Madison Johnson currently serves as Miss Sophomore for the 2021 and 2022 academic school year. Johnson’s major is mass communication. She is from Dallas, Texas. “One of my immediate short term goals will be to get through this semester,” Johnson said. “I was recently accepted into honors college so that’s exciting and I want to […]
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Q&A with defensive lineman Sundiata “Sunny” Anderson
Sundiata "Sunny" Anderson is a 6'5" 240-pound defensive lineman from College Park, Ga. where he graduated from North Clayton High School. He is a sophomore playing for the Grambling State Tigers football team. Q: When do you start playing football? A: I started playing around 4. Q: Whats position do you play? A: […]
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Davis on display at Masur Museum: ‘I’ve been making stuff since I was a child’
Rodrecas "Drek" Davis, head of the Visual and Performing Arts department, is a professional artist who has a passion for the arts that tells a story of human interaction through his paintings. The show "Many Rooms: The South Got Something to Say" features Davis’s work and is currently on display at the Masur Museum in […]
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Adrian Consonary Jr. serving as UAAM Inc. chapter president
United African American Men Inc. President Adrian Consonary Jr. is an honorable man who sets great examples inside and outside of school. Consonary began his presidency of the Genesis chapter of UAAM on Aug. 24 after a vote by organization members. At the age of 16 Consonary received a royal crest after he was knighted […]
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Call Me MISTER: Kamerius Palmer
Freshman Kamerius Palmer is an advoate of the Call Me MISTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role models) program. "I always wanted to come to Grambling State, but I never did have a major so my senior year when I was introduced to the Call Me MISTER program, I finally had a major and that […]
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Single mother, student Freeman: ‘Life can be a bit crazy, but I am truly up for the challenge’
Motherhood can be tough especially when you are a single mother of two and have no family near your college, but Azuri Freeman truly shows everyone who is a teen mother that anything is possible. Freeman is a re-admit freshman at Grambling State University majoring in biology. She has been dealing with a lot as […]
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O’Hara: ‘I wanted to play soccer because my sister played’
Klarysa O’Hara, a Grambling State University soccer player, is starting her season off right. As many people would’ve guessed she would’ve played because she was good or because she played all her life, but we have recently found out Klarysa played soccer just to be like her bigger sister. The two played together as children […]
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Betts: ‘I been proving people wrong my whole life’
One of the G’s very own Dakari Betts is a freshman at Grambling. He also Is a part of the Men’s Track and Field Team. Betts was born and raised in Flint, Mich. He attended Carman Ainsworth High School and soon after transferred to Hamady High School graduating from there before finding his way to […]
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Tailgating is back
The Grambling State Tigers recently had their first home game, which means tailgating is back. Houston, Texas native Kenyatta Kelly enjoyed visiting groups who were tailgating at the first home game. Kelly originally graduated from Grambling State in 1997. She just returned to Grambling as a non-traditional student finishing her degree in sports management and […]
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Parker: ‘I’m expecting homecoming to be packed’
Essence Parker, a native of Dallas,Texas, is one of the new captains of the Orchesis dance company and she will be leading this week's homecoming game for the first time. Parker is a junior at Grambling State University double majoring in psychology and sociology with a minor in dance. With this being Parker's first time […]