The FAMU baseball team’s offense displayed some bipolar tendencies in Saturday’s doubleheader 2002 opener against Mercer. In their first at-bats of the season, the Rattlers pounced on the Bears, scoring six runs in the bottom of the first inning and cruising to a 13-4 opening game victory. FAMU’s hot bats […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Colorado Springs-based International Bible Society announced plans Monday for a new Bible translation with gender-neutral wording, a controversial development in a long-running debate about modernizing the Bible. The update of the New International Version (NIV) Bible, the most popular modern translation among evangelical Christians, does […]

According to LaNedra Gaines, a 21-year-old elementary education major from Fort Lauderdale, quality African art and clothing can be hard to find in Tallahassee. “The only places I am able to find good black art is on the set on Fridays or on the side of the road being sold […]

#8220;Ladies and gentlemen, thugs and b–. I want you to let this s– just bang”. From the intro on, this is an assumed request from the entire Ruff Ryders’ camp on their third album, “In the R We Trust.”. They give you something to ride to and bang in your […]

Student Government Association officials convened Thursday to discuss the possibility of changing the Student Constitution stipulation, prohibiting Mr. and Miss FAMU from being married. Freshman Senator Travis Williams said the meeting was called in response to last September when Tevieca Johnson was temporarily ineligible to run for graduate attendantafter officials […]

#8220;Time Out on Executions” signs radiated through Kleman Plaza Thursday afternoon as a small group of protesters spread their message of how the death penalty is unjust. The rally in favor of a death penalty moratorium began Jan. 21. Over the last month,supporters for a “time out on executions” marched […]

When I heard that Mike Tyson went before the Nevada Board to appeal for his license, I shuddered. I mean, hasn’t he displayed enough animalistic and violent behavior to be barred from the ring? When Mike was on, he was a great boxer. He was revered for his swiftness and […]

I attended a recent Town Hall meeting, where the topic of discussion was whether or not Mr. and Miss FAMU should be married. (Not necessarily to each other, but to another person.) Despite all of the good arguments against the idea of a married Mr. or Miss. FAMU, my mind […]

If receiving net checks on time made some Florida A&M University students happy, wait until they see what’s next. Interim President Henry Lewis III said he has an agenda for the first 100 days within his current position. Lewis has already dealt with the first item on the agenda, net […]

Last week, I thought I had stepped back into elementary school. My roommate, after throwing a temper tantrum over having to rearrange our bedroom furniture, decided to tattle on me for having a male friend of mine in our room. (Don’t you just love those puritan rules courtesy of FAMU […]