Author: Samara Ferraz

Opinions

Media distorts tenure bill

The media has the primary role to inform, entertain and report with accuracy. What happens when the media does its job but the public gets a distorted message? Is it the media’s fault or people’s inability to comprehend and analyze the information presented to them? Last week, CNN reported the […]

Opinions

Move over boomers, Generation Y is taking over

From Twitter to Facebook, from Blackberries to iPhones, Generation Y hasit all. Generation Y has achieved great success and set unprecedented records in all walks of life. Whether it is in politics, corporate America or entertainment, Generation Y is making its mark and setting the standard for generations to come. […]

Sports

Baseball losing slump follows ASU win

Coming off of a successful victory against Alabama State University ,the Florida A&M University baseball team headed to Dover, Del. to face the Delaware State University Hornets in a three game series on Sunday. The Rattlers were looking to keep themselves in the win column but were swept in all […]

Lifestyles

FAMU students give and receive at Haiti Relief Concert

Fabolous rapped, Common freestyled and Trey Songz was bombarded with negligee. Students, teachers and fans crowded around the stage at the Al Lawson Center last Thursday to sing along with artists at the Haiti Relief Concert. The event was sponsored by Florida A&M’s student government association as a way to […]

Lifestyles

Hip Hop Caucus event teaches students to create a greener environment

Students and community members rallied on the north lawn of the School of Journalism and Graphic communication to learn how to create a greener environment. The Hip-Hop Caucus, National Wildlife Federation, Green Coalition and FAMU Environment and Sustainability Council sponsored the event. Activists of the go green movement encouraged students […]

News

Haiti Relief Concert brings celebrities to Florida A&M University campus

Artists Trey Songz, Common and Fabolous performed at Florida A&M University for a Haiti Relief Concert on Thrusday night. Officials said nearly two thousand tickets were sold. Ricquel Jackson, the senior senator who authorized the bill to have the concert said that 81 percent of tickect sales will go to […]

Opinions

Hollywood lack of originality generates more than $1 billion in revenue

Originality means the power of independent thought or constructive imagination, according to Merriam-Webster. Entertainment wise, originality usually sets the most masterful artists apart from the feeble ones. It seems though, that originality is a rare find in the music and film industries. Movies like Carrie, Dawn of The Dead and […]

Opinions

Oversexual lyrics are part of society’s musical repertory

The 21st century is profound musically, filled with lyrical metaphors and similes that the average 10 year old wouldn’t quite understand. As college students, not only do we listen to these explicit lyrics, we practically live by them. At times we unknowingly condone the sometimes vulgar content. The fact that […]

News

New details emerge from Brandon Brinson’s sudden death

Tallahassee police are investigating the shooting death of Florida A&M freshman Brandon Brinson of Jacksonville. Brinson, 19, was pronounced dead early Wednesday morning at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, where he was taken by friends after he was shot. FAMU Police Department Lt. Angela Kirkland said Brinson was apparently shot on the […]