In Florida there are 3,400 kids waiting in foster care and the state’s gay adoption ban is helping keep them there. It is illegal for gays or lesbians to adopt children in Florida because of a bill passed in 1977. Sen. Curtis Peterson, the bill’s sponsor, said at the time […]

If you’ve ever lived with a roommate in a twelve-month lease and realized during the very first month, he doesn’t pick up after himself, ignores housework, and is always late with the money for the bills, then you’ve had a normal roommate experience. While all these things are inexcusable, nothing […]

In its continued efforts to enhance the cultural environment of the university, the department of music presents the 10th annual President’s Concert. The concert will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. in Lee Hall Auditorium. The concert will feature the stylings of the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble under the […]

You are one of the best players of all time in baseball. You hold the all-time record for hits. You transcended your position. You played the game with the kind of intensity managers and owners only wish were present in some of today’s athletes. Then, all of a sudden, you […]

One week after the search committee for the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences released its unanimous recommendation of Larry E. Rivers, interim dean, he was selected for employment as dean. Yet, faculty members are questioning the decision. Bill Tucker, president of FAMU United Faculty of Florida and […]

Professor of history Larry E. Rivers was named the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Thursday. Rivers, 53, was the former director of the master of applied social science program from 1990 to 2001, won the 2001 Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s first place book […]

Middle Eastern students on financial aid may have to find other ways to fund their education if a bill is passed in the State House of Representatives. More than 822 foreign students on financial aid will be affected if House Bill 31 passes, which proposes to cut financial assistance in […]

Tempers flared and students had to break up the “brawl in the hall” after Monday night’s weekly SGA Senate meeting. Freshmen senator Chelsea Hall and junior senator Robert Clemmon were restrained as they got into a heated debate and shouting match in the hallway outside the senate chambers after the […]

Qdoba’s Mexican Grill is nothing more than a beefed up Taco Bell. Located on Tennessee Street between Skyline and Schlozsky’s Deli, this Mexican restaurant does not require reservations. Upon entering the eatery, customers might get the feeling that they’re back in a high school cafeteria. They must stand in line […]

The key that unlocks the door to opportunity isn’t very hard to find. In fact it can be found here on campus. The School of Graduate Studies and Research will present an informational forum on preparing for graduate school, Friday in Perry Paige auditorium from 1-5 p.m. “We want to […]