Introduced publicly at $80 per share in the summer of 2004, Google Inc., an Web search and advertising provider, is currently dominating its field in the market. “Google is a great idea and company,” said Damita Davis, a fourth year business student from Landover, Md. “I love using it, but […]
Author: Ryan Haynes
Flames demolish vehicle
A vehicle in the FAMU garage burst into flames Tuesday afternoon severely damaging another. Jonathan Davis, a 22-year-old senior jazz studies student, parked his friend’s 1987 Honda Accord on the top floor of the garage and proceeded to his class at 12.30 p.m. When he returned to the garage on […]
Funds for recruiters are slashed
The process of repairing Florida A&M University’s financial problems has resulted in cutting the funding for recruitment fairs held throughout the year to attract scholars to the university. Associate Director of the Department of Scholarship and Recruitment William McCray said the cut by Interim President Castell V. Bryant should not […]
Money can blind success
Driving expensive cars, dressing with the best clothes and being popular among peers, are some things many black students try to attain. Unfortunately, many of us are so caught up in materialistic components that we lose track of what we are truly here to do. There are enough stigmas and […]
Chivalry seems to be on a vacation
Can someone please let me know where chivalry is, because it has been M.I.A. for some time now? What happened to the days when a guy would call his lady on a regular basis, pick her up and take her out to dinner and a movie, and the thought not […]
Summit leaves lasting impression on students
Thankfully, needs and issues facing the black student are finally being addressed. With the State of the Black Student Summit making a stop at FAMU, it has brought to light many concerns that students have had for a while. Touching on taboos within our community was exactly what the doctor […]
NAACP steps out of political shadow
The NAACP held its state meeting last Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Tallahassee. Amongst other things, leaders reaffirmed their commitment to influence Republican legislators in the state. Charles Evans, head of the Tallahassee NAACP, said, “We know we need to work with the Republicans, but we don’t have high hopes.” […]
Rap music a harsh reality and therapy
Throughout the course of America’s past, those who forged its history did so upon the steed of violence. From the Civil War to the Nat Turner rebellion, the soil of America has borne traces of blood and struggle. This struggle is rooted in our genetic predisposition as humans to change […]
Lack of black football coaches
This is a debatable topic amongst many NCAA institutions around the country. You see it every Saturday on every sideline. It’s like a taboo. But like everything that is done in the dark, it shall soon come to light. I’m referring to the limited numbers of black head coaches in […]
Swim team out of hot water
Florida A&M University’s compliance problems have forced the athletic department to reinstate the women’s swimming team. The team was cut from the athletic program earlier this summer along with men’s swimming, men’s tennis and men’s golf to relieve the $485,000 needed for the teams to compete. When the women’s swim […]