The ballot at the Nov. 5 general election consists of numerous local, regional and state candidates, as well as 10 proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution. Amendment No. 1 Excessive Punishments Proposed by the Florida Legislature Will determine if Florida keeps or rejects the death penalty. Passage of this amendment […]

The FAMU Essential Theatre set the stage for triumph Wednesday with its season opener, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.” The appearance of the theatrical classic on the Essential Theatre stage introduced the play to a new FAMU generation. And it was quite an introduction. […]

Dayna Cooper will never forget her voting experience in the 2000 elections. “I was so excited, it would’ve been my first time voting,” said Cooper, 20, a junior political science student from Laurel, Md. Unfortunately, Cooper encountered the same insufficiencies that plagued thousands of voters throughout Florida who could not […]

[Neglect] what the media portrayin’ We are descendants of the Black Nation Ice cold shoulders towards political rearrangement in effect [Neglect] Political party affiliation [Neglect] Rhetoric politicians debatin’ [Neglect] Privatization and Reparations Life is more than rules and regulations One sided such as the memory of this nation [Neglect] what […]

Bittersweet ButtermilkI want water instead of wine.Your thoughts are not a worth a quarterJust a dimeLost in timeWhere fools find— reasons to complain and no room to gainYou won’t cross thatimaginary lineBecause its Bittersweet ButtermilkI’ll drink water… instead of wine

 I feel like I’m drowningin airDying slowly in this atmosphereI feel like I’m breathing to deathI just can’t seem to catch my breathAll this pressure is pushing me downI try to scream, but I can only see the soundMy lungs are burning as if they’re on fireI’m sinking fast, into […]

Nature by: quess? truth floats in the wind caresses my mind’s ocean and arouses ancient waves of thought perhaps now more than ever ancient waves are collapsing upon the shores of time Oceanic minds are sparkling with the glitter of the sun’s enlightenment absorbing its rays We oceanic minds emblazoned […]

I am elated at the capture of the “Beltway Snipers”. I also send my condolences to the families of the victims. I am outraged however at the snipers themselves. Thay have put a bad label on ex-veterans, Muslims, Jamaicans, and Blacks in general.I personally believe that each of them should […]

Hi! There’s a coupon in your paper for a $5.99 large pizza from Pizza Hut. I ordered one tonight and that isn’t correct. They have a medium pizza for $5.99 and the large is $7.99. Also there is a $0.75 delivery charge and their phone number is 942-2272 not 242-2272. […]

Dear Editor I read the famuan all the time and I have a few concerns. First, why don’t you put word searches in the paper. That’s just an added bonus to the paper. Secondly, if a person is fired from the famuan why would you put there bitter story in […]