The mass media has a habit of portraying idiots as victims. Two months ago, three men died in a snowstorm while trying to climb Oregon’s Mount Hood. Tragic. Sunday, volunteers were searching for the bodies of three missing climbers and their Labrador Retriever who fell 100 feet down the mountain. […]
Author: The Editorial Board
‘Kissing disease’ similar to flu virus
Mononucleosis, better known as mono, is a disease caused by the virus Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV. According to the family health Web site, http://familydoctor.org, this disease is most common in people from 15 to 35 years old. Mono can be passed from one person to another in several ways. The […]
Pre-Health Recruitment Fair
The first annual Pre-Health Recruitment Fair will be held in the Grand Ballroom Thursday from 10AM to 3PM. Representatives from medical schools, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, optometry and public health will be in attendance. Come to learn more about careers in the healthcare field.
Shoes let your feet do the talking
Homogeny Right, left, left, right – one foot in front of the other. Shoes are everywhere. No matter the major, every student needs shoes. Differences arise, however, when determining how each student decides to dress his or her feet from day to day. Some people say shoes not only serve […]
University fails to support excellence
We work hard. We win awards. Nine to be exact. We spend on average, 45 hours per week making sure that you are kept aware of “The Hill’s” happenings. And in return, all we want is what’s been promised to us. We are The Famuan. Sunday night, I listened as […]
Unified by the pen
An air of friendly competition, unity and empowerment satiated the room as newspaper staffs from historically black colleges and universities all over the nation convened for The Ninth Annual HBCU National Newspaper Conference and Job Fair. FAMU’s School of Journalism & Graphic Communication in conjunction with the Black College Communication […]
Bethune-Cookman becomes a university
On Feb. 14 Bethune-Cookman College was granted university status by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. According to the media release issue by Bethune-Cookman’s Office of Public Relations, school officials expect that the name change will be phased in over the next 24 months. Dr. Stephen Schafer, vice president for […]
Famuan staff walks out
Because of the University’s failure to issue paychecks to the staff of The Famuan, the student newspaper of Florida A&M University, several staff members are on strike. The staff members walked out after a Sunday meeting with Dean James Hawkins and Journalism Division Director Dorothy Bland of the School of […]
Student athletes juggle class and the competition
When it comes down to balancing academics with athletics, it’s a hard act to juggle. Athletes have the pressure of doing well on the field or the court while going to school at the same time. Albert Chester II, a 21-year-old pharmacy student from Jacksonville, and quarterback for the football […]
Share and beware
Team basketball was the theme Saturday afternoon as the Rattlers defeated the Hawks of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore 93-60. With the win FAMU (15-12, 9-5) moved into sole possession of second place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with four games remaining before the MEAC tournament. Five players scored […]