One of our fellow students died about 2 weeks ago in a car crash in Miami. His name was Johnathon Philips (aka JP) and he was in his third year at FAMU. I sent in a poem to be published in the creative mindz section dedicated to JP, and this […]

#8220;8 Mile” is full of every music movie cliché one can think of: the poor rapper with the big dreams of fame; the missing father; the cute little sibling; the pretty girl; the interracial crew and the crosstown rivals and the copout ending. Imagine “Saturday Night Fever” meets “Purple Rain” […]

They’re on Oprah, Montel and Ricki Lake. They’re being written about in magazines and reported on in The Journal of Modern Medicine. They aren’t celebrities, or sports stars, they are kids, and they are being brought to national attention not because of their academic achievements but because they can’t seem […]

Imagine taking a 10-day trip with only salt water and hope to sustain your body. For Haitians, this is a daily quest met with less than desirable results. Two weeks ago more than 200 Haitian immigrants packed on a 50-foot sloop and made that journey in search of freedom to […]

In the final home stand of the year, the volleyball team won two out of three matches this weekend. The Rattlerettes were victorious over Howard Friday night and Hampton Saturday afternoon, but fell to Georgia Tech Sunday. In three straight games (30-15, 30-9, 30-20) Florida A&M dominated the Bison. This […]

It is difficult for a basketball team to win shooting a meager 39.4 percent from the field, 15.4 percent from the three-point line and 40 percent from the foul line. Nevertheless, the Rattlerettes overcame their horrible shooting and a 12-point second half deficit to beat Albany State 66-58 on Sunday […]

For the fan that is really into FAMUathletics and is bleeding orange and green, the Student Government Association has a new athletic agency. The agency is one of the newest of nine agencies that fall under the SGA umbrella. “The purpose of the agency is to promote all sports and […]

Although the media deemed 1992 “the year of the woman,” history repeated itself in the Nov. 5 elections as six women were elected governors and scores of others were elected to serve in Congress. The latest victory for women came Sunday when Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon conceded to Attorney […]

Black women are more likely than white women to have repeated episodes of binge eating disorder, according to studies released by the National Women’s Health Information Center this year. Episodes of binge eating are putting more black women at risk for obesity. According to the NWHIC, binge eating disorder occurs […]

Gazing at his right arm, Benjamin Nesbitt will never forget April 15, not even if he tried. That day Nesbitt crossed the Alpha Eta chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, a childhood goal that had finally been achieved, and as a seal to his pledging process, he agreed to be branded […]