The Michigan Club wants to know who can fake the funk? Fake the Funk is a talent show where students will either sing or lip sync songs by their favorite artists. Kellie Farrell, 20, one of the show’s organizers, said the event will be a success. “I am so excited […]

Imagine working, attending school and raising a baby at the same time. This is the challenge some college women have to face. In this day and age there is a steady increase of single mothers. Sharon Ames-Dennard, director of the Center for Human Development, works in the Sunshine Manor adjacent […]

#8220;Why not take birth control pills,” is a question that some women say has been addressed to them numerous times. Their parents, boyfriends, doctors and many others have asked them. Virginia Cardenas, a nurse at FAMU’s health clinic, recommends that students use birth control pills. “First of all, this is […]

Devices ring away on his hip interrupting daily conversations. Promoters try to book him for events. So eager to increase his infamy, he doesn’t refuse most requests to rock another party. This is consistent with the everyday life of Anthony Simmons – alias, DJ Kool Ant. Growing up in Chicago, […]

With last year’s FCAT scores resulting in a “D” for FAMU Developmental Research School, FAMU students are taking action. This year two student operated organizations are taking on the responsibility of insuring that FAMU DRS students excel, not only on the FCAT but also as the prepare to graduate and […]

Chauncey Moore doesn’t want to see any of his friends drafted into military service. “It would affect me a lot to see one of my friends have to go,” Moore, 20, an Army ROTC student from Satellite Beach said. Since America’s war on terrorism started, the thought of a military […]

KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Marine gunships launched their first strike, some Taliban troops fled their last base and President Bush signaled Monday that his anti-terror campaign soon could turn to Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. The president said Hussein, defeated but not deposed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, must allow the […]

FAMU police arrested four suspects in connection with an alleged band-hazing incident that sent a freshman band member to the hospital. Carl Edwards, 22, a student from Lithonia, Ga., was placed under arrest on Monday after turning himself in to the police. Edwards is charged with four counts of aggravated […]

A once robust turnout dwindled at the end, but the expansive presidential search advisory committee collaborated and debated for four hours at its initial Nov. 19 meeting in Lee Hall. The gathering of administrators, students, staff, faculty and alumni kicked off a busy week in the lengthy process to replace […]

With elections being held this month across the nation, this year’s results were especially pleasing to one alumnus. Kwame Kilpatrick, a 1992 political science graduate, was elected mayor of Detroit, the nation’s 10th largest city, on Nov. 11. Kilpatrick, 31, arrived at FAMU in 1988. He graduated with a 3.04 […]