Recently, some teacher’s assistants at Florida State University said wages they have received thus far are not equivalent to the amount determined prior to this semester and written in contract. “Going through this ordeal has been like a punch in the gut,” said William Lawson, a 26-year-old communication graduate student […]

Recently, lawmakers were made aware of a meeting in which Juvenile Justice Secretary Anthony Schembri showed “How Not To Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police,” a skit by Chris Rock, in a meeting with the NAACP. Schembri used this tape at the meeting to open up a discussion about […]

Reparations is the act of making amends for a wrong. In light of recent events, it seems appropriate to hold some opinion of this subject. OK, what am I really talking about? Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, J. P. Morgan Chase recently released a formal apology […]

Twelve to 15,000 pieces of mail are handled by the Florida State University campus post office daily, according to the post office’s Web site, http://printing.fsu.edu. This, however, is not done before passing through another set of hands at Florida State University’s Printing and Mailing Center at 800 W. Madison St. […]

Members of the Student Supreme Court have decided they have no jurisdiction over the Electoral Commission’s case against Student Union and Activities Director Alice Mathis. Chief Justice Jason Hurst said the court could handle appeals against the electoral commission or another candidate, but not against university staff members. “We deliberated […]

I would like to believe that we have come a long way from the days of Jim Crow, Jim Dandy and Sambo. I would like to believe America has moved passed such foolishness, but, really, whom am I kidding? Why is it, that in the year 2005 -173 years after […]

Don’t call them Venus or Serena. But, just like the Williams sisters, these two siblings have one thing one their minds – tennis. Eka Jvania, 24, and her brother Zurab Zhvania, 20, from the Republic of Georgia, have been playing tennis for as long as they can remember. “I believe, […]

With today being the last day of Black History Month, it is time to recognize one of the most underrated black baseball players of all time – Josh Gibson. Who? Josh Gibson, catcher of the Negro League’s Homestead (Pa.) Grays, is the most underrated baseball player – if not the […]

In response to allegations that Tuesday’s SGA election was not handled properly, Virgil Miller called an emergency town hall meeting in the Senate Chambers on Thursday. Miller, 23, a graduate student in the public health program, said he called the meeting after he received phone calls from Interim President Castell […]

Commuter Services of North Florida is now offering its way of traveling to students. The commuter program was created by the state in 1996, to provide residents of Leon, Gadsden and surrounding counties with rides to and from school, work and home. According to Jeff Horton, executive director of CSNF, […]