The Greeks have gone wild. Organizations are always trying to compete against the others. But proving one’s organization is better than the other has definitely gotten out of hand. Campus benches, walls and plots of fraternities in the “Divine Nine” – all except Kappa Alpha Psi and Omega Psi Phi […]
Author: Anthony S. Ray Jr.
Campus officer crashes car
A routine trip from FAMU to the Leon County Jail ended in an accident for a FAMU Police Department officer Tuesday afternoon. The Tallahassee Police Department received a call at 3:19 p.m. after FAMUPD Officer Derrick Folson lost control of his no. 37 squad car. Folson was transporting two FAMU […]
Bill gives you right to kill
Advice to the good people of Florida: Get a gun license. Apparently the Florida Legislature thinks that citizens can be their own police. It recently voted in favor of HB-249, which gives the right for citizens to use “deadly force” when being threatened with guns or other deadly weapons. The […]
Graham: ‘I have gained a lot’
In a packed room on the 22nd floor of the State Capitol, seven student finalists waited for the winner of Florida Leader magazine’s 2005 College Student of the Year to be announced. Darius Graham was the only FAMU student chosen as a finalist for the award since 1996 and the […]
SGA loses dedicated mentor
Delores Dupont-Randolph, known to many as “Lady Du,” died Sunday morning after a battle with cancer. Dupont served as the administrative assistant of the FAMU Student Government Association. Dupont began working at the University in 1977. She worked in various departments, including the Registrar’s Office, Special Programs and Services, and […]
OSUA head presents new plans
Mickey Clayton, interim director for the Office of Student Union Activities, began working the office on March 28. Interim President Castell Bryant appointed Clayton, a former general studies employee, to the position a few weeks after former Student Activities Director Alice Mathis was suspended with pay. Clayton may be new […]
Alumna returns in production
She is the single mom trying to raise a family on her own. He is the husband and father who has to tell his family that he’s been laid off from his job. And he’s the son with big dreams of a singing career. Zakiya Williams is the one who […]
Campus Greeks need reins
The relatively strained relationship among the Greeks on campus has reached an all-time low. Unlike the usual fun-spirited banter that typically occurs during the Homecoming step shows, the latest debacle to erupt on campus has moved far beyond the realm of stupidity and is nearly borderline infantile behavior more suitable […]
Male users of women perpetuate painful cycle
Ladies, are we being played by the male species? According to an article featured in Suede magazine, we are. The article interviews gigolos and boasts that it is relatively easy for a man to take advantage of a woman as long as he gives her what she needs first. The […]
Vandals deface Greek plots
Students arrived to campus Monday morning to the sight of various plots decorated with Greek insignia marred by red spray paint. The plots of Phi Beta Sigma, Iota Phi Theta and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternities were all damaged by unknown vandals. One of the plots for the Beta Nu chapter […]