When I was an undergraduate at the University of Southern Mississippi, I had the pleasure of taking a class under John C. Koeppel titled “The History of Psychology.” He was a capable professor and encouraged his students to maximize their potential. For one of our class research papers, a classmate […]

Can Florida A&M University’s activities and service organizations function without sufficient funds?  Due to the recent budget cutbacks from the FAMU Student Government Association, functioning is the hard task. A number of organizations have not yet received funding for the spring 2006 semester.  As a result, Journey magazine, which is […]

Students with HIV/AIDS may fear isolation and rejection, but by coming forward, they may be able to inform other students and become an advocate for HIV/AIDS on campus. Tawain Kelly, a Benedict College student, who recently came forward about having the disease, said that the number of HIV/AIDS cases at […]

Friday, March 24, 2006 The FAMU SGA Department of Community Affairs is having a “Soap Box Donation Drive” benefiting the homeless of Tallahassee. Donations will be collected from noon to 2 p.m. on the Set. You can drop off your new/unused toiletries in the soap box in the SGA lobby. […]

The March 17 issue of the Tallahassee Democrat said the guards who were videotaped beating a 14-year-old boy used similar techniques on other boys at the boot camp according to documentation. According to the documents, attained by the Associated Press, the five guards were involved in at least 63 other […]

There’s a new race in the fast food industry to see who can deliver faster and better service to customers through the takeout window. Drive thru now represents a huge portion of sales. Burger King Corp. gets 70 percent of its business from its drive thru. The trick is finding […]

Although a letter published in the Tallahassee Democrat stated otherwise, Florida A&M University will have its FAMU Day at the Florida Legislature March 23. In a letter to the editor published in the March 20 edition of the Tallahassee Democrat, Willie Roberts said FAMU canceled its day due to its […]

The recent premiere of the FX reality series “Black. White.,” which aired March 8, proves that certain white people still view black people in America as a threat to society. It is hard for black people to make it in a society that views them as incompetent and threatening. I […]

It is said it takes a village to raise a child. But when only one parent has the right to choose the fate of the child, that child immediately gets shortchanged. A decoy case dubbed Roe v. Wade for Men will be presented by the National Center for Men as […]

The 35th Student Senate elected two women as the 2006-2007 senate president and pro-tempore Monday. Sen. Ebony Ivory, 21, the current senate pro-tempore, won the position of senate president. And, 18-year-old freshman Sen. Mellori Lumpkin won senate pro-tempore. The last time the student senate elected two female leaders was three […]