At the end of last season, FAMU senior quarterback Reggie Hayes was slated to be the starter for this season, since Quinn Gray graduated and went on to the NFL. But in December, Hayes found out that Casey Printers was going to transfer from Texas Christian to FAMU. Hayes continued […]
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Team rivalry fuels competitive fires between BCC, FAMU
It’s do or die. It’s now or never. It’s win or go home. Call it what you want, but this weekend’s match-up between FAMU and archrival Bethune-Cookman is now for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title. As if the Florida Classic could get any bigger. Saturday’s game for the title was […]
Horse racing industry hires Giuliani as investigator
NEW YORK _ The computer programmer who says he helped two of his former Drexel University fraternity brothers rig bets, including a $3 million Breeder’s Cup wager, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of wire and computer fraud and money laundering. In his plea, Chris Harn of Newark, Del., implicated […]
Look for Green Bay at Super Bowl
The NFL is a little past the midway point and it is time to evaluate and make predictions regarding who will be playing in San Diego at the end of the season. First and foremost, my beloved Green Bay Packers seem primed to make a serious Super Bowl run in […]
Money matters weigh heavily on friendships
I almost lost a friend to money. She didn’t become addicted to it or anything, but it ripped our friendship to shreds. My friend and I were like family. When I came to FAMU, she made herself responsible for my well-being. She always set me a plate aside when she […]
Expression denied
Amiri Baraka, poet laureate for the state of New Jersey, is being asked to resign his post. After being awarded a two-year term as New Jersey’s poet laureate and receiving a $10,000 stipend for the post, Baraka has been asked by Gov. James McGreevey to step down because of the […]
5 VP candidates remain
The number of candidates for the position of vice president for research has been narrowed to five. According to a university press release, President Fred Gainous said the search committee has done a great job of finding a group of extremely qualified and notable candidates. With the original number of […]
Oil spill damages Spain
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain – As a crippled tanker full of about 20 million gallons of gooey fuel oil split in two and sank two miles beneath the seething Atlantic’s surface Tuesday, experts feared the worst: Oil bubbling back to the surface that befouls Spanish and Portuguese shorelines, their fish […]
SGA seeks help from other clubs for food drive
This Thanksgiving marks the sixth annual food drive sponsored by the Student Government Association. SGA is asking clubs, organizations and individuals to donate money, which will be used to purchase food baskets from Publix. Each basket will be donated to needy families and contain a turkey, two side dishes, two […]
Response to SBI “Slave Building Incorporated”
The author of this piece was intensely critical of the philosophy of the School of Business & Industry. His assaults are not completely baseless, but I wonder the depth and involvement of his affiliation with the school. SBI like any other institution is not oblivious to criticism, but to make […]