Two weeks ago, then-fifth ranked North Carolina went on the road to play then-third ranked Wake Forest. Wake Forest defeated North Carolina 95-82. That victory, though impressive, brought much debate because North Carolina wouldn’t have the chance to play Wake Forest on its own home court this season. Analysts and […]
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The Game chronicles life in ‘The Documentary’
Hype. It’s often given and seldom deserved. For every LeBron James, there’s a Kwame Brown or a Michael Olowokandi. Who? Precisely my point. So when a rapper who just began rapping a year and half ago is expected to resurrect an entire coast with his debut album, even the shorties […]
Rattlers to host 3rd ranked Hornets
The men’s basketball team will face the No. 3 school in the MEAC, Delaware State University, Saturday. Delaware is a slow-paced team filled with enormous athletic abilities. “Delaware is a very methodical, athletic team. They really try to keep the tempo of the game to a crawl,” Head Coach Mike […]
Venture to the Unknown
As soon as you walk into the Samsara Boutique, you automatically feel warmer. You step off the cold street to find yourself in a warm, colorful, laid-back shopping environment greeted by the accommodating owner, Coretta Hutson With its green and yellow painted walls and hangers drizzled with fluorescent paint, you […]
Gallery opens on campus
The third floor of the Foote-Hilyer Administrative Center now includes a historical gallery that takes students and visitors on a trip through FAMU’s history. The newly opened Leedell W. Neyland FAMU Gallery, consisting of 28 photos, shows enlarged photos of FAMU students and various events. Originally named the State Normal […]
Pharmacy offers new doctorate
Students in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will have the option of pursuing a Doctor of Public Health degree starting this semester. Cynthia M. Harris, director of the Institute of Public Health, said the Board of Governors approved the program in Sarasota on Oct. 21. FAMU is the […]
Celebration honors civic leaders
Past and present FAMU students and staff were honored at Tallahassee Community College’s fifth annual Black History Month celebration Monday at Turner Auditorium. For the past five years, TCC has published a calendar sponsored by local businesses in Leon County. The calendar is composed of blacks who have made an […]
Car ignites outside of Tucker Hall
A car was totaled after it caught fire Wednesday night in the parking lot behind Tucker Hall. Nearby students from Tucker Hall and the General Education Complex gathered from a distance to see the hood of a red 1999 Dodge Stratus engulfed in flames. The car, which belonged to Shaheed […]
Case proves we still fight for rights
Every day someone is fighting for his or her rights. There are women who fight for equal wage, minorities who fight for equal rights, and same-sex couples who fight for a union in holy matrimony. In a perfect world human beings would not have to fight for their rights. Those […]
Elections in Iraq raises one’s fears
Democracy is genuinely a great concept – in theory. Only a truly gifted orator can successfully argue against a system that gives each member of a society an equal opportunity to actively participate in government. Unfortunately, democracy is strictly a beautiful creation in theory. In practice, democracy has proven to […]