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FAMU Renaissance Continues

      As 2021 comes to a close and we gather with family and friends during this Holiday Season, this is a good time to reflect on the challenges we confronted and give thanks for the opportunity we have to move our mission forward in service to our students and constituents.  We must pause to give thanks to our Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, alumni and countless others who gave their time, resources and hearts to allow us to now envision and even brighter future for Florida A&M University.     […]

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The Challenge of the Prostate As Men Get Older

     As men get older very few discuss problems and issues with their pro-state, until it is in later stages of the condition. At the early phase of any medical condition, it is better for the patient, and the doctor in terms of treatment and awareness to sit and have a conversation. Starting at fifty or late forties is when men need to go to an urologists, and begin to understand the mechanics of the urinary system in their body. Very few know what the prostate is and how it works with the urethra to urinate and what is BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia). […]

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Republicans’ Anti-Democracy Tactics

 America’s Democracy is facing  an even deadlier threat. Unfortunately, this threat is emanating from the Republican Party. It’s as though they’re infected with an anti-Democracy virus, which is like autothysis. This is a condition whereby insects intentionally inject themselves with their own venom as a defense mechanism to kill enemies attempting to devour them. […]

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Yuletide Carols

 It’s the time of year that you may be suffering the Christmas parking blues. Don’t fret, pull up your chair and get out the wrapping paper. Get a glass of eggnog and put a splash of rum in it. Readers, a splash does not mean half the bottle of rum. Here is a red flag if after your 2nd glass of eggnog, you find yourself guzzling the open bottle… It is officially “Nap-time” friend.  Put the rum down and go sleep it off!  […]

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How Many Pastors Can We Have?

So how many pastors does the Arbery family have? As many as they want. Black folks around the nation and the world are praying for a just result in this trial. We are praying for a judicial ruling that the massacre of Black people is unacceptable. We are praying for an examination of this nonsense called “citizen’s arrest.” And we are praying for our leaders, our pastors, our brothers to keep the faith and keep representing. […]

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Why Are Guns so Prominent and Important to Certain Americans?

     The right to own a gun responsively is protected in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. “In the United States, access to guns is controlled by laws under a number of federal statutes. These laws regulate the manufacture, trade, possession, transfer, record keeping, transport, and destruction of firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories,” says the Wikipedia Encyclopedia. […]