The staff of The Famuan is aware there are hundreds of influential women populating the Hill. Although they didn’t win, these four women were nominated by their peers and selected as runners-up for their ability to not only improve the quality of campus life at FAMU but the quality of […]

The culmination of two events in women’s history at Florida A&M University led Merle Dawson to bring something to FAMU that has never been recognized before. On Jan. 1, Castell V. Bryant was the first female president at FAMU to began work, and renown activist Shirley Chisholm died later on […]

Despite post-election controversy, the newly elected 2005-2006 Student Government Association president and vice president are preparing for their future positions. Ramon Alexander and Phillip Agnew will be the representatives of the FAMU student body next school year. Yet, many students do not know much about the men behind the positions. […]

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Greek organizations are overrated on this campus. Let’s use the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta for example. Are they really REAL? Interested girls shouldn’t feel obligated to sleep with or buy current members unnecessary material items just to be a part of the organization. These types of acts […]

The idea that second-hand smoke is extremely life threatening is based on political motivation, not scientific fact. In 1992, the Environmental Protection Agency released its report on the epidemic, which classified second-hand smoke as a Class A Carcinogen. Actually, that’s not quite correct. After the study was completed, the EPA […]

Relay for Life is a great cause that brings campus organizations, students, faculty and the community together to celebrate cancer survivors, honor people who lost their lives because of the disease and raise money for cancer research. It is also a good forum to bring cancer issues to the forefront. […]

The Big Dance. March Madness. Upsets. Champions. These terms, when grouped together, are commonly synonymous with the NCAA Basketball tournament. While students, and teachers for that matter, look forward to the summer months when school is finally out of session, college basketball players around the country live for the month […]

While students were taking a break from their spring semester workloads, staff changes occurred in the Office of Student Union and Activities. But it is unclear to many what those changes are and why they were made. According to Henry L. Kirby, the associate vice president of student affairs, the […]