Since last summer, the 2001-2002 “Leading Light” administration” has worked to upgrade and expand student government’s channels of communication with the student body. Besides using standard methods such as fliers, posters, dorm storms, newsletters, and advertisements in the Famaun, we instituted the weekly “SGA Talks” show on WANM 90.5, made […]

In spite of what you may believe, we are a powerless people. Question: How do you make black people function as slaves in the information age? Well, it’s really simple. Just make oppression feel good. Let slavery look, smell, taste and feel intoxicating to the senses and you’ve got slaves […]

Marco Antonio Barrera’s ribs are hurting and Mike Tyson is fishing for lenient state boxing commissions. So, the Barrera-Morales and Tyson-Lewis fights are on hold. This makes the upcoming Oscar de la Hoya-Fernando Vargas fight the current focus of the boxing world. Last week, de la Hoya announced that this […]

Teenagers in Tennessee will be among the first in the United States to use new textbooks that discuss the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Schools in Tennessee are replacing their social studies materials this fall. So high school and middle school students in the state will be using revised textbooks […]

I read a column in the Famuan a while ago. The topic was that the band deserved the same penalties as other Greek organizations or vice versa. I do believe that the band should be punished for the crimes they committed. I agreed with most of the column. The writer […]

In pressing situations, good men with good intentions sometimes make bad mistakes. These situations are what separate ‘good’ men from ‘great’ men. Do they continue on and quietly right their wrongs or do they question that which they have willingly succumbed to? If they do the latter, they are great. […]

Snowboarders cut a wide swath, not only through sick pow (great snow), but through English as we know it. So, as Olympic snowboarders get big air and ride fakie (backward) outside Salt Lake City this week, NBC commentator Kevin Delaney has his own trick to pull off. Besides providing analysis […]

10. Let the Famuan chase your blues away. Everyone here spends so much time in Tucker Hall 309 that almost all of us are single. We feel your pain. 9. Laugh at all the girls on the Set struggling to carry those 200-pound teddy bears while in high heels. Laugh […]

#8220;Oh, that a joy so soon should waste, Or so sweet a bliss as a kiss Might not forever last! So sugared, so melting, so delicious. The dew that lies on roses, When the morn herself discloses, Is not so precious. Oh, rather than I would it smother Were I […]

The Rattlerettes wrung their bats out Tuesday night, hoping for a torrent of hits to flow forth and end an early-season drought at the plate. Again, FAMU only saw a trickle. FAMU eked out one hit in the opener and three hits for the evening as Troy State rolled to […]