Medgar Wiley Evers was born in Decatur, Miss. July 2, 1925. He attended school there until 1943 when he went into the army during World War II. After returning, he declared business administration as his major at Alcorn A&M College in Lorman, Miss. and participated in numerous extracurricular activities. Evers […]

The fliers are up, the word is out and the tickets are selling. Tonight in Gaither Gymnasium FAMU’s Greek organizations will step up their skills and stomp on the competition. Rattlers get ready for a showcase of hand clapping, foot stomping entertainment and most importantly, Greek unity. The step show, […]

Medgar Wiley Evers was born in Decatur, Miss. July 2, 1925. He attended school there until 1943 when he went into the army during World War II. After returning, he declared business administration as his major at Alcorn A&M College in Lorman, Miss. and participated in numerous extracurricular activities.Evers was […]

Hip-hop moguls of the past sketched the blueprint for artists of today to emerge as musical prodigies. Old school hip-hop heads such as Grandmaster Flash, Furious Five, and DJ Jam Master Jay, paved the way, influencing contemporary songs. However, from Kurtis Blow’s “If I Ruled the World” to Notorious B.I.G.’s […]

Against the backdrop of a rippling shoreline in Tanji, Gambia, 30 men and women climb out of rowboats and wade in the low tide. One of the passengers, a solemn faced woman, balances a tub brimming with fresh fish on her head. This is one of the many images featured […]

The men and women’s track team is preparing to travel to Landover, Md., this weekend to compete in the MEAC Indoor Conference Championships. This is the sixth meet of the year for both teams and members said they are more prepared and focused than ever. “We’ve had good practices the […]

At the HBCU invitational meet at North Carolina A&T University last week, Torrence Ford received the Most Valuable Player award. In fact, Ford has been an MVP his whole life, through miracles, perseverance and a drive surpassed by nothing. Ford, 22, a business administration student from Atlanta is the only […]

The political administration of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been the cause of recent anti-government protests in Haiti. Aristide, a former Roman Catholic priest, was Haiti’s first freely elected leader in a landslide election in 1990. The United States helped Aristide claim the presidency a decade ago, but American officials […]

Two years ago, a friend gave me two tickets to a Florida State-Maryland football game. My brother and I went, and we had the absolute best time anyone could possibly have. The atmosphere at that game was electric. You could literally feel the excitement in the air as 82,000-plus people […]

I have a hard time letting people know how I feel. When I was younger, I adopted the silent treatment as a way of “telling” people I was mad at them or letting them know there was something I needed to say to them. I wish that method still worked. […]