With March Madness in the atmosphere and the NBA playoffs approaching, basketball is at the forefront of attention. In the days of the great players such as Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain, all they had was a ball and a court to enjoy their true love for basketball. In these […]
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Bryant displays photo collection
In celebration of Black History Month, Interim President Castell V. Bryant opened the President’s House to the student body for the viewing of personal portraits of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. According to Bryant, her good friend Flip Schulkie, whom she met in Miami about 15 years ago, gave […]
Black and White
Black and White (History Month) The black face cries white tearsOver still being enslaved after hundreds of yearsDoes the white represent pain?Does the white represent light?Can we really say if white is wrong or right?I think for every obsidian truth there are some ebon liesSo for every stealth attack we […]
2005-2006 Election Results Pt. II
Electoral Commissioner Albert Bryant 572*Adrian Jordan 844*Shaun West 1367 Senior President/Vice President Edwin Barry Pearson/Robert Mitchell Jr. 493 Junior President/Vice President *Marcus Carson/Amanda Byrd 258Garrett Henry/Corey Woods 159*Marcus Hughes/Randy Bell II 186Sophomore Pres./Vice PresidentLamarious Myers/James Bland 943 Junior Senator Adam Billups 181Jasmine Blanks 322Nyerere Davidson 177Candice Elliott 385Larry Ferguson 233Kristle […]
2005-2006 Election Results
SGA President and Vice President Ramon Alexander/ Phillip Agnew 1636 Torey Alston/Yvette Wilmoth 1302 Miss FAMU Kimberly Brown 1555 Danielle Joyner 576 Brittani King 637 Golden Marzett 211 Mr. FAMU Hasan Flake 2592 Queen of Orange and Green *Janni Buggs 841 Naomi Hill 642 Kendra Howard 552 *Kenedria Thurman 781 […]
BeBe Winans’ ‘Dream’ really a nightmare
Songwriter and gospel music extraordinaire Benjamin “Bebe” Winans just released his fourth solo album titled “Dream.” It more or less delivered a never-ending nightmare. With all of the talent that exists within his previous projects one would expect this Grammy Award winning veteran to offer more than the half-baked ballads […]
e-mail edition
This note isn’t really for publication, but I just wanted to alert you to a problem I’m having with the Famuan e-mail edition. Whenever I follow one of the links to a story with a photo, the photo is obscuring the story text, usually toward the top. (If you want […]
Bachelor’s degree no longer key to future
Having a bachelor’s degree may not be as useful in the workplace now as it was in the past. After deciding on a major, students are soon faced with the question of what degree is enough. Next follows, “how marketable am I with a bachelor’s degree?” “Will I be missing […]
Ticket comes close to disqualification
There were no candidates disqualified from the Spring 2005 FAMU Elections, although one ticket came close to the minimum amount of violation points required to be considered for disqualification, according to the Electoral Commissioner Tiffany Cartwright. Cartwright said there is no established maximum number of points needed to disqualify a […]
Alexander, Agnew to lead SGA
Students gathered anxiously on the Set Tuesday night as Electoral Commissioner Tiffany Cartwright announced the results for the Spring 2005 FAMU Elections. Winners of the SGA President and Vice President, Miss FAMU, Mr. FAMU, King of Orange and Green, Sophomore Attendant, eight junior senator positions, senior class president and vice […]