University President Fred Gainous, faculty and students gathered in Lee Hall Auditorium Monday night for a town hall meeting to discuss the state of the University. At the meeting, organized by the Men of Distinction and hosted by the Student Government Association, students heard from President Gainous, SGA President Larry […]

The Tallahassee Fire Department and FAMU Police Department were called to an emergency in the PaddyFote dormitory on Monday night. The urgent situation however was not the usual fire or medical crisis. Freshman Bruce Chapman and his seven friends were watching “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie” on video when […]

Tallahassee is a surreal city for dating for young black women, but I’m not sure if they know it. And they don’t seem to be taking advantage of it. During the 1999-2000 school year, FAMU was only 56 percent female, according to blackexcel.org, so it’s almost a 1:1 ratio. Comparably, […]

In SGA President Larry O. Rivers’ state of the student body address, he made a plea for students to get as excited about town hall meetings as they are about Homecoming and Be Out Day concerts. Admittedly, students need to take a more proactive stance about their University and begin […]

In countless hip-hop magazines, Web sites and periodicals there is a phrase that is being repeated and is far from the truth. Well-known and respected hip-hop artists such as Q-Tip and Andre 3000 have uttered the infamous phrase, “Hip Hop is dead.” Hip Hop is exploited by major corporations, diluted […]

FAMU’s first “Showtime at the Apollo” may have put talent on stage, but standing in front of critical crowd sent some of the performers back behind the curtain. “It was horrible, said Precious Boone, 19, a sophomore criminal justice student from Miami. “The talent was no good. Everyone got booed.” […]

To injured athletes, rehabilitation once meant resting the injury until it no longer hurt, then simply returning the patient to competition. That was then. After three decades of advancing technology, rehabilitation techniques and prevention methods, athletes are healthier and less exposed to injuries. Arnold Bell, professor of physical therapy, said […]

Whether it’s Fredo and Michael Corleone in the “Godfather” movies or the Late Notorious B.I.G in is drug dealing lesson, “The Ten Crack Commandments,” Seven: this rule is so underrated/Keep your family and business completely separated. The common rule is that family and business just don’t mix. On the contrary, […]

Lebron James should be the National Basketball Association’s Rookie of the Year for the 2003-2004 season. Although, the Cleveland Cavaliers took a nosedive out of contention for the playoffs late in the regular season, James has made himself into one of the most recognizable figures in all of sports. Despite […]

It seems Ludacris, the sultan of often-comedic hip-hop lyrics and Bill O’Reilly, the prince of accusatory conservative tele-crap, are touching gloves again. According to Fox News, hip-hop artist Ludacris recently had his contract with Anheuser-Busch revoked because of an “image” dispute. Almost two years ago, Pepsi gave the same excuse […]