The 2022 HBCU Legacy Bowl is a post-season college football all-star game scheduled that was played on Saturday with Grambling State students Keion Russell and Jerrit Payton representing the university as interns. The inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl interns were assembled by the advisory committee. The internship committee selected HBCU juniors and graduating seniors as qualified […]
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Mardi Gras Ball: What a Night!
On the night of Feb. 18, F-sub and the Land Gap Committee hosted the Mardi Gras Ball. Mardi Gras is a French word meaning “Fat Tuesday.” It is a 47-day American celebration honoring the separation of Louisiana not being ruled by Napoleon. The celebration consists of Christian feasts and Fat Tuesday ends the party this […]
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Pre-housing process for fall 2022 semester underway
The Office of Campus Living and Housing pre-housing process for Fall 2022 is now underway. The Pre-Housing Application and the Off Campus Approval forms are now available through the My Housing Self Service. The Pre-Housing Application will be available until 5 p.m. CST on Friday. Students who participate in the Pre-Housing Process are not guaranteed […]
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GSU junior starts her own makeup artist business,
Kayla Mosby is a Baltimore native and junior here at GSU who is making strides to take the business she began in high school to another level. “In the middle of my junior year of high school, I was depressed, so I decided to learn something new. I feel in love with doing makeup on […]
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Black History Month: A quick look at our nation’s HBCUs Part II
Harris Stowe State University School/locations: St. Louis, Missouri Year found: 1857 Names before: This school was later named Harris Teachers College in honor of William Torrey Harris. In 1929, its name was changed to Stowe Teachers College, in honor of the abolitionist and novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe. First president: Dr. Henry Givens, Jr. Current president: […]
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Black History Month: A quick look at our nation’s HBCUs
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Year Founded: 1873 Previous Names: Branch Normal College, Arkansas Agricultural Mechanical and Normal School, and Arkansas Agricultural Mechanical and Normal College First President: Dr. John Brown Watson Current President: Dr. Laurence B. Alexander Five Major Milestones: In 1892 Branch Normal College was designated as a Land Grant Institution under […]
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Vanderbilt Thompson: A Gramblinite of many roles
Grambling State junior Vanderbilt Thompson, a biology major from Maricopa, Arizona, is thriving in multiple leadership roles. Thompson currently holds several leadership positions at GSU. He is the vice president of his fraternity Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Xi Chapter. “It’s a very demanding role,” Thompson said. “As any leadership role would be, it comes […]
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Honoring our Legacy: Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley, a poetess and change agent, was one of the first African Americans to publish a book while enslaved and was the second woman to ever had published a book during the 1700s. She was the standard. Wheatley set the standard for what could be produced from a Black person who obtained an education, […]
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The 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show Was the Best Ever
One of the biggest sporting events of the year is the Super Bowl, with millions tuning in to watch the game’s halftime show. The 2022 Super Bowl halftime show was the best one yet. The show was headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar. The show also had a […]
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Black History Month: Charles R. Drew, provider of life’s blood to all
On June 3, 1904, Charles Richard Drew was born in Washington, D.C. He was surrounded by the poverty and hopelessness of the black community. At the close of the civil war, blacks were promised freedom, but instead, they were imposed in Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws enforced poor schools, outdated books, separate hospitals, […]