Grambling State University is home to another dance crew.Rude Awakening Dance Crew, was established in the spring of 2012 and has since cast the negative experience of being stopped by campus police for attempting a flash mob in the cafeteria. The dance crew is now looking ahead. “I think we are growing,” said Brenton […]
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Tuskegee study uncovered
Miss Evers’ Boys is an eye-opening heartfelt drama that blends top-notch acting with a story line that is sure to bring its viewers to their feet. This was also an HBO movie that achieved five Emmy Awards. The play tells the story of the Tuskegee experiment,, which was designed to study the effects of […]
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Undergraduate author publishes book
Creating a phenomenal concoction throughout most of his life, Jordan Gaither, president of the Delta Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and executive board member of the Student Government Association is anticipating the debut of his first book; Poet’s Elixir. A senior marketing major, Gaither, who also goes by “Metaphor,” traveled from Indianapolis […]
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Create imagination
Its 9 a.m. on a Tuesday, I walked in the sketch room of Dunbar Hall, I noticed black chucks on her feet, red flannel shirt and short shorts. I said to myself that she looks like an artist straight out of Venice Beach. Her name is Krystle Ray and she is from Carson, CA, […]
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Stage adaption
A stage play is based on a simple story idea as opposed to a complex one that can be found in spy novels. Simplicity is the key to a successful play because of limitations such as: cost, time, sets, scene changes and characters. A stage play is not necessarily heavy in dialogue but an […]
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AKAs host pink and green ball
Wednesday evening at 7:08 p.m. in the Black and Gold room, the Alpha Theta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority centered their week of events with a pink and green ball. As attendants walked in the door, they were greeted by Miquel’s song “Adorn.” The mellow mood of the song defiantly set the […]
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Old friends team up for art show in Dunbar
Appearing through Thursday, Sept. 27 in the Dunbar Hall Art Gallery is the work of Vitus Shell and Joey Slaughter. Slaughter is currently an art professor at Louisiana Tech University, however he has also taught at Grambling from 2003 to 2007. His mother is employed at Grambling State. Shell is also an art professor […]
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Fort Worth Gramfam holds rally
This past Saturday, the GramFam Committee along with other associate organizations hosted its first Inaugural “SWAC Rally in the Park” in Cobb Park located in the City of Ft. Worth to celebrate literacy month in which the “World Famed Grambling marching band was the featured highlight. Over a thousand spectators and vendors came out […]
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16 years since the loss of a legend
It has been 16 years since the death of the late rapper, actor, and poet Tupac Shakur. Shakur was loved by millions of fans from across the globe. Shakur was born June 16, 1971, in New York City. He later moved to Baltimore, where he attended the Baltimore School of the a Arts. Shakur […]
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Ruston star is lyrically unleashed
From dropping the Y, to the Face of GramFam’s Groovie Fly Guy, Rayonti (Holliwithai) Wright came across campus as a big surprise. Attending Grambling as a mass communication major with a concentration in broadcasting he’s no stranger to voicing with thought. Born and raised in Ruston, he dedicated his life to feeding the community […]