Destini Thurman

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‘Night of Elegance in Tigerland’ – The Gramblinite

For the past 64 years, Grambling State University has crowned a university queen, alongside other class queens.  On Sept. 13, Ja’Mariea Davis-Miller, a pre-medicine biology major with a minor in psychology from Monroe, La., was officially crowned the 65th Miss Grambling State University in the T. H. Harris Auditorium.  

“I felt normal throughout the day, like a regular Thursday,” said Davis-Miller. “I traveled back from Baton Rouge that morning and it still had not hit me until about 6:45 that...
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Click It or Ticket It – The Gramblinite

Grambling State University’s faculty and students came together to create a “Click it or Ticket” it commercial last Thursday, on GSU’s campus.

The commercial is intedned to encourage audiences to buckle up before traveling anywhere. The scene consists of the Orchesis Dance Company, GSU Cheerleading team, the World Famed Tiger, cheerleading coach Terry Lilly and Police Chief Kelly.  The dancers were dressed as flight attendants with seat belts demonstrating how to buckle up, as flight attendants...
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Hallelujah not Halloween – The Gramblinite

Being raised in a Christian household, Halloween was looked down upon by my parents, especially my dad.  I would always hear my friends talking about what their costumes are, who everybody was going to go trick-or-treating with, or what neighborhoods had the big candy bars. I always felt left out because I never got that experience as a child.  Instead of participating in the normal Halloween traditions, I was sent to Hallelujah Night held at my church.
As an alternative, my church home at the t...
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Miss Cover & Calendar Girl signing – The Gramblinite

On Sept. 6, 2018 Miss Cover Girl and the calendar girls held their calendar signing on the yard.  The girls were all sitting at the table ready to sign their peers’ calendars, starting with the runner ups and ending with Miss August.

“The signing turned out really well,” Alianndra Williams, 20, a junior majoring in kinesiology from Ruston, said.

Last semester, Williams won the crown of Miss Cover Girl for the 2018-2019 academic year. This calendar signing allowed her to meet students she would...
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Aramark sits down with students – The Gramblinite

With recent issues between Aramark and the students, Aramark has decided to have a sit down and personally talk with the students about the food being served on campus. 
 
     On Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, a panel of Aramark employees sat down with students, some who were athletes, international students, and Student Government Association to hear their opinions on the food service.  The main complaints were focused on the lack of variety and quality of the food being served.
 
     “I have enc...
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Grambling volleyballers fall to Southern in home opener – The Gramblinite

The Grambling State University Lady Volleyball team started the 2018 season with 21 straight road games. The Lady Tigers hosted their first home game at Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center against SWAC rival Southern University.

The Lady Jaguars (4-13 overall, 3-5 SWAC) took three consecutive games against the Lady Tigers. The final scores of the matches were 25-14, 25-22, 25-12.
 The Lady Tigers Chasity Nicks led the Grambling State offense with 12 kills, while L’Muriell Thrower handed out 15 as...
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Knott Dorm turns co-ed – The Gramblinite

As enrollment increased tremendously at Grambling State University for the new school year, Residential Life has had to make some changes to house students.  One of the biggest changes was making Knott a co-ed freshman dorm, which had originally been strictly freshman boys.  The enrollment of female students has gone up and housing quickly needed to plan to take in new Tigers.  To get more insight about the housing for this school year we talked to Gourjoine Wade, Associate Vice President of Stu...

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