Amid thousand of law enforcement personnel, and millions of dollars worth of security equipment, President George Walker Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney took the oath of office in Thursday’s presidential inauguration. The inauguration, the first since the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001 drew thousands of people to the nation’s […]

For the first time in nearly 50 years, Iraq will hold a free and fair national election, even as insurgents step up their attacks in an apparent attempt to scare potential voters away from the polls. According to a USA Today article, President Bush spoke with Iraqi Interim Prime Minister […]

In Retrospect, Thursday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation was awesome. Judge Hatchett’s speech was on point and right on the money – especially considering all the problems FAMU is facing right now. In fact, since I’ve been here, I admit it was one of the best, if not the best […]

The Social Security system was to be a program that would not only allow citizens to invest in their future free of risk, but also pay for itself. Neither of these goals is being accomplished nor can be accomplished without privatization. The system is not paying for itself. The most […]

It’s mid-January, and if you haven’t come across that New Year’s Resolution, don’t be discouraged, it’s not too late! Often, the overstuffed population promises to embark on some sort of a diet, and the financially starved vow to get “a piece of the pie.” Here’s A Shared New Year’s Resolution […]

Blank is to urban as inner-city is to hood. Overweight is to fat as heavy is to blank. You don’t have to be a SAT guru to figure out these analogies. But if you haven’t, the answers are black and obesity. That’s right, black obesity. According to recent health articles, […]

Charged by a gripping sense of responsibility and gleaming with pride, University alumni and friends walked to a lectern on Monday and gave money to support FAMU Athletics. The Friends of FAMU Athletics Dream Luncheon was the first of several planned events within the FAMU community aimed at raising $1 […]

In a study administered in September by the University office of institutional research, retention and graduation rates at FAMU were higher than peer institutions such as the University of North Florida and the University of West Florida. The University had a 70 percent retention rate for its fourth-year students while […]

Anyone who knows me knows I love where I come from – Chicago. I’m not here to talk about the pathetic Bears, the declining Cubs or even the up and coming Bulls. Instead, the topic at hand is a school where anyone else from Chicago could attend – the University […]