Author: Jordan Culver

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Staff Ed: When Campaigns Hurt More than They Help

The start of the “Your Mom Will Hate This Game” campaign for the newly released video game “Dead Space 2” has sparked some debate among gamers. The main question has been, “Is the value of the shock campaign worth the damage it could do?” The commercials for “Dead Space 2” […]

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Sidewalk: Great for Safety and Health

A durable sidewalk system will do wonders for a community.   It has positive effects on people, traffic and the environment.   Sidewalks assist thousands of students who rely on safe access to and from their classes. It can do as little as making your walks around campus easier […]

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Seriously, nobody wants to see your boxers, dude

On Friday Jan. 21, Martin Luther King, III, son of the legendary civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., was the keynote speaker for the MLK Convocation  at the Al Lawson center. King spoke about a number of things ranging from our environmental and governmental issues to some of our issues […]

Sports

Unprepared FAMU Swimmers Sit out Meet

The Florida A&M swim team was forced to sit out the HBCU Swimming Innovational scheduled for Jan. 29 due to a lack of preparation.   Swimming and Diving Coach Jorge Olaves made an executive decision to pull his team out of Saturday’s meet.  He feels they were not prepared to […]

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FAMU Men Lose 7-0 in Tennis

The Florida A&M men’s tennis team took on University of South Florida, Saturday in Tampa, losing 7-0.  Levan Clark, a junior from Orlando, opened up the singles against USF losing his first set with a score of 6-4, winning his second set 2-6 and losing the deciding set 10-5. […]

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Rec Center Times Change

The Hansel E. Tookes Recreation Center, once available 6 days a week and with late hours, is now open only Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. The hours have changed because the center has yet to receive money to pay student’s working under Other […]

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FAMU Athletes Show Love to Community

Florida A & M athletes, coaches, cheerleaders and the Marching 100 attended the final day of J. Michael Conley Elementary School’s Literacy Week to talk about the importance of reading.  The group paid a surprise visit to the school on Friday to read, talk and have a mini-parade with the […]

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Men’s Basketball Team Loses after Strong Wins

Men’s Basketball Team   Despite how they have been playing as of late, the Florida A&M men’s basketball team lost 61-59 to the North Carolina Central Eagles. The loss dropped the Rattlers to 7-13 overall.   The team entered Saturday’s game on a two game win streak, which included […]

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Court Sentences Men for Embezzlement

Former FAMU officials accused of embezzling federal grant money from the university credit union were sentenced to federal prison, despite pleas for supervised release. Former FAMU credit union president Eugene Telfair was sentenced to 30 months in prison, and former head for FAMU’s Institute for Urban Policy and Commerce Robert […]