Officials at the FAMU Developmental Research School, also known as FAMU High, seek to renew its accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Committee this week. “This accreditation is extremely important to DRS,” said Marvin Byers, secondary school principal. “This will affect several things like funding and enrollment.” […]

Students will be able to take a “proactive” role in gaining skills in leadership and activities planning. Ryan Morand, chair of the Senate’s student relations committee, realized there was a problem with finding consistent volunteers for SGA events. “A volunteer approached me with the idea that we should have a […]

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Senior basketball center Jermaine Hill stole the spotlight at the inaugural FAMU Sports Awards held Thursday night at Lee Hall Auditorium. As the only double award winner, Hill won most valuableplayer for men’s basketball and male athlete of the year. “I am very appreciative of these awards and the fact […]

In its continued efforts to enhance the cultural environment of the university, the department of music presents the 10th annual President’s Concert. The concert will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. in Lee Hall Auditorium. The concert will feature the stylings of the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble under the […]

If you’ve ever lived with a roommate in a twelve-month lease and realized during the very first month, he doesn’t pick up after himself, ignores housework, and is always late with the money for the bills, then you’ve had a normal roommate experience. While all these things are inexcusable, nothing […]

In Florida there are 3,400 kids waiting in foster care and the state’s gay adoption ban is helping keep them there. It is illegal for gays or lesbians to adopt children in Florida because of a bill passed in 1977. Sen. Curtis Peterson, the bill’s sponsor, said at the time […]

Adoption by a gay or lesbian couple should not be allowed. It creates an unstable household and future problems for children, which is one of the main reasons it is illegal in states such as Florida, Mississippi, and Utah right now. At best, I could possibly accept the adoption by […]

It’s rather amusing how so many black men today seem to be caught up in a perpetual state of childhood, yet are so intent to call themselves men. It’s even more interesting to see a growing number of these men walk onto college campuses and maintain this same childish mentality. […]

What started out as two friends known as the “mac pack” has grown to Elite Dynasty Enterprises, the new management team at the Copy Corner located at 1102 S. Adams St., Suite 12. Elite Dynasty Enterprise founders, Clifford Moore and Greg Salter joined forces with Grass Root Investment Group to […]