WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President George W. Bush has rejected invitations to be interviewed by reporters from the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service, which provides stories to more than 200 African-American newspapers, and Black Entertainment Television (BET), which reaches 80 million households.http://www.blackpressusa.com/News/Article.asp?SID=3&Title=National+News&NewsID=3494 Tom NU1768 MitchellTustin CA

As the most important presidential election in U.S. history approaches, we as Americans are discerning between the important and not-so-important issues. Images of death, destruction and hopelessness at home and abroad constantly overwhelm our psyches -aided by the media’s notoriously slanted view of the world. We are all affected by […]

The FAMU basketball program is steadily inching its way toward the beginning of the 2004-2005 season. Both the men’s and women’s teams got the opportunity to evaluate themselves thus far on Saturday in the Midday Explosion, also known as the Orange and Green Scrimmage. The Lady Rattlers kicked off the […]

Voters that cast their ballots Tuesday have performed a large part of their civic duty, but there is another part for which they must be prepared. The final part is to be patient. With polls in Florida and other key swing states such as Ohio and Wisconsin indicating that President […]

The 25th-ranked Florida A&M women’s volleyball team extended its’ winning streak to 17 Thursday night, with a 3-0 match victory over the Jacksonville University Dolphins in a non-conference affair at the Jake Gaither Athletic Center. Florida A&M (18-2), won 30-16, 30-18 and 30-18 behind the play of junior Adriana Kostadinova, […]

They had one more chance. One more chance to prove themselves to the Rattler nation. One more chance to show the country that FAMU is a team to reckon with. That chance came and went Saturday evening as the Rattler football team suffered a disappointing loss to Florida Atlantic University […]

FAMU’s last home game was brought to a crescendo by the Marching 100’s halftime performance. Although three of the Presidential Nine were not performing, the Drum Majors and the “100” did not disappoint. The band entertained the near capacity crowd with renditions of Fat Joe’s “Lean Back”and “Paralyzed”, recorded by […]

As the election approaches, young, black voters are constantly reminded of the importance of voting. People that haven’t forgotten about the black community this election season are the members of the Beta Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. The Deltas hosted a panel discussion titled “Say It Loud: […]

To vote or not to vote? That is the question that many students juggle. But for many the answer to that question is simple, not to vote. If students realized just how much power their votes have, they may not be so quick to answer in the negative. In many […]

With all the conflicting views in the United States, people are usually faced with just two main candidates in the spotlight to choose from. Some might be interested to find that the goals of the Reform or Green parties may be more similar to their own than that of either […]