Every year spring breakers travel to exotic locations and beaches to relax and party. But during one spring break, Breona Hayes, 19, found herself working with a local pharmaceutical company instead of relaxing in the sunshine. Hayes, a pharmacy student from Jacksonville opted to stay in town instead of leaving […]

Head swim coach Mark Howell fired assistant coach Andre Bailey on Feb. 4, justnine days before the team’s biggest meet of the year, the Southern States Conference Championships. Bailey had been an assistant on the team since 1999. A few days before his termination, Bailey had an altercation with swimmer […]

If you’re in the mood for something other than fried chicken, visit Chicken Kitchen. Just when Popeye’s was becoming a mainstay for my chicken cravings, I heard about Chicken Kitchen. Chicken Kitchen offers tasty food at prices reasonable enough to fit a tight budget. Located at the Ocala Corners Shopping […]

Every morning, I try my best to get out of bed. After I drop to the floor, I run to the bathroom to take a peek at the fine lines that are mysteriously going to show up one day. Instead, the first thing I see is a reflection of my […]

Breast cancer is common among women over the age of 40, but teenage girls and women in their 20s are not immune to the life-threatening illness. “Here at FAMU, we really do not have a high percentage of young women who visit the clinic with concerns about breast cancer,” said […]

Title IX is 31 years old and still has growing pains. Drawn up in 1972, it bans discrimination based on sex as it applies to athletics. Title IX is designed to provide female athletes with the same opportunities as male athletes. The legislation is fine, and on paper it doesn’t […]

Pentagon officials have said that with the National Guard and reserves to complement active personnel, they have more than enough troops to fight a war against Iraq However, should America’s draft program be reenacted, FAMU’s ROTC cadets may be the safest people on campus. Maj. Willie Jackson said FAMU’s 120 […]

Spring sports at FAMU are about to change as we know it. The FAMU Athletic Marketing Department has made strides this year to increase attendance at spring sporting events. Those sports include baseball, softball, track & field, tennis and golf. Basketball is also played during the spring semester, but is […]

You just purchased a three-day trial membership to a premiere adult Web site. You enter the site and you are immediately transformed to a kid in an eye-candy store and lose track of all space and time around you. The next day you wake up a few hours earlier than […]

The governor knows best. As always, Jeb Bush is right. Everything he does is correct. Refusing to let down his state, the governor has left many businesses wondering how they will survive next year. The spending plan he proposed could not be farther from excellence. It calls for $111 million […]