Black Colleges are important to our young black students.Black students need to know that they do have schools that are black own and can help them to reach their goals in life, but are the students getting good help? One student had gone to the Admission Office to change his […]

HOLLYWOOD _ The Oscars made history Sunday night and for many it was a sweet victory, long past due. The double victory for Denzel Washington and Halle Berry _ who became the first African-Americans to win Best Actor and Best Actress trophies in a single year _ was one of […]

The Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. are hosting it’s first Real Beta Alpha Choice Awards in Lee Hall on April 9 from 7-9 p.m. The event was established to honor students and faculty in the area of arts, scholastics, leadership and more. The faculty and students […]

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Average salaries have soared to $4.2 million in basketball, $2.1 million in baseball, $1.4 million in hockey and $1.2 million in football. At the same time, owners in baseball and hockey claim they’re losing millions of dollars. Average ticket prices in the four big team sports doubled over the past […]

The threat of possible protest during this spring’s commencement ceremony has been laid to rest as Gov. Bush turned down the invitation to speak at graduation Tuesday. Arlene DiBenigno, director of the Office of External Affairs for governor, said Bush’s schedule would not allow him to attend and hopes the […]

So in one night, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences decides to bestow black Hollywood with not one, not two, but three Oscars in one night. Who says affirmative action is dead? Not the arrangers of Negro Night at the Movies. Why this year, I wonder, out of […]

After the resignation of President Frederick Humphries, the FAMU Board of Trustees began interviewing candidates for the permanent position of FAMU’s president. Originally, the board of trustees said it would have a permanent president by the beginning of March. However, less than a week away from the month of April, […]

Willie E. Gary, a nationally-known attorney, delivered a message of inspiration to faculty, staff, students and friends as he praised honorees for their achievements at the annual Honors Convocation Tuesday. A graduate of both Shaw University and North Carolina Central in Durham, N.C., Gary is a multi-millionaire who owns a […]