Normally, most people do not mix business with pleasure. However, when the people involved are Dirty South music lovers, disc jockeys, local rap artists and promoters from all over the Southeast, including David Banner, business is pleasure. What ended as a standing room only concert at club Moon, Wednesday night, […]
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FAMU FOOTBALL
The Alumni, boosters, and Rattlers fans need to know now the status of our 2004 football schedule,plans and committed teams we will play in 2004. Our Athletic director apparently is not sure. our President does not know, the board of trustees don’t care apparently.This is serious, next month the football […]
Tipping shows gratitude for service
Mark Williams went to eat at a local restaurant. He and his party were left at their table for 25 minutes before they were given a menu. Still, Williams left the server a 15 percent tip at the end of the night. Should he have tipped the waiter? “If the […]
Cell phones not only way to stay in touch
It is almost impossible to find a college student who does not own a cell phone. But in the words of Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot, “If you don’t have a cellular phone, it’s alright.” While most students wouldn’t dream of communicating with their family and friends without a cell phone, some […]
New York team will dominate hapless Eastern conference
After acquiring Stephon Marbury, Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway and Moochie Norris in exchange for Antonio “McNice” McDyess and other no-names, the New York Knicks haven’t had a team with this much talent since the days of Earl “Black Jesus” Monroe. They have arguably the best backcourt in the league, with the […]
Armenian journalists partner with FAMU
LOCAL TALLAHASSEE – The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs has funded a grant for a partnership between Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute in Armenia and Florida A & M University School of Journalism and Graphic Communication to teach journalism to two visiting instructors. Tatevik Tovmasyan and Varduhy […]
Session uneventful
Shahiedha Shabazz, calling secretary for Hatchet Pre-law Society, addressed the senate at Wednesday’s meeting. The organization requested $3000 for transportation for a statewide tour of Florida law schools. “We’re sponsoring this tour to give FAMU’s Hatchett Pre-Law Society members a chance to experience the atmosphere of law schools all around […]
Protesters walk out on speaker
While Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, which was held in the SBI presentation center was widely considered a success, some students left the event disappointed and disgusted with the University’s choice in guest speakers. “We’re upset about the audacity of [President Gainous] to invite Gov. Bush to such […]
‘Helping others not that bad’
I am a curious person by nature, especially when it comes to wanting to know what is on people’s minds. Sometimes, I like to ask others what they think of me. So I asked my co-worker what he thought I was good at. “Umm, I don’t know Tiff, I’d say […]
Iowa in the sun
Florida voters, we have been slighted again. For those of you registered Democrats who are preparing to turn the page, thinking that this is just another election 2000 rant, wait just a minute. Slightly more than 100,000 men and women in Iowa have spoken for millions of Democrats across the […]