GSU’s TABASCO Marketing interns Christel Eugene and Alexis Davis attended the annual Fall student orientation session held at Avery Island on Friday, Sept. 25. The day long affair was held under the college marketing reps and advisors of Dillard’s, Southern and Xavier University.The mandate for this activity was to provide both returning and new interns […]
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Ignorance: A cognitive coma
Enlightenment, like broccoli is necessary, although it’s not always popular. Yet, taste buds and cerebral preferences can be fickle. Broccoli is filled with fiber and folic acid yet millions turn from its natural benefits to greasy, salty, sugary or otherwise death-inducing grub. Less healthy alternatives often often come cheaper. As college students, we sometimes miss […]
Auditions were ‘Sumthin’ Serious’
Even babies bumped in a stroller at the Sumthin’ Serious Ent. audition Tuesday. A little boy waved his lollipop to the bass, bounced his boots and grinned at a female duo that performed Serious choreography they learned the previous day.Rap reverberated throughout Tatum Complex (beside Subway) as aspiring dancers synchronized their feet with the beat. […]
Professor’s fellowship opens doors for students
Associate Professor Gregory Battle of the Department of Mathematics was awarded a 2009 NASA Science & Technology Institute’s Faculty Fellowship by the United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCF-SP). Dr. Battle’s research in the programming of air traffic flow management at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., led to a collaboration to […]
Grad school or bust!
Many students geared up as Grambling State University took on Oklahoma State University in a battle that resulted in sour defeat for our G-Men, last weekend. About 30 students with a 3.0 grade point average or higher, prepared for tours of Oklahoma graduate schools, with transportation provided by the Student Government Association. Juniors and seniors […]
F.L. Sandle Players to usher in play season with ‘Ma Rainey’
A vibrant and energetic cast of Floyd L. Sandle Players will deliver a drama that promises not only to entertain, but to teach audiences the struggles and determination of a rhythm-and-blues singer.The Department of Theatre and Speech will open the theatre season with Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Wednesday Oct. 7 and will continue Oct. […]
SGA response about player’s death, coach’s replacement
With regards to the death of Mr. Henry White, the Student Government Association is in the process of planning a tribute to White and his family at the opening game during GSU basketball season. Grambling State University and its governing board (The University of Louisiana System) are conducting a thorough investigation regarding the death of […]
Where has GSU enrollment gone?
While most other University of Louisiana System schools experienced enrollment gains, Grambling State University’s enrollment dropped this fall. Enrollment at GSU, with 4,992 students this semester, dropped almost 5 percent from last fall’s numbers. Gains in enrollment at other University of Louisiana System schools from last fall to this fall ranged from a high of […]
Washington picked to lead GSU men’s basketball team
GSU basketball head coach Rick Duckett stepped down after one season of coaching. The abrupt departure stemmed from the Aug. 21 death of Henry White, a GSU basketball player. Since the death of White, his parents have filed a lawsuit against the university. Duckett was placed on administrative leave until Oct. 31, when his employment […]
The importance of Grambling State University Founder’s Week
We lined up and walked from our classroom to the bust of a man that sits next to a red brick building, looked at him with reverence and asked our teacher,”Whose head is that and where is the rest of him?”The children who asked were my classmates and I when we were about kindergarten. The […]