Myspace.com, Bebo.com, Facebook.com. What do these three websites have in common? All three are names of online social networks. These exciting, yet addictive, websites were created to begin, mend, and reunite relationships worldwide. Many are familiar with Blackplanet.com, another social network where people of all ages could create a name […]

What is “good hair?” Growing up in a black community, “good hair” has always been identified to me as straight, wavy or curly hair, actually any texture of hair except naturally kinky hair, also known as nappy hair. This strange notion that almost everyone appeared to share has never seemed […]

Once students get to college, they suddenly become limited to the University cafeteria or inexpensive dishes they prepare at their off-campus apartment. It is not often they get to enjoy meals prepared by an experienced, gourmet chef. But just when students thought they had to say goodbye to mama’s amazing […]

History does not lie. The Rattlers always need the first game to get it together. They have lost the past two season openers; and now, this one makes the third. However, they have walked away with winning seasons the past three years. I sat at WCTV in our conference room […]

I had a ton of hustles when I was in college: working at a rental car joint, writing papers for other people, promoting parties (from time to time you might have caught me selling counterfeit tickets to parties that I didn’t even throw – (hey, books and tuition cost money). […]

Southern Californians have been burning up for more than a week after excessive strain on their power grid caused power outages for thousands. What would we do if we were forced to live through this Tallahassee heat for a week without air conditioning? How many people would become hospitalized or […]

As the school year begins, the campus will soon be saturated with cars and the resulting traffic. And according to Mary Adams, business manager of the Department of Public Safety for Florida A&M University, last year 6,116 students had commuter decals and 523 students had resident decals. Adams said students […]

Experts say that women without father figures have more difficulty in heterosexual romantic relationships. Mitchell Ray, 18, a freshman journalism student from Tampa, supports this idea saying her father’s calm nature has influenced her relationship tremendously. Currently in a relationship, Ray said she feels her commitment has been successful because […]

It is hard to believe that sex, drama, religion, and poetry can all be elements of the same book, but Geavonnie Frazier managed this feat in his new novel “After-Hours Girls.”    Frazier, crowned the ‘Prince of Street-Lit,’ proves that all urban tales are not filled with purposeless raunchiness. In […]

Hash, weed, pot, herb, grass, ganja, skunk. All monikers of the widely illegal substance marijuana.   According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, marijuana is the most commonly abused drug in the United States. In 2005, approximately 14.6 million Americans were using the drug, whether recreationally or for medicinal […]