Two Florida A&M alumni are giving students a musical opportunity to be heard around the world through their mixtape that will be released later this month. Jonathan Presha and Peter McCurdy, two School of Business and Industry graduates, created a project that would give unsigned singers, rappers and songwriters […]
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Rattlers look ahead to MEAC championship
Florida A&M’s men and women’s track and field teams competed in the Florida State Invitational for high rankings in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference this weekend. Sophomore Chandelic Jackson finished second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 13.42 seconds behind University of South Florida runner Christine […]
FAMU’s tobacco-free policies help students to breathe easy
Many people say it’s disgusting to see a tobacco-free commercial of a woman who has no teeth and a hole in her throat as she battles with oral and throat cancer. These commercials aren’t just meant to be alarming, they are meant to bring awareness to the immediate damage […]
Inside the mind of a procrastinator
Is the art of procrastinating a skill to be mastered, or have college students simply taken forgetfulness and made it something greater? As a habitual procrastinator myself, I can personally say it is indeed an art. Even though it is ultimately just waiting until the last minute, being able […]
Gore Education Complex celebrates reopening with ribbon cutting ceremony
Florida A&M officials Wednesday hailed the grand opening of the Gore Education Complex as an important milestone for the century-old College of Education. Interim President Larry Robinson called education "vitally important to the success" of Florida and its students. He said he hoped to have students and faculty appreciate the […]
Dropping the wait
Vitamins, extracts and drops. Oh what some college students would not do to shed those excess pounds quickly without stepping foot inside a gym. Many popular ways to lose weight include taking dietary supplements or using liquid weight-loss drops. Some students use raspberry ketones drops and supplements, green tea extract […]
Dropping the weight
Vitamins, extracts and drops. Oh what some college students would not do to shed those excess pounds quickly without stepping foot inside a gym. Many popular ways to lose weight include taking dietary supplements or using liquid weight-loss drops. Some students use raspberry ketones drops and supplements, green tea extract […]
Incoming freshmen meet new admission regulations
Adjustments made by the Florida board of governors to Florida A&M’s admission criteria have contributed to a decrease in enrollment while increasing the caliber of incoming freshmen.After peaking to 2,201 students in fall 2010, first-time-in-college student enrollment began to decline a year later. By fall 2012, the number dropped […]
Life is a fair fight
So it’s true, cliché but true: There is no time quite like the present. While studying for my last few exams of the semester, the strongest brunt of an epiphany just lodged into my thinking. It was the strangest, most random thing. One moment I’m studying public relations and […]
Pay more attention to your spending
Rapper Wiz Khalifa’s song “B.A.R.” opens with the epitome of our generation’s mentality, “Lamborghini dreams, beach house wishes.” Everybody wants the newest, nicest everything, but at what point do the prices for these things become ridiculous? Some iPhone 5s’ cost more than $500 without a contract, yet everyone seems […]