FAMU staff, students and alumni attended the groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the FAMU Developmental Research School’s new building and the University’s new gym. Interim President Castell V. Bryant and Sen. Al Lawson were among the guests who attended the 11 a.m. ceremony outside Gaither Gym. During the ceremony, guests viewed […]

The “U.N.I.T.Y.” as Queen Latifah stated in her 1993 hit song seems to be disappearing between black women and men according to many students. In efforts to revive unity on our campus, the Progressive Black Men and members of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity hosted a Black Male Unity Seminar […]

The story of Noble Dru Ali wonderfully illustrates the possibilities of fiction and fantasy. Real situations initiated by white supremacy mixed with dreams of a better life are what make for an incredible recipe that soothes authentic pain. During the Great Migration, 1910-1930, approximately two million black people ran from […]

Well folks, it’s that time of the year again. It’s the beginning of the playoffs in Major League Baseball. If you thought last years playoffs were something, just wait and see the special possibilities that may occur this year. Remember the Boston Red Sox ended an 86-year championship drought by […]

As the doors of the courthouse creak open during the intro of Lil’ Kim’s fourth album, “The Naked Truth,” she exposes herself to the world. Lil’ Kim, whose birth name is Kimberly Jones, tells her side of the street battle that resulted in her serving time in prison. On the […]

Celebrities have been known to fill the magazines and newspaper columns with their tawdry lives. This month, R. Kelly is the celebrity in the limelight. R. Kelly’s wife recently filed an order of protection against him, citing physical abuse, among other things, only to drop the order later. R. Kelly […]

The Graduate Feeder Scholars Program (GFSP) bridges the gap for FAMU students between undergraduate and graduate school. This year, the program takes place Oct. 5 and Oct. 6 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Perry Paige Auditorium. The recruitment fair ends Oct. 7. in the Grand Ballroom. The […]

The price of text books is a problem that plagues students every semester, but one alternative to this ongoing problem is offered by the Coleman Library. After worrying about tuition, getting overrides for classes and living expenses, students often have another obstacle they have to overcome: paying for school books. […]

When did personal attacks become the weapon of choice for black pendants, and since when are people’s personal “sensitivities” taken into consideration when deciding if a particular statement is valid? On Bill Bennett’s television show Bill Bennett’s Morning in America, a person called in and made the claim that the […]

As the federal government enters a new fiscal year, legislators search for ways to fund hurricane relief efforts without plunging the national deficit further into the red. The U.S. government has appropriated more than $62 billion to help rebuild the gulf coast that hurricane Katrina destroyed on Aug. 29. That […]