Author: Keenan Thurman

Sports

Lady Rattlers sweep HBCU Classic

The Lady Rattlers softball team is now 5-9 after sweeping through its four games this weekend in the seventh annual Tiny Laster HBCU Classic in Irondale, Ala. The Lady Rattlers opened up against the Grambling State University Lady Tigers with a 5-2 win. Later that day, the team cruised to victory against […]

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Social benefits of college outweigh financial burdens

From a young age, people are told their ultimate goal is to go to college so they can become what they want to be in life. Once it’s time to go to college, there are, of course, many benefits, but it also comes with a great financial burden. College is […]

Lifestyles

Black Phoenix Magazine ressurected after 25 years

The English Literary Guild and the English and modern language department published the spring edition of their Black Phoenix Magazine after 25 years of inactivity. The Black Phoenix is a collection of poems, narratives, short stories, essays, art and photographs ranging in a variety of topics. Annette Thorpe, now a […]

Lifestyles

Popular author sponsors romance novel set at FAMU

A romantic novel presented by author Zane, best known for erotic fiction, takes place on Florida A&M’s campus. Written by Anthony Lamarr, “Our First Love” is about two brothers who fall in love with the same woman. According to Lamarr, this novel is not as racy and erotic as others published […]

Lifestyles

Plugged in

Since their original creation in 1910 for the United States Navy, there is one invention that has continued to block out the outside world for more than a hundred years: headphones. Headphones, or ear buds, create a bubble of solace, isolating the listeners’ eardrums to the soundtrack of their choice. […]

News

BOT approves partnership with Black Television News Channel

A new course of study to partner with the  Black Television News Channel could begin as early as fall 2015. The university board of trustees voted to authorize the interim president to enter into an agreement for a new course of study with the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication with […]

Lifestyles

A Women’s Pregnancy Center to host annual fundraiser walk

A Women’s Pregnancy Center will host its 19th annual Walk for Life at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum on Saturday.  According to Jamie Brown, executive director of AWPC, this walk raises one-third of the center’s annual budget.   “This money will help us to provide resources so that we can offer free services to our clients,” Brown […]

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Graphic design students to create storm drain art

Students at Florida A&M are creating campaigns to promote awareness about storm water pollution on behalf of FAMU’s Environmental Health & Safety Department.   Students from fine arts professor Harris Wiltsher’s Foundation of Design class will be painting murals on certain storm water drains around campus, using non-toxic Sherwin Williams’s paint. Wiltsher said his students […]

Lifestyles

Doctor dedicates life to regenerative medicine

A trailblazer in modern medicine, Dr. Burton Feinerman has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to life-changing innovative procedures in the health care field. During the 1950s and 1960s, Feinerman was the owner of Opa-Locka General Hospital, the only private hospital treating African-Americans in South Florida. There, he also headed the first pediatric emergency rooms at […]

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To be, or not to be?

The Tomato Players may be leaving Tallahassee, and the show won’t go on. They are a theatre troupe of actors who are devoted to providing an educational, interactive, and exciting theatrical experience for children of all ages. On Saturday, the players held a free theatre workshop at the LeRoy Collins […]