After 43 years without a Super Bowl win, the New Orleans Saints are NFL Champions. Drew Brees and the Saints beat out Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. Sunday night in one of football’s most exciting games. Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions.
Alvin J. Bryant, the president of the Florida A&M National Alumni Association, died Friday, Feb. 5, he was 72-years-old. Bryant is survived by his wife, Sandra Bryant, seven children and fourteen grandchildren. The Goulds, Fla. native graduated from FAMU in 1959 as the top academic Army ROTC scholar and served his alma mater for two consecutive terms as president of the National Alumni Association from 2004 until Dec 31, 2009.
Florida A&M University’s football program collected 15 letters of intent from high school seniors in addition to the mid-season transfers who are already enrolled. Factor in three current players who have yet to see action, and the team has a total of 25 new recruits.
There was an accident involving two cars on the corner of Gamble and Cleveland streets around 7 p.m. on Thrusday, Feb. 4. Three passengers had to be pulled out by emergency officials. The collision happened in front of the home of Florida A&M Professor Roderick Rolle.
The planning team for Florida A&M’s proposed dental school will submit a request for $1.5 million to the state legislature in March. Sen. Al Lawson said he supports FAMU having a college of dentistry, although the Board of Governors has not recommended it at this time.
Florida A&M University offers facilities to accommodate students and their extracurricular activities, however, recreational skate boarding does not seem to be one of them. Skateboarders on campus have been told that they are no longer able to skate for recreational purposes by the Florida A&M University Police Department.
FAMU’s spring campaign season has started and with incentives to get students to vote and major changes to the point system, students should expect an interesting week. According to the Electoral Commissioner Alyse Taylor, “In the past, about 15 percent of students voted, the goal this year is 5,000 students,” said Taylor.
The Beta Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the FAMU chapter of Progressive Black Men Inc. held an entertaining yet informative seminar called Red Light Green Light this past Thursday. The seminar focused on interactive dating and relationships.
Teenage pregnancy is more than a myth – it is a reality. One-third of women giving birth in the U.S. became pregnant before age 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Teenage pregnancy has even become a TV staple.
