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Essential Theatre adapts fairytales

I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll see you in court!” FAMU’s Essential Theatre welcomes Little Red Riding Hood, the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf to campus in the play titled “The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf.” In the adaptation of the two beloved fairytales, the […]

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SBI ‘fired’ up about event planning

The words “You’re Fired!” heard on the hit TV series “The Apprentice” were made famous by billionaire Donald Trump. At FAMU, a similar theme will be taken by Friday Stroud, professor of business policy and strategic management, and his class in the School of Business and Industry. These words are […]

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Board of Trustees address issues

Several issues were discussed during the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday. Among them were a financial update of the University, approval of the future construction of two new facilities on campus, discussion of state appropriations and an official farewell to student Trustee Virgil Miller. Interim President Castell V. Bryant gave […]

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Pope John Paul II succumbs to illness

Pope John Paul II, whose indomitable will and uncompromising belief in human dignity helped bring down communism in Eastern Europe and reshaped Christianity’s relationship to Judaism, was indisputably the most influential pope of the 20th century. He died Saturday in his Vatican apartment at 84. The first non-Italian elected pope […]

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Tornado touches down in Palmetto South

According to the National Weather Service, a small tornado made landfall near Florida A&M University’s Palmetto South Apartments Friday around 1:30 p.m. Students held their camera phones in the wet weather, taking pictures of a blue Honda as it sat on top of a tan Chrysler. FAMU Police quickly drove […]

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Newsflash: Smoking kills

Need money? Here’s a quick fix for you: start smoking and then sue all the tobacco companies for your ignorance in thinking that cigarettes have no negative effects. It seems to be the new fad because a 72-year-old woman recently received $17.1 million in punitive damages after claiming her lung […]

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Vandalism is not a game

Last week a group of female students allegedly trashed Gibbs Hall. The vandals spread food and feminine products on the floors and walls of the dormitory. FAMU PD caught the perpetrators shortly after the incident and the University is expected to punish them. But this act never should have occurred. […]

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Local Catholics reflect

Giovani Lalanne was aware of Pope John Paul II’s ailing health condition, when he walked back into his Miami hotel room around 3 p.m. Saturday, but he thought he would pull through. But when Lalanne turned on the television and saw the news flashes informing the world that the man […]

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Beauty of ‘Shop’ ends

The film “Beauty Shop” desperately tries to recreate the magic that the “Barbershop” series started just a few years ago. Everything from the loveable yet streetwise main character to the ultra-talented token white person is mimicked in great detail. Unfortunately, the movie falls short of both the creative depth and […]

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Kids Day at the park

Greetings, My name is Sandy Jean Philippe I am the President of the Alpha Mu Upsilon chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Inc. A criminal justice student organization on Florida A&M University we are hosting our 3rd Annual Kids Day at the Park on April 23, 2005. I wanted ask […]