Category: Opinion

Honored, blessed, grateful, anxious, and excited are all words I would use to describe how I feel at this very moment. It is still very surreal that I was elected to serve as the 2015-2016 Miss Grambling State University, and I am here, ready to be a catalyst for change! I am Joiya Smith, the […]

I am Jonathan Wallace, the 19-year-old son of Herman and Vanessa Wallace. I was born in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, but soon after birth I moved to Rayville, where I was reared. I am from the 2013 graduating class of Rayville High School and graduated as class valedictorian (4.0 G.P.A.), as well as being […]

Sooo, who’s the liquor bandit who got arrested for selling liquor out of her apartment? She had a bar in her house? Will she bounce back with 2-for half-off drinks? The men’s basketball team must shop with her before every game. Why haven’t they won at least ONE conference game? Is it that hard to […]

What comes to your mind when you hear the words black history? Many of us will think of the easy to remember names like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Emmitt Till. Some may even think of the lynching that took place in the South and the marches for civil rights in the 60s. […]

Black History Month is an event that is recognized every year in the month of February. Many people take issue with this fact for several reasons. Why only one month? Why must it be the shortest month of the year? Shouldn’t Black History be taught progressively throughout regular history? Because of the circumstances surrounding Black […]

When Was the last time you dreamed? When was the last time one of you was adamant in becoming the next Rosa parks or Martin Luther king. Who defied all odds, adversity, to show the world that the color of your character, can’t be judged by the color of persons whose skin you see. When…. […]

What would it take to make you feel like you were a success? How much money would you need before you felt like you had ‘made it’? How famous would you need to be? How many cars would you need to own?  I believe it is all a matter of perspective, goals, and determination. Some […]

The year was 1988. A successful New Orleans businessman named Patrick F. Taylor had a speech to give. His audience was 183 restless middle school students who weren't college bound. Heck, many weren't even high school bound. They were bidding their time until they could drop out of school. Instead of a pep talk, Taylor […]

As college students we all bear the common goal of one day attaining what we like to think of as success. But what is success really? The simplest definition of success is to accomplish one's aim or purpose. Some people's goals may be to become famous and noticed by the entire world. Some may aspire […]