Correspondent Kethlene Jean-Jacques tries to picture how the football stands will look when the Marching “100” isn’t there to play. With or without the band, our Rattler pride is what counts.
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More than a month has passed since students at Florida A&M voted for student government positions. As of now, there are still no winners for the positions of president or vice president. FAMU’s Office of Student Activities had decided recently to host a run-off election, but our question is why has it taken so long to get to this point?
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As a Graduate Senator in the 41st Student Senate, I felt a responsibility and duty to be a steward for not just graduate students but the entire student body at Florida A&M University. Feb. 27, Senate meeting, the 41st Student Senate unwisely appropriated $29,360 to the Florida A&M football team for a set of black and white uniforms.
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Discussions of implementing a dress standard have begun among the Florida A&M administration, and like a lot of schools, it seems like a difficult subject to handle. The administration is perfectly within its rights to have one, of course, but the collective level of goodwill the student body has for the administration might be permanently altered because of it.
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There are a few things that bother me about this case. What crime did Martin commit by walking to the corner store? His skin color was not a crime, but apparently it was to Zimmerman. Just when we begin to think racism is not as bad as it used to be, things like this happen.
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