While Shayla Stevens, who was a broadcast journalism student at the time, sat in associate professor William Bullard’s entrepreneur class last fall, she found herself catching the entrepreneurial bug. But she didn’t know where to start. As she searched for ideas, Stevens, along with Chanel Glover, her classmate at the […]
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The Famuan’s official presidential candidate endorsement
With four days left until Election Day and three days left to vote early, The Famuan staff has decided which candidate to endorse as the president of the United States of America. We have carefully compared the platforms of the Republican incumbents, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick […]
University’s parking services need resolve
The fall semester is almost over and parking services at the University is still one of the most faculty departments on campus. Students and faculty both deal with constant citations and American Eagle tow truck drivers. Why are the parking services so incompetent? I took it upon myself to question […]
Kobe may soon become tragic hero
The year was 1996. William Jefferson Clinton had just been re-elected. Americans were captivated by the homegrown terror of the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls had staked their claim as a legitimate NBA dynasty. And in June, the Los Angles Lakers landed an 18-year-old phenom from […]
Zook’s firing clearly the best choice for Florida
The firing of University of Florida Head Football Coach Ron Zook comes as no surprise. Zook was doomed for failure the moment he was hired to lead the Gators on Jan. 9, 2002. Zook never had a fighting chance of succeeding his predecessor. It was made clear early that Gator […]
Forum tackles racism
The University’s Student Alliance for Cultural Development and the League of Pissed Off Voters sponsored a forum titled “Election 2004: Trends and Trouble of Race in America” Tuesday night in the Benjamin L. Perry Jr. Building. The purpose of the event was to increase student awareness of the connection between […]
Mentoring youth is group’s top priority
A group of Florida A&M University students are trying to help make the dreams of working in the science field a reality. Teaching Our Youth Science, or T.O.Y.S., is aimed at helping inner-city kids reach goals they may have decided were too hard to achieve. “Science is a hard field, […]
Morning after pill prevents pregnancy fears
After Michael and Christina share a night of passion, Michael notices that the condom has broken. Now what? One popular solution is emergency contraceptive pills, otherwise known as the Morning-After Pill. Each year, young women get a scare as a result of unprotected sex, and have to worry about a […]
Pawning personal items helpful for some
Chanell Solomon a computer information systems student who works in Lee Hall, is paying for college by herself. The junior from Bowie, Md., said she pawned personal items when she was low on money and needed cash right away. “I pawned my TV last year, but I didn’t make much […]
Seminar recognizes domestic violence victims
#8220;The Loneliness” by Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds opened the seminar while women sat awaiting for the event to start. Their initial goal was to stop, to educate and to applaud the survivors of abuse. Minority women rallied on Oct. 25 in the Phase III recreation room to ascertain questions and pay […]