Author: samuel gichohi
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Students respond to Ralph Yarl shooting with words and actions
On April 13th Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old black teen, was shot twice on the front porch of 84-year-old white homeowner Andrew Lester in Kansas City, Missouri. Yarl was shot in the head and the arm after accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell. He was trying to pick up his younger brothers from a friend’s house when he…
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What Does Life After College Look Like?
According to a Gazette survey of 100 Langston students, 75% of students said they came to school to become a better version of themselves. Yet, the conversation among graduating seniors and even some alumni is that they have to find out on their own how to conduct life after graduation. During college, students are not…
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Students Have Concerns with Food Provided at the Cafe
Students at Langston University expressed some dissatisfaction with the meal choices available in the cafeteria housed in the campus student success center during the semester Fall 2022. As the café was still under construction, a takeout option was available for Langston University students at the beginning of the semester. Langston University had a soft opening…
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Athlete Profile: Keshun Blair
Keshun Blair is a Junior playing on the men’s junior varsity basketball orange team and wants to get to the varsity level. Blair was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He started playing when he was eight years old, saying “it was the best thing to do to distract myself from the heat.” Blair moved to Oklahoma…