Whenever a student is in the process of applying to college, there are a lot of things to look for: location, costs and status. As I walk through the campus of Florida A&M, the face of our institution is changing. The campus is suddenly more diverse than ever and every […]
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Looks worth more than education?
The national graduation rate for African-Americans is 43 percent, according to statistics. Meanwhile, the rate at Florida A&M is 35 percent, which is a significant decline from the 44 percent rate in 1996. Many people have one question: Why? For such a prominent university that purports to breed many successful […]
Where are the sidewalks?
#8220;Oh crap I have dirt on my new shoes, here we go again!” These are the thoughts of college students as they hike through muddy lawns in order to reach their destinations around campus. There need to be more pathways. Where are the sidewalks? Sure there are pathways and sidewalks […]
Accident or not, where were the adults?
A 4-year-old child died Jan. 15 in Crawfordville, after a large piece of wooden furniture fell on top of him. The child, Landon Greene, was at the home of his grandparents, Charles and Lavonne Green, when they heard a loud noise from a bedroom. The victim was playing with a […]
Here we go again…
The infamous YouTube sensation, Antoine Dodson, has done it again. His new Christmas video “Chimney Intruder” song first premiered last month on Lopez Tonight,the nighttime talk show hosted by George Lopez. It‘s a short, sweet and ridiculous jingle about Santa Claus “climbing in yo’ windows and snatching yo’ people up. […]
Mental health its more important than you might think
On Saturday Jan. 8, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was the target of an assassination attemptwhile giving a speech in front of a Tucson, Ariz. grocery store. Six people were killed and Giffords remains incritical condition from a gunshot wound to the head. The gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, 22, was immediately […]
What this state needs is high speed… rail that is
Florida is moving closer to the long awaited dream of many of its citizens to construct a high-speed rail system. The Feds awarded the state $342 million last month in addition to $1.25 billion in federal stimulus funds and an $800 million grant from the Federal Rail Administration. The proposed […]
Dress for the hood, not the hill
As I make my way past Coleman Library on a breezy day, I hear from my right, “Aye Red!” As I slowly turn with a look of displeasure on my face, I see that the young man whose mouth this came from is casually dressed in a white tank top, gray […]
One year later, misery continues
On this day exactly one year ago, a vicious earthquake struck approximately 35 miles west southwest of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. It devastated the whole nation. The quake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale and an aftershock measuring 5.9 left a catastrophic path of destruction. The Haitian government estimated […]
He’s our governor so let’s get to work
Jan. 4, 2011, Florida’s new governor began his inaugural breakfast here on FAMU’s campus at the Al Lawson center. This breakfast stirred up a lot of murmurs amongst FAMU’s current and former students. Many felt as if Governor Rick Scott’s prayer breakfast should have been held at a location […]