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Practicing Politics

Entering Florida A&M as a first-year student, one of the primary opportunities of acclimation to our HBCU culture is the Student Government Association’s election time. Students listen to the platforms, accept the fliers and vote for the candidates, but after all of that, some students are flustered with the idea […]

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We can’t take more standardized testing

Just when students thought they were freed from the nightmares of standardized testing in high school, the tests are now following them to college. A 2010 survey conducted for the Association of American Colleges and Universities found that only one in four employers thought colleges were doing an adequate job […]

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Drake fans love ‘Nothing Was the Same’ leak

In music, or any other form of art, there are two main entities involved: the artist and those who appreciate the art. In respect to today’s mainstream culture of music, the formula is normally as follows: toil away in the studio crafting music the fans will love, announce the new […]

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Enrollment decline affects FAMU finances

For two consecutive years, Florida A&M has had an enrollment decline. What is really going on? This has not only happened to FAMU. It has happened to other historically black colleges and universities as well. Some reasons for the enrollment decline at FAMU are the new standards regarding the admission. […]

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Lusting for likes: Media changes ideas of beauty

Beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder, but what happens when those eyes are blinded by pseudo-truths? Recently, comedian Sheryl Underwood and Tiana Parker, a 7-year-old student in Oklahoma, have been the talk of the web. Underwood was in the spotlight for a comment she made […]

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Is Al Jazeera a reliable news source?

Much interest and alarm has risen as Al Jazeera News Agency is finally hitting American shores as a news channel rumored to go head to head with leading news networks such as MSNBC and CNN. Al Jazeera, meaning “the island,” is a satellite television network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Heavily […]

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From St. Petersburg to Tallahassee: Tips from a transfer student

Coming to Florida A&M as a transfer student has been very interesting thus far. Try starting school in a new city and environment as an upperclassman. Try starting your major in your junior year and asking people in your classification how to get to certain areas. The first assumption from […]

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Who’s in ‘Control?’

A few weeks ago, Kendrick Lamar sent shock waves across social media outlets after the release of Big Sean’s record “Control,” which featured Lamar. The song received a lot of attention and controversy in lieu of Lamar spewing an array of name drops, which can be labeled as a “diss” […]

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Rules should keep band free of hazing

Overnight, The Marching “100,” went from incomparable to infamous in the eyes of people across this nation. Because of activities that were said to be linked to hazing, a member of the program lost his life, and the marching band was placed on suspension. The marching band’s suspension may have […]

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Letter to the Editor

The phrase “just another ignorant black male” was stated to me the other day when a friend was sharing her very unfortunate encounter from earlier that day. As she continued through her story this phrase stuck with me. I asked why she used that particular set of words and she […]