After your last class of the day, you are looking forward to stretching out on your couch and watching television. In your mind, going home is like butter melting on bread, and you can taste it. But, as soon as you walk into your home, you immediately feel frustrated, overwhelmed […]

The Big Bend area felt the effects of Tropical Storm Frances as the center of the storm made landfall Monday afternoon about 20 miles south of Tallahassee. The storm brought with it heavy rains and tropical storm force winds gusting up to 65 mph at times. “The impact of this […]

After encountering more than 71 delays, the new 100,000 square- foot journalism building is scheduled to be completed by December 2004, said Sam Houston, director of facilities planning and construction. Houston said monetary and utility problems are among the setbacks. “Not only did we run into financial issues about payment […]

With miscommunication and poor university-student relations running rampant across FAMU, the reinstatement of the All Campus Academic Concerns Council is a major coup for the student body. The organization is devoted to eliminating communication problems within the colleges and schools of FAMU and promoting scholastic activity. SGA President Virgil Miller’s […]

Thumping my professor on the forehead and saying, “Now I know your mama taught you better” seemed too farfetched. Instead I raised my hand and denounced his shotgun position on the “Anybody But Bush”, or the ABB, bandwagon. Shortly after, I found out he wasn’t the only one. Unfortunately, there […]

The All Campus Academic Concerns Council has been reactivated to promote scholastic activity and aid in eliminating communication problems within the colleges and schools at the University. The Blueprint Administration, led by SGA President Larry O. Rivers and Vice President Virgil Miller, founded the program during the last academic year […]

The screaming Rattler fans in the stands, chanting the cry for victory has tremendous impact on any sports event. The fans have the power of getting inside the opposing teams heads, and for that reason the fans are actually lodged inside the game. You’re not the basketball player who takes […]

On September 1, 2004 representatives from Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC only Historically Black University) attended a meeting at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of elections. The objective of their presence was to compel the board to grant Johnson C. Smith University, a campus polling booth. Anthony Tindall, of the […]

So, you just got out of that boring, overcrowded class in GC. After finally making it out of the Patch or whatever tow zone you parked in; you turn on your car stereo. After turning through the commercial stations and hearing the all-too popular hits that have been played out, […]

In 2000, she blessed listeners with her platinum selling debut, “Who is Jill Scott?: Words & Sounds Volume 1.” After a nearly three year hiatus, Jill Scott returns with her third album, “Beautifully Human: Words & Sounds Volume 2.” On this album, Scott experiments with different genres of music and […]