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Atlantic unwraps ear candy

Fat Joe knows rap, Sean Paul knows dancehall and Craig David knows R&B. Besides the fact they could all pass for first cousins, these three different artists with their three different styles do have another thing in common: their record label. Atlantic Records will feature Fat Joe’s new album “Loyalty” […]

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Lyrics pave ‘8 Mile’ soundtrack

With rapper Eminem being the main character in “8 Mile,” you might expect the album to be full of songs from Eminem and his crew, D-12. Eminem, however, only appears on three of the 16 tracks, with members from D-12 appearing on just three more. That’s a good thing. For […]

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Ramadan

Ramadan falls on the ninth month in the lunar calendar and to people of the Islamic faith it is the holiest month of the year. This month is special to the followers of Islam because they believe during this month Allah revealed the first five verses of the Quran to […]

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SBI-slaves

You say we are slaves and in a few years down the line, we’ll begin to hate our $90,000 paying job. SBI teaches us how to work for the white man and not for our own community. If you want to do something on your own, you must have the […]

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The LIE of SBI: Capitalism

I was infuriated by Theo Wilson’s flawed ideologies concerning SBI. While SBI is not without its own flaws, to say that “Students are brainwashed” and that SBI students are “taught how not to be themselves so the boss won’t feel threatened by their ethnicity,” is incorrect, unjust, and plainly ignorant. […]

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Please forwars this to Theo

I’m not actually writing a letter to the editor this time. I am only asking that you kindly forward my letter that I wrote to Mr. Wilson – becasue the emails address supplied was bad. Here is the Email I wrote to Theo Wilson: The original message was received at […]

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Applicants for VP of Student Affairs narrowed to 5

After evaluating more than 50 applicants, five candidates have been selected as finalists for vice president of Student Affairs at Florida A&M. The five candidates are * Leslie Keith Bates, dean of Student Affairs at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton* William J. Bynum Jr., vice president for Student Affairs and […]

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Candidate list whittled

The search for a new provost will be narrowed to three Tuesday morning at the final search committee meeting according to Search Committee Chair Margaret Lewis, dean of the School of Nursing. Candidates for the second highest office at FAMU were narrowed down from 40 to five over the semester. […]

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Publix to sell treated meat

Publix, one of the top 10 supermarket chains in the United States., said it will begin selling irradiated meat products effective Jan. 1, 2003. Through the process of irradiation, bacteria such as E. coli, Campylo-bacteria, Salmonella, parasites, and fungi are lessened. According to the Food and Drug Administration, irradiation also […]

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FSU athletics disgrace race

I would hate to think a university that relies so heavily on its black athletes would discriminate against black people. I’m not making any accusations, I’m just questioning the policies and actions of Florida State University . In an attempt to broaden our coverage outside FAMU sports, The Famuan requested […]