How did people come to exist on this planet? Based on various religious and personal beliefs, the answer may vary. Tuesday, the Florida Board of Education tried to decide the best answer to give public school students about evolution. The Orlando Sentinel reported that some parents wanted their children to […]

It’s been 50 long years of opposition from Cuba’s President Fidel Alejandro Castro. Tuesday, he stepped down from his tyrannical rule because of an unannounced illness. Several U.S. presidents have come and gone, all of which tried to overthrow Castro or put him out of commission. Well, it’s about time. […]

Law enforcement apprehended shooters on Florida A&M’s campus while Leon Emergency Medical Services rushed students with life-threatening wounds to local hospitals Monday during Operation School Safety. Makeup and other props were used to assure the North Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force and FAMU carried out a realistic, full-scale mock […]

#8220;Reign Over Me” has no cartoon turtles and no hills with eyes. But forget those other flicks. They don’t have the elements that make “Reign Over Me” so great. Adam Sandler is…serious? Don Cheadle is…funny? Jada Pinkett-Smith is…not ghetto? Yes, and they all do it quite well. “Reign Over Me” […]

New York City has announced plans to pay parents to be… well, parents. The city aims to target its high poverty problem by paying poor parents to attend parent teacher conferences and hold a full-time job. Families will earn payments every two months for meeting goals like getting a medical […]

Some people have said television has changed in the past decades. While some people may not see a conversion, others can recognize the transformation instantly. Television has been around for decades. And according to the 2006-2007 in a Nielsen Media Research report, 111.4 million U.S. households have at least one […]

Former Interim President Castell V. Bryant quit in May, less than two months before our 10th president, James Ammons, was to arrive. That move was incomprehensible – how do you weather the storm for 2 years and quit right before your time expires anyway? Unsurprisingly, Bryant is bitter and has […]

#8220;Hindsight is 20/20,” the saying goes. It implies that people learn from past experiences. Maybe some administrators will do some reflecting sometime soon. Last year, the University’s scholarship office ended a long-standing practice of allowing upperclassmen scholarship students to live off-campus. This school year, students would have to seek on-campus […]

Political activist, talk show host and author Tavis Smiley, uses his media platforms to interview leaders of modern-day American culture, entertainment and politics. Thursday night Smiley took to the stage of Lee Hall Auditorium to challenge the common definition of leadership. Florida A&M University was the first stop on Smiley’s […]

Is this 2007 or 1957? With every news report, it seems like we are moving closer to a time when black peoples’ civil rights were blatantly disrespected. Maybe the increase in minority populations has some people feeling threatened because I see signs of territorial behavior. Black people, “Baldwin Hills” on […]