According to http://www.hi-tm.com, it was recently estimated that there are about 76 million food born illnesses each year in the United States, which leads to 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. The Web site proclaimed that government statistics indicate at least 25 percent of the illnesses are due to improper hand […]

As the semester comes to a close, I am reminded of how crazy the entire 16-week process was. From all of the hurricanes to campaigning for the next U.S. president, it has been a wild ride. But one thing that continues to run through my mind-and surely the minds of […]

It never ceases to fail. An athletic director at FAMU making another grave decision that doesn’t quite add up in the books. The last consequential judgment didn’t equate in the financial books, but this decision doesn’t add up in the book of logic. Actually, I think Athletic Director Joseph Ramsey […]

This is the last issue of the The Famuan until Jan. 10. See you in the spring! The Yearbook staff will hold Picture Day through Thursday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the William H. Gray Center. Caps and gowns will be provided for all seniors graduating this semester. […]

Years of hard work, dedication and sacrifice will come to a climax for hundreds of Florida A&M University students with the annual fall graduation commencement on Friday, Dec 10. This semester’s graduation ceremony will be held at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. Lana Lockhart, a graduating English student from Tallahassee, […]

Where have the last four years gone? Imagine being a graduating senior, all classes completed, with nowhere to live or a lease that ends months after your graduation. What is one to do? Graduating seniors all over the country have to ask themselves these questions day-in and day-out when the […]

For some students, Fall 2004 marks their final semester at Florida A&M University. They have waited for four, five and even six years to graduate, but they don’t care because it is finally here. The excitement is racing through their bodies. The graduates’ parents and friends fill the city with […]

With his sixth studio album “Street’s Disciple,” the man that went from Nasty (on his perfect debut “Illmatic”) to Nas (“It was Written”) and from Nas to Escobar, has done the hip-hop equivalent to turning his back to the crowd like the legendary jazz musician Miles Davis. At 30, the […]

It feels like just yesterday I was unpacking crates and suitcases, preparing to set up my makeshift home in McGuinn Hall Room 146. I was Lysoling the bed, fumigating with Raid and stocking my mini refrigerator. I moved in on August 14, 2001 with the rest of the Marching 100 […]

When Jay-Z recently referred to T.I. as one of his favorite artists during a late-night interview with Carson Daly, one fact became strikingly clear: T.I. is at the top of his game. The self- proclaimed “King of the South” has been mentioned in music circles as a budding star for […]