Professors in the English department are promoting creative writing classes to prevent them from being eliminated from the curriculum. Kristine Snodgrass, an English professor who also teaches creative writing, said a poetry class was closed this semester when only two students were enrolled.  “I think students just don’t know about […]

#8220;This Christmas” and its all-star cast of well-known black actors warms the audience hearts with its great scenes. Coming into the movie, viewers do not know what to expect. From the billboard, you’re led to believe that Chris Brown is the movie’s main star and focus of the script. He […]

Beowulf is fighting for a top spot at the box office this holiday season, bringing an old action-packed epic to life with 3-D animation. The movie manages to appeal to the young, old, men, and women in the audience by teaching a powerful lesson about the price of riches and […]

In conjunction with the Florida A&M University Tom Joyner School of the Month Campaign, the Tom Joyner Foundation will award scholarships to deserving FAMU students during the month of January 2008 for the spring semester. Scholarship recipients will be announced on the Tom Joyner Morning Show every Monday, Tuesday and […]

A local tow and recovery company is approaching the first year of its pilot DUI prevention program. With the encouragement of the Tallahassee Police Department, Danny B’s Tow and Recovery has implemented a request pick-up and tow service to potentially drunken drivers to decrease the amount of intoxicated drinkers behind […]

After three months of investigating several unidentified individuals allegedly responsible for conducting unauthorized grade changes, Florida A&M University has asked the U.S. Attorney’s Office to take over the investigation. The case was originally taken on by FAMU’s Police Department, in conjunction with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. University officials […]

The FAMU 2007 Football Season may be over for former Head Coach Rubin Carter and Athletic Director Nelson Townsend, but certainly not for the seniors of the team. These seniors have made it to the end, or rather the beginning of the rest of their life. The question now is […]

For many, the emphasis on being politically involved is just not the same as it once was and it may be because old methods of fighting political and social problems are being applied to today’s issues. Personally, I’m not into physically protesting. Yes, it may bring attention to the current […]

Presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke openly about his past experience with drugs and alcohol in high school in New Hampshire last week according to http://www.cnn.com. When Obama was asked if he ever inhaled marijuana he answered “Yes, I inhaled. The point was to inhale.” The question was referring to a […]

Some Florida A&M University students wearing business attire were parading around campus holding up signs that read, “Please keep off the grass!” last week. We wondered why on earth they were wearing business suits holding signs, telling people where they should walk because all of sudden green grass is going […]