When students are asked about saving the environment, visions of unruly environmental rights groups, faraway toxic waste dumps, unkempt beaches and pungent-smelling landfills usually come to mind. However, one local group is seeking out FAMU students to help save the environment on Tallahassee’s Southside. The Bond Environment Project attempts to […]

SGA President Andrew Gillum said FAMU students will no longer have to go to Strozier Library after Coleman closes early if a $200,000 budget request is approved by the Florida Legislature. University lobbyist Jim Davis asked the State Legislature to grant the university more than $2 million from the state’s […]

The football-recruiting deadline is drawing near. Coaches are scrambling to retain the athletic services of the nation’s most highly touted prep stars. Florida A&M’s football staff is doing the same. However, the star in this case has arrived in the form of transfer student Casey Printers. Printers, a 20-year-old Dallas […]

The anticipated move from the Tech building and the third floor of Tucker Hall is one that has been long overdue for graphic and journalism students . The building of the new journalism and graphic communication school will begin in mid-March and completion is expected in July 2003. This means […]

Last week marked the 29th anniversary of the controversial Roe vs. Wade ruling that legalized abortion in the United States. To this day, the very topic sparks passionate debates on both sides of the fence. I like listening to pro-lifers. Their naive outlook on the world makes me laugh, mainly […]

The future of one of FAMU’s 12 colleges and schools changed Thursday. Alumni, faculty, and students gathered to witness the groundbreaking ceremony for the new building that will be the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication. Dean of the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication Robert Ruggles, James Hawkins director […]

The Tallahassee Broadway Series opened its 2001-2002 season with “Rent,” a rock musical by Jonathan Larson. The musical is based an 1830s Italian opera, “La Vie Boheme.” The play chronicles a year in the life of eight individuals united by love, AIDS and the fight against conformity. The story opens […]

Black AthleticoBy Rashad the BenevolentYou have trained arduously;lifting weights,eating properly,and consuming vitamins fora countless amount of yearsto tighten your tendons,to hone your skills andperfect your body. To be an athlete in the NBA/NFLand all other sports leaguesbut what has it cost you? Sure, you have your own sneakersdubbed in your […]

i am here you are there the fingers of our love hold tight to a passion and spirit made stronger by separation it’s difficult not being near you not being able to feel you, a solid warm mass that i covet it squeezes my heart like a painful gripe but […]

My WisdomI am your UnderstandingTrapped deep in your memory.Beautiful black skin,brown skin,and shades of tan.Beautiful black woman;my reflection-I place my heart in your hands.Give me yours and I will take itgrasping it gently.With you in my arms and I in yours,we stand on God’s shoulders-and find destiny. Together we can […]