For students, college is a time when we finally step outside of the safe zone of parents and home. For many, it is the first time that we conduct ourselves on our own or live in our own dwellings. In these situations, safety issues usually remain on our minds. Among […]

Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition have announced that they will pay the tuition of the black woman who alleges members of the Duke University lacrosse team of raped her. He said that the woman should be able to support her two children and pay her tuition without having “to […]

The actions of former deputy-president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, may have negated whatever progress, if any, HIV-awareness activists have made in South Africa. The on-going rape trial involving the current deputy president of the African National Congress has exposed how high up the ladder the ignorance about HIV/AIDS is […]

The headlines read: Jamaica has sworn in its first female Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller. Michelle Bachelet has become Chile’s first woman president. Liberia swore in its first female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Angela Merkel was elected Germany’s first woman chancellor. Within this year alone, a new generation of female politicians is […]

Calling all students who are interested in making a difference during the upcoming election season, as well as with various issues concerning our campus right now. This is your chance to volunteer and gain firsthand experience with leading organizations around the country. If interested please contact Corliss M. Allen, FAMU’s […]

After a disappointing end to last year’s Be Out Day, this year’s committee is focusing on bringing the event back to its original form. With last year’s event ending early because of a fight that broke out between bystanders, many changes were made this year to make the 12th annual […]

The Student Government Association senators held its community forum Wednesday in the senate chamber to discuss the budget cuts that left many clubs and organizations with little or no funding. Sens. Candice Pelham and Adrian Jordan proposed a bill in Monday’s senate meeting that would leave seven activities and services […]

The summer catalog for Lane Bryant came in the mail yesterday and I sat on my tan futon and prepared to get shop happy. My mother always told me that the catalog was a great place to find lightweight gear for sunshine, work or play. But when I peeled apart […]

Florida A&M University’s Department of Parking Services and Department of Public Safety have united in an effort to become more efficient. Parking services began moving their operations into the Department of Public Safety headquarters, at 2400 Wahnish Way, late last month. Interim President Castell V. Bryant mandated the merger May […]

Is this just us or is this déjà vu? It started off with Tupac Shakur, followed by Notorious B.I.G., then Big L and Jam Master Jay, and now Proof of the platinum-selling rap group D12. According to the Associated Press, one of D12’s founding members, Proof, was fatally shot Tuesday […]