One man was injured when gunshots rang out early Saturday morning at a Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity house party. Witnesses at the fraternity Club House on Wailes Street said Andrew Torres, 21, was wounded in the leg at approximately 2 a.m. “Basically, everyone was dancing, then the DJ started playing […]
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NFL too hard on ‘Pacman’
On April 9 Tennessee Titans star Adam “Pacman” Jones was suspended for the entire 2007-2008 football season without pay. New NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued the suspension. The league says the suspension was justified by Jones’ prior run-ins with the law and off the field activities from college to now. […]
Superstitions stem from rooted cultural histories
Friday the 13th has always been deemed a holiday for the superstitious. This Friday, FAMU students and professors try to decipher where many of the superstitions from black culture originated. By definition, superstition is the irrational belief that future events are influenced by specific behaviors, without having a causal relationship. […]
Students come ‘O.U.T.’ for pride week
As the city celebrates Tallahassee Urban Pride week, a week dedicated to honoring residents who made positive impacts for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, a FAMU organization held events to commemorate strides made. “It’s like having black history month,” said Meagan Johnson, a 22-year-old agricultural business student from […]
Justice served with Imus’ firing
Justice may not have been swift, but it was effective.Don Imus’ exit from the airwaves is official, and it is to the delight of more than just Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton. The majority of the nation should rejoice in the bigot’s extinguishing. While it was disappointing to […]
Students should rally around success
This semester students have shown their school pride in the amidst turmoil. We have come together and protested funding decisions affecting the engineering school, the delay of justice for the family of Martin Lee Anderson, the non-payment of University employees, the lack of summer classes, and the list goes on. […]
Interest growing for women’s golf team
Florida A&M University offers an array of collegiate sports for men and women, ranging from football to swimming. Despite the variety of sports the absence of a women’s golf team on campus is evident. In fact, there has never been a women’s golf team on ‘The Hill.’ “We need a […]
A final goodbye for coach Robinson
They began arriving soon after the sun came up over the piney woods: football greats, government figures and everyday people – all of them there to say goodbye to former Grambling football coach Eddie Robinson. “Most coaches are rated by the players they recruit,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson said as […]
Dating dictionary: Get on same page in relationships to define your status
What’s the difference between slim, skinny or slender? Or even big, hefty or large? Does each word hold the same meaning or is there a minute distinction that can vastly impact its definition? All of these words, despite similar root definitions, can be argued to have totally different meanings because […]
Library fire scare points to elevator
A fire alarm triggered in Coleman Library Thursday prompted firefighters to respond to what turned out to be an elevator mechanical problem. Students and administrators filtered out of the library at approximately 5 p.m. after the alarm’s activation and waited for an all clear signal to re-enter from emergency personnel. […]