graduate program that was recommended for termination was Family Nurse Practitioner. The review of low-completer programs was mandated by the Board of Regents of the University of Louisiana System, which […]

Grambling State University students, faculty, staff and retirees attended the 67th Annual New Rocky Valley Baptist Church’s Family, Friends and College Sunday.College Day is an event the church holds annually at the beginning of the school year. This year’s theme was “The Impossible Dream.” Pastor Julius Sumler said, “The event is held so that students […]

Dr. Marianne Fisher-Giorlando of GSU’s Criminal Justice Department held an informal reception for author Wilbert Rideau, an ex-convict of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, on Feb. 23. During his 44 years in the notorious Angola prison, Rideau was on Death Row for more than a decade and eventually became editor of The Angolite, a publication done […]

Men of Integrity and the Office of Retention joined forces to launch a Male Initiative Program that will seek 100 men to serve as role models for their counterparts.”The program will seek to improve and change the standard of the African American men on (the) campus of Grambling State University, since the direction in which […]

Grambling State University’s College of Business students hosted a Black History Program on Thursday, Feb. 24.The students are members of Dr. Berkita S. Bradford’s Event Planning Management class. They are Cherise Daniels, Anthony Hawkins, Michael Jackson, Metria McCall, Enid -Campbell Odums, JustinRogers and Rodney Johnson. The theme for the program was Celebrating African American Heritage: […]

The Men’s track team clinched the 2011 SWAC championship with a total of 173 points. The Grambling State Track and field team competed in the SWAC championships held at LSU this weekend. Coach of the year, Bertram Lovell excitingly expressed that he was confident in his Men’s team performance going into the meet. “We have […]