Racism is a weird concept for someone to participate in. Based on little substantial evidence, someone can make huge judgments about a person based exclusively on his or her race. Besides the obvious moral implications, racism is entirely irrational and actually does a lot to harm the person who regularly […]

Everyone is familiar with the catchy voice of Joe Bullard that introduces the incomparable Marching “100.” Alumni, students and fans from all over fill seats at Bragg Memorial Stadium with flashy orange and green attire. Rattler pride seems to sway effortlessly from left to right and front to back during […]

Florida A&M’s Student Government Association has yet to decide on a president and vice president for the upcoming school year, and a lot of speculating is hanging around February’s election. Allegations of votes being thrown out have also surfaced. Remember the 2000 U.S. presidential election? Remember the controversy? The only […]

In my experience reading books, listening to radio, watching television and movies, I have discovered that fiction in any medium embraces strange differences that people tend to ignore. But on occasion, it is often beneficial to marvel at how strange the world can be. Observing huge leaps in technology is […]

  The consumption of alcoholic beverages is a privilege, not a right. The legal drinking age in the United States is 21. Many people are in agreement with this legal restriction; some would say it should be raised. However, the legal drinking age sometimes causes more problems than it prevents. […]

The impact that social media has had enormous – almost worryingly so. While the advent of social media should be considered an overall net positive, there are a number of aspects that keep it from escaping scrutiny. Before anyone can get into the specifics of what is so troubling about […]

The good things that technology has done for our lives goes far beyond this paper. In the most general sense that I can think of, let me just say that whether you like it or not, technology has made your life better. The obvious first thing that everybody is going […]

Technology is the foundation for progress in today’s society. However, technology can be a curse. Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That definitely applies to technology because on Florida A&M’s campus, all technological advantages that a student has produces […]

In my government class we watched a clip on the AC360 doll study from 2010. This study shows how children identify with race based on what they see and here from adults. This study is based from the 1940 doll study constructed by psychologist Kenneth and Mamie Clark. The 2010 […]

The reversal of the decision to allow the Anti-Hazing Committee to be outside the Sunshine Law is much welcomed; I wish it didn’t take pressure from Scott and Colson to make this happen. On March 23, the AHC requested exclusion from Florida’s Sunshine Law. On Friday, the university’s Trustees changed […]