Author: Ebony Booker

Lifestyles

Websites to help students succeed

  With the fall semester under way, students should know some go-to websites for anything from cheap textbooks to helpful educational tools. Making college life easier is essential for students on The Hill and campuses everywhere.   Chegg.com – Chegg is a textbook rental site where students can sell, rent and […]

Lifestyles

Suicide vigil highlights days of remembrance

  The people in the crowd bowed their heads in prayer, before the You Are Not Alone Suicide Awareness Walk began on Saturday morning at the Florida A&M University track.    Erica Starling, the principle of Gadsden Elementary Magnet School, organized the event for her son Torrie William’s second-year memorial. […]

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iPhone 5 release rejuvenates the obsession

  The new iPhone 5 caused a lot of hype last week. Lines wrapped around the Best Buy on Apalachee Parkway, as people picked up their pre-ordered iPhones. A larger screen, an upgraded camera and LTE 4G networking were some of the new features Apple presented. Everyone from spoiled 7th […]

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BOT focuses on housing issues, search

  The Florida A&M Board of Trustees’ meeting concentrated on the unclear logistics of the Polkinghorne Village dormitories and the university’s search for a new president.   Trustee Spurgeon McWilliams said the presidential search was “well underway.”   He said the marketing and communications sub-committee, which includes Trustees Torey Alston, […]

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FAMU pushes voter registration

  First-year Florida A&M students will need to know more than just their class schedules as this school year begins because the presidential elections are right around the corner. FAMU is taking steps  to ensure that every student, especially freshmen, will have the opportunity to register to vote.   “I […]

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Academic seminar aims to steer freshmen toward success

  The seminar “Are You on the Road to Success?” hosted by the Office of Retention Wednesday aims to ensure the class of 2016 will be successful in their education at Florida A&M University.    The seminar, which was attended by close to 200 students, was the first of the […]

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Renewable energy conference focuses on 2012 election

  One month away from the election, this year’s SSREC theme is the 2012 election and making sure the elected officials listen to student voters.     Jacquie Ayala, Florida organizer for the Southern Energy Network and SSREC planning committee chair, is looking forward to recruiting more young people to […]

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Coleman named new associate VP of student affairs

  Out with the old and in with the new. FAMU has been cleaning up shop and making room for new and driven administrative and faculty members willing to take that extra initiative toward moving forward.    Angela Alvarado Coleman has been named the associate vice president for Student Affairs. […]

Opinions

Tax payers are the new lazy?

  Last week,  a video was released of Mitt Romney answering questions at a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser. A Romney supporter asked how he will convince Americans that “you’ve got to take care of yourself?” Romney responded by saying that 47 percent of Americans who will vote for President Barack Obama are […]

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Students fight against suicide

   Members of New Mount Zion A.M.E Church are honoring the memory of Torrie J. Williams on Saturday with the You Are Not Alone Suicide Awareness Walk from 8 to 10 a.m. The event will take place this on the Robert “Pete” Griffin Track at FAMU. Suicide is not uncommon […]