Mary J. Blige and Sean “Puffy” Combs proved to be a killer duo in the early ’90s. The two returned to the studio last year to see if they’d lost any of the magic that made her first two records Hip-Hop classics. Hits like “Real Love,” “You Remind Me,” “My […]

The Nappy Roots sophomore album “wooden leather” serves up the same trademark sound found in their debut “Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz.” The Kentucky based group stuck to their country roots and creatively combined hard-hitting lyrics with dirty-south bass lines in. With songs like “Leave This Morning,” featuring Raphael Saadiq, and […]

Hoop-N-Splash, on Sept. 5, is the first of many events from the intramural department under Campus Recreation. This event, held at the FAMU Aquatic Complex, includes 3-on-3 basketball tournaments, wacky swim meets and a dive-in movie. “Come and play,” the slogan of this fourth of the Campus Recreation department, invites […]

Aside from financing the move to Division I-A, FAMU’s biggest challenge will be getting into a conference. “As of right now, we don’t know what conference we’re planning on going into,” said interim athletic director J.R.E. Lee III. “Conference USA and the Sun Belt very well could be two options […]

For more than 94 years the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has led the way in promoting initiatives targeted towards positively advancing the black community. In the spirit of this objective, the Florida A&M University Chapter of the NAACP kicked off a voter registration program, Promote the […]

For many students, road closed signs and detours symbolize fewer parking spaces and restricted campus accessibility – but administrators see construction as campus improvement. “I know this is a little inconvenient to students, but the current projects will highly enhance the university,” said Sam Houston, director of facility planning and […]

With a number of FAMU students in hotels due to poor planning by apartment management and building contractors and many others suffering delayed financial aid, it’s hard to imagine that anything else could go wrong at Florida A&M University. However, Saturday’s football game against Alabama State and its resulting broadcast […]

Members of the SGA put in overtime this summer to get the new administration’s platform rolling. There was a lot to get done because the presidential election lagged for nearly seven weeks. The president’s cabinet was confirmed at a special student senate meeting Aug. 25. “From our end, we’ve done […]

It was during my first visit to Florida A&M University that I picked up a copy of The Famuan. I immediately began critiquing the writing style, grammar and layout. I told my parents I would be editor of the paper after two years at FAMU. They didn’t pay much attention […]

In an effort to educate students on the importance of voting, the FAMU chapter of the Political Organizations Committee will host “Promote the Vote,” a forum discussion tonight from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in Lee Hall Auditorium. The forum, which is part of a national campaign geared at getting young […]