Author: Reginald Snowden

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ESPN not just TV but an addiction

ESPN’s flagship show, SportsCenter, airs periodically throughout the day until the wee hours of the night, but the general consensus answer to the classic question, ‘which is your SportsCenter?’ remains: the first show upon waking up. “I am generally more of a, when I wake up and 1 a.m. kind […]

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Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley

She puts Donald Trump to shame in land ownership. She rivals Johnny Cochran when it comes to winning racial law suits. She could even rival Booker T. Washington with respect to his influence. In nineteenth century Florida when Spanish authorities heavily regulated east Florida, slavery reigned over the social climate […]

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Great Gatsby remake gets thumbs up

Nothing is without defects. No experience, no person and certainly no movie. Even in our favorite movies, there is a scene or two that made you say to yourself, ‘they could have left that out’, but it doesn’t stop you from dubbing it your favorite movie. When I left the […]

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Americans grow tired of Bush

Many people in America are wondering why President Bush’s job approval rating has fallen. According to a CBS News poll, 57 percent of Americans don’t approve of how Bush is running the White House and 35 percent of Americans still support him. There are several reasons why millions of Americans […]

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Enrollment a problem

It appears that another whammy against Florida A&M University has emerged. And as usual, it seems that the destruction comes from within. The whammy: the decline of enrollment at the University. Michael Abrams, a journalism professor was quoted in yesterday’s Tallahassee Democrat as saying, “There are not enough minority students […]

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Coal plant means bad news for the environment and city

The costs of utilities in Tallahassee are going up, but is a coal plant the solution to the problem? A referendum has been issued to the people of Tallahassee to vote on whether or not they feel it’s a good idea to build a coal plant 50 miles outside the […]

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Credit cards a bad idea

If you have a pattern of living beyond your means by buying on credit, get rid of the culprit-the credit card. The world worked fine back in years B.C. (Before Credit). Think about it! Just a couple of generations ago credit cards didn’t even exist. People paid with cash. You […]

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Students displaced after fire

A grease fire burst into flames in a Palmetto North apartment Monday afternoon, causing four male students to relocate and one inhabitant left to pay for the damages. The fire started in apartment 154 when Donavan Thomas left the kitchen while cooking food. Lt. Chuck Adkins of the Tallahassee Fire […]

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Critical BOT member opens up to press

If there is a microphone Barney Bishop wouldn’t like, introduce it to him. The outspoken member of the Board of Trustees asked Governor Jeb Bush not to re-appoint him to another three-year term in an Oct. 10 letter. With Bishop leaving the Board in January, it will lack, according to […]

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FAMU Announcements

Are you looking for scholarships? Stop. We’ve done the research for you. Come to SGA and check out scholarship book to see which one’s for you. For more information contact5 Ashleigh Bolar at dswsga@yahoo.com The Senior Class Cabinet will be participating in several community service projects throughout the year. Any […]