Some of you went home for Spring Break. I’m sure you enjoyed that taste of the home cooking that you haven’t had for a while. I stayed on campus, but, unfortunately, I didn’t get to experience any kind of home cooking. Yes, the “cafe” was closed. Now, I understand that the workers have to get […]
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Graduation rates are March’s true madness
The Big Dance should be renamed the Big Dunce. As many of us watched the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament these past few weeks, most of us did not hear about a recent report on the graduation rates of the tournament’s players. It is a scandal, to say the least. Not only were the […]
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90 years later, a reexamination of the film ‘Birth of a Nation’
March 2005 marked the 90th anniversary of the release of D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, a film that remains one of the most groundbreaking and controversial in movie history. The Birth of a Nation set the foundation for the long history of racially bigoted filmmaking in America. Some critics showered the movie with […]
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Owner of local club says recent article misleading
Dear editor: In regards to the last article published about the business, Gotham City, was very misleading, damaging and incorrect. The article published March 10 (Entertainment section, brief column) stated that “INCIDENT CLOSES GOTHAM CITY.” The reason for Gotham City being closed is that the city failed to renew the occupational license for the next […]
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Join in effort this month to prevent child abuse
Dear editor: While the horrors of child abuse are seen on television and in newspapers almost daily, it is important for the citizens of Louisiana to know that child abuse and neglect can be prevented and that everyone has a role to play. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, a great time for anyone who […]
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Pope John Paul II remembered locally
Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday, April 8) for Pope John Paul II. The Pope was 84. Pope John Paul, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history’s most-traveled pope, was announced dead Saturday, April 2 by the Vatican. Many across the world mourned […]
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Etefia, Pettway await their chance
Two men have one mission on April 22 and 23: to get drafted. These two men are Aqua Etefia and Kenneth Pettway. Both spent the entire season, preparing for the draft. They have succeeded as they both have received numerous rewards. One of those rewards was being some of the few that can say that […]
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Is your SGA vote really your voice?
Well it’s that time of the year, Student Government Association elections. A time comprised of solicitation, loitering, harassment, and empty promises. Now under normal circumstances a person could go to jail for 3 out of 4 of these offenses, but we’ll let them slide for the sake of pseudo-positions that need to be filled. But […]
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Cheerleaders ready for national competition
As the NFL draft and spring training begins, people are getting ready for the football season all over again. There is one group that has been preparing for an event of their own: nationals. The GSU cheerleading squad will officially compete in 2005 National Cheerleading Association Collegiate Cheerleading Nationals. The GSU squad has a chance […]