Author: Brandon Oliver

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Students seek advice before they ‘shack up’

She is always at your apartment. You are always at his. Some nights the two of you decide, “Why go home, I should just stay the night.” Eventually packing overnight bags becomes a hassle. Soon you and your special someone are making plans to take the relationship a step further. […]

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Students pass on pork

It wasn’t exactly grease seeping from the strips of meat in her frying pan. Instead, there were little white worms that looked like maggots. “They just came out of the bacon,” Charvelle McClendon said. “That was it for me.” After putting the vegan-legend of pouring coke over bacon to the […]

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FAMU Announcements

The Valentines Day Reception and Dance will be held Feb. 12th in the Grand Ballroom from 9 p.m. to Midnight. Admission is free. For more information, contact Veronica Velery at famu_j4j@yahoo.com. Victory Campus Ministries is sponsoring the first ever Reconciliation Week. There will be seminars geared toward black and white […]

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Troupes unite for celebration of dance

Lee Hall Auditorium was filled with dance, laughter and cheering on Thursday. A number of FAMU dance groups and specially invited guests came together to present “United We Dance.” The event, which was presented by the Arts Unlimited Dance Theatre, was unlike other dance concerts in which one particular troupe […]

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Why cant we get the same respect from the Tallahassee Democrat?Band-Aid the perfect fix for halftime at Super Bowl Seattle Times staff columnist Les Carpenter / Times staff columnist DAVID PHILLIP / AP Janet Jackson, left, shown with Justin Timberlake, caused a furor after her nipple hit the air during […]

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Rattler basketball teams play on despite schedules

Two weeks ago, then-fifth ranked North Carolina went on the road to play then-third ranked Wake Forest. Wake Forest defeated North Carolina 95-82. That victory, though impressive, brought much debate because North Carolina wouldn’t have the chance to play Wake Forest on its own home court this season. Analysts and […]

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The Game chronicles life in ‘The Documentary’

Hype. It’s often given and seldom deserved. For every LeBron James, there’s a Kwame Brown or a Michael Olowokandi. Who? Precisely my point. So when a rapper who just began rapping a year and half ago is expected to resurrect an entire coast with his debut album, even the shorties […]

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Rattlers to host 3rd ranked Hornets

The men’s basketball team will face the No. 3 school in the MEAC, Delaware State University, Saturday. Delaware is a slow-paced team filled with enormous athletic abilities. “Delaware is a very methodical, athletic team. They really try to keep the tempo of the game to a crawl,” Head Coach Mike […]

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Venture to the Unknown

As soon as you walk into the Samsara Boutique, you automatically feel warmer. You step off the cold street to find yourself in a warm, colorful, laid-back shopping environment greeted by the accommodating owner, Coretta Hutson With its green and yellow painted walls and hangers drizzled with fluorescent paint, you […]

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Gallery opens on campus

The third floor of the Foote-Hilyer Administrative Center now includes a historical gallery that takes students and visitors on a trip through FAMU’s history. The newly opened Leedell W. Neyland FAMU Gallery, consisting of 28 photos, shows enlarged photos of FAMU students and various events. Originally named the State Normal […]