Category: Arts

Joshua Freeman began to formulate ideas for his magazine months ago in his hometown of Baton Rouge. Now, he’s ready to make a name for himself right here on Grambling’s campus.  “I began the company in Baton Rouge,” said Freeman about his hometown decision.  “When I decided to create the magazine, I had to file […]

Hip-hop mogul Shawn Carter, otherwise known as Jay Z, can now add luxury brand designer to his list of accomplishments.  Besides having a wife who has synonymously taken over runways and stores, he’s partnering with top fashion house Barneys for a limited multi-clothing label called “A New York Holiday”.  Even though the rapper has already […]

  After Drake’s third album, Nothing Was The Same, he continues to prove why he’s already considered one of hip-hop’s G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time). Jumping on the scene in 2009 with the classic mixtape, So Far Gone, he took the game by storm. Four years later, who would have expected an actor turned rapper […]

It took Jamila Mamon three days, five hours and 4,300 miles to drive from Anchorage, Alaska to Grambling in August 2009. Four years, four seasons it took her to become Historical Black College University Gameday Dancer of the Week.  “It’s a great honor,” said Mamon when asked about receiving the honor. “I didn’t believe it […]

The Grambling State student who was recently crowned Miss Black Oklahoma 2013-14 believes intelligence is more important than beauty.   Ciara Wilson, a sophomore history major who was crowned on July 27., is from Tulsa, Okla. Some of her many hobbies include dancing, reading, and traveling.  Adjectives that describe Wilson are driven, dedicated, and talented. Winning […]

On Tuesday night, the Grambling State University Theater Department hosted it’s first play of the season with The Amen Corner. Placed in the early ’60s, the story is about a woman pastor, Sister Margaret, played by actress Ashley Boston.  The play deals with the trials and tribulations of having a rebellious son, dealing with a […]

Brandon Richardson will tell you hard work pays off. The Grambling State University graduate and doctoral student has been invited to the 40th National Conference of Black Mayors in Atlanta (NCBM) in Bermuda next year and has also been invited to handle the media for the 2014 World Summit of Mayors conference in Colombia.  The […]

Two hours before kick-off, Grambling State University alumnus Andy Brown began to set up to broadcast the Kansas City Missouri Classic for DFWi Radio, an online radio station.  Brown said he drove to his hometown to see his alma mater play.  In his left hand, the entrepreneur held a book he published in 2011 titled […]