Being a college student brings a new meaning to the phrase, “it’s the thought that counts.” The majority of students are living on little or no budget. Creativity is a must when it comes to giving gifts to family and friends on special events and holidays. “I do what I […]

Social service professionals do not agree that holiday depression really exists. However, researchers do agree that the holidays are significantly stressful because people over commit themselves. Depression is a psychological and genetic disorder, which causes the feeling of severe sadness to last for more than two weeks and keeps a […]

#8220;Home away from home.” “Make your friends your family.” Phrases like these sound cliché, but for some FAMU students phrases like these are the only things that help them make it through the holiday season. For many, this isn’t the first Thanksgiving spent in tiny apartments and dorm rooms. Friends […]

The Alternative Break Corp is a student organization at Florida State University that plans functions and events to better the community. Students in this organization meet weekly during the fall term to discuss problems that are occurring in local as well as nationwide communities. “The Alternative Break Corp is a […]

After months at college, going home for break is all students want to do. But after living on their own, is it possible for students to go home and co-exist under the same rules they left behind? “No,” said Robin McClain, 22, a physical education student. “I am from Orlando […]

For many years Thanksgiving has been a common tradition for families to give thanks and eat, but for others it’s a fun filled day of watching football games on television. Many fans kick off a good celebration by inviting their friends over and serving them food and drinks. Also, fans […]

Because of the high cost of getting home or jobs here in Tallahassee, some students don’t get to go home for the holidays For Ebony Yarborough, 19, a junior Spanish student from Dale City, Va., going home for the holidays is sometimes too expensive. The prospect of staying in town […]

What’s going on in the world today? Why is it that blacks no longer want to be black? Now, this has always gone on, but it is even more evident in today’s society and I am sick of it! People have forgotten about the radical “I’m Black and I’m proud” […]

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Our prisons are overcrowded with black men. It isn’t a big surprise to anyone, and it doesn’t seem to be top priority on anyone’s agenda. Endemic and systematic racism still exists and it has seldom been more blatant than when seen in the faces of the black men stuck behind […]