If you are working during the coronavirus outbreak, you deserve appreciation, respect and a pay raise. This global plague has shut down schools and stores everywhere, to reduce the spread of the virus. Frontline workers who are still going to their jobs every day and risking their chances of contracting […]
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COVID-19 reveals the digital divide
The pandemic known as COVID-19 has upended the lives of millions in a variety of ways, but one overlooked consequence of the coronavirus has been the reveal of the digital divide between certain students when it comes to their academic success. Florida A&M University, like many other institutions, opted to […]
Not every professor has your best interests at heart
Why waste thousands of dollars on an education just to be discouraged and antagonized by apathetic professors who are just looking for steady income? A professor is someone who instructs students on a wide variety of academic and career-related topics beyond the high school level. They also oversee research, publish […]
Should FAMU be a pet friendly campus?
Even though Florida A&M University allows service animals and emotional-support animals on campus, the university needs a more pet-friendly policy. Today, an increasing number of universities are becoming pet-friendly because students are increasingly asking for it, and there are so many positive reasons why. FAMU needs to pull out its […]
Approaches to dating in 2020: Cool or crazy concepts?
If it were 20 years ago and you told someone you were meeting potential soulmates through apps on your phone, no one would even have known what you were talking about. If it were ten years ago and you told someone you were going on a reality show to fall […]
Is TikTok the new Vine?
In just a few short months, TikTok has taken the internet and almost every social media platform by storm. The biggest question going around is, is it the new Vine? After first launching in 2016, the short-video based social media app gained 100 million users in its first year. The […]
The down side of Instagram
Picture perfect or perfect picture? Why do we take so many photos of ourselves? The obsessive taking of photos has been described as seeking social status as well as shaking off depressive thoughts and, of course, capturing a memorable moment. Photo editing apps and social media have caused college women […]
Teachers reprimanding students: How far is too far?
“Momma was right, you can be so smart that you’re actually dumb.” Abe Drisdom, a third year broadcast journalism student, and classmates say this is what a professor said in response to a side-bar conversation involving Drisdom and another student during class Tuesday afternoon. “I felt embarrassed and frustrated, I […]
NCAT’s move to Big South is bad for HBCU sports
North Carolina A&T State University shook the Black college sports world when it made the decision to leave the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference for the Big South. That decision is a huge blow for HBCU sports. It also left the HBCU sports world divided. On one hand, people understood the […]
Democrats need a united front
The circus will make its next stop in Phoenix, Arizona on March 15, 2020. This is not the normal show with trapeze acts or trained animals, but the circus that is the presidential primaries. Another Democratic primary is soon to take place and the left-wing party is still struggling to […]