Defensive struggles plagued the Rattlers baseball team Saturday and Sunday, as it lost the three-game series against Savannah State at Moore-Kittles Baseball Complex. The Tigers defeated the Rattlers 9-2 during game one on Saturday, but the Rattlers rebounded with a 10-1 victory later that day to tie the series. SSU […]
Author: Jimmie Smith
Love, Sex, Relationships Take Stage at Summit
Florida A&M University held on Sunday its seventh annual Black Student Summit in the Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center. Panelists talked about relationships, love and sexuality at a student summit aimed at promoting black excellence. Panelists included Carmen Wong Ulrich, Arthur Wylie, Jacqueline Del Rosario, Marc Williams, Devin T. Robinson X, […]
Living Legends: Spinning, Mixing His Way to the Top DJ Vince Adams
Steve Jobs did it; Savion Glover did it; and so did Vince Adams. These men successfully turned their hobbies into businesses. Not only did they excel, but also they were, and are, the leaders of their professions. Adams graduated from Florida A&M with a degree in business administration in 1993. […]
St. Pat’s Day at Old Navy
As a child, can you remember how it felt to be dragged along on a shopping excursion on a beautiful Saturday afternoon? For many the memory isn’t pleasant. However, at Old Navy this past St. Patrick’s Day, those children that dragged their feet through the store’s door was greeted […]
Robinson Returns as Provost, Hughes Harris Out
Florida A&M President James H. Ammons emailed academic deans Thursday calling for a meeting the next morning. It was a task usually reserved for the provost. Ammons entered the conference room Friday and announced that special assistant Larry Robinson would serve as the new provost effective immediately. Ousted provost Cynthia […]
Panelists promote African-American business at summit
During last night’s State of the Black Student Summit hosted by FAMU’s Student Government Association, celebrity panelists focused on black excellence and the importance of supporting black owned businesses. Talk show host and journalist Carmen Wong Ulrich expressed the meaning behind having a dream and believing in its […]
UF Alpha chapter faces suspension in hazing incident
University of Florida’s chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Inc. has been suspended due to a recent hazing incident. Less than three months after Florida A&M University’s Marching “100” incident, UF police filed a hazing complaint on Feb. 4 against fraternity members and completed their investigation Feb. 27. UF’s […]
Wrong Color, Wrong Time
#8220;Justice for Trayvon!” echoed from the “highest of seven hills” for all of Tallahassee to hear, Monday morning. Students of Florida A&M organized a last minute rally after a protest in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin to Sanford, Fla. was canceled. A circle was formed on the Set around […]
‘Standards’ to Put Belt on Sloppy Dress
Florida A&M plans to implement a dress standard for students that would cover any clothing that could be considered “inappropriate,” including offensive messages on T-shirts, starting this fall. The new rules take aim at attire such as “pajamas, midriffs or halters, mesh…pants below the waistline revealing undergarments, do-rags and/or hoods […]
A ‘Church Mess’
America’s longest-running urban gospel play, ” Church Mess,” will be performed at Florida A&M’s Lee Hall auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday. The play depicts church-going people whose problematic lives contradict their message of turning to the church when in need. The characters in the play are based on real […]