As many students are anticipating spring 2006 graduation and going out into the real world, Florida State University has found something else to celebrate … or not. FSU is ranked sixth in Playboy magazine’s top-10 list of party schools in the country, which perpetuates alcoholism in college students and makes […]

Rattler fans were finally able to take a look at their beloved football team as they took the field for the annual Orange and Green game Saturday. The players took the field ready to showcase what those fans would be in for next season. The offense held off the defense […]

College-aged students, those 18-24, are more likely to be victims of identity theft, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The Federal Trade Commission defines identity theft as the unauthorized use of one’s personal information to commit fraud or other crimes. Identity thieves obtain personal information from discarded credit card […]

Around 6,000 people came out to the intramural field Saturday in the nearly 90-degree weather to enjoy the free barbecue ribs and chicken, giveaways and live entertainment at this year’s Be Out Day. The 12th annual Be Out Day set the scene for live entertainment from community groups and a […]

Stricken with lupus and kidney failure, Michigan native Pricilla Cross, mother of two, is in desperate need of blood donors with the rare blood protein for a transfusion that may save her life. This could possibly be the last of many transfusions that 36-year-old Cross has had over the years. […]

Calling all students who are interested in making a difference during the upcoming election season, as well as with various issues concerning our campus right now. This is your chance to volunteer and gain firsthand experience with leading organizations around the country. If interested please contact Corliss M. Allen, FAMU’s […]

The headlines read: Jamaica has sworn in its first female Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller. Michelle Bachelet has become Chile’s first woman president. Liberia swore in its first female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Angela Merkel was elected Germany’s first woman chancellor. Within this year alone, a new generation of female politicians is […]

The actions of former deputy-president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, may have negated whatever progress, if any, HIV-awareness activists have made in South Africa. The on-going rape trial involving the current deputy president of the African National Congress has exposed how high up the ladder the ignorance about HIV/AIDS is […]

Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition have announced that they will pay the tuition of the black woman who alleges members of the Duke University lacrosse team of raped her. He said that the woman should be able to support her two children and pay her tuition without having “to […]

For students, college is a time when we finally step outside of the safe zone of parents and home. For many, it is the first time that we conduct ourselves on our own or live in our own dwellings. In these situations, safety issues usually remain on our minds. Among […]