Student athletes now only have to have an 820 as their SAT score to enter college as a result of the new NCAA guidelines. This is a 40-point decrease from the past 860, which is allowing athletes to slide in on lower standards while other students have to struggle to […]

The Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters, is being accused of discrimination by numerous women’s organizations including the National Council of Women’s Organizations. The Polling Company of Washington and Women Trend released the results of a national poll conducted about the controversy surrounding Augusta National Nov. 13. According […]

More and more college students are depending on caffeine as a late night study buddy and an early morning stimulant. “I try not to consume more than one can of soda a day,” said Tanesha Taylor, 22, a sophomore health science student at Florida Community College of Jacksonville.”It helps because […]

The 2002 football season has come to an end and I have to admit that I didn’t think the end would come so soon. At the beginning of the season, Rattler fans were led by the Casey Printers hype, the talk of promising returning players and the three-peat prophecy. There […]

Move over Shaggy; Sean Paul’s “Dutty Rock” is about to become the next big crossover album coming out of Jamaica on The Concorde. He has everything you could ask for the look, the moves and the catchy hooks. He is truly every dancehall deejay’s flavor of the month. The album […]

HOLLYWOOD _ Cedric the Entertainer lives in a sprawling, 7,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style home with six bedrooms, six bathrooms and a park-like back yard, complete with a pool, Jacuzzi and waterfall. Clearly, Cedric the Entertainer has made it. But for the comedian/actor, it’s not about excess it’s about success. And the hits […]

Fat Joe, the late Big Pun’s right hand man, has fully emerged from the shadow of his mentor with his latest release, Loyalty. From the opening track, “Take A Look At My Life,” Joe begins to explore the results of having extremely hard-hitting, hip-hop beats, mixed with flossin’ Cash Money-type […]

Dear Sir/Madam,My name is Frank Campbell and I work in the marketing department of a company called MindArk AB. Our company has developed a 3D Virtual Universe that is accessible for free through the Internet.Having been a student myself for several years I know how beneficial it can be to […]

As a faculty member in SBI I could not resist responding to Theo Wilson’s recent article in which he alluded that SBI teaches slave mentality, and does not provide an Entrepreneurship program . His assertions are not true, but illusions and another form of self-sabotage. He cherished victimhood over action […]

For FAMU, the playoffs start Saturday in Orlando, at the 23rd Walt Disney World Florida Classic, presented by State Farm Insurance. The Rattlers’ only chance of making the Division I-AA playoffs is to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Standing in their way is their archrival Bethune-Cookman. FAMU (7-4, 5-2), which […]