The Tallahassee Fire Department responded to a car fire Thursday morning on the top south side level of the university’s parking garage. Firefighters used Class A foam to put out the flames that demolished a black Cadillac Seville with an Orlando Magic license plate. As a precautionary measure, Officer J. […]
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Collins brings ‘fundraising leadership’
There’s a new man on campus with a huge task ahead of him. Love Collins III, vice president of development and executive director of FAMU Foundation Inc., said he is ready for the challenge of reaching the university’s $251 million Capital Campaign goals. “I really believe that if you do […]
Group fosters global affairs
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, environmental and humanitarian issues, and the needs of 3rd world countries are topics that concern the international community. Concerns understood by the Model United Nations Association. MUNA is an organization that aims to promote international affairs through education, example and awareness. According to the co-founder of the […]
Stand up for your property
When you buy something, it’s yours. Thanks to the 5th Amendment, the government, or anyone else, has no right to take that property away from you. The only way you can be relieved of your property is to have someone prove in a court of law that the property was […]
Southside’s schools face examination
Parents, Leon County Public School officials and community leaders met Thursday to address the concerns of south side student’s education. Diane Cox, an adjunct professor in FAMU’s department of computer information systems and president of Rickards High School’s Parent-Teacher Organization, planned the Southside Comprehensive Education Planning Meeting. One of Cox’s […]
Senate awards funding
A student modeling troupe and a society of health students received Senate approval for their request for funds at the weekly SGA Student Senate meeting. The Senate voted to allocate $2,500 to FACES Modeling Troupe to assist in the production of their Nov. 14 show. Future Public Health Professionals received […]
Program receives endowment
The College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences recently made history in a big way. College officials announced at a press conference Monday that it received a $10 million endowment from the National center on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health- the largest endowment in the […]
Societal Ignorance
It is a shame that in today’s society people are still ignorant to the rights and responsibilities of journalists, and even more important, student journalists. Every day, student newspapers are ridiculed for not serving as public relations tools for student organizations, administration and faculty. This is not the job nor […]
Old Rattler Spirit and The New Rattler Strike?
Old Rattler Spirit and The New Rattler Strike? Homecoming 2003 was more like an Old Rattler Spirit Versus The New Rattle Strike.Indeed Homecoming was a blast, for some the blast was too extreme. Upon arriving at the gates to enter into the game at 11:00Am (I had no choice because […]
Clean Campus
Well,well, well, I must say. Finally, they controlled the street for cars to pass by and not be held up by people passing by to see the vendors. However, moving them to the field was a great idea. But my only problem was…”Where are the trash cans!” I never seen […]