The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has left many students confused and wondering when will they be able to return to campus. Grambling State University has announced that registration for next fall and the summer will be in effect this April via email but still many wonder will the students will get to go back to school. […]
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GSU mourns loss of student killed in car accident
Ryan Alasia Johnson Grambling State University is mourning the loss of Ryan Alasia Johnson. She was a freshman studying biology from Kentwood, La. Johnson was killed in a four-vehicle crash Wednesday evening. The incident took place on April 22 at approximately 6:45 p.m in the eastbound lane of I-10. A vehicle stopped in the construction […]
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Bayou Classic in doubt as New Orleans mayor calls for large events to “be pushed back” to 2021
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell called for all major events on the city’s 2020 calendar to be postponed to 2021 as the coronavirus crisis continues throughout the nation. “Absolutely no large events as it relates to the year of 2020,” Mayor Cantrell said during a press conference on Tuesday, April 14. Mayor Cantrell’s call came […]
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GSU Student Gets Internship for Yale
GSU senior Nicol J-Lewis, a native of Salisbury, Dominica, received an internship for the Yale Cardiovascular Medicine AHA Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Yale University. She received this news at the beginning of the year. “I saw an ad online from a biology Club, " Lewis said. “I decided to give it a shot. So I […]
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Spring Break Quarantine Style
As the school year goes into April, spring break has begun for many students. Many students have returned home for the remainder of the semester and are nearing the month mark since universities closed in response to COVID-19. “This virus ruined my birthday plans,” said Tamia Hopkins, a senior business management major. “I had plans […]
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GSU Students Celebrating Easter At Home
This past weekend everyone from across the nation and the world were celebrating Easter. Unlike the past several years where people were traditionally going to church or searching for Easter eggs, students at Grambling State University are celebrating either within their own homes or dorms. This adjustment is made due to the pandemic of COVID-19. […]
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List of virtual services and activities at Grambling area churches
This list of virtual services and activities at Grambling area churches has been released by the Greater Grambling Chamber of Commerce. The list was compiled by the Rev. Dr. Earl Griffin Sr., a member of the Greater Grambling Chamber of Commerce and pastor of Lewis Temple C.M.E. Church in Grambling. Christ Temple Baptist Church […]
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COVID-19 cancels remainder of the spring semester
On Friday, March 13, Grambling State University and many other Universities closed their campus’ in response to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. In efforts to limit groups social gathering, the University reverted to online classes that began March 23 and will last for the remainder of the semester. In addition to the switch to […]
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Women’s History Month
Constance Baker Motley first met Martin Luther King, Jr., in July 1962, after successfully arguing that protesters had the right to demonstrate in Albany, Georgia. Famed civil rights attorney William Kuntsler is at right. Credit: Library of Congress Constance Baker Motley, who was born in New Haven, Connecticut, was an African American civil rights activist, […]
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City administrators say Grambling poised to bounce back from being named to list of “distressed municipalities”
Mayor Ed Jones and City Councilwoman Yanise Days respond to concerns surrounding audit Administrators of the City of Grambling have responded to concerns surrounding an audit from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor which questions the town’s ability to survive without substantial efforts to fix the town’s financial crisis. According to Grambling officials such efforts are underway […]