Students who plan to enter into CNN’s “Black In America 2” iReport contest only have 2 days left. The deadline for entries is April 10. Submissions must be a one to three-minute video essay based on issues and challenges facing the black community. Students who enter will have the opportunity […]
Author: Kamelah Muhammad
Parking fees help pay the bills
For those who always seem to get a ticket for parking violations on campus and question where the money goes, speculate no longer. Florida A&M University uses parking and ticket fees for the Public Safety and Transportation’s $6 million plus expenses, said Mary Adams, manager of FAMU’s Department of Public […]
Jordan gets inducted to the Hall of Fame
One of the greatest NBA basketball players to ever grace the courts accepted an invitation into the 2009 Hall of Fame on Monday. Michael Jordan will be honored Sept. 10-12 at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. According to an article in The Chicago Tribune Jordan […]
Meek petitions student votes
Tallahassee was stop number four on U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek statewide petition campaign to get on next year’s U.S. Senate ballot on Wednesday in Downtown MarketPlace. “I am counting on the Big Bend to play a vital role in the success of this campaign,” Meek said. “We’re going to have […]
Sitting down with Mike
Q: What does the word success mean to you? A: Success to me is overcoming any obstacles that may be in my way to obtain any of the long-term goals I have set for myself and handling every situation in a positive respectable way. Q: How far would you go […]
Annual seminar’s attendance was dismal
Students who attended the third State of the Black Student Summit last Friday were visited by many of hip-hop’s most influential figures. The summit, held in Gaither Gymnasium, lasted from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and included many heavyweights in the entertainment and business world, including allhiphop.com founder Chuck “Jigsaw” […]
Movie takes viewers on a pleasant ride
#8220;Adventureland” is the latest Greg Mottola film. Those words alone seem to be enough to at least get an audience of students across the planet’s attention. Mottola is the director of “Superbad,” one of the better comedies in recent memory and one that plenty of rowdy high school and college […]
Band president plays successful tune
Marching 100 President Ralph Jean–Paul will play a new melody as he interns at the Fox Studio Lot in Los Angeles this summer. Jean-Paul, 26, a senior music education student from Miami, was awarded a Fox Music Experience internship at the 2009 Honda Battle of the Bands. The internship was […]
Program assists in experiment
Teaching Our Youth Science, a volunteer science program based at Florida A&M University, is designed to educate and aid youth in the field of science. It recently launched a new tutoring and research program. The U.S. Air Force Association awarded the 2009 National Educators Grant to TOYS and Professor Willie […]
Neighbors need predator warnings
A 61-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under the age of 12, according to tdo.com. Beaudet Talbot, a resident of the Ochlockonee Bay area, was arrested at his home, said Lt. Jason Newlin of Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office. Two children, ages […]