We are all descendants of the strongest group of people to ever walk the face of this Earth. Our ancestors were the survivors of the most horrendous crime ever committed in human history. An estimated 75 to 80 percent of the Africans that were kidnapped during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade […]

Instead of giving accolades to blacks who are in power simply because of their skin tone, it is vital for blacks to support leaders that aim to uplift their people. When blacks honor those in power who ignore black issues, a false veil of black progression arises. These kind of […]

The greatest black athlete of all time, hands-down, is Muhammad Ali. He was not only the greatest boxer to put on a pair of boxing gloves; he was the greatest trashtalker, punch-line creator and political activist ever. Ali started boxing when he was 12 years old. He had dreams of […]

The votes are in and the students at FAMU are in favor with the new changes Interim President Castell Vaughn Bryant seeks to implement. On Wednesday night in the Grand Ballroom, Bryant discussed how she plans to make “students first.” She also stated that she would like the students of […]

Since the implementation of the University’s new PeopleSoft based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, students, faculty and administrators have faced a steep learning curve. The learning continued this semester when the financial aid component of the system restructured some of the aid that was to be distributed to students. According […]

When students plan to attend college, they are planning to become responsible individuals. Students become the commanders of their living and eating arrangements; however, some FAMU students are accusing apartment complexes of scamming them with absurd facility maintenance fees. Complexes such as University Courtyard and Hillside Apartments have been accused […]

This year I was fortunate to have an opportunity to attend the annual Sister Dark, Sister Light forum. The event was presented by The National Council of Negro Women. It is a public dialogue for students and University professionals to discuss the color complexities in terms of shade. It was […]

In the summer of 2000, Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis did something that many thought, still think and always will think, was stupid. Though the season hadn’t officially begun yet, he committed a crime that eventually came back to bite him, his family and his team five years later. […]

When it come to relationships, cheating is a common term that everyone becomes familiar with at least once in his or her lifetime, whether through first-hand experience or helping someone else. But has anyone ever stopped and asked themselves why? Cheating, by definition, means to deceive by trickery or to […]

Amid terror attacks and threat of violence, millions of Iraqis headed to the polls Sunday to choose a new Iraqi National Assembly. About 30,000 polling places opened at 7 a.m. Monday in Iraq. Interim Iraqi President Ghazi Ajil Yawer, a Sunni Muslim, was one of the first to cast his […]