B.C. To most, these two letters mean before Christ. But for FAMU, the term B.C. will have an additional meaning. Before Castell. “I’m not here to talk about B.C., I’m here starting from Monday (Jan. 3),” said FAMU interim president Castell Vaughn Bryant, who was named interim president by the […]

Like many high school graduates, 24-year-old Sharifa Coffin, from Knoxville, Tenn., knew her next step would be to go to college. Upon her acceptance to the FAMU in August 1998, she had plans to make the best of her college career. Coffin planned to make good grades, meet new people […]

Time is winding down, plans must be made and University President Fred Gainous has begun to make arrangements for leaving his position. Gainous, who was fired after a 9-4 trustee vote Sept. 28, approached the Board of Trustees with several requests for his tenure following his leaving. Among the requests […]

Local business owners such as Olean McCaskill, owner of Olean’s Café, are bracing themselves for a loss of revenue experienced each year when students vacate Tallahassee during winter break. During breaks, business drops about 30 percent, McCaskill said. This year’s break, which lasts 25 days, begins Dec. 10 for local […]

With current University President Fred Gainous officially on the outs as of Jan. 1, 2005, Florida A&M University has officially began working toward selecting an interim president. The application deadline for the position was Tuesday. The Board of Trustees expects to have the position filled by Dec. 14. Student Government […]

According to http://www.hi-tm.com, it was recently estimated that there are about 76 million food born illnesses each year in the United States, which leads to 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. The Web site proclaimed that government statistics indicate at least 25 percent of the illnesses are due to improper hand […]

As the semester comes to a close, I am reminded of how crazy the entire 16-week process was. From all of the hurricanes to campaigning for the next U.S. president, it has been a wild ride. But one thing that continues to run through my mind-and surely the minds of […]

It never ceases to fail. An athletic director at FAMU making another grave decision that doesn’t quite add up in the books. The last consequential judgment didn’t equate in the financial books, but this decision doesn’t add up in the book of logic. Actually, I think Athletic Director Joseph Ramsey […]

This is the last issue of the The Famuan until Jan. 10. See you in the spring! The Yearbook staff will hold Picture Day through Thursday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the William H. Gray Center. Caps and gowns will be provided for all seniors graduating this semester. […]

Years of hard work, dedication and sacrifice will come to a climax for hundreds of Florida A&M University students with the annual fall graduation commencement on Friday, Dec 10. This semester’s graduation ceremony will be held at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. Lana Lockhart, a graduating English student from Tallahassee, […]