Ina, 29, and Zimmerman, who turns 28 Monday, have begun showing chemistry and consistency sorely lacking in the first three seasons of their partnership. The result has been second places in all three Grand Prix appearances, a place in December’s Grand Prix final and a decent shot at an Olympic […]

With elections being held this month across the nation, this year’s results were especially pleasing to one alumnus. Kwame Kilpatrick, a 1992 political science graduate, was elected mayor of Detroit, the nation’s 10th largest city, on Nov. 11. Kilpatrick, 31, arrived at FAMU in 1988. He graduated with a 3.04 […]

FORT WORTH, Texas – The Aggies offered Drew Tate a scholarship before he took a regular-season snap – in his junior season. “I thought they had confused my age,” Tate said. “I thought they had probably thought I was a senior. I told my dad, `Hey, Dad, I think it […]

A once robust turnout dwindled at the end, but the expansive presidential search advisory committee collaborated and debated for four hours at its initial Nov. 19 meeting in Lee Hall. The gathering of administrators, students, staff, faculty and alumni kicked off a busy week in the lengthy process to replace […]

This weekend the Lady Rattlers of FAMU DRS will not just have winning on their minds. They will be focused on impressing recruiters, raising money and making history for women’s basketball. The Lady Rattlers will play in the first DoubleTree Hotel Invitational which will take place in Jake Gaither Gymnasium […]

FAMU police arrested four suspects in connection with an alleged band-hazing incident that sent a freshman band member to the hospital. Carl Edwards, 22, a student from Lithonia, Ga., was placed under arrest on Monday after turning himself in to the police. Edwards is charged with four counts of aggravated […]

Blackface started as an attempt at entertainment by a struggling actor in the 1820’s. Apparently it is still viewed as such, a form of entertainment. Fifteen students of Auburn University, members of Delta Sigma Phi and Beta Theta Pi, donned blackface at a Halloween party. The fact that this happened […]

KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Marine gunships launched their first strike, some Taliban troops fled their last base and President Bush signaled Monday that his anti-terror campaign soon could turn to Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. The president said Hussein, defeated but not deposed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, must allow the […]

New York City is one of the world’s greatest metropolises. A city where one can find love, happiness, joy, sadness, fame and all the material things the world has to offer. Every man, woman and child wants to visit New York City to fulfill their wildest dreams. Of course, getting […]

Chauncey Moore doesn’t want to see any of his friends drafted into military service. “It would affect me a lot to see one of my friends have to go,” Moore, 20, an Army ROTC student from Satellite Beach said. Since America’s war on terrorism started, the thought of a military […]