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Keeping the Beat, DRS Showcases Band Talent
Young musicians jazzed up the Florida A&M Developmental Research School cafeteria Thursday for the second-annual DRS Band Extravaganza, a showcase of the best that the school’s band program has to offer. They took the audience through different genres and musical eras:One minute, it was a classic overture and then a […]
Pres. Obama Talks to Student Reporters about Education Loan Plan
As President Barack Obama was traveling to speak at several colleges Tuesday about the potential doubling of student loan interest rates, he and his staff took time to ask for help from college journalists. With the current rate at 3.4 percent set to double to 6.8 percent by July 1 […]
The FAMUAN: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Read The Famuan’s Spring 2012 graduation edition featuring stories on FAMU’s graduation numbers, softball phenom Tynesha Dixon’s life as a young mother and the semesterlong silence of the Marching “100.” Published: Wednesday, April 18.
Tallahassee’s Pridefest 2012 Celebrates LGBT Community
By Tiffany J. Harris PRIDEFEST 2012 is back and ready to spread awareness to the community about the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. The week kicked off last night at Unitarian Universalist Church of Tallahassee for ” Colors of Faith: an Interfaith Celebration of Pride” event. This is the […]
First arrest made in BP oil spill case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages indicating the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico was much greater than what the company later reported and that BP’s efforts to control the spill were failing, the U.S. Justice Department alleged Tuesday […]
Garage still in disrepair. Closure indefinite
For nearly a month Florida A&M students have not been able to fully utilize the only parking garage on campus. “The third level of the parking garage has been closed due to cracks in the structure,” said Samuel J. Houston director of facilities, planning and construction. “ [It] will remain […]
FAMU only ‘green’ HBCU in Princeton Review
Florida A&M has been selected for the second year in a row by The Princeton Review for its list of 322 top green campuses in the United States and Canada. Florida State also made the list, but FAMU is the only historically black college and university to be selected. […]
County approves Operation Thank You
Leon County will honor local members of the Armed Forces and Veterans during May’s “Operation Thank You.” The Leon County Board of County Commissioners approved the event on March 13. Friday, May 18, post-Sept. 11 local armed forces members and veterans will be honored in downtown Tallahassee. “When I initially […]
Career Choices Exist after Graduation
As the spring semester comes to an end, many graduates’ worst nightmare creeps to reality: The fear of having no job. According to usnews.com, careers to watch in 2012 are accountant, registered nurse, computer system analyst, social worker, dental hygienist, and sales manager and representative. “The only thing that I […]