STATE ORLANDO – The recording industry has set its sights on Orlando residents who are illegally downloading music from the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America has also filed lawsuits against “John Doe” defendants in Trenton, N.J., Philadelphia and Atlanta. Last month the recording group filed 532 lawsuits against […]

I was listening to the Doug Banks morning show and I heard them mention an all white scholarship that was made at some school. Suposedly a hispanic student help set it up. It is worth only $50. It is a parody of minority scholarships, and was made as a point. […]

News of recent hazing incidents on FAMU’s campus does not come as a surprise to some, but other students say they thought on-campus student organizations were “beyond that.” “I strongly oppose hazing,” said Y’Desha Alsup, 21, a senior public relations student from St. Petersburg. “It is not a surprise at […]

In hopes of getting a head start on the upcoming presidential elections, several state and local leaders held a press conference Tuesday to announce plans for a “March to the Capitol.” Organizers of the march, which will take place on March 2, said the demonstration will serve as a catalyst […]

Mid-eastern Athletic Conference commissioner Dennis Thomas met with a group of FAMU officials that included President Fred Gainous, Joseph Ramsey II, the special assistant to the president for athletics and Provost Larry Robinson Monday afternoon. The meeting began the process of the football program rejoining the MEAC, after the board […]

At the Feb. 10 Board of Trustees meeting, Chairman James Corbin and other trustees cited future litigation from potential opponents among their reasons for opposing the delayed move to Division I-A.”These schools may sue (the university) for loss of opportunity,” Corbin said at the meeting.Last Tuesday, the BOT voted 7-5 […]

A new Medicare payment program, which took effect Jan. 1, has affected hundreds of oncology practices across the nation. This new program stands to disrupt the regular treatment of thousands of cancer patients. Over 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with various types of cancer every year, and Medicare covers half […]

Blacks and Latinos should join together to become the nation’s largest minority. They have arrived at a point where their existence depends on each other. According to the Census Bureau, Latinos have replaced blacks as the largest minority in the United States. Other ethnicities try to look into these diverse […]

Lately, President Bush has been obsessed with throwing a frenzy of darts at hard-to-hit popularity targets. Now he’s proposing to spend $1.5 billion on marriage counseling for low-income couples. But once again, Bush misses the bull’s eye. While the operative word here is low-income, you have to admit there is […]

The Board of Trustees’ decision to halt the move to Division I-A has left some of the university’s alumni disappointed in its administration and discouraged about the University’s future. “People have always said that African American institutions are not ready,” said State Sen. Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee. “It is 2004, so […]