Author: Perris Jones

Sports

Rattlers fall to Aggies

Free throws were not on the Rattlers’ side as they lost to North Carolina A&T, 84-78. Senior guard Jamie Adams led Florida A&M with 14 points in a loss to North Carolina A&T on Saturday night. A little after the half, NC A&T led by as many as 16 points, […]

Lifestyles

Dentists give residents free care

About 100 people waited under tents in the wind and pouring rain for free dental services at the Periodontal Associates of North Florida office Saturday morning. In effort to give back, dentists volunteered in the “Dentistry From the Heart ” event. Founded by Vincent Monticciolo, the service started 13 years […]

Sports

Lady Rattlers fend off late rally

Despite a late push by the South Carolina State Lady Bulldogs, the Lady Rattlers clinched their second straight conference victory Saturday, 70-64. The Lady Rattlers’ (10-11, 4-4 MEAC) full-court defensive pressure proved to be too much for the Lady Bulldogs, much to the delight of Florida A&M head coach LeDawn Gibson. […]

Lifestyles

Fine wine and cheese event to benefit local non-profit

The New Leaf Market Co-op will host its annual “Evening of Fine Wine and Cheese” benefit tonight. The money raised will go to the Tallahassee Animal Shelter Foundation. Cristin Burns, marketing and project manager for New Leaf Market said each benefit is aimed at helping a different non-profit in Tallahassee. […]

Opinions

Intelligence is silenced by groupthink

Arizona State University’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity held a Martin Luther King Jr. Day party, which featured students and fraternity members “dressing” and “acting” “black.” The students partied and drank from watermelon cups, wore baggy pants, baseball caps, jerseys and bandanas. Photos also circulated on social media with hashtags such […]

News

BOT agrees on contract for president-select

The board of trustees reached an agreement for the university’s president-select after a three-hour discussion this morning. The trustees voted on each of the proposed changes made by the candidate, so the board could present a completed document for Elmira Mangum. “The intent is to look at these and vote […]

Sports

On the right track

  Deon Clifford leaps over the barriers in the steeplechase the same way he gets over the barriers in his life. In either case, he doesn’t let any obstacles stop him. Competitive epitomizes Clifford, the No. 2 Canadian runner and newest member of Florida A&M’s men’s track team. Clifford had […]

Opinions

Americans lack awareness on human trafficking

Human trafficking is known as the “modern-day slavery,” and every year, hundreds of thousands of adults and children as young as 13 years old are coerced or tricked and sold into sex slavery right here in the United States. But unfortunately, some victims find themselves further victimized by the very […]

Lifestyles

FAMU DRS to celebrate 17-year-old published illustrator

Florida A&M University Developmental Research School is known for having a talented array of students. Today, between 1:45 and 3:30, the school will be celebrating one of those students’ talents. At age 17, Erika Willis, a junior from Tallahassee at FAMU DRS, has her illustrations published in a children’s book written […]

Lifestyles

Student pairs up to open sneaker business

A pair of young entrepreneurs opened a new storefront for their sneaker repair business blocks away from Florida A&M. Aaron Goodwin, a senior architecture student from Cocoa, Fla., and his business partner, Reenard Smith, who is from Miami, have taken their sneaker restoration business, A Good 1 Retro Repair LLC, […]