POLITICALLY CORRECT? Rihanna Allegedly Asked To LEAVE Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque, REVEALS River Island’s 2013 Winter Collection + Grambling University RETALIATES Against Students Amid Protests
Rihanna has revealed images from her upcoming River Island winter collection. See images inside and get deets on what happened after her photoshoot in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
Also, find out about the headline making drama between Grambling University students and the administration.
Over the weekend, we told you about Rihanna’s chic photoshoot at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, and now we’ve learned that local officials WERE NOT impressed by the pics. The Guardian reports that RiRi was asked to leave the mosque by officials who felt the pics violated the "sanctity" of the site. Luckily for her, she got away with a "warning" and didn’t get stoned. She also caught some internet lashes from fans who were also offended. But the pics are still up on her IG account.
In other Rihanna news, her final collection for River Island will land in stores on November 7th. According to UK Vogue, the 2013 Winter Collection features "glittering dresses, strappy heels and skintight skirts, but also more casual pieces that allude to the star’s tomboyish streak – including bomber jackets and denim jumpsuits."
Fans will find faux fur cossack hats, ribbed hooded tops, fur-trimmed puffer jackets, tartan patterned crop tops, tapered trousers and outerwear.
See more pics from the collection here.
Down in Grambling, Louisiana….
Grambling University is getting a serious side-eye after two student reporters were disciplined for participating in protests against the school. According to allDigitocracy, the online editor was fired and the opinions page editor is under a two-week suspension from GSU’s student newspaper, The Gramblinite, after they published tweets and photos that may have contributed to growing tensions between students and administrators.
If you’re wondering what the students were protesting about, it all boils down to lack of resources. In addition to complaints about poor funding of sports programs (Grambling’s football team has been on strike and forfeited Friday’s Homecoming game against Jackson State University), students were also upset about crumbling buildings and fewer academics resources.
It seems that the problems at Grambling go far beyond their football team’s (0-7) record. In a grievance letter sent to Grambling State University’s Alumni Association, the football players complained about department’s underfunding and how its impacted their field performance. Meanwhile, GSU students had their own set of issues with respect to the university.
Once student reporter started "covering" the on-campus tension when the school’s Director of Public Relations and Communications, former journalist Will Sutton, stepped in and attempted to silence them.
David Lankster Sr., the "fired" editor said, "I was the only one on the ground hearing from the students and players….Sutton was trying to mute our voice because we were tweeting the real news, the truth about what was going on.”
Though GSU has its problems, campus students won’t read ANY of this in their school newspaper because they’ve been stifled. Should university officials be allowed to suppress student protests that embarrass them?
UPDATE: The Grambling Football team has decided to end their boycott complete the remainder of the football season but noted "the foundation of its protest has not been forgotten." Looks like the annual Bayou Classic is safe…for now.
Photos via River Island/VOGUE UK/Rihanna’s Instagram
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