Here’s how Naomi Watts, whose new film “The Ring” opens Friday nationwide, sees herself in old age: “I’ll be in the home somewhere, looking at the sunset through the window, and some other geezer will roll his wheelchair up to mine and say, `Excuse me, but can you please explain […]

The annual homecoming worship service will kick off Homecoming week. The service, which is on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 4 – 6 p.m. in Lee Hall Auditorium, will feature alumnae Dr. Mary Willis. Willis, a native of Miami, received her bachelor’s degree in business education from FAMU, her master’s in […]

French author sued for Anti-Muslim comments Author Michel Houellebecq was sued by four Muslim groups for a comment he made stating “the stupidest religion, after all, is Islam.” The comment was made in an interview with Lire magazine back in 2001. When Houellebecq appeared in court in September, he claimed […]

Starting with a Richard Simon’s rendition of Adam Sandler’s “The Wedding Singer,” opening act Har Mar Superstar frightened us with his voice, his partially naked body and his saggy blue underwear. And unfortunately, that wasn’t enough. The middle aged “rockstar wannabe” attempted to redo a Steve Wonder classic and failed […]

HAMBURG, Germany – The first person to go on trial for charges in aiding the Sept. 11 hijackers acknowledged Tuesday that he had trained at an al-Qaida terrorist camp in Afghanistan, but denied knowing anything about the suicide attacks his friends were plotting. Mounir el Motassadeq, a 28-year-old Moroccan engineering […]

The ballot at the Nov. 5 general election consists of numerous local, regional and state candidates, as well as 10 proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution. Amendment No. 1 Excessive Punishments Proposed by the Florida Legislature Will determine if Florida keeps or rejects the death penalty. Passage of this amendment […]

The FAMU Essential Theatre set the stage for triumph Wednesday with its season opener, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.” The appearance of the theatrical classic on the Essential Theatre stage introduced the play to a new FAMU generation. And it was quite an introduction. […]

Dayna Cooper will never forget her voting experience in the 2000 elections. “I was so excited, it would’ve been my first time voting,” said Cooper, 20, a junior political science student from Laurel, Md. Unfortunately, Cooper encountered the same insufficiencies that plagued thousands of voters throughout Florida who could not […]

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Bittersweet ButtermilkI want water instead of wine.Your thoughts are not a worth a quarterJust a dimeLost in timeWhere fools find— reasons to complain and no room to gainYou won’t cross thatimaginary lineBecause its Bittersweet ButtermilkI’ll drink water… instead of wine