With all of the changes in the University, Gov. Jeb Bush added another one. Bush decided not to reappoint FAMU Board of Trustees Chairman James Corbin to the school’s board Thursday. One may think that someone is setting FAMU up for failure. It can be viewed as a conspiracy that […]

I grew up in one of the largest and most diverse cities on the Eastern seaboard: Brooklyn. When you speak of diversity, you really can’t get more diverse than Brooklyn. I went to school with people from all walks of life. I had friends who were Jewish, Indian, Asian and […]

#8220;Are you mixed?” This is often a question I hear when someone hears the pronunciation of my last name. I always looked for the day this question would no longer touch my ears. Years later, I decided that it always would. I looked of African descent; however, when I wore […]

FAMU’s campus is made up of all kinds of people, from different cultures and different backgrounds. College provides an environment were students can associate with other students from across the globe. The Caribbean Student Association is a club for those students. The Caribbean is made up of approximately 32 small […]

With the absence of a permanent president, the replacement of James Corbin on the Board of Trustees and the deeply indebted financial status of the Athletic Department, it is clear that FAMU is in a major transition phase. While this is a short list of the University’s problems, they are […]

FAMU Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of an 18-year-old male in connection to the Feb. 11 shooting in the Student Services Building. Lt. Louis Wichers said the suspect was identified hours after the shooting that left Gary L. Thomas with a gunshot wound in his left foot. […]

It is not uncommon to hear someone at FAMU speak or pray using terms such as “Amen,” “in Jesus’ name we pray” or “let all God’s children say…” But what about those who are not Christian? Students and faculty agree FAMU puts more emphasis on Christianity than any other religion, […]

Some college students in Florida are protesting the implementation of block tuition. The Florida Student Association, an organization that combines students from several Florida universities, lobbied its issues on block tuition in front of the Capitol Wednesday. “Some things you just can’t change,” said SGA President Virgil Miller, a graduate […]

Students, faculty and members of the community filed into the Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Wednesday hoping to catch a glimpse of Antwone Fisher during a panel discussion of black artists. Students from FAMU DRS rumbled down the auditorium stairs to watch […]

#8220;Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee.” Taken from the last verse of the Negro National Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” those lyrics framed the theme of the keynote address at Thursday’s African American History Month convocation. Chanta Haywood, dean of Graduate Studies […]