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Get Out: Does race test a relationship?

With a total of $111.1 million, the movie box-office hit “Get Out” has more than quadrupled its budget of $4.5 million. From the increased recognition for his work, Jordan Peele’s satirical twist on what is to be considered modern-day racism has sparked a discussion of interracial relationships, and has the […]

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Bleaching Hollywood

Photo Credit: NBC Chadwick Boseman, Forest Whitaker, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyongo’o and Danai Gurira — all cast members of the upcoming Marvel film “Black Panther,” to be released in 2018, have already caught some heat from a few diehard Marvel fans. The fans are angry that Marvel Studios assembled […]

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Still in love with FAMU

Courtesty of Gulf Coast Voice Thirty years later, the love affair that began when I signed my FAMU Army ROTC scholarship Aug. 28, 1986, becoming an official FAMUAN, is stronger than ever. What a joy to return to the highest of seven hills to celebrate homecoming in a very special […]

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FAMU students remember classmates

Vanity Duran and Markel Mazelin   Meet The Mark – Jazmine Glover, Third year Broadcast Journalism Student I only had one encounter with the young and creative Markel Mazelin. It’s crazy how much of an impact he had on my life from just an hour of presenting himself and his […]

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Gun Violence

Homecoming for Florida A&M University is a time of excitement. It’s a time when alumni and families come back to reminisce on the times they spent on their beloved Hill. This year, for many, it was a time of mourning.              Construction engineering technology student […]

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Alum remembers ‘A Different World’ for student media

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Twenty years ago this month, I covered for this newspaper a campaign stop at Florida A&M University by the former first lady Hillary Clinton, making a final push in support of her husband's re-election. That event is on my mind a lot this homecoming, for obvious […]