Despite ongoing rumors, Interim President Lewis said all three summer sessions will continue as planned and students will even play a role in deciding which courses will be offered. Lewis addressed allegations that the university would not have summer sessions at the first meeting of the board of trustees this […]
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Lighting up in restaurants may be banned
Smoke Free for Health Coalition, a state organization, is circulating a petition in an effort to introduce a bill to legislators that would ban smoking in all Florida bars and restaurants. The petition must be signed by more than 400,000 people before it can be officially placed on the ballot […]
International Bible gets word makeover
It was bound to happen: the world’s most printed and translated book is getting a more politically correct version. On Monday, The International Bible Society stated that America’s best-selling modern Bible, the New International Version, is about to get a makeover using “gender-neutral wording.” Despite the controversy surrounding the idea, […]
Rattlers strike, get revenge on Hawks
Home is a good place for payback. After getting blown away by 31 points in early December at Maryland Eastern-Shore, FAMU struck back at Gaither Gym Monday night, beating the Hawks 73-61. The offensive balance displayed in recent home outings continued for the Rattlers, as five players scored in double […]
Racial, economic inequalities still exist in America
During her 226 years, America has done a wonderful job of oppressing, enslaving and even annihilating groups of people. This country has a knack for clouding our judgment, making it seem like it was in the country’s best interest, or that nothing ever happened. One of the great present-day hoaxes […]
Students clueless on presidential selection
Do you remember the 2000 presidential election and how it felt being out of the loop? Do you remember how you felt about the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 partisan decision determining the course of the next four years? Do you remember how the events led to an extreme […]
Rattlerettes’ defeated on home territory
The Lady Hawks stepped into Gaither Gymnasium Monday night with one thing in mind-ending the Rattlerettes’ two game winning streak. “We lost to Bethune- Cookman and this was a must win game for us,” said Maryland Eastern Shore forward Zereena Stephens, “I think we played much better. This is how […]
CPA leads people on trip to ‘Ecstasy’
Yes, it’s true, the old Club Park Avenue is gone, but according to Marco Molinet, promotional manager of Phats and Marco Productions, the new CPA is “off the chain.” CPA moved to a new location three weeks ago. “The old building was falling a part,” Molinet said. The new location […]
For the love of the game
Mentally motionless, physically inferior,I marinate in blood, sweat and tear’s correlation,frustration’s accumulation,gripping intimidation’s frame,the pain gained from a trained backhand,bruised emotions from a untamed vocabulary,I lay perpendicular to fear,ninety degrees from love. Revoking emancipation,I continue for all the wrong reason,as the bell spares me temporary security,spiritual recovery, self evaluation in […]
American Inspired Scenes of Poetry
Cheerleaders with tears in their eyes… tears of joy… -Marcus Allen American inspired scenes of poetryWesternized NegroesWhy, Negro in and of itself is 100% AmericanLike All-American OJLike All-American high school next Michael Jordan to befrom any ghetto, USA sign to the leaguebefore he can even sign his own checks No […]