The University is now taking strides to increase accessibility and convenience by implementing new media in its distance learning programs. Since 1995 FAMU has been using Internet-based learning programs like Blackboard and Course Compass to facilitate learning outside of the classroom. With the addition of informational and technological media, the […]

The first floor Tucker Hall office of Adeline Lemelle Evans is a testament to her more than three decades of service at Florida A&M University. It is an eclectic blend of old football schedules, calendars, Post-it notes and exploding filing cabinets. Her desk is overflowing with textbooks, manila folders, cups, […]

Florida A&M University’s Police Department launched a search for Tallahassee resident Charles Green after he allegedly abducted a student early Thursday morning in the parking lot behind Coleman Library. FAMUPD reported that Green, 23, forced the woman into her car at gunpoint. Police withheld the woman’s identity but did report […]

Today the verdict for the Martin Lee Anderson trial will be announced. If a verdict of not guilty is returned, members of Florida A&M University’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are prepared to take action. Students of the NAACP held a heated emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss […]

The eight defendants on trial for felony aggravated manslaughter of Martin Lee Anderson were declared not guilty early Friday afternoon after 90 minutes of deliberations. Judge Michael Overstreet announced the verdict Friday around 1:30 p.m. Anderson, who was 14 at the time, died after being beaten by seven drill instructors […]

College life tends to run on a different watch than most of the world. Whether it is studying late at night for a big exam or working all night on a big project in the lab, students can run low on energy. There are a variety of quick pick-me-ups available […]

Students all over Tallahassee are indulging in what AOL Money and Finance’s Web site considers the “golden standard of coffee shops,” Starbucks. With the opening of a new location on Ocala Road, in the Publix plaza, Starbucks now has four operating stores. “They are everywhere now,” said Christina Richards, a […]

Since Florida Gov. Charlie Crist took office he helped restore voting rights for felons after they completed their sentences. According to http://wsws.org, approximately 41 percent of the U.S. adult correctional population was black in 2006. The Web site also added that according to the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, […]

Whistles blowing, helmets cracking and stands are packed with people yelling. Football season is well underway, and in Tallahassee, everything else is secondary. But for two high school programs less than two miles from Florida A&M University’s campus, the university is pivotal to their coaching staff. With 30 head coaching […]

The Rattler Football team is ready for the challenge that it is about to face in Orangeburg, S.C. against the Bulldogs of South Carolina State. According to quarterback Leon Camel, they are not down nor are they out in the quest for the 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletics Conference championship title. The […]