TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A Florida law that requires people caught with illegal drugs in their possession to prove their innocence has been upheld by the state Supreme Court. Unlike virtually every other state in the country where it’s up to a prosecutor to prove guilt, the 2002 Florida law […]
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FAMU Alumna Releases New Book, Fourth Street
#8220;Fourth Street” by Florida A&M alumna Anastasia Means-Dallas is a children’s book that reveals her cherished relationship with her grandfather, Forest “Daddy” Bowman. After her parents separate her mother, sister and her left Connecticut and moves in with her Grandparents in Quincy, Florida. There she learned life lesson from her […]
GOP-ruled House Votes to Kill Obamacare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the nation’s two-year-old health care law, a maneuver that forced Democrats to choose between President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement and a public that is persistently skeptical of its value. The […]
Ammons’ Leaving Gets Split Reactions from Students
Many Florida A&M students disagreed with President James Ammons’ decision to resign later this year. But others insist that Ammons, who had faced scrutiny for the past seven months in the wake of a hazing “crisis,” needed to leave the university. “I want him back,” said a Kaydia Martin, a […]
Crowd Boos Romney at NAACP Event
HOUSTON (AP) – Unflinching before a skeptical NAACP crowd, Mitt Romney declared Wednesday he’d do more for African-Americans than Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president. He drew jeers when he lambasted the Democrat’s policies. “If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you […]
What He Has Done: A Brief Timeline of James H. Ammons as FAMU President
Correspondent Mikhail Scot charts some of the historic moments in Florida A&M President JamesAmmons‘ five-year tenure at the head of the university. Ammons tendered his resignation to the Board of Trustees Wednesday. July 2, 2007- James H. Ammons hired as the 10th president of Florida A&M University. June 25, 2008- The Southern […]
Internet Frenzy Follows News that President Ammons is Leaving
Facebook and Twitter erupted in a frenzy Wednesday on the news that Florida A&M President James Ammons was resigning. As in other circles, the opinions of social media users split: either people were for Ammons‘ decision to leave or were against the university’s 10th president’s resignation. FAMU alumna Nija Sharp expressed […]
Ammons Quits as President, but Will Stay on as ‘Tenured Faculty’
Florida A&M President James H. Ammons resigned Wednesday amid the controversy surrounding the hazing death of Marching “100” drum major Robert Champion in November. His resignation, effective Oct. 11, 2012, comes after weeks of speculation of whether he would be giving up his post. The university’s Board of Trustees have […]
Ammons Resigns
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M President James Ammons has resigned the same day parents of a drum major who died after being hazed added the university to a wrongful death lawsuit. Ammons resigned Wednesday in a letter to the university governing board. Robert Champion died in November after being […]
Alumni React to James Ammons’ Resignation
As news of President James Ammons’ resignation swept through the Internet Wednesday, Florida A&M University’s alumni reacted with both surprise and relief. “FAMU needs a clean sweep, maybe this was the start,” said criminal justice alumna Jamise Coyle, a graduate of the Spring 2012 class. “FAMU can only go up […]