The word Kuumba is more than a Swahili word for creativity. For the FAMU community it means Kuumba Fest 2003. Kuumba fest, a joint venture of Comcast cable, Showtime and FAMU, will be celebrated Tuesday on FAMU’s campus. The festival begins at 10 a.m., and will showcase some of the […]

If T-Mac (Tracy McGrady) hung up his kicks, this man would be the best guard in the league. When this man hangs up his Reeboks, he will be one of the top five 2-guards that ever lived. Everyone knows his name, his killer-crossover and body art. He represents so many […]

It’s that time again to be out and about. In celebration of Be Out Day, SGA and Kimberly-Clark Corporation will present a number of festivities to take place throughout the week. Be Out Day is an important part of FAMU’s history. It began about ten years ago when the student […]

My jaw dropped in horror as I read Tracy D. Wright’s article a couple of weeks ago covering the SGA Senate meeting. Specifically, I was disturbed by the comments made by Veronica Gray, SGA solicitor general. According to the article (SGA Senate hears pleas for funding, March 21), Gray urged […]

Before the U.S. went to war with Iraq, Uncle Sam had to attack because Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and they were going to use them on Americans. In the week this war has raged on, Uncle Sam has stopped blowing that horn. Now, the U.S. is in Iraq […]

Theo Wilson, I enjoyed your article, “Bush wastes black blood,” and I am also displeased that minorities and poor make up a disproportionate amount of the armed forces, but you are wrong on a few points: 1) Bush isn’t fighting for oil. It will no doubt cost much more than […]

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Saddam Hussein never should have been bothered. He shouldn’t have been given a timeline to leave Iraq, and shouldn’t have been forced to destroy weapons. The madness upon us now, only started when our beloved President Bush was appointed to his office. I realize that in a time of war […]

Despite its 136 years in the nation’s capital, a prime location for those who would attack the United States, Howard University has not yet devised a crisis contingency plan. “The [terrorist] alert has made the university begin to form evacuation plans,” said Kenyatta Hobson, assistant community director of Howard’s Meridian […]

Memos on campus safety started circulating through campus when the national terror level was raised again to the “orange,” or high terror threat level. But more than a week after the terror alert was raised, FAMU students still don’t know what to do in case of an emergency. “Nobody told […]