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Tallahassee starts to soar

College students and Tallahassee citizens alike can now rejoice because the Tallahassee Regional Airport has at last moved into the new age. Airport officials announced Monday the addition of Continental Airlines to the list of airlines currently servicing the Tallahassee community. It is not impractical to think that with Tallahassee […]

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Blacks need political strategy

In regards to the upcoming presidential election, I have heard several blacks arguing that voting is a necessity to the survival of the black community. But I am very confused about this statement. I have yet to hear anyone bring forth any substantial evidence noting the changes that voting has […]

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Fuzzy math returns

After backing away from an adamant claim of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the Bush administration appears to be going down its list of claims and retracting them. On Wednesday, President Bush and his advisors backed away from its position that 2.6 million new jobs would be created in […]

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Joe, team at home in MEAC

The move back to Division I-AA has caused much debate at the University, but football head coach Billy Joe realizes that he still has a job to do. “It was not my decision,” Joe said. “As a football coach, I am a soldier in the army. Whatever direction given to […]

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“ALL WHITE” scholarship

I was listening to the Doug Banks morning show and I heard them mention an all white scholarship that was made at some school. Suposedly a hispanic student help set it up. It is worth only $50. It is a parody of minority scholarships, and was made as a point. […]

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Recording industry files

STATE ORLANDO – The recording industry has set its sights on Orlando residents who are illegally downloading music from the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America has also filed lawsuits against “John Doe” defendants in Trenton, N.J., Philadelphia and Atlanta. Last month the recording group filed 532 lawsuits against […]

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Agency seeks recruits

The Department of Defense and FAMU hosted the DOD/HBCU Symposium Wednesday to commemorate Black History Month and to educate administrators on the DOD. The symposium was designed to teach administrators from more than 30 historically black colleges and universities the finer points of government agencies. From there, administrators can pass […]

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Gaming trend moves online with consoles

With recent research indicating a significant increase of online console gaming in the United States, gaming industry insiders such as Internet service providers, game developers and the “Big Three” consoles – Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation 2 and Nintendo Gamecube – are looking to capitalize on the growing trend. In a […]

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Music fraternity gets the ‘Jones’

For the past three years, the Sigma Alpha Iota international music fraternity for women Inc. has produced an annual event that brings artists and couples together called “Love Jones.” Their 2004 showcase was no different. On Feb. 13 and 14, in the Foster Tanner Music Building Recital Hall, students flocked […]

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Heretical history

They killed him for “making insurrections and plotting to take away the lives of diverse free white persons.” The Commonwealth of Virginia raised that charge against Nat Turner, an enslaved man who led a revolt in Southampton on August 22, 1831. Less than a century earlier, other men challenged British […]