When I was 5 years old, I fell in love with my big brother’s best friend. As one of the most frequent guests in my parents’ home, he had always been around. But I never really noticed him until the Saturday morning I was cleaning my room. While picking up […]

The relationship between hip hop and sports, specifically basketball, has been undeniable from day one. Every MC wants to be a professional athlete and vice versa. Kurtis Blow expressed his love for the game back in the day with his classic joint “Basketball”. Farther back than that, the Sugar Hill […]

It is all around you from the clothes you wear to the way you walk-it’s hip hop. If you ask someone what exactly hip hop is, you are sure to receive a barrage of different answers. Yet there is always one that can be agreed on – a culture. “Hip […]

Florida A&M University student Carlton Worthen, host of television show “Carlton Worthen Presents,” along with the Hatchett Pre-law Society, sponsored a seminar titled “Make Your Vote Count 2004” Wednesday in the Perry Paige auditorium. Student organizations across campus have been holding seminars in an effort to get students mobilized to […]

The University lost one of its professors this week, when history professor James N. Eaton Sr. died from a brief illness and hospital stay on Tuesday, according to a press release. Eaton was 74. Eaton had been an employee of FAMU since 1958. From 1969 to 1977, he served his […]

Hundreds of college students marched to the Leon County Courthouse Wednesday, in an effort to vote early in the 2004 presidential election. Students from Florida A&M University, Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College participated in the march. FAMU students departed from the student union at 11 a.m. to head […]

The University Board of Trustees’ transition committee met via a telephone conversation to establish guidelines for the appointment of an interim University president Wednesday. The committee decided to accept resumes from potential candidates for the position until Nov. 30. For the potential candidates, a stipulation was set that whomever is […]

Individual prices for football tickets have been a source of hostility between students and University officials in the last few years. Many students feel the University has taken advantage of them by raising ticket prices for the homecoming games. “I think it’s ridiculous when we already pay for that in […]

Senior punter Damon Miller looked intently in the eyes of the media and made it clear that losing is not an option for this week’s match-up against Florida Atlantic University. “Especially the seniors; we don’t want to lose our last game in Bragg. We don’t want to lose period,” said […]

At the time, I was worried more about how I could get my hands on the band Incubus’ “Morning View” than I was about anything related to college football. That was January 2002 and I was the last person who should have given advice to someone torn in a recruiting […]