From the traditional days of teenagers saving their virginity, to teenagers seen on the Maury Povich show discovering their child’s father, it should come as no surprise that one out of every two black girls ages 14-19 has a sexually transmitted disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The […]
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Tallahassee adopts sister-city project
Tallahassee is stepping up and taking the responsibility of forming a sister-city relationship with the Asante Akim North Municipal District, located in Ghana, West Africa. This will not only be a constructive project for the city, but it will act as the beginning of many global partnerships. More than anything, […]
Call on Christine: 10 Roommate Resolutions
10. When there is food in the refrigerator and another name is on it, don’t touch it! Unless you want to fight. 9. If your garbage bag is full, empty it. When you have more than one full garbage bag there’s a problem. 8. Just because you don’t have a […]
Q&A: Basketball player talks about campus housing
Living on campus can emote various feeling from students – both good and bad. When it comes to athletes staying in on campus housing, this fact proves to be the same. Athletes have different opinions, and while staying near the University does have pros, it also has cons. Stephanie Foster, […]
It takes work to get fans in seats
If any person attends the average Florida A&M University baseball game, they will recognize that attendance is usually slim and generally consists of an older crowd. It can be concluded through speculation that there are a few ways to increase attendance at baseball games. I have noticed that baseball is […]
City’s houses go green
Building developer Mike Rogers is doing his part to promote a greener lifestyle in Tallahassee. Rogers has committed that 100 percent of the homes in his company’s newest development, Southern Oaks, will be built to the Florida Green Building Coalition “Green Home Standard.” Rogers said Southern Oaks will feature homes […]
Students say housing conditions vary by dorm
Florida A&M University students are letting their voices be heard about how clean the dorms are on campus. Students from dorms such as Gibbs, Paddyfote, McGuinn and Palmetto North all agreed that dorm sanitation is a problem and that serious renovation or new dorms are the only solutions to the […]
Baseball: Rattlers fail to climb back up
Despite a late rally the Florida A&M University baseball team still managed to go down to the Alabama State University Hornets 11-10 during a Tuesday afternoon game. For seven innings, the FAMU baseball team struggled through what seemed to be a no hitter at Moore-Kittles Field. Early in the square-off […]
Training day: Football practice begins
A new era in Rattler football began Monday as new head coach Joe Taylor conducted the very first practice of the spring. The players went along for the ride and for some, the experience proved to be a learning experience. “It’s a new coach, new staff and a new system,” […]
Journalism students team up to produce new broadcast
Students in the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University are collaborating with FAMU TV 20 to create one of the first student-organized television programs on campus. “We will represent the first initiative in a long time to create an original program,” said Jermaine Fletcher, 22, a […]