Is this 2007 or 1957? With every news report, it seems like we are moving closer to a time when black peoples’ civil rights were blatantly disrespected. Maybe the increase in minority populations has some people feeling threatened because I see signs of territorial behavior. Black people, “Baldwin Hills” on […]

Political activist, talk show host and author Tavis Smiley, uses his media platforms to interview leaders of modern-day American culture, entertainment and politics. Thursday night Smiley took to the stage of Lee Hall Auditorium to challenge the common definition of leadership. Florida A&M University was the first stop on Smiley’s […]

#8220;Hindsight is 20/20,” the saying goes. It implies that people learn from past experiences. Maybe some administrators will do some reflecting sometime soon. Last year, the University’s scholarship office ended a long-standing practice of allowing upperclassmen scholarship students to live off-campus. This school year, students would have to seek on-campus […]

Former Interim President Castell V. Bryant quit in May, less than two months before our 10th president, James Ammons, was to arrive. That move was incomprehensible – how do you weather the storm for 2 years and quit right before your time expires anyway? Unsurprisingly, Bryant is bitter and has […]

Some people have said television has changed in the past decades. While some people may not see a conversion, others can recognize the transformation instantly. Television has been around for decades. And according to the 2006-2007 in a Nielsen Media Research report, 111.4 million U.S. households have at least one […]

New York City has announced plans to pay parents to be… well, parents. The city aims to target its high poverty problem by paying poor parents to attend parent teacher conferences and hold a full-time job. Families will earn payments every two months for meeting goals like getting a medical […]

#8220;Reign Over Me” has no cartoon turtles and no hills with eyes. But forget those other flicks. They don’t have the elements that make “Reign Over Me” so great. Adam Sandler is…serious? Don Cheadle is…funny? Jada Pinkett-Smith is…not ghetto? Yes, and they all do it quite well. “Reign Over Me” […]

A campus organization called “Safely Ride or Die” is working to combat the unsafe habit of driving without a seatbelt. Charles Wright in the Florida A&M University Engineering Technology office has been working on a transportation safety grant for several years now. Wright said students do not want to restrain […]

The School of Journalism and Graphic Communication was allotted $31, 000 to fund its student media at an emergency Senate meeting held Feb. 13. The $31,000 will go toward funding The FAMUAN newspaper staff and 90.5 WANM-FM radio station. “I think it’s a good thing because a lot of people […]

Florida A&M is scheduled to have a gym that will accommodate the entire student body, faculty and community by this time next year. Work is already underway on the new gymnasium that will be located on Wahnish Way. It is estimated to cost $34.2 million. The four-story facility will house […]