To the editor: The importance of campus fire safety was reinforced last week with the fire at George Washington University and serves as a valuable teachable moment. A freshman was critically injured in a fire that was started by a portable grill igniting the student’s bedding material. The building was […]

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FAMUAN STAFF REPORT Just in time for Spring Practice, which began March 19, the athletic department announced that all open assistant coaching positions had been filled. The positions were made available March 1. “I’m very elated and quite excited with my six new coaches,” Head Coach Billy Joe said in […]

With all of the upsets and so-called best games played in the last 20 years, the NCAA basketball tournament has lived up to, and in my opinion, exceeded all expectations. Even though, I join the thousands whose brackets deserve to be folded up and quietly tucked away in a back […]

Money is not the sole solution to FAMU’s financial problems. Wednesday was FAMU Day at the Capitol and the University is asking the state for nearly $45 million for construction and campus operations. President Castell V. Bryant has currently issued a freeze on university spending because of financial misuse and […]

Michael Schiavo is a farce. Schiavo’s wife, Terri Schiavo has been in a “persistent vegetative state” for 15 years and now he has decided to have the sustaining tubes pulled to end her life. This action wouldn’t be so inhumane if there were ways in which Terri could depart without […]

Florida A&M students mingled with legislators to push the University’s priorities for the 2005 legislative session at the annual FAMU Day at the Legislature Wednesday. On the 22nd floor of the Capitol, faculty, students and alumni networked with state legislators as the melody from FAMU’s flute choir weaved between conversations. […]

On Monday, under the sweltering heat and next to floating crimson and crème balloons anxious Rattlers, young and old, packed the Intramural Field. While the DJ blasted T.I.’s “Bring ‘Em Out,” the crowd became restless for what was to come. The ladies of the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma […]

Nearly three years since her debut album “Southern Hummingbird,” Charlene “Tweet” Keys returns with her sophomore effort, “It’s Me Again.” Equating the same formula as her critically acclaimed debut, Tweet definitely lands another punch. The feathery voiced songstress blends R&B, hip hop, old-fashioned soul and folklore to create a well-balanced […]

The Beta Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., the Freshman Class and SGA will host “Ladies First.” For further information, please contact Morgan N. Long and 651- 303- 7378. Musicology Week will be March 21-25 in the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Complex. Admission is free. MENC, Phi Mu Alpha, […]