Category: Arts

The  Windy City Club hosted a “Wave Check” on the yard where students showed off their hair.  Kayla Sullers/Courtesy photo Durags are the new wave around campus.  Cartie Braggs, also known on GSU’s campus as Teddy, made the decision to sell durags, or wave caps as a lot of people know them, as a side […]

Harris’s artwork. Courtesy photo At Grambling State University the arts have a way of speaking to us in some shape, form or fashion. We immerse ourselves into the essence of Black excellence and every day we pay homage to those who have paved the way and strive to bring awareness so that we can grow […]

Marsha P. Johnson was a transgender rights activist. She also co-founded STAR, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, an organization that provided shelter to homeless queer youth. STAR created the blueprint for similar organizations and homes like it. Courtesy photo

Buckmon creates treats for several organizations. Courtesy photo Zion Buckmon Ending the month of love with one of its signature treats, chocolate covered strawberries sounds very tempting.    In fact, one of Grambling’s own up and coming businesses, Berried N Chocolate, is still taking orders.    Zion Buckmon, a senior reigning from Washington D.C., the […]

Mionne Destinne(Left), 2nd place Breeanne Davis, 1st place R’Reon Robinson, 3rd place Tydis Foster. Raven LeDay/The Gramblinite The lights dimmed red along each side of the audience and bright stage lights highlighted the performers perfectly.    Picture a night full of high positive energy all over the room.     Jamming music played people up […]

Williams DJing is a big career around the U.S., but it especially has it’s special spot down South.    Danielle Williams, also known as ‘DJ Dani’ states that her biggest inspirations in the DJing  industry are DJ Carisma (Los Angeles, Calif.) and DJ Spinderella (Brooklyn, N.Y.).    Half joking and half serious, Williams said her […]

Mionne Destiny and De'Lia Madison during performance of Eclipsed. Philip Fowler/The Gramblinite Set during the Second Liberian Civil War, the play Eclipsed recounts the tale of the hostage spouses of a commanding officer in the rebel army.   This ambitious presentation, currently being presented by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, tells the harrowing […]