Senate President Mellori Lumpkin and the 37th Senate hosted its first “Minute with The Senate” to a full senate chamber Wednesday evening. During the forum, several students addressed their comments, concerns and questions to the student senate. Lumpkin, 20, a junior business administration student from Bainbridge, Ga., explained that when […]

At first glance, Zaira Manzo may come across as shy and highly timid, but don’t let that fool you. Averaging a total of 12 sets per game, it is no doubt that she is the heart of Florida A&M University’s volleyball team. Head coach Tanio Trifonov, while in Peru on […]

#8220;If you have hate in your heart let it out. White power!!” These were the words on a cardboard sign that someone placed against the school’s welcome sign that sits on the corner of Palmer and Adams Thursday. Was this an act of hatred or a cruel prank? Do the […]

In the black community in America there is a severe disconnection among those of different classes. Many upper and middle class blacks feel as if they can look down on, talk down to, and overlook black people who are considered lower class. I often witness black people who are college-educated, […]

With five weeks to go until the first contest of the 2008 nominating season, the Republican candidates engaged in an online debate on YouTube Wednesday. The CNN/YouTube GOP presidential debate featured all the Republican candidates. Sen. John McCain addressed the issue of the nation’s debt, while Sen. Ron Paul said […]

Oregon could not have looked more different than Guyana. In 1973, Ivy A. Mitchell stepped off a plane in Eugene, Ore., ready for college life in America, a reality that so few of her countrymen had experienced. Charged by a passion for education, she went on to receive her bachelor’s […]

I have noticed a trend in the black family since I have been in college. Black families have lost that togetherness that they had back in the 60s when all we had was each other; times when sayings like “it takes a village to raise a child” spoke to the […]

The 4th annual World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil was held on Nov. 29 at Florida A&M University. The Vigil began at 5:45 p.m. and lasted for an hour at the Eternal Flame.           The candlelight vigil was the kickoff to the various HIV/AIDS activities that will take place on FAMU’s […]

Florida A&M University is now the host of the Gordon Parks “Crossroads” exhibit, which opened to the public on Nov. 27 and will remain on display until Jan. 15. It showcases a 45-piece photographic exhibition located on the second floor of the Meek-Eaton Black Archives and Museum. Arvid Mukes, FAMU’s […]

Administration from the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication are reexamining security measures, following a string of recent burglaries. Since Florida A&M University’s 2007 Homecoming, three liquid crystal display projectors have been stolen from various classrooms and offices at the school in three separate incidents. Burglars gained access to the […]