This is my first semester as an editor. I’ve made my fair share of mistakes and blunders. I have missed deadlines, forgot who I assigned stories to, given multiple people the same story and run a few wires. I even spelled “academic” wrong in my top headline. After taking […]
Opinions
FAMUAN April Fool’s Day Jokes
FAMUAN April’s Fools Day Jokes: Opinions: I was in high school and I had come home with my report card. My mom is a stickler for good grades so I figured I’d freak her out. I cried and made up a sob story about how I got all F’s and […]
FAMUAN Staff’s Favorite Books
Some people say college students don’t read enough outside the “required-reading texts” for their classes. We’re here to prove them wrong. This list features each FAMUAN editor’s favorites books and/or series. Do you have a favorite? Post it in the comments. *Opinions: Not a Day Goes By: E. Lynn Harris […]
Make Your Voice Heard before it’s Silenced
Florida A&M’s restructuring is affecting everyone related to the university. After learning that the School of General Studies will be eliminated, about 1,500 students are being forced to declare a major. In my opinion, this could have been avoided. In 2008, record-breaking numbers, of African American voters helped to elect […]
Some Students Seek ‘Mrs’ Degree
College is an institution of higher learning, but does higher learning mean the same thing to everyone? Does it mean degree and a career or is it marriage? Is college the place to snag that certain someone? Each of these answers trickles down to one motivation and that’s morals. Everyone […]
Is Corporal Punishment at Home Necessary?
Pack up the van and the kids, honey, because the world is coming to an end. No, we’re not talking about the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, or snowstorms sweeping across the northwest. We’re talking about the 17-year-old in South Florida who pistol-whipped her mother into buying her […]
The FAMUAN’s Favorite Websites in 2011
We are more than just journalists. We are regular college students too! Here are a few of our favorite websites we like to frequent. Enjoy. You may even like a few yourself! Leave a comment about your favorite website. We’d love to know! Opinions: O Hell Naw: web […]
Tis the season for procrastination and crazed seniors
I’ve been on staff at the Famuan for almost two years, and every semester we dread the day we’ll see them: Capstone seniors. Wild-eyed and desperate, they knock down the doors of the Famuan and stalk editors, begging for stories to complete their Capstone requirements. For those of you outside […]
A Letter to Online Commenters
We would first like to thank you for taking your time out to visit our site and read the articles of our fellow students. It gives us great pleasure to know that we are getting to others via the World Wide Web. However, we at The Famuan would like to […]
Dirty, Steamy texts drive you off the road
In a world where technology invades every aspect of our lives, it becomes easy to get distracted and cause simple careless accidents. According to a 29-year-old Tampa man, that is exactly what happened. Phernando Cuello was involved in a minor traffic accident on State Road 54 in Pasco County. He […]