Hustle, hustle then hustle some more is what we young people do in today’s society. You hear about it in hip-hop all the time. People hustle just to make a living. They sell drugs, sell their independent CDs and even work a dead-end job just to make ends meet. But […]
Author: Wendy Cadet
SBI challenges students to think ‘oil’
ExxonMobil recently announced annual net income of $36 billion, the highest profit ever reported by an American Corporation. At the same time, gas prices are putting the squeeze on Americans. Is there anything wrong with the oil companies making a profit? Are there any ethical issues involved? Recently the Florida […]
Professor dies of heart attack
Theodore Hemmingway, 64, a full professor of African-American history at Florida A&M University, died Monday evening of a massive heart attack. In 1972, Hemmingway started working at FAMU while finishing his dissertation at the University of South Carolina. David Jackson, the chairman of the department of History, Geography and African-American […]
Students see different ‘hill’ at the Capitol
Joining forces to give Florida A&M University students the opportunity to see what a day in the House of Representatives is like, Rep. Terry Fields, D-Jacksonville, and brothers Yusuf and Mike Mosley, CEO’s of Motivating Minority Minds, sponsored “College Day on the Hill at the Capitol,” Monday afternoon. According to […]
GPS tracking done by phone
Police and cell phone companies have joined forces to create the ability to locate cell phone users through Global Positioning System tracking devices. Now that more than 80 percent of U.S. citizens have cell phones, the companies have begun updating the GPS tracking devices in cell phones so that they […]
Legislature passes tax-free bill on textbooks
The House Colleges and University Committee unanimously passed a bill March 21 that could exempt college students from paying sales tax on textbooks effective July 1. “Sales tax is not a tremendous burden on students but everything adds up,” said Bill Edmonds, director of communication for the Board of Governors. […]
Summit inspires a new organization
A group of Student Government Association members inspired by the State of the Black Student Summit created the Thomas DeSaille Leadership Institute to motivate members of the Florida A&M University community and Tallahassee community as a whole. SGA members and interested students held the first think tank meeting Wednesday night […]
What You Missed
America’s Next Top Model: “The Girl Who Kissed the Roach” – J. Alexander preps the girls for their first trip down the runway for fashion designer Jared Gold. The girls are transformed into fairy tale characters for this week’s photo shoot. Jade won this week’s runway challenge because she kissed […]
Spike Lee adds flare to heist film, ‘Inside Man’
Teaming up actors like Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe and Chiwetel Ejiofor is a recipe for greatness, as proven in the new movie “Inside Man.” Though the writer of the movie, Russell Gewirtz, never wrote a screenplay before “Inside Man,” veteran director, Spike Lee, did an awesome […]
Girl discovers ‘Crowns’ in church hats
A unique musical stage play titled “Crowns” will be presented by Florida A&M University’s Essential Theatre. “Crowns” is a play written by Regina Taylor, and evolved from the acclaimed book, “Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats” by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. “It’s the story of a young […]