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Darfur crisis warrants coverage

All across the country, millions of Americans attended theatres to watch “Hotel Rwanda,” a movie about the fatal ethnic conflicts in Rwanda. As the viewers drove home and turned their televisions on to local or national news, many did not know that on a larger scale, the same type of […]

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Child’s Charity

I am a 19 year old college student who is an avid gamer, and not shamed to admit it. I am not writing to you about any of the current gaming controversies in the world, but rather in spite of them. Penny-Arcade a popular web-based comic has for the past […]

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BCS should take notes from DI-AA

#8220;That weekend is going to be sex for my eyes.” Those were the words of a friend of mine when describing an anticipated Saturday of college football. The thing is, the weekend he is describing is still a month away. Such is the beauty of college football. Even when the […]

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University reinstates four canceled sports

Florida A&M University’s $8 million dollar surplus led to the announcement of the restoration of four sports by Interim President Castell V. Bryant Oct. 21. The University dropped the men’s golf, men’s tennis,, and men and women’s swimming and diving teams due to financial problems. The created problems stemmed from […]

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Tensions rise as coal vote nears

Some say it’s about coal, others say it’s about control. On Nov. 17, during a special election, Tallahassee voters will decide the city’s participation in the North Florida Power Project. The NFPP, a group of public power providers, plans to build an 800-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Taylor County. In […]

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Church honors parks

Anderson Chapel AME Church paid tribute to the life and legacy of Rosa Parks Thursday evening. The memorial began at 7 p.m. as Cerrome Russell of Black On Black Rhyme greeted the audience. Russell, who is a comedian by trade, brought a lighter side to the program by focusing on […]

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Rattlers beat Aggies at last home game

The Rattlers football team left the home crowd at Bragg Memorial Stadium one last treat as they defeated North Carolina A&T State University 24-14 Saturday afternoon on the team’s Senior Day. “It was a real fun experience, a real emotional game,” said senior running back Chris Daniels of his final […]

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Florida tightens in-state rules

Florida colleges and universities are now following stricter guidelines for determining whether a student can claim in-state residency. The State Board of Education and Florida Board of Governors changed state rules involving residency in the spring, according to The Palm Beach Post because, “Florida’s colleges and universities lose $56.5 million […]

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Series belongs in the closet

As we all know, music is an example of personal expression. It takes a certain level or degree of talent to really come up with something that hasn’t been done before and doesn’t sound like the same old thing. This summer R. Kelly released “In the Closet,” a series of […]

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Facilities irritate students

Students from the Division of Graphic Communications are unhappy with their current facilities and status with the school of journalism. A group of graphic communications students met with James Hawkins, SJGC dean, Thursday to discuss the issues that plagued them. The graphic communications department used to be housed on the […]