Author: miahdansberry
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Looking Back On LU Basketball’s Historic Two Years
By De Asia Montgomery Staff Writer Photos provided by Langston Athletics In the fall 2022 The Langston University men’s basketball team took a major turnaround. Everything changed from the coaching staff down to the players. Head coach Chris Wright joined the Langston family back in May of 2022. Before coming to Langston, Wright coached at…
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The Gazette’s Top 3 Cooks of the Year
By Miah Dansberry Staff Writer At Langston University, there are numerous students on campus that have a passion for cooking and use their skills in the kitchen to sell plates of food to their peers. A survey of 100 students was conducted to determine the top three student cooks out of ten nominees. Kaylia Mosley…
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“Dune Part Two: A Visual and Narrative Masterpiece You Can’t Miss!”
By Asha Okora Contributing Writer Dune Part Two was one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film picks up immediately where Dune Part One left off–on the desert planet of Arrakis. A devastated Paul Atreid’s is in hiding with the Fremin, or the group of native peoples who…
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The Caribbean Student Organization (CSO): A Weekend in review
By Uri Butler Staff Writer The weekend of March 29th-30th, the Caribbean Student Organization (CSO) hosted two social events at the Drexel Center in Guthrie, OK and T. G. Green Park. That Friday, CSO held their annual fete, this year’s theme being “Cool Breeze.” The fete, synonymous with festival or celebration, brought a unique Caribbean…
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Are you Prepared for Oklahoma’s Tornado Season?
By Jasilyn Spivey Staff Writer Whether you are new to Oklahoma or have lived here your whole life, Tornado season is something you should be aware of and prepared for. Spring in Oklahoma marks the onset of warmer weather and the beginning of tornado season in the state. Oklahoma is one of the states that…
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Spring Break turns into Spring Disaster
By Gabe Lane Staff Writer Attempting to take some time to get off Langston’s campus, these two nursing students were not planning to use their medical training in real time during their spring break. On March 18th, Soli Pannell and Asher Bellavigna, students in the Langston nursing program, were on spring break with their friends…
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Understanding the issues surrounding bookstore complications
By Krystal Butler Staff Writer Langston students and faculty are often frustrated with the university’s lack of distributing textbooks on time and forcing students to rely on e-books. “Research shows that students only retain roughly 40% as much information from an e-book as they do from a hard copy,” said Mick Howard, the writing center…
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Langston mourns the loss of beloved administrator AD Word
By Caleb Rockins Staff Writer Langston students, staff and anyone who knew Curtis Word were extremely saddened by the news they heard on December 22, 2023. Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson, interim president of Langston University, informed the Langston community that Assistant Dean of Students Curtis Word, a beloved advisor and campus administrator passed away the…