Who are you voting for? When this question is asked around the Florida A&M University campus you will hear a resounding roar in support of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. But why? Can students honestly justify why they are so aligned with the Kerry campaign? Many say it’s a choice […]

For the fourth time this season, Florida A&M will have a chance Saturday to upset a Division I-A team. However, they’re not playing a run of the mill Division I-A team like Illinois, Tulane or Temple. And it won’t be an ordinary game. In Blacksburg, Va., at Lane Stadium at […]

As a 10th grader at Southern Lab School in Baton Rouge, La., Alvin Hollins tried out for the football team. Without prior experience with an organized team, he looked to finally get involved with a team that he could call his own. His football career ended up being shorter than […]

A suited “Harlem Nights” cosmopolitan affair with a live jazz band performing at the IMAX Theatre versus a laid-back upscale event with dancing all night at the Double Tree Hotel is what the men of the Beta Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. plan on poppin’ off Oct. […]

So it’s game day, halftime starts and FAMU’s royal court approaches the field. You see pretty smiles, fresh hair dos and well-coordinated outfits. It all makes you stop and wonder, who are these people and what are their stories? Freshman Attendant Sheerie Edwards Pageant volunteer Stefanie Kenchen described Edwards as […]

Double Dose Thursdays (Bible study and a meal) will be held every Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Office of New Student Orientation. Contact Marisa Montgomery at 222-3092. Body sculpting classes will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 5-5:50 p.m. in the Fitness Center. Please bring your FAMU ID. […]

Make-up, hair setting lotion and laughter filled the room while the student royal court advisers prepared the attendants, escorts and Mr. and Miss FAMU. “Let’s start over,” said Adrienne Rogers,a student royal court adviser, as she applied a matching shade of lipstick to freshman attendant Sheerie Edwards. Rogers, 21, is […]

The positions of Mr. and Miss FAMU continue to evolve with each passing year. Those who wear the crown leave a piece of themselves and their legacy with the titles. But behind the titles and glitz, the platforms and fancy clothing, lie students. Students who attend classes and study groups, […]

With a little more than two weeks left until Election Day, the mudslinging saga continues between the Democratic and Republican camps. Bush supporters are throwing this time the dirt in John Kerry’s direction. In the spirit of “Fahrenheit: 9/11,” Kerry opponents have crafted their own documentary. The film, “Stolen Honor: […]

To avert encountering an election as problematic as that of 2000, Leon County Supervisor of Elections, Ion Sancho, is taking preemptive measures to assure this year’s voting is not like the scene of four years ago. One of those tactics is early voting. Introduced to Leon County 10 years ago, […]