You are stranded on the road because your tire went flat and you do not have a spare. You tried to use your cell phone to call for assistance, but it does not carry service in that area. Looks like you are stranded; now what do you do? This weekend, […]
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Rattlers Prepare for Battle
Last week, Florida A&M played its most important game of the young season. After losing to Alabama State in the season opener, FAMU got a much-needed victory over Morgan State at home.Saturday, the Rattlers (1-1) will play in their biggest game this year, as they travel to Gainesville for a […]
Correction Box
The unresolved presidential race affected the executive branch and the judicial branch, not the deputy electoral commissioner and precinct supervisor positions. The article, “Senate seeks answers” in the Sept. 10 edition, stated otherwise.The Famuan strives to be factually correct. Please inform us of any errors by e-mailing thefamuaneditor@hotmail.com or stopping […]
Financial Aid Presses On
Financial aid office thrives, despite absence of directorThe search for a new Director of financial aid lingers on nine months after the departure of its former head.Although the university advertised for the position and selected a potential replacement, that later declined, the search for the “best qualified” person continues.Currently, Freda […]
Construction Builds & Destroys
While construction on campus shows the university is on the move, some of it is leaving surrounding streets damaged in the process. Construction of the new pharmacy building has left a trail of scattered concrete and gravel, sunken sewer drains and potholes on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Pershing […]
Tupacs’ Legacy Still Alive
In the movie “Malcolm X,” Ossie Davis characterized Malcolm as “our living black manhood.” Davis made the point that in his triumphs and his failures Malcolm X was an example to the world of all that is good and bad about African American men.Whether you liked him or not, the […]
Pull His Purse Strings
On Sunday, September 7, president George W. Bush asked America for $87 billion. Is he serious? Since his reign as idiot supreme of the White House, Bush has run up a national debt of $1.8 trillion. $1.8 trillion!Bush made it crystal clear that he has no idea what the real […]
U.S. Alienates Rest of World
Two years after the attacks on the World Trade Centers, America responded to the conflict the same way they always do, by throwing money at it. After spending billions of dollars to send troops overseas to fight terrorism America has only succeeded in spreading terror. Not only has Bush succeeded […]
Enslavement Continues Only in Willing Minds
America is recognized as the nation with the most freedom in the world.Even if you disagree with the way America throws its weight around, you can’t deny having the opportunity to do what you want, when you want and however you want it in America.Still, you think the 2000 presidential […]
Blacks Remain Enslaved by Societal Ignorance
It’s true, slavery still exists in the United States. Although it’s not in the same form it was originally, it is pervasive in today’s society. Because of slavery, a whole group of people were stripped of their culture. They were stolen from their native land and brought to a strange […]