Jigga back in print Rapper Jay-Z, also known as Jigga, has produced another album despite his reservations. The rapper reported that he felt it would be hard to follow up his last album, “The Blueprint.” “Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse” features 20 songs and four bonus tracks. The […]

At the age of 10 a doctor told Russell Larvadain he would have to give himself shots for the rest of his life. The week before his diagnosis Larvadain, 22, a fifth-year business student from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., experienced fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision, dry mouth and lost 10 pounds, all […]

Betty Cortina remembers walking through an airport in July 1999 when the cover of the latest Newsweek magazine caught her eye. “Latin U.S.A.” read the bold type. “How Young Hispanics Are Changing America.” Cortina, then a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly, felt by turns surprised, excited, slightly annoyed and more […]

It is a Tuesday afternoon and you decide to lift weights. You put on your workout clothes, grab your towel and Rattler Card and make your way to the Fitness Center. When you arrive, the scene makes you want to turn around and go home. There are five people waiting […]

Dear Ms Drake, I agree with your position regarding mandating diversity at HBCU. I believe that FAMU and all other HBCU should and are open to all qualified applicants regardless of race. I also believe that the university should create an atmosphere where all are welcome. If those two conditions […]

On Mondays at the Beta Bar do not expect to hear the latest from Ludacris, P. Diddy or Murder Inc. Expect the best old and new in underground hip-hop and a little Dilated Peoples and Dead Prez. Hip-hop is hard to find, said John “Nature Rama” Harris, the master of […]

Dear Editor: Press Release Reed Wright Publishing Inc. Takes Hip Hop to the Greeting Card Industry Reed Wright Publishing Inc., a company which offers a selection of free electronic greeting cards to those with an affinity for hip hop, recently rolled out its Urban Youth Greetings Web Site. The site […]

Alpha Kappa Alpha will hold a Pearls of Wisdom Seminar about “What is Your Self Worth” tonight at 6:08 p.m. in Diamond /McGuinn Basement. For more information, call Courtney Smith at 562-0278. The Northeastern Vibe Organization is sponsoring the “Change” a Life Campaign to raise money to provide free mammograms […]

With new techniques in fitness, exercising has diversified beyond the basic “grapevine right” into more exciting and innovative calorie-burning routines. One fitness center, Curves for Women, combines a traditional aerobic training program with weights and music. The program Quickfit Circuit Training, encourages weight loss by emphasizing the development of lean […]

Three months after President Fred Gainous took the helm at the university, changes are omnipresent. But some on campus still have mixed opinions about the progress of the university under the former student-turned-administrator. The closing of Gamble Street from Wahnish Way to Orr Drive, the entrance of the parking lots […]