Love is all releasing and all absorbingLove conquers all death for able she is eternal and sheIs sternally whispering her winds through my mindThe object of my desire has tattooed her image upon my membrances She has stampeded her fantasy across my soul I have lost…Control Tru love is never […]
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Positive thinking conquers even most cynical
I must’ve spent all my creative juices downing Halle “T & A” Berry last week, because it seems that I don’t have a single thing to blast this week. Rattlers, you may want to put this particular week in history. I have nothing bad to say about any celebrity in […]
Bathroom nastiness infests FAMU dorms
What is that unbearable smell? It couldn’t be the women’s restroom, or could it? On a daily basis I am appalled by the horrible conditions of the dorm restrooms. Upon arriving to FAMU in my wildest dreams I’d never think taking a shower would become an activity I hated. On […]
Olympics end, endorsements begin
Salt Lake City extinguished its Olympic flame Sunday, so it’s time to move on to the next phase of athletic glory – figuring out which athletes will cash in. Most eyes focus first on the 16-year-old girl who jumped into the spotlight by beating out Michelle Kwan and other more […]
Heavyweight champs fighting chumps
Vladimir Klitschko is defending his title against Frans Botha. Lennox Lewis is still angling for a shot at Mike Tyson. These heavyweight champions sure aren’t risking life and limb taking on the top contenders. Shane Mosley took his lumps against Vernon Forrest. Bernard Hopkins knocked out Felix Trinidad. Roy Jones… […]
Beauty of the ‘Queen’ can’t redeem the ‘Damned’
I’m confused. That’s the first thing that popped into my head after seeing “Queen of the Damned.” Maybe it was supposed to be a love story. Maybe it was supposed to be a horror flick. Maybe it should’ve never made it to theatres. Damned is the only word I can […]
‘Crossroads’ speaks to the heart of friendship
For those of you who had a childhood friend that you fell out with and thought you’d never speak again. There is hope. The movie “Crossroads” proves this. “Crossroads” tells the story of three friends, Lucy (Britney Spears), Mimi (Taryn Manning), and Kit (Zoe Saldana) whose childhood friendship becomes extinct […]
Brother fills in for Aaliyah after her death
It was the kind of therapy that money couldn’t buy. Less than four months had passed since Rashad Haughton and his parents laid his sister, R&B singer and actress Aaliyah, to rest when “Queen of the Damned” director Michael Rymer asked to meet with him. Because Haughton, who grew up […]
Mock trial prepares students for real thing
The classroom and the courtroom became one in the same as students representing the American Mock Trial Association competed this weekend on FAMU’s campus. Two out of the three teams that represented FAMU qualified for the national competition in Des Moines, Iowa – where the competition originated. While the competition […]
Attempts to thwart terrorism affect financial aid
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In the aftermath of Sept. 11, there’s a move in the Florida Legislature to cut off financial aid to college or university students who have citizenship in any country that has been identified by the United States as a terrorist haven or supporting terrorism. Passed in an […]