Don’t miss out on an evening to remember with great art, food, entertainment and more at the Trouvaille Live Art Auction on Saturday in the Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery from 4-7 p.m. Enjoy refreshments, live entertainment and one-of-a-kind artwork presented by local auctioneers Aaron Joseph & Company. Featured […]
Author: Dominique Mayes
HIV/AIDS Awareness in Honor of Women’s History Month
March is National Women’s History month, and to celebrate, SASHA ARTs hosted an informative session about HIV/AIDS for the Florida A&M community. The university’s Grand Ballroom was filled with women and men to discuss the topic and what can be done to prevent the spread of […]
T-Pain’s Benefit Concert
Grammy Award-winning artist and producer T-Pain is returning to his hometown to launch his “If I Could Change the World” foundation with a benefit concert in partnership with Florida State University’s Headliner Artist Series called “Come to The Crib Part 2.” T-Pain will be bringing celebrity friends Chris Brown, […]
Virtuoso Violinist Performs at Midtown
Low lights and soothing sounds of the violin rang from the Midtown Pass Lounge on Friday, as Rachel Barton Pine played music from the past and present. A virtuoso violinist who has been playing since age 3, was accompanied by the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Although classic tunes such as Beethoven […]
Are Dress Standards Really the Solution?
Discussions of implementing a dress standard have begun among the Florida A&M administration, and like a lot of schools, it seems like a difficult subject to handle. The administration is perfectly within its rights to have one, of course, but the collective level of goodwill the student body has for […]
New Football Uniforms Won’t Boost Morale among Students
As a Graduate Senator in the 41st Student Senate, I felt a responsibility and duty to be a steward for not just graduate students but the entire student body at Florida A&M University. Feb. 27, Senate meeting, the 41st Student Senate unwisely appropriated $29,360 to the Florida A&M football team […]
Trayvon Martin’s Shooting Gives Us A Reason to Fight
On Feb. 26, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin stopped at the corner store in Sanford, Fla., and was shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman.Zimmerman, a white man, allegedly felt “threatened” by Martin, and after he was instructed by police to stop following the young man, he continued.Martin’s death has […]
Lady Rattlers Dominate at Morehouse Relays
The Lady Rattlers track team dominated nearly every event during the 41st Annual Morehouse Relays in Atlanta, continuing its season-long performance. The competition began Thursday and ended Saturday. “Everyone put their all in their race,” said Chandelic Jackson. “The girls are really dedicated. We had a couple of injuries, but […]
Lady Rattlers Stumble to Blackbirds, Cougars
Despite keeping each of its matches close, the Lady Rattlers tennis team fell to both the Long Island Blackbirds and the Chicago State Cougars this weekend in Orlando. The Lady Rattlers lost both hotly contested matches 4-3. Senior Alexis Brown blames Florida A&M’s losses on the weekend’s scorching temperatures and […]
Rattlers Tennis Team has Momentum Headed to Next Games
After piecing together two dominant performances Saturday, the Rattlers tennis team is heading toward the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tennis Tournament with momentum. Florida A&M steamrolled the North Carolina Central Eagles 5-1, and 15 minutes later, flattened the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks 7-0 at the NCCU Tennis Complex in Durham, N.C. […]