Byron Milligan

Kobe Johnson Freshman Kinesiology Ferriday, La. “I chose to attend Grambling because it’s the best HBCU in the world and with all the shootings that has taken place over the past few days does not make me wish I’ve gone elsewhere because that can take place anywhere and if you love a school you work hard as one make it better. I love every single day here at Grambling, the good, the bad the ugly.

Jake Lane is a senior playing baseball at Grambling State University. Lane faced a lot of hardships when his junior year got cut short due to Covid in the spring. “I planned to ball out and play to my best ability this season but a global pandemic ruined my baseball season for me,” he said. When everyone went home for the rest of the spring semester early, Lane was upset because of how much he looked forward to playing with his team in the spring.

Students are reaching out to the broader Grambling State University community after a pair of shootings brought the school's first homecoming since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to an early end. Viontre Petty, a student, created a post on Twitter to encourage students to speak up and help prevent such incidents from reoccurring. “The student body has to take it upon ourselves to rectify the situation in cooperation with administration and GSUPD.