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Sunday, April 18Gospel Explosion, Favrot Student Union Black & Gold Room, 6 p.m. Admission: FreeMonday, April 19Parade, Main Street, 5 p.m.Poetry Night, Tiger Express, 7 p.m.Admission: FreeTuesday, April 20Build-A-Tiger, on the Yard, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.Comedy Show/Talent Show, Men’s Memorial Gymnasium, 8 p.m.Admission: Students with ID-$5; nonstudents, $8 Wednesday, April 21Dodge Ball, Intramural /Recreational Center, 11 […]

Coach Fredrick C. Hobdy was a gentle giant of an uncle to me most of my life. It was shocking when I first observed him on the basketball court because I had not seen that side of him up to that point (the gentle part was missing). I later learned how tough he had to […]

Grambling State University will hold its Annual Honors Day next Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Assembly Center. On this day, the University will formally recognize undergraduate and graduate students who excel academically. The speaker is Clarence Hawkins, director of USDA Rural Development for the State of Louisiana and former mayor of Bastrop. Hawkins is […]

The Student Government Association and Royal Court results are in. They are as follows: Sophomore class: The president is Jonathan Allen. The vice president is Antonio Stuckey. The secretary is Demetrias Spencer. Miss Sophomore is Casey Wells. Junior class: There is no president. There is no vice president. The treasurer is Deanna James. Miss Junior […]

The Lord has blessed us. He gave us the type of father that all children hope for, but few experience. In a time when true men are scarce and real fathers are a rarity, we can say with sincerity that our father was a giant as both. As a man, Dad was strong, wise, honest […]

ambling State University student members of the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA), accompanied by Dr. Fred Osadebe and Melanie C. Thomas, participated in “Day with NABA” activities. This annual event is an informational workshop with several different sessions through which professionals interact with students. Students met with professionals from the Big Four accounting […]

Recently passed Health Care Act and the relevant fixes might be a monumental change in the history of American health care industry, but the fact is that – it is not enough. This reform has addressed many issues like preexisting condition, lifetime limit, donut hole, increasing the dependent children age to 26, and expansion of […]

Props to Erykah Badu, a disorderly conduct citation and her badonkadonk. Honorable mention belongs to the sidewalk where she sprawled like former President John F. Kennedy after his assassination. We can’t forget the videographers who pixelated her bare bronze glory in the “Window Seat” video. Apologies are owed to the witnesses who saw more than […]

The Criminal Justice Department held a workshop on Tuesday, April 6 for students interested in working with juveniles in local communities.The workshop featured speaker was Carolyn Atkins, director of the Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe.The purpose for the workshop was to recruit juvenile criminal justice undergraduate and graduate students. “We are specifically looking for […]

In the movie, Forrest Gump, Forrest (Tom Hanks) said, “Mama always said, ‘Stupid is as Stupid does.’” How could one better describe the “historic vote” of the House of Representative on March 21?Here are my top ten examples:1. A Speaker of the House who barged ahead with a costly, unpopular plan leading her lemmings over […]