Ladies have you ever thought about how your life would be if you were pregnant in college? Here is a sneak peek to answer this very question. “The Journey of Courage” which is directed and produced by sophomore Kenya Williams is a documentary that goes through the pregnant life of sophomore hospitality major […]
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Living in the now and embracing today
Take a step back, and inhale the moment and exhale the past, realize that this very moment is the only one that is certain. Often times, we as humans go through life with the damages of yesterday. We find ourselves forced to live with psychological hang-ups due to our environments, defined by past events in […]
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Domestic Abuse on Grambling’s campus
There are women on GSU’s campus who have been mentally and physically abused by the ones they thought they could trust. I, Ebony T. Myers, am one of them. I fell deeply in love with a guy who presents himself in a respectable way, and who seems like everyone’s ‘dream’ guy. He blends in […]
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Critiquing the Caf cuisines
New to the HBCU scene and a bit excited about the cafeteria food. When I got to Grambling, my expectations was slightly reached once I realized I shouldn’t compare the Caf to bigger campuses. At the beginning of the semester, the food was delicious, probably because at the time everybody was eating in the Express […]
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Food Review
Ever since I set foot on the campus of Grambling State University two years ago, I have heard nothing but negative things about the infamous dining hall, also known as “the caf”. Since I was a transfer and was a former athlete, I had the opportunity to grub at several different cafeterias in the sunny […]
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Obama paranoia and race-based dementia
The presidential election cycle has been the most contentious of my lifetime, which is weird because I truly thought that nothing could ever exceed the nastiness of 1990s when William Jefferson Clinton was President of the United States (POTUS). I was wrong, very wrong. The election of Barack Obama to the Office of President, the […]
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The great debate continues: violins vs. fields
“A violin is a fiddle; a fiddle is a violin. There are no differentiating features, period. The only true reason you’d call one instrument a violin and the other a fiddle is the approach…” (Violin vs. fiddle: What’s the Difference?) I, like millions of Americans, have been “tuned in” to the presidential debates and campaign […]
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Unique vs. ghetto names
“Wow, that lil girl’s name is hella ghetto! That poor thing ain’t gone never get no job!” I recall hearing this blurted out by a Black adult during my childhood. But as a child I was not completely sure of what a “ghetto name” was, or how a name could possibly lead to unemployment. However, […]
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Adding fuel to the fire
Shocked and devastated would be a few words to describe the emotions of people when they heard about the burning of Sharmeka Moffitt, a woman from Winnsboro who apparently was set on fire. She was said to have been attacked because she was wearing an Obama shirt. The call to 911 came in Oct. 21 […]
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GSU, we need to communicate: transparency is key
The Gramblinite newspaper is an award-winning student publication on the university that trains students for possible careers in the field of journalism. The weekly publication is also designed to bridge the gap between the campus and the surrounding community, since the newspaper, in fact, serves as the physical news source for the city of […]