The FAMU Board of Trustees appointed James Corbin, 68, of Chattahoochee, Fla. as its new chairman Tuesday. Corbin, a 1956 FAMU graduate, has served on the Board since its formation in 2001. “I’m very flattered,” Corbin said Tuesday. ” I hope I can pull this board together and get us […]

A person’s worth cannot be defined by their ethnicity and the color of their skin, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said to local high school students Tuesday at the Governor’s Mansion. Archbishop Tutu gave a 15-minute speech to select students from Lincoln High, FAMU DRS and Godby High Schools as a part […]

The Presidential Ambassadors, along with other campus and local organizations, will honor President Fred Gainous during the first Gospel Extravaganza. The Extravaganza will be held at 7 p.m. in Lee Hall. The celebration honors the president’s first 100 days in office. Tickets are free and will be available all day […]

The athletic department re-released the football team’s 2003 schedule Feb. 7, after releasing an erroneous schedule last month. The new schedule has the Rattlers playing only three games at Bragg Memorial Stadium, for the first time since 1988, as opposed to the old schedule having four home games. The changes […]

There’s something in the air and it’s bringing me to tears. It’s the stench of secondhand smoke. The burning sensation that hits my eyes and causes my clothes to smell. It’s the cancer sticks some of you stick in your mouths and carelessly blow around for other’s and my enjoyment. […]

NASA is still recovering human remains from the Columbia disaster. Human space exploration is an unnecessary risk that must stop. Lives are risked every time a shuttle goes into outer space. The men and women who go into space have families. Instead of sending someone’s brother or sister to explore […]

I was venting to a friend about the slow responses I was receiving from several departments within the university, and she immediately let me know how she felt. Her statements like “I hate this” and “I can’t stand that” made me upset. But I guess it was my fault. I […]

The NFL no longer stands for the National Football League. It stands for No Fair League! Are the San Francisco 49ers actually serious about hiring Dennis Erickson as their head coach? This is the same Erickson who never won more than eight games in one season as coach of the […]

Coleman Library is in the process of completing phase two of its new $6 million building that will increase the amount of informational resources that are available to students. The 47,100 square foot, five-story building will provide students with accessibility to computer workstations, group and individual study facilities, along with […]

Six months have lapsed since the reopening of FAMU’s College of Law in Orlando. Now the college prepares for the groundbreaking of its new facility, and looks forward to the process of becoming an American Bar Association accredited institution. “We have several goals set for the law school,” said Percy […]