Cardiovascular disease, blindness, amputation and kidney failure are complications of the fifth deadliest disease in America, diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association 2.7 million black people age 20 and older have diabetes. “Everything just went blank,” said Jarvis McBride, 22, a senior criminal justice student from Miami. One day, […]

Despite laws in every state that make it illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to purchase or possess alcohol, young people report that alcohol is easy to obtain and that many high school and college students drink with one goal – to get drunk, according to Alcohol and […]

Florida A&M University Provost Debra Austin recently released plans proposing the restructuring of colleges and schools throughout the university. “I have found that it is time for FAMU to adapt to the changing environment and public debate about the purpose of higher education,” Austin said in her “Message from the […]

Driving down Orange Avenue for the past year has been tedious, some students said. With road construction from South Monroe St. to Blairstone Road, many individuals avoid the avenue all together, opting to take the detours. Charles Wu, chief of engineering for Leon County and project manager of Orange Avenue, […]

With elections over, and a new Student Government Association president and vice-president elected, outgoing President Ramon Alexander has plenty of plans for the future. A 21-year old political science student from Tallahassee, Alexander has described his year as president to be a year full of great accomplishments. But he has […]

Campaign posters and fliers: $300. Billboards, T-shirts: $700. Realizing that you wasted money because of election mishaps: priceless The spring 2006 elections are over, but not without numerous problems. From miscommunications on behalf of the Electoral Commission, to an inefficient way of counting votes, these elections were frustrating. The voting […]

Spring 2006 Election Results (FINAL) Candidates # of VOTES SGA President and Vice President *Phillip Agnew and Monique Gillum 2257 Mr. FAMU *Cyrah Hawkins 1592 Miss FAMU *Stephanie Evans 1123Cherlise Forshee 893 King of Orange and Green *Jarveal Baker 1241 Queen of Orange and Green *Whitney Reed 971LaCandice Johnson 933 […]

As the regular season winds down for college basketball nationwide, teams across the country are beginning to prepare for their conference tournaments. Despite recent struggles in conference play, hope is still alive for the Lady Rattlers (9-15 overall, 5-10 MEAC). With three games remaining, the team will have to find […]

The 2006 Winter Olympics have been quite bizarre – to say the least. The opening ceremony featured fake cows on ice. Michelle Kwan withdrew due to injury. Bode Miller, a multi-medal favorite, was disqualified in the Alpine combined event and has been “medal-less” in four events. The USA women’s hockey […]

The senate meeting ended in near record time Wednesday: lasting only one hour and 45 minutes. The brief meeting started with many senators giving congratulations to Sens. Vandoline Ivey, Candice Pelham, Elijah Bowdre, Christopher Bryant, James Nero and Anthony Murphy for being re-elected in Tuesday’s elections. The re-elected senators are […]