While sitting in faculty meeting on Sept. 11, a 30-year, full rank faculty member suggested we discuss why President Elmira Mangum is sparring with The Famuan. Other faculty members chimed in concerning the Open Letter to the Editor of The Famuan published the day before. Having read Editor-in-Chief Reginald Mizell’s column and President Mangum’s response, […]
Author: Valerie D. White
Letter to the FAMU Community
The time has come for me to break silence, at least for the moment, to address a few issues that have surfaced concerning The Famuan. The time has come to correct erroneous reports and tell our story without the possibility of being filtered. I purchased this space. The back […]
Imus not our worst enemy
Forget Don Imus. Who will save me from the black men, the rappers, who degrade black women every day and proceed with business as usual? Last night I was in The Famuan newsroom speaking with students when Jesse Jackson and Michael Eric Dyson appeared on the tube speaking to a […]
Faculty must strive for merit
The University has weathered one wave of public embarrassment and should be the better because of this ordeal. It sometimes takes a crisis before flaws in our system are corrected. Blaming the previous employees who are now retired is not the answer or remedy. We’ve known for months that come […]