Where have the last four years gone? Imagine being a graduating senior, all classes completed, with nowhere to live or a lease that ends months after your graduation. What is one to do? Graduating seniors all over the country have to ask themselves these questions day-in and day-out when the […]
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Grads try to finalize plans for future
For some students, Fall 2004 marks their final semester at Florida A&M University. They have waited for four, five and even six years to graduate, but they don’t care because it is finally here. The excitement is racing through their bodies. The graduates’ parents and friends fill the city with […]
Nas offers hip hop in its rawest form
With his sixth studio album “Street’s Disciple,” the man that went from Nasty (on his perfect debut “Illmatic”) to Nas (“It was Written”) and from Nas to Escobar, has done the hip-hop equivalent to turning his back to the crowd like the legendary jazz musician Miles Davis. At 30, the […]
FAMU offers life lessons, memories
It feels like just yesterday I was unpacking crates and suitcases, preparing to set up my makeshift home in McGuinn Hall Room 146. I was Lysoling the bed, fumigating with Raid and stocking my mini refrigerator. I moved in on August 14, 2001 with the rest of the Marching 100 […]
T.I. makes transition from rapper to musician
When Jay-Z recently referred to T.I. as one of his favorite artists during a late-night interview with Carson Daly, one fact became strikingly clear: T.I. is at the top of his game. The self- proclaimed “King of the South” has been mentioned in music circles as a budding star for […]
Eminem finds himself in ‘Encore’
In arguably his most personal album to date, “Encore”, Marshall “Eminem” Mathers, takes listeners on an introspective ride through the mental ramblings of a white hip hop artist. With three albums already under his belt; one introducing him as an artist, the next rebelling against his celebrity and the third […]
Snoop Dogg dropped it, but it’s not that hot
Let’s all sit back and watch Snoop Dogg try to jump over the bar set by his latest album’s first single “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” That bar was set so high, the overall effort on the rest of “R&G: Rhythm & Gangsta” seems, at best, mediocre. The over abundance […]
Finals: A trial for test anxiety sufferers
There is a sea of faces at Florida A&M University. But with finals week looming, some members of the sea will feel the wrath of exams more than others. All tests, especially those during finals week, are harder to bear for students with test anxiety. Test anxiety affects a person’s […]
Co-op program gives students more options
Manuel Patterson cringes at the idea of a new semester slowly approaching next month. But the senior co-operative computer information systems student said it’s not because finals are around the corner or even the hassle of arranging his schedule for the next semester, but the process of actually being a […]
Dual party aims to be sexy, wild
#8220;The Beautiful and the Damned,” is a creation birthed from a union of DigitalGuestList and Epicurean Fashion Experience. The event, scheduled for Saturday night at Floyd’s, is set to be an evening of debauchery, fantasy and fun, according to Joe Womack III, founder and editor in chief of DGL. The […]