Author: Alex Acosta

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New Fitness center

The recently opened fitness center is open to students and faculty throughout the week.

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Punctuality key in university’s audit

Florida A&M University’s operational audit began July 28. Interim President Castell V. Bryant has put new measures in place to reach her goal of maintaining and improving FAMU’s accountability and financial soundness in the 2006-2007 operational audits. “All it takes is responding to the auditors’ request by providing the information […]

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New year starts with old parking issues

Loud honking and obscenities are just a few of the old habits returning to Florida A&M University with the students this year. Aug. 28, marked the official first day of class for the fall semester, and although it is a new school year, the old parking problems have returned. “The […]

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Senate announces second set of fitness center plans

The 36th Student Senate convened for the second session of the year Wednesday. The issues that reached the floor included the progress of phase II of the campus recreational center, the moving of university convocations to Sundays and the new ticket system for students to enter football games. “Construction on […]

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Rattlers should not bash their university

As everyone should know by now, Florida A&M University was named the number one school for blacks in the nation by Black Enterprise magazine. Black Enterprise stated that FAMU went from sixth place in 2004 to first place in 2006, ranking even higher than the Ivy League school Harvard University. […]

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Volleyball team struggles early, looks for first win

Starting a season on the road may be a challenge for any team. When the teams on the road are top-level competition, the challenge is increased. The Florida A&M volleyball team will work to regroup after back-to-back 3-0 losses to New Mexico State last week. Head Coach Tony Trifonov, who […]

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Coach travels back to Miami

What do most people say when they meet the University of Miami’s first black All-American in football? They usually start with “Hi, Coach Carter. How are you today?” Florida A&M University’s Head Football Coach Rubin Carter achieved this and more as a defensive tackle at the University of Miami. “My […]

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New Facebook riles nation

Stalking. While it may start off as a harmless crush, it can easily turn into something more threatening. Well, for those of us who have accounts on Facebook, stalking just became that much easier. As most of you know, Facebook changed its layout earlier this week. Users went to sleep […]

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Marching 100’s theft poor reflection of university

It’s the beginning of a new school year and the football season is in full swing. The Florida A&M University football team had its first game Sept. 2 against Delaware State. Unfortunately, the football team did not win on the field, but more disturbing was the conduct of the Marching […]

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Facebook users protest new features

Candace Hilton logged onto a computer in Coleman Library Tuesday afternoon to check her Facebook account and was shocked at what appeared on the screen. Like many students at Florida A&M University, Hilton, 20, was disturbed by the newest features on the Web site. Facebook, the social network which links […]